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I'm sure this clears up some of the confusion

I heard you like niches, so I put a niche in your niche so you can niche whilst you're niching

Fair doos. Listen to some yourself, you can't describe taste IMHO.

I'd go to Spotify or YouTube and find a playlist in that style and give it a listen. Incidentally, why do you want to know...you hardly sound enthused! I listen to quite a lot of music that could be defined as dream pop and shoegaze, but describing music is a lot tougher than just listening to it and deciding yourself tbh.

I'm learning Judith by A Perfect Circle, both the bass and some of the vocals. Slight complication in that the band tunes down to D standard and the song is played C# standard, and I'm not tuning any lower (there are limits, dammit ! ) but no real biggy, just some changes in note choice. Tried it at practice on Tuesday, sounded pretty good 👍

Good God. That's.......um......generic. Not sure it's AI though. I'd much rather listen to his sister...

Could be worse...could be a bass solo

That's a cracking looking rig...bass AND amp 👍

This is why I never do any serious practise sitting down !

Agreed. The man's head-to-toe a class act. I hope he gets a lot of pleasure out of his new bass.

Hope Andy Bell's involved. Totally ambivalent to Oasis tbh, but it'd be nice to see Mr. Bell getting some dosh to carry on his solo stuff, which I'm quite partial to. Silver linings and all that

Would you need two channels or just a good sound for fingerstyle set up with your amp and then maybe an EQ pedal to change to plectrum ? Or vice-versa. EDIT: When I've mixed plectrum and fingerstyle I've usually used some kind of EQ to even up the sound - usually an EBS MicroBass II, as I do like the way the EQ section sounds.

Same for me.

First gig outside London on Saturday (only third one overall). Part of an all-day do in a pub in Chatham...looked a bit rough and ready when we got there (set up in the corner of the pub, no stage kind of affair), and a proper jamboree bag of acts, but we went down really well and played a really good set. Mrs. Pook and I had hired a car for the weekend (for non-band purposes), so we drove down and back rather than getting the train. We gave the guitarist a lift there and back, might be a while before he accepts the offer of a lift again as Mrs. Pook and I sang along to Absolute 80s radio all the way back. He sat in the back, occasionally mentioning that he didn't know any of the songs... First time gigging my Ibanez EHB - very impressed. It'll take a bit to get used to it, sound-wise, after using my Spector for so long, but boy.....so much lighter !

When I was learning the fretboard I drew a big bass neck on a bit of paper and labelled all the notes on it. Then I stuck it on the wall and looked at it a lot.

A funky slightly jazzy blues band ? How about FSJ Blues Band ?

Ah look, the bowls is on

Exactly. See: 'growl', 'heft', 'punch', etc.

Taking the blue vibe... Soul Blue

Agreed. I think it's stunning.

I know exactly what you mean, but the exercise is good for them and they'll all sleep really well tonight

I've heard of them...sure they've been mentioned on the forum before. Stonking performance...and you can't beat a bit of Beat Club 👍

No obsession for me - just a preference. But it must be great not to notice the difference - much wider choice available.

Oooooh, stylin'.

Fender Jaguar for me. Offsets ftw.