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Hi everyone, I'm Bado, Scotland based musician. I have been playing bass guitar for 30+ years and double bass for 25. I do a lot of original music, a fusion trio, a harp and double bass duo, a world music group and also sideman work with singers, and a 50's r'n'r band. I've composed four full scores for theatre and continue to explore different avenues of expression with multiple instruments and diverse lineups. I play a Shen double bass with a wonderful Dolling german bow and spirocore weich strings. My main bass guitars are a '94 Yamaha TRB5F fretless with heavy Rotosound '66's and an '80 Hohner P-bass copy with light LaBella flats. I play through a TC Classic 450 combo which was a kind of prototype or first version of the rebel heads with a 2x10 cab that accommodates the head. It's neat and loud and transparent, that I like. I have had an account here a good while ago, but being also a father of two, I didn't have a lot of time for forums. I came back on to participate in discussions, share opinions and learn about gear and exciting music from all of you.

Playing the main riff through the solo request. I still do that. Lol Daryl

Indispensable.

I believe all 6 (3 x 4 string & 3 x 5 string) are all sold. Sorry! The cat will be pleased though... 😉🤣🐈‍⬛

Yup, kicking BassTractor as we speak. 🙂 (Still dislike that theme, but do like the track.)

…sounds like a particularly saucy euphemism! 🫢😳😲

Not a chance. It makes SEO more difficult.

Input and output are both from the audio interface, the signal gets passed into and out of the Pi via USB.

How peculiar the photo is my tiny 4x4 combo!

@Leonard Smalls Clever the way you spliced menacing with euphoric vibes. Cool track.

We use Alto TS308s for FOH and TS408s for monitors (it works better that way round, the 408s are an ideal shape for monitors). Vocals only most of the time, sometimes one of the guitars and sometimes my soft synth. They're great.

But don't do a 1990s "Click here to enter" home page a la Rob Green...

The saw sled is the width rather than the length of the panel - I think it would work doing cuts 3 and 4 first, then stacking the middle and right-hand pieces (I suspect the circular saw might baulk at 36mm).

We really felt like rehearsal was needed after our last gig. Tonight we focused on the weak points and also played Alive by Pearl Jam for the first time. Alive is a blast to play. My jazz was sounding awesome, I'd boosted the mids a tiny bit and made sure the gain was high enough for a bit of overdrive. Half way through I realised I hadn't checked the controls on the bass, but they were exactly in my favourite spot - neck full, bridge about 20%. Only point of contention... they all think the bass on Uprising sounds better clean! Have they ever heard actually listened to it?

I’ll plan on being there. Thanks

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of '25, eh? The Good - Ecstatic over buying one of the last 5 Status Stealths, my Fender Elite Jazz, my 95 Stingray and most of all, my 1998 GB Spitfire. Mostly all solid keepers. An honorable mention has to go to my Cort Artisan Space 5 (the third one I've owned), which continuously amazes me for it's sheer value for money, playability and great sound. Also, hopefully arriving before the end of '25 is my Walnut/Graphite 66 Modern/Classic Jazz, with a single piece body by @Silky999 and one of @Kiwi's AUROK™️ Graphite Necks. The Bad - There weren't really any bad instruments per se, mainly some that went out of the door as I traded up to other things. If there were any disappointments, it was the sheer weight of my KingBass Mk-II (now up for commission sale at Andy Baxter's), whose mass could easily generate it's own gravity, and my beautiful Stingray 5 Special, which was left in the dust by my old Aguilar equipped '95 Stingray. But that was entirely predictable. The Ugly - Only one £150 no name Precision that I bought on a whim from Gumtree, which was recently donated to a school I teach at.

I hung my nose over one of these in the GuitarGuitar sale when they were down to £695. I listened to videos of people playing them and they sound fantastic. Should've bought it...

The Lubes

A 32” Wilcock Mullarkey was being played with The Divine Comedy on Jool’s Later on Sunday night.