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This thread's about D'addario strings on offer in Amazon... Update, my ETA has been pulled forward to next Tuesday. It was July/August initially, lol.

I use this technique to brighten dead strings. It really does work and saves £££.

Jamiroquai had a magical swagger about them at that time, both musically and visually. Zender was a massive part of it 👍

There's nothing like them. I have two 'just in case' lol I expect that was a monstrous tone with a cab like that! I owned a 7415 for a while. A proper Wembley stadium cab - you couldn't hear it on stage, but the people at the back of the venue were pressed against the wall with bass pmsl

Auditioned a singer yesterday. He arrived over an hour late, which wasn’t too much of a problem as it allowed us to set up and run some songs ourselves. He didn’t bring so much as a microphone but I had a spare mic and lead and there was a stand in the rehearsal room. He was ok on some stuff. Other material was clearly out of his range (ever tried singing anything by the Sweet?) but on some other songs his response to running out of range was just to sing any note he fancied. Yours truly was attempting to sing harmony so that was interesting! Unsurprisingly, a unanimous NO from the rest of us.

Anyway, Stuart Zender... coolest of cats, supernatural talent so young.

budapest - George Ezra

I knew someone would post that the moment I typed it.

Reviews are encouraging then. If it is a genuine 51 P copy, it would have pole spacing to cope with the 20mm string spacing at the bridge. That might be a smidge wide for a Bronco but it shouldn’t be too much of a problem given the size of the slugs. The previous model Bronco was about 16mm at the bridge, if I remember correctly but as the new one seems to have a standard BBOT, perhaps it’s gone up to 19mm. Good luck anyway.

SIT Foundations down to £17. My strings of choice: https://amzn.eu/d/eCzgqEo Power Wound Nickels down to £12.76. Crazy price. https://amzn.eu/d/9PYVk4E

@Burns-bass was probably in part responding to my "I have no words", as all of the nine comments-before-mine on the thread title were milder. It's what I decided on after noticing the OP had been online just before my comment, but had not responded in the slightest to the earlier comments on a thread title that effectively said: "Guys! Stuart Zender is dead!" It's quite possible I should've been able to find better words, but I didn't at the time. As to the PM idea: not everyone is prone to writing PMs on an online forum, and not everyone even looks at PMs. There's also the aspect of a whisper-in-yer-ear PM possibly making a too huge point of it all. When we're sitting around a pub table in a cold winter, and someone comes in and leaves the door open, someone else will shout "Close that door!" and two minutes later it's all forgotten. Whispering in his ear instead (whilst the door is still open) might well have unsoughtafter effects. I also notice with interest that Burns-bass opted to not write a nice PM to me before his "world gone mad". Dunno whether that tells bad things about me or good things about him.

Old furniture thrifted cheap can be a game changer; snagged a vintage cabinet that became a perfect instrument stand and hid cables too. It instantly made the space feel less cluttered and more intentional.

Some people need to be playing regularly to get the best out of them, trying the same person on the same songs 3 rehearsals in a row should show no 934 to be either like this or a stay static.

I think you'd be safe with this one Lozz. https://www.thomann.co.uk/sandberg_california_vs_lionel_pf_bk.htm?srsltid=AfmBOop68odtvY22cC7MOJ5e3dIi5pbPqQ9y96_qnavhNNdId965YODafgE

I guess you can look at this in different ways. 1. Accept he's not up to your standards but he might be forced to improve himself over time if he's playing with better musicians. 2. You take the lead on the rhythm section and you drive the low end. Sometimes that can work. 3. Keep this drummer until a better one comes along. 4. Just tell him he's not suitable. Its definitely a lot easier if everyone is at a similar level and have a similar outlook with regards the band. My big concern with a drummer that is a bit loose is "will he put in the work to learn the songs." ? Maybe he's not been playing in a band for a while ? No matter what i wish you all the best and hope it works out for you. Dave

Well, that would explain the blown speakers!

Ah, I hadn't thought about that; I think the originals are pressed and the other driver has a cast chassis. I'll check when I get home. Thanks for the tip!

Some of them are.

Does your driver have a cast aluminium chassis? Drivers with a cast chassis tend to be larger in diameter than those with a pressed steel chassis. So, a replacement driver with a pressed steel chassis might fit. Check out the specs provided by the driver manufacturers, where the precise diameter is usually stated.

Well a year on and having done a lot of work on my fretting hand technique fortunately this doesn`t seem to have gotten worse. I did at first buy a couple of basses with thinner necks but they`re not really my preference so put the hours in on said technique, all seems ok. I have also added in turmeric/black pepper/giner supplements as @Geek99 suggested, and a daily tablespoonful of olive oil to my diet, both apparently natural anti inflammatories, so these may also have had an effect, as they certainly have on my back which also feels better.

Met with drummer number 934 last night for a start up which has been failing to leave the runway for months now. Or is it 935? I forget. Anyway, he seemed like a nice chap, if a little loose as a player. I have ludicrously high standards where drummers are concerned but the rest of the band are more relaxed about it all. So we're going to see if this line up will work. I'm not convinced, but it's only rock n roll, right?

Part of me is still tempted to give it a go, aaarrrrggggh