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Hi We're finding it difficult to track the dates when band members are free for future gigs, which makes bookings difficult to arrange. Does anyone know of a good system (outside of Google calendar or a spreadsheet), like an app or website addon?

Some genres still sell enough vinyl to be viable.

I did look at the Bass Direct Payson bridges and I must admit that it is tempting.

Fenders are far and away the most copied basses - in a way, all basses could be said to be copies of Fenders - so it's no surprise that there are plenty of basses out there that are close enough to be indistinguishable, and a good few that do the same thing even better than the originals...

It's quite possible, just a first for me to open a box and see that happen to a pedal! All sorted now. Seller agreed to refund fair and square, I'll be sending it back tomorrow. Shame as I was looking forward to trying it out! I became aware of them a decade+ ago through Amos of Tesseract's rig.

I don't think it's a failure in either case. Basically, some instruments suit certain people, particularly in terms of playability and sound. And we all have different hands and ears. I just accept that I'm not really a Precision player. I've tried many times, but I always migrate back to the Jazz. I love the sound of a really good Jazz bass and how it feels and responds to my light, dynamic touch. My sort of P-alike for sessions is a Vintera II Mustang with Thomastik Jazz Flats. It's close enough for Jazz, as it were.

Really? Interesting. My cobra was black and white. Had to upgrade to a gp12smx to get the green glow.

For me it was always Jazz basses or StingRays. I like jazz basses for the bridge pickup and also the two pickup 'hollow' tone. I prefer 70s spacing to 60s as well. I like passive Jazz basses and active Super Js equally. Nowadays jazz basses have largely stopped me playing MM anywhere as much as I used to. P basses have never really done it for me. I've had a few nice ones but the last one I had I spent a few rehearsals wishing it had a J in the bridge. P/Js.....I like those too.

Avoid cheap fibre glass or "composite" bows, basic wood bows ok, carbon bows around £1k probably beat wooden bows at the same price point. The very very best bows are probably wood, but you're talking £3k+. There's a Hobgoblin in Edinburgh that have a few bass bows, but it does seem a bit of a bass desert. Caswells or Bowspeed will send you a box of bows to try out. Tell them your budget and they'll work out a selection for you. Go 4/4 bow length unless you have very short arms. Bow length unrelated to bass length and you can always use more length.. " I always think playing with a bow is like making love to a beautiful woman; first you get out your stick, admire the wood and give it a gentle polish .........etc etc" 😂 Can't speak for teachers, I only ever had two bass lessons, but was taught the cello at an early age ... which helped

As someone who plays both, I'll play devil's advocate and ask is failure to get results out of both types of tried, tested and proven instruments, a failure of the bass or the player?

Exactly my story, just add some 15 years of Stingray in between the Jazz era 🤣 I couldn't live now without at least one exemplar of each bass in "Leo's trinity", but I wasn't always this wise. I don't have a problem with dialing any of them to sound equally like me (meaning equally like crap) 👍 Analogous to that, us not liking any given (properly functioning and set up) bass guitar is many times really not understanding how they WANT to be played. I've been forever clueless as to how P basses WANTED to be played, stubbornly so, so for me they sucked (meaning I sucked). BTW, holy 8 year threadsurrection!

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The Man With The Alpenhorn - Miles Davis

In the case of this thread, the dead truly live again!

Might of given it a wipe over, with something on a cloth before putting it in a box... genuine and unknown on the senders behalf? This is the pedal that @Baloney Balderdash has raved about... If it was at a favourable price, and you can get a decent discount over the cost of return postage that they will nerd to cover... worth taking a cosmetic hit for... Reliced Pedals?

Stuart Zender - Forgotten but not gone

He certainly ain't.

Reassuringly light, 2 x Eminence 3015LF, endless volume. No tweetery top end which suits my bass tone. Best bass cab I own.