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Found this today. "Marie and I had a second fun-filled day at Summerfest yesterday which was also the last day of Summerfest 2018. Bands we saw included Paper Holland, Soccer Mommy, Aleem, and Bad Boy. The day ended with Cheap Trick thunderously rocking the house filled with adoring fans. Surprisingly, they were not, in my opinion, the best band we saw yesterday. That was reserved for the local Maple Road Blues Band. https://www.facebook.com/Maple-Road-Blues-Band-181086306205/ We had never heard of them before, but went to see them because we had noticed that they hail from the same suburban/rural county north of Milwaukee where we live. They played to a much smaller venue than Cheap Trick with hundreds instead of thousands in the crowd. Yet their excellent musicianship and passion for their craft captivated the audience with both original music and standards. I think Stevie Ray Vaughn was smiling down. Sometimes the best is indeed right in your backyard." Nice, I don't see very many of those. I'll take it. Blue

I say bat the ball back into his court. Ask him if he's sure he wants to play guitar, maybe he'd like to play the ocarina instead. Ask him if he's sure he's in his 40s, maybe he's actually 27. Also I'd pull him up on his assertion that he's in Hitchin, because it's possible that he's actually from Croatia. S.P.

Among many other things, I love the trouser choices going on here.

It's just a tool. I play a 5 purely because I get piano scores rather than bass parts and I like to be able to play the low end without having to thing about changing things. Half the time I don't use the lowest notes but I have more positions to play in because I can play across the board rather than up and down. TBH anyone who does the "4 was good enough for Jaco" routine is a weapons grade silly billy. There were hardly any 5 string basses around at the time. There was the 15 fret Fender V 1965 but the first really popular 5 was the Stingray and that wasn't introduced until 1987. The year Jaco died. Wal and Alembic did some before that but they weren't common or affordable. Who knows what he would have done if he had lived longer. But one thing I am sure of - he wouldn't have said - "Oh look! a 3 string double bass was good enough for Bottesini so that's good enough for everyone"

Get some black Fablon type material. Goes on in a one'r,no drying time and no smell. I picked up a 2M roll of white for £3.99 in Lidl, so far it's done 3 scratchplates with plenty left.

Call me age-ist but I don't think you are going to make it big in alt-rock in your forties. I'm mid 30's and I wouldn't be able to put up with the lack of sleep from touring. It just seems like one of those ads from a complete dreamer who doesn't understand what they're saying. Wouldn't be surprised if he's never taken his guitar out of his bedroom.

I totally disagree, 40 is the new 20 so at 44 I am so close to making it big with my electro emo punk jazz funk..... now where did I leave my glasses? ........

Mastodon - Leviathan Off the back of the albums you tried to love thread; it really is superb.

+1. Also, there is much more of a continuum between the 'disowned' early records (Tone Float > R&F) and the 'official' canon than they'd like to admit. Aside from the title track, Autobahn shares quite a bit with R&F to my ears and there are still conventional instruments on Autobahn too. Florian's flute is quite prominent and Klaus Roeder played guitar - although he's been excised from the sleeve notes. I'm not sure if he's still on the back sleeve (inside the car). That picture was doctored anyway. Not only were Ralf & Florian composition students, but Karl Bartos was an orchestral percussionist - also from the Franz Schubert Conservatory, recruited via their former tutor for the Autobahn tour. Only Wolfgang Flur was a rock'n'roller. Ironically, given the flack they took about musicianship, there can't be many successful pop bands with a higher level of formal training than Kraftwerk. It shows too.

Or Messi. Or Ronaldo. Or Neymar. Remind me again, what happened to their teams?

Channeling my best Ron Manager, “Back Home; Esso coins, dad getting the petrol; Banks upset tum; Bonetti the cat; Uwe Seeler; broken dreams; best England team ever; jumpers for goalposts; hmmm, Wembley Trophy football...” Yep, definitely Back Home!

We played Scarisbrick Marina Festival, just outside Southport, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Saturday clashed with the footy and predictably there were only a handful of people there, it felt a bit too quiet, and we drifted toward the end. Better on Sunday - we had a drummer this time, a dep who did pretty well, still only about 30 people but they were bouncing around in their seats and clapping to the faster songs, better atmosphere and we played better. Afterwards an elderly lady came up to me with the sweetest smile, put her hand on my arm and said "Thank you - the bass drives the band, you know." Made my day 🙂

Surely vindaloo qualifies on both counts 😀

Anything where they have to chant, Inger-laaaand. Which is pretty much all of them, well English ones anyway I seem to recall liking a Scottish one with the bloke from Gregory's Girl singing. Early eighties. Talking of Gregory's Girl, Clare Grogan 😍

@Golats @fleabag It recommends spraying a little water,creates a barrier so you can push any bubbles to the outside. Same idea as a mobile phone screen protector,only it uses an oil. Bubble-free close-up😎 The brand name was Melinera.

