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Playing along with them can be fun, and a learning experience

Open mic has always been a miss for me. Just full of acoustic singer songwriters looking for a backing band. Bandmix and JMB have been helpful.

IME having speakers at head height or at least pointing at your ears rather than your knees is always going to make it easier for you to hear yourself. Until I changed to an FRFR wedge, the best rig I had for being to hear myself was a home-made Bi-amped set up. Not specifically because it was bi-amped, but mostly because the arrangement of cabs and amp/effects racks put a 2x8 cab which contained the treble component of my sound at head height. Everything also went through the PA so the bass side cabs on stage were essentially stands for the rest of my equipment.

Not sure why there are people upset that this guy was caught stealing music and profiting from it. Guilty of the same thing?

I missed that first time around

Was the VLE engaged?

Still learning the set of about 30 for a gig on Friday 😖

This is very much my thinking too. For the bass I rarely use any of the amp or cab sims and when I do it's normally a guitar one chosen for the sound it produces in context with the other instruments in my band. I've yet to use the Helix with the guitar, but as I'm selling my guitar amp this weekend that will change in the next few weeks. However given that there (IIRC) over 100 different amp models in the Helix I'm sure that I can find one or two that make my guitar sound howe I want.

I've been thinking about this more - I have 3 shorties, two of which are P only and the other is PJ. And I have a medium scale PJ. So with that in mind I think I might just make this bass a ray only - at least for the moment.

Currently learning this, great bassline

https://custom-lynx.co.uk/product/tukrj45-cat5e-tukrj45/ ?

Oh, I'm just an idealist, I don't think it will ever happen to anyone who has stolen above a certain threshold 😁 But the above actually happened in US courts, it was a real life example. It just doesn't happen enough, and we're certainly not even going in the right direction.

From basses on the sofa... only two of these are shorties, but they are all compact.

Which do you prefer? Hamer vs. Hamer... I'll get my coat.

As someone who has played in many bands where the drums are produced by non-human means and has shared the stage with lots of bands with human drummer this used to be a massive problem back in the 80s and 90s and we were always having to ask the drummers in other bands to turn their snares off so they wouldn't rattle along in sympathy with out backing track. However this thread made me realise that I can't remember the last time I had to make this request, so at least the drummers in the bands on the small bill as us are clued up to this now.

Strats and Jazz on AliExpress... maybe worth a further look or msg. Lots of pickguard sheet material cheap.

Show me where else the same is true - certainly not in banking fraud, tax avoidance etc - and also tell me who would enforce it?

I've had his before and they are good, but they don't do bevelled edges so can't get the BWB look.

Hypnotised - Fleetwood Mac

In my opinion accusations aren't enough in this case, I hope someone will take it further, or the victims band together, or something. If you can still sell your stolen gear and continue getting the Instagram money, what's the deterrence for the next up and coming thief? One of these videos (can't even keep up anymore myself) made the point that the penalties need to be BIGGER than the profits, otherwise it's just a low-risk gamble to continue stealing and MAYBE if you get caught, then you get nothing but don't lose anything either. While if you don't get caught, you're a "winner". No. They need to lose, and lose A LOT.

It fascinates me to see this. Social mediais awash with ripped off content, rarely with acknowledgement of the original creator beyond cynical and meaningless disclaimer statements. What appears different here is not reposting someone's work, but studiously reproducing it and putting it out there as original. Thevthing I don't get is the guy is clearly talented. Even if he doesn't reach Rick Beato's gold standard and relies on editing tricks, he can learn and play complex music well enough. It seems he struggles to improvise or create at even a relatively basic level (even the level we do). It's reminiscent of the phenomenon known as the 'idiot savant' - ability without understanding (I'm not saying he's an idiot, though he may be a fool). There are hints of other psychological issues around disregard for others or lack of consideration. Presumably his instagram started small, and its growth may be driven more by his personal needs rather than base greed. He may be dealing with a range of issues that don't excuse what he's done but provide an explanation.