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The idea of starting your own band sounds like a good one.

Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent - Gwen Guthrie

Presumably he's not been inside to look when it's been switched on, or is he now glow-in-the-dark blue as well?

Hi, welcome to the madhouse. We're 99% polite over here, so stick with us over TalkBass Playing will build finger strength over time, I've never done any finger excersises beyond a few scale repetitions to warm up a bit. Timing: Keep it simple and slow down. Get a simple 12 bar repeating pattern and concentrate on hitting the start of the bar, but there's no point starting at full speed, you'll only get frustrated. Tips wise, play what you like. If you like Taylor Swift, learn Taylor Swift songs. If you don't enjoy the music you're trying to play you'll get bored and stop playing it.

A second Monaco is very much still in the mix. I saw the Big Twin and had a rush of blood to the head. And this is why my front room looks like a bass equipment hire co. warehouse. With regard to the 'how much power is too much' question. For backline, with the luxury of an FoH soundman, yes either a single Monaco or BB is enough. But for gigs where we're lashing together our own PA coverage, I find it much better all round for most of the bass to come from the backline. It's impossible to judge what is coming out of the front, and empty rooms at sound check rarely stay the same when they are full of sound-absorbing humans. And for our set, powerful speakers driven modestly sound better than a single cab being cained to death.

That's What I Like About You - The Romantics

Hi everyone, I’m new to BassChat and recently started learning bass on a Yamaha TRBX174. I’ve been practicing at home for a few months and want to improve my finger strength, speed, and timing, but I’m not sure the best way to structure my practice sessions. I’d love to get advice from more experienced players on: Finger exercises: Which drills helped you develop finger independence and strength as a beginner? Timing practice: How do you effectively practice with a metronome without getting frustrated? Practice structure: Should I focus on short technique exercises, scales, or playing along with simple songs in the early stages? Progress tips: Are there any “must-learn” exercises or routines that accelerated your early improvement? I’d appreciate any tips, routines, or examples you could share — even short practice schedules. Looking forward to learning from your experience! Thanks in advance! among us

I remember them telling me that they were made by LaBella. Lots of the companies like Sadowsky that make strings "on the side" job out their own spec designs to only a few string companies as they are the only ones tooled up to make them en masse. They certainly don't sound or behave like regular LaBellas. Unless I am suffering from the placebo effect.

That sounds great! I'll check them out. Thanks!

I'm now taking a more serious look at the GR Bass One350 - I've got a few questions for @Hellzero or any other GR user if that's OK: - The manual doesn't mention what the actual frequencies of the Deep, Bass, Treble and Bright controls are - do you know? - Does plugging headphones in disconnect the speaker? The separate headphone volume knob makes me think that they are independent (which would be good) At the moment the cost/functionality of the One350 (separate volumes for headphones and DI output, switchable mid ranges, pure mode) all for £200 less than the Eich T300 does make it very attractive.

A lot of good advice here. I just wanted to mention that it doesn't take a lot of string wear on the fingerboard to create slight buzzing. It will also depend on your attack, if you have a heavy attack you will more easily create fingerboard buzzing than if you're a light player. For me personally, with time I've changed my attack and raised my action, and also experienced a bit of fingerboard wear. So all of these do contribute. An easy check is to see if the buzzing only occur at a given frequency or if it's across the entire neck, or parts of the neck. If it's located to a given frequency it can often be something related to hardware (tuners, bridge or trussrod). Good luck

Hi folks. At band rehearsal last night, (magic) smoke started coming out of the keyboard player's Nord Electro 2! Got a gig on Friday night, and we're buggered without keys Total long shot, but does anyone have a couple of 4.7nF (4n7) X2 suppressing capacitors they could send me, like today, special delivery for tomorrow? RS are the only local source I can see up here and surprise surprise, they're out of stock.

In a nutshell - don't be a d!ck. If you think hotels with people in them should be set on fire, you're being a d!ck. If you think ill of people just because they're from somewhere else, you're being a d!ck. If you're one of those "keep Britain British" types, you're being a d!ck. It's pretty simple really. Gonnae no?

Base coat! I have moved away from the 'punk bass' aesthetic. I've decided to gift this to my Dad once it's done, and he had a great idea which I'm rolling with. He has spent a lot of his life working inside nuclear reactors, and he's really into nuclear imagery and technology. He said that the inside of a reactor has a blue, oceanic, sci-fi glow, and that he'd like to see that on an instrument. So I'm going to experiment a little with this blue theme! Updates soonish, weather dependent.

Hi Guys, I may be late to this but while looking at Vintage Fenders, considered building my own from parts I stumbled across this guy whose making them in a small village in the Rome province. They sound great in the videos and look great in the photos. Has anyone got any experience playing or own one? For the money, around £1000 they look like they could rival the likes of Limelight/Nash and the like. From what I can see Luca builds his own necks and bodies from milled wood rather than use/order in blanks.

I've found over the years that the more creative an artist is, the less likely they are to be far right so luckily, I haven't often come up against many fascist type musos, especially if they're any good. However, they may be a touch lefty, but as my position on Political Compass is on the libertarian left of Tony Benn and Gandhi I'm relatively OK with that (unless they get too SWP!).

Or sell it and get an additional Monaco 600w cab !! Awesome and a step up from BF cabs in performance so many are discovering!

Money Money Money - ABBA

So you'd walk over your intolerance towards their intolerance of your intolerance?

Why Did You Do It? - Stretch