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Hi Al, I'm using the Pro version.( I think it cost me £72 for the year). I've just finished a 12 track album that I'm overjoyed with. Still got more to do cleaning up the tracks and mixing but imho it's as good as most stuff I've heard in the genre. I will upload it to Spotify in the end. I'm not expecting loads of listens, but just the satisfaction of creating something I'm happy with is enough. Rick Beato dissing AI music is really getting on my nerves. In one interview he mentioned Spotify marking the tracks as AI so people could avoid listening to them which I find ludicrous. I subscribe to it to listen to good music, some of the none AI tracks he recommends are woeful.

They're also playing Amsterdam. I'm afraid of the ticket prices but I think I'll probably go. I've never seen them live and I'd love to see Geddy at least once...

That’s not a fault of the classical system. That’s a fault of the student ignoring the art element of music and not going out and playing with others outside of the educational structure. I absolutely agree that many classical only students don’t improvise because it’s not a genre that ever requires it. That’s why I said I would also take jazz studies - jazz is the biggest use of improvisation and it is taught and encouraged. Studying both is important but saying playing the line is only 10% just isn’t true. Bass generally requires far less improvisation outside of jazz as it’s used as a foundation for the rest. Playing the part right is always at least 90% of the job.

Hell's Bells - AC/DC

I use Gator Mixer bags circa £30 - £40 for amp bags. Better than over priced manufacturer ones in my opinion Many sizes available and well padded I had the WD800 for a short time and it was a decent amp but ultimately moved it on and got the TE1200 which was better for my needs at the time. That’s also gone now !! since I discovered Darkglass

Ring Ring - ABBA

I agree with Andy here. But it won’t be a big problem leaving it unstrung. As long as the trussrodd is loosened. So it’s not necessary to put on a body and string it. By the time you’re gonna use it and assemble it to a body with strings it will settle. I had a Wal neck laying around for 6 years, now I think of it I believe I even didn’t loosen the trussrod back then… but when it was mounted again on a body it settled right away.

Like the P, bit disappointed it wasn't Jet from Gladiators (on whom I had a Partridge sized crush) playing it!

I'm a lefty so I'd like to offer those necks but you're only the second person who has asked about a lefty neck in 6 months and the only one for a stingray. If we get five orders, we can go ahead with making a mould

Yes the XL25 had 13mm spacing at the bridge. I still have the Pedulla, there's not a lot out there that can replace it and they're not made any more. The Shuker was moved on last year because there isn't much call for a C string in my life and the C string is hard to hear on stage anyway. Anyhow, back on topic. Status Series II 5 strings are getting harder to find in the UK. Plenty of 4 strings around though.

There are, of course, always exceptions to the rule, but my own view is: Best is fitted with strings at playing tension and trussrod set for correct relief at the temperature and humidity it will be stored at Best, if the neck is not fitted to the instrument, is to loosen the trussrod to no bend pressure...for a single action rod, that means just loosen; for a two way trussrod, that means at the middle point between forward bend and backward bend. That said, there are usually methods to straighten a set curve caused by less ideal storage so, most of the time, it's not the end of the world if an unwanted curve has been set in due to those circumstances.

Took me a minute to realise that the lower figure is facing towards us. And there was me thinking I knew the reason for the smile on the face of the upper figure.

I’m looking forward to seeing them again. Must admit I was disappointed with the Clockwork Angels tour - didn’t think the album was strong enough to be played in its entirety. I’m 270 miles north of Glasgow so all gigs are a bit of a trek. I have to turn my gig trips into a short vacation to justify the travel and expense. And of course I have the best part of a year to start saving! Bring it on.

I saw them on animal magnetism and blackout. Gigs were so cheap back then. Moving? I am sure she has to move to reach all the drums! I am sure she is going to be fine and don't really get the 'it isn't rush without Neil' - i mean it was rush before he was in it, so it can be rush afterwards. That is why I wouldn't go. I am sure it would be expensive etc, but all those things are now, especially when there are only 4 in the uk, so sound is going to be bad because it is in the O2, and geddy hasn't been able to sing rush songs for a very long time, so hardly seems worth it. They were always my favourite group for most of my life, so I will leave those memories intact!

It certainly has some flame to it. It was described as AAA curly flame ambrosia maple in the listing and I have yet to have a bad piece of wood from this seller…..https://ebay.us/m/g4a779

Careful, Steve, this guy knows everything there is to know about vintage Fender basses, and he’s a polyglot! Probably best to mute this thread altogether; I know I will.

It looks flamed, maybe flamy-curl ? the dark stribes are areas were a fungus has its presence, here shown in a longitudinal section cut, this fungus is slowly weakening the wod, perhaps there is a short period, wen the fungus has it's entrance, in the beginning, were the wod hardens up, it can be a long period of time from fungus gets entrance, and wood is finally "chewed up" depending, on the tree, soil, surounding's , and the agresion from different specific species of fungus, this one, might be Honey fungus. the black strike in between the brown, and white wood, is a barrier made by the tree, as an attempt to keep the fungus in place, or strangulate it, eventually ofen, the fungus brakes out, and then, on and on, until Death of the Tree, will make the Tree more alive than ever, Amazing Top you have there

Nice bass.

I turned this down today when asked based on anticipated price and the fact that my mob always go for good seats, stay the night, have a good feed and a few scoops too. It gets very expensive. I conservatively calculated a £400 night out all in. £200 ticket, £200 transport, accommodation, meal out, drinks. They'll probably take the train and that'll take it up a bit. That's the price of a main dealer B Service + brake fluid change on the car. It's also going to be over a year away from buying the tickets and that seems a long time. It's also mid-March, which is when we tend to go away. I saw Rush 3 times in the past. Fabulous but not £400+ fabulous in 2027.

Well after a series of trades, I picked this up today from a very strange dealership in Manchester, which takes up a whole upstairs factory floor. So it's an Overwater Perception Custom Classic made in 2006. The main differences from the Inspiration/Progress series is that the older basses have the pickups further back towards the bridge & closer together, producing quite the punch in the mids department, not unlike a rampaging horde of angry Stingrays. I particularly liked the Rosewood on Mahogany spec as it reminds me of my first Status bass which I bought in 1990. After putting on some new Elixirs and adjusting the truss rod, the only issue is that despite the string height being just about perfect from frets 1-7, the huge brass blocks on the bridge don't allow the strings to go low enough between frets 12 & 24. I'll call Overwater tomorrow and see if they have any smaller string blocks for these old bridges, and visit my tech to see if the string grooves on the E & B blocks can be widened/deepened.

Well they both looked bloody lovely. Not ideal for my wallet.