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Well done and always remember its about enjoyment more than anything else. Let yourself enjoy the songs and the learning process. Happy times ahead. My big regret is not continuing with my lessons and taking it to the next level. I went for around 18mths. On hindsight i think my teacher was a bit limited in his teaching abilities. He was primarily a guitar teacher and he was good at that but i dont think he understood bass. David

Just had a wee update from Andertons that my TT800 is now put back to Spring 2022. From what they say its now down to approvals taking longer than expected. I hope its worth the wait. Meanwhile i decided to buy a wee Markbass Nano 300W as a back up. Arrived today and it sounds really nice thru my PH212. It actually has a nice warm tone to it not dissimilar to the Mpulse. I was quite taken aback just how good it was and that was it running flat with my Jazz and Precision basses thru it. Does make me wonder what to do now but will try it at next rehearsal see how it sounds at volume with my SW210/115 rig. Dave

2nd track was OK but others not so keen on lol

Sure you'll be fine. Put the work in and just enjoy it. I dont know those songs so hard to comment on them and its for your lessons so i'm not gonna offer any help cause that would be cheating All the best and let us know how you got on tonight. Dave

I tried a pick when i joined a punk band 4-5 weeks ago but i keep ending up with severe cramp or pins and needles so gave up. I was holding the pick lightly too. Dave

His 3 finger plucking style can be hard to copy i found. No idea how he manages to keep that pace thru a 2-3 hr concert. Not really my kind of music but he's an outstanding player. Dave

That's tasty

Natural with maple neck

There's a bass tab on Ultimate Guitar here for you if it helps. while my guitar gently weeps bass tab.pdf Dave

Remember........... you're playing the bass part. 😁 Dave

That was nice and nice wee solo spot at 3:30 and 4:30. Kinda funky blues style. Very enjoyable and easy to listen too. He's got a really weird slap style and i always wondered how you managed to do that . I do have to point out that he's not Right Handed tho so would probably struggle playing 4'33" altho he does have a flying start with the correct bass. 😂 Dave

No idea who that is I'm afraid.

Always happy to help a fellow BC'er. 😂 Dave

Aha so where you might be going wrong is that its played fingerstyle. Its all in the fingers. You cant play this with a pick. Its one of the few songs that can be played left-handed when you are right handed with the bass inverted to have the G string at the top. Does that help ? Dave

Am i the only one here that's drawing a blank with this song 4'33". I'm just not getting anywhere with it. My mind just goes blank every time i stare at it. Dave

Whereabouts in Glasgow were you ? Dave

I'm not at liberty to say. I see you had a good night in EK last night too. Using your new Sandberg as well. Will need to check the band FB page for details. Dave

Its all good fun with myself and @theplumber. We're friends thru the same bands. Sometimes it comes across as a bit serious when its just good ole Scottish humour. Lynn started off as BV's but its developing into her doing more lead vocals or sharing vocals with our other singer. Dave

For Gods sake this is getting ridulous. I'll just call them Mikey and Lynn. .......sorted. Am i allowed to say For Gods sake ? Is that religous un-PC. ?? I'm not even religious. What's the world coming to. I blame you Steve @theplumber this all started with you buying 3 P basses you know. Dave

Where were you playing. ? Love Harris and Lewis. Have relatives that live on Harris and been a few times. Almost moved there butfamily responsibilities meant it wasn't possible. Gorgeous place and a great way of life but expensive. Dave

Aye that would work but would have to be female vocalist and male vocalist. Its all very complicated you know. Life is simpler when there's only one bassist 😂 Dave

That's what she joined as but we're slowly persuading her to take on more lead vocals. She's just a bit nervous of doing it but she's coming around. Yep i need to get away from calling her that. Just not sure what to change it to. 2nd Lead singer ? Dave

Not too bad. Was a money at door event that we organised ourselves just to get back up and running. Think there were approx 100 people there which was ok. I guess the gigging issues we had before covid are still all there, i just forgot about them 😂 Dave

Great gig at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow last night. Good turn out. 1st gig in 18mths so all a wee bit nervy. New backing vocalist had her debut and that made a huge difference to the overall sound. Guitarist took on some keys duties too and all seemed to go well. Few issues with electrics at my side of stage and had to run an exxtension all way over to other side. Thought my Mesa was knackered with nothing but loud crackling coming thru. Tried the venues own bass backline and it was doing the same. Sound check took a bit longer than we expected as Engineer was not the usual one. She appeared very young but to be fair she did a pretty reasonable job considering she probably had no idea what 70's Glam Rock was 😂 She asked me to turn the bass amp down at sound check and it ended up i could hardly hear myself on stage against the drums and guitar. Using the Mesa Mpulse 600 into Subway 210/115 cabs with my Sandberg VM4.

We did consider that but with us all living in different parts of Central belt it makes it difficult going round everyone to collect and drop off. In