I’m liking the Jet Black and Burnt Apple too, plus the two Sparkles. I’ve already got a white Ray, which is weird as I usually don’t like owning white basses, but she’s a good’n. Tough choice for you though with the Charcoal, wonder which you’ll get... cos we all know you’re getting one! I’ll be driving past Bass Direct in September, that could be dangerous...

Jaco liked 5 strings: That's a Gretsch (or a Guild? can't remember, think it began with a G) and a custom acoustic he specced I think.

You really need to put a clear lacquer coat over the colour coat and then polish it back to get the shine and the strength in the finish, the colour coat alone is not very durable it is the clear lacquer that gives the strength

Sounds about right. A high output but Hi-Z pickup is only "High Output" when it isn't loaded down by a low impedance.

Lemon squeezy ! And of course, if they get scratches, whip it off, respray, hammer it back on - job done. No brainer !

No issues with mine ... and over the course of my ownership I have realised that it is my favourite jazz bass. That is inclusive of my 76 Fender and lakland Darryl Jones. I never expected that!

It's Gibson scale. The body is small, as per Prince's request, which makes it look out of whack a little. Width is what you would expect on an average Les Paul. 42mm at nut. 53 at 12th fret. The neck is a definite C - a bit of a tree trunk, but nice to play. Here it is next to a common or garden Strat. I am getting an ESP Cloud tomorrow (below), so it will be interesting to compare them.

Wales, Wales Bloody great fish are Whales ...To the tune of Land of my Fathers - probably the best anthem in the world evaaah and I speak as an English person. Every time I hear it at the rugby in Cardiff it absolutely sends a shiver down my spine.

loads of music I like where the bass is very much low in the mix. In fact what really gets my spine a-tingling are songs where the drums or percussion is to the fore. Few things get me more buzzin than this

I too blame BC for many many things! Especially moments of similar madness / cashflow in the "wrong" direction But hey, Marylin is absolutely lovely, and I'm sure will bring you many hours of happiness As Happy Jack says above - "what's age got to do with it?" And he's absolutely bang on correct, of course. (EDIT: Yes Mrs Happy Jack - it does happen! lol) In fact, the younger me could not possibly have afforded half of the gear I now own Happy NBD to you Mr Staggering on - enjoy

Forgot to get back on this one. Yes, the power cable mentioned in the OP did work

...and nobody wants a wobbly knob!

My view is that if you have had the space to keep it for so long you may try holding on to it in case there's a surge in demand for the inimitable trace sound in future. It's a gamble but may be worth it.

Surely this is the answer?

So this is my effort for this month, I hope you enjoy it ☺️

They're all irritating

Heres mine. Loveing the SA stuff especially the Aftershock. Goodbye B3K. Biggest suprise is i can use it as a clean boost as well, set it up to have a parametric mid boost. Still need the analog octaver though.

MB1. These are Great Basses in there own right! (Hardly Entry Level) i do miss my Old one it had plenty of furtberil

We do, but ours are quite a bit smaller

Outstanding work, sir! And what's age got to do with it?

No strings either. They always come with those. Definitely not real! 🤣

Keep the Sire.

well, Lurksalittle is away next week so I may as well post it already, I have put together some truly ridiculous pastiche to pay homage to the painting. enjoy classroom sounds were from freesound.org/people/reinsamba/sounds/73178/

I don’t know, the a major part of why the DP-3X is such a hit is due to the fact it compresses the lows and distorts the top. I think Doug would want to compete with this particular unit and offer the same feature, that’s what I would do anyway!

Maybe he is a secret bass player and thus only pretends to be a tool

If you like the terror bass, get one! I think they’re cool.

Bob Dylan, his songs always seem to sound better when someone else sings them

Conan, to be honest, Walter Becker's attention to detail meant that nothing but the best was allowed under the radar. The best education a musician could ever get and a life-changing experience. The guy's innate musical knowledge is second to none and, as a person, totally inspirational. His enthusiasm for music knows no bounds and he's honest and just a f***in' great bloke. I've got a mate who's a dog's-bollocks trumpeter and he says that playing on Flaunt had the same effect on him. And he's played with The Who and Eric Clapton! Make no mistake, the greatest thing that ever happened to me, though, was the day Kevin Wilkinson walked through the rehearsal door. A bass player's only as good as his drummer, and we had the best.