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Thanks for that; I was stuck on 6 Down : Mis-spelt number puzzle (6...), begins with 'SO....'

Now there, you're spoiled for choice. I've half a dozen from several BC members (in fact, every one I've seen announced..!), with never a deception, and many a Good Read. A 'No-Brainer'.

Don't be fooled, and Mo is a top-of-the-line bass player to boot. S'not about guitars. A great read.

Mo Foster's "17 Watts', updated to ... British Rock Guitar ... A great read.

It is said that 'All Roads Lead To Rome'. In that light, have a nice trip.

Allan Smethurst...

Charles Aznavour..?

The Install procedure asks if a Custom or Default install is wanted; I chose Custom and gave the drive/folder the data was to go to. I also gave the path to my Vst folder. Why an external SDD..? Is that especially fast or something..? Just curious.

That's good to hear, and obviously I don't know the person at all. Just the same, and including much of the posts above, I don't see why the basics of learning an instrument have not been mentioned. It's fine working with patterns and muscle memory, but that really isn't the easy way forward, except for playing a four-note riff for a little while, then giving up. Do you do any exercises at all which use notes, in whatever form, such as scales, intervals or chord tones..? They really are the keys to playing music, and help enormously in training the ear, so as to be able to 'play by ear'. There's nothing wrong with learning a favourite 'lick', but that's really only for fun, once the real learning for the day has been done, as a reward, or 'instant satisfaction'. Just sayin'; maybe I'm just too old.

I must say that I'm not overly impressed by the tutoring you're receiving, to judge by the dialogue above... Playing tunes and songs is fine, and is, indeed, the End Game, but learning to play a musical instrument (any musical instrument...) should, in my view, imply somewhere learning Music. All those frets, strings, numbers and patterns are crutches. Useful, when one is disabled, but not an ideal means of locomotion. It may be helpful to start thinking of the bass as a means of playing notes, rather than patterns. Learn where the notes are (yes, where's the 'E'..? then the 'F' etc..). Name and play those notes on each string. Learn and listen to Intervals (start with the easy ones: thirds, fifths...), and play them on each string, from each starting note. Learn and play chord notes... All of this, and much more, will make progress much, much faster. Keep playing tunes and songs, but start with very, very simple ones, and name each and every note as you're playing them. The fastest way to learn how to play is to do it all very slowly, moving on only once each step is taken. I would have thought that most good tutors did things this way. Bert Weedon had it right.

Good afternoon, cobber Carl, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good evening, Jeff , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

As if ..! ... ...

[Mod's Hat On] I've started deleting them as and when they appear. [/Mod's Hat On]

Mozart has a wide repertoire, or mix it up with Brahms, Liszt, Beethoven, Bach, Holst... The list is long.

I set an alarm for 45 minutes, when the second kneading finishes, then, with floured fingers, hoick the paddle out from under the dough. No paddle stuck in the loaf = One Happy Bunny. Maybe you could adopt a similar manoeuvre..?

Good afternoon, CPB, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good evening, Gradenko, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Just as well we can't see under the 'J' pick-up covers, then..!

... that keeps on giving... ...

Has your tutor nothing to say on the subject..? Have you mentioned it to him/her..?