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I confess that part of me baulks at the arrogance of people who expect others to chauffeur them around. Arrogance may be a little strong but I struggle with the concept. I have mentioned my drummer friend. He tried driving but suffered an unbelievable trauma at the age of 4 (older brother vs lorry) that I fully understand his position. By the same token, I have driven 432 miles to collect and deliver a bandmate home when he was stuck.

Butane Skies Shutterspeed Crooked Snout Wisdom Teeth Frances (session bassist for solo singer) Butane Skies is the only one with material released. They're doing really well playing festivals and moving up the stages. Shutterspeed are getting really good support slots and Crooked Snout are headlining the second stage at a punk day festival.

Cultural appropriation = telling people they can not do something because of their culture or the colour of their skin. The last vestige of acceptable racism?

That's just the sort of barking mad eccentricity that appeals to me.

Here @RonC: https://meisterworks.myshopify.com/collections/luminlay-products Always order there and nowhere else as there are many fakes and it's the maker's webshop.

That Zombie is applicable (as @tegs07 said) to any conflict situation where there's an unquestioning force doing evil things. Another Zombie (by the Cranberries) was about a specific conflict and its aftermath, and I don't hear anyone English doing any sort of introduction for it to give the context (it gets played a lot at open mics).

I think it depends how much you want to sit 'in' the mix vs being distinct. IME the pre-special Stingrays have a definite lack of subtlety, especially in what I hear as a very artificial top end. When people say "the active bass sound" I think of Rays whereas something like a Sadowsky sounds like a passive bass with more eq control.

wow! another great build! beautifull finish and i love the luminlay side dots, @Basvarken where did you get those? they would be great on the fretless 5 i'm building at the moment~.

Having been in bands with people who have had no transport, and inevitably ending up being the one responsible for getting them to rehearsals/gigs, I wouldn’t do it again. I don’t mind sharing the travel but as designated driver, no not again.

We've had a 2nd guitarist express interest in joining our band. He doesn't drive. He lives 10 - 15 minutes away from me, but in the other direction from rehearsals. It's not far, but I'd be committing to getting and dropping him home for every rehearsal and probable gigs, too. It felt like far too big a commitment to mke before I'd even met him.

I know that 'Rays are really hard to get to sit in a mix - tough live, even harder in the studio - but I've used mine in loads of recordings and it's been a joy. I've often just plugged straight into a desk and the results have been fantastic, but I know a lot of people who get eye-rolling from the sound person when rocking up with a 3EQ Musicman. I never got that with mine and I don't think it's down to the wood so much as the electrics. That's just opinion. I've no evidence!

Very different lol

Another thread reminds me of two. White guys calling each other 'man' or referring to someone as a 'cat'. Actually, add 'dude' to that list.

On a personal level my 'attempts' to do the 12 string justice have thrown up more questions than answers! LOL If you are in a position whereby you have TOTAL control of the FOH sound then you can go the full Tom P route and use the amplifiers/cabs of choice (roadies will transport them) and you can have DI's or mic'd cabs to suit, with an engineer who works for YOU and will mix it as you want. However... That is rarely the case for most of us and transporting gear is a consideration, as is who is in charge of your live sound and how much say have you really got? Even if you are hiring in or using an in-house engineer paid to make you sound good, sometimes (nearly always) they know what a bass should sound like (not a 12er) but you are pretty much on the lowest rung of the priority ladder and mic'ing / DI'ing multiple sources and mixing to your desired end result. I've come to the conclusion if you can get the best mono signal from whatever sources you need (pedals, splitters, Helix etc) and you can present a premixed feed to an engineer you're more likely to get close to what you want. I did a gig where I had a split signal (1 feed bass to bass amp/cab, 2 feed top end to a guitar combo) and despite my clear instructions it was apparent that during the first song the top end was muted and the rest of the gig was done with my 12 string (everything below 500hz) going through the PA with a bit of an indistinct tone. Conversely, I did do a multiband line up and the engineer bluntly asked if my bass was meant to sound like that (bit of dirt on the higher frequency split of the 12er) and when I said 'Yes', he just left it as was... result. Slightly different scenario if it is your backline sound that you are sculpting which will either be just for your benefit (in which case see above re FOH) or you are in a small enough venue that your backline is carrying the bass to the room. I'm a new advocate of the HX Stomp and I have it set up for some global EQ at the start > active split > 1st path is below 500hz and is processed very little other than an amp (no cab) / 2nd path above 500hz is passed through an OD set quite subtle (grit rather than distortion) > these paths are then blended at a vol/level to suit. I was considering sending path 1 to a separate output than path 2 which could be sent to 2 power amps/cabs/combos OR the 2 paths sent to 2 desk inputs... but would the engineer blend to 'my' liking? Maybe best to just give engineers a premixed signal and a 2nd premixed signal could be sent full range to a bass rig for on stage monitoring. As I say, more questions than answers! LOL

The problem I found with the stock preamp is that it was quite scooped but also the treble frequencies were voiced too high boosting treble as well as brightening the tone also introduced a lot of string noise.

There are Chinese copies of these - there's at least one owner on the Rickenfakers FB group. I don't think the one in the pic's a knockoff though, it doesn't have the generic hardware & pickups a copy would come with.

What are the names of the band's? I'll look out for them.

^ beat me to it. (Wait ... what?)

Thats exactly why I had it. Let me ask around... Some people have spares as they moved to HP, some silly sods staying on the surface pro. Rob