hiram.k.hackenbacker

That’s exactly how I feel about Spotify. I’ve never been a paid subscriber, so maybe it’s different for those that do. Apple Family subscriber here, so we get Apple TV, Music and storage. Apple Music makes my life so much easier. Whatever I do on one device syncs on all the others automatically.

What on earth are you doing going up further than the 12th fret? Rookie error that 😎. Seriously though. A short scale may not necessarily help, unless you also have short arms? A narrower jazz neck, typically ballpark 38mm nut width, but crucially with a shallow neck depth would probably help you more. I haven't played your model of bass, so I don't know how deep the neck is. Best bet, get yourself down to a store that has loads of basses and try some. See what works for you best.

Would help to know what area it was stolen from.

It’s actually very easy to send, getting it cleared the other end with the proper paperwork is a different story, as I learned from personal experience.

Yes, it is; from 2013 as I recall. I think I'd agree with you about Alembic too. I've had a few and haven't played anything that's quite like them. I'd put Ritter basses in the same class. Superbly put together and whilst they don't have a unique voice, the quality is undeniable.

Mine is 8.6lbs.

Mmm, just read it. I'm not sure it's the shop that should suffer with comments like this from the buyer.... 'To be fair on you, Chris did say it had just sold when I called the shop originally but I was very pushy, prepared to pay more and I rarely take no as an answer so you can blame me!'

There's another all female Purple tribute, also very good indeed, Diva Purple!

If it’s a song we have played before and we get asked, we’ll do it. I’m always amazed at how happy it makes some people when they ask for a song and we actually do it.

Guitarist and I nearly came a cropper with exactly that on Saturday. We went up the front side by side for the guitar solo in The Final Countdown, feet up and planted on a monitor that felt it like to was made of cardboard. Bore no weight whatsoever. Heft-less one might say. I think we managed to style it out 😎

Probably the same thought that Rudy Sarzo had. He got away with it 😎

I guess one could argue that given that it was possibly a commission sale, that the shop had a duty to get the best price for their customer. That should have been sorted out before it went up for sale though. I say 'sale', but it sounds like it was a blind auction. I'd also argue the case for the buyer saying 'I understand it's sold, but let me have first refusal if things don't work out'. But, 'I don't care if it's sold, I'll give you more money, plus you won't have to ship it internationally' sucks big time from both sides. I have visions of there being a mirror thread on Talk Bass.

Sell the guitars! In fact, sell some of your basses to me 😂

That and the buyer IMHO. As bad as each other.

The thing I’m taking from this is that he didn’t bring his own rig. Even if I knew there was a house rig, I’d bring mine.

This sort of carry on makes me 🤮

We need photos 😎

Is 10/8 a time signature thing? Could be. Any idea why?

This photo is from Armando Gallo's wonderful book 'I Know What I Like'. It's shows Chester Thompson's bass drum and pedal with a set list taped down next to it. It doesn't mention where or when the photo was taken. It has always confused me and I wondered if anyone knew what some of the songs are and why he referred to them that way. Given the content of the set, it must be from the '...And Then There Were Three...' tour, but I have no idea what '10/8' or 'TRUNDLE' refer to. The Genesis Movement show these songs as played on this tour: Songs Played In This Period Eleventh Earl Of Mar, In The Cage, Burning Rope, Ripples, Deep in the Motherlode, One For The Vine, Squonk, Say It's Alright Joe, The Lady Lies, Cinema Show/Afterglow, Follow You Follow Me, Dance on a Volcano/Los Endos, I Know What I Like, Fountain of Salmacis, Down and Out, Ballad of Big, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway/Musical Box, Supper?s Ready, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight/Musical Box Medleys : - Dancing With The Moonlit Knight / The Musical Box (Closing Section) - Dance On A Volcano / Drum Duet / Los Endos I'm wondering whether 'HOME' at the end means actually home as in it may have been a date in the USA or maybe the final date of the tour (Japan)?

About 15 years ago, I was deep in an obsessive mode regarding Music Man Stingray basses. I still love them, but since I've started having issues with my fretting hand, I've found life a lot easier with slightly narrower necks. Also being a Status fan, I was on the lookout for one of the elusive NAMM Stingray Specials with the Status neck. Only 100 made and they came up for sale very infrequently. Things happen when you least expect them and I found one for sale one day in a small music shop in the middle of nowhere. Apparently, the guy who bought it from new didn't even know how to play bass and it had been in its case been under his bed for years. I bought it for a very respectable price and walked out of the shop a very happy man indeed. It as, as they are referred to around these parts, a keeper.

Yes, I do, but only for basses, not pedals/amps/speakers. They're all contained in a single document which is quite scary to look at. It has dates for all my current basses bar the first two as I'm a bit hazy on where from and how much as they were bought in the 80's. Once they are gone they move to the sold section at the bottom of the list.

Similarly, the inclusion of Sledgehammer into the set necessitated that I purchase an octave pedal. Bought through the classifieds here on Basschat for £40, but I guess that dumps out of the 2024 challenge 😬

If we have to have a thread about the programme, let’s call it by its name: Glitter:The Popstar Paedophile, not just Popstar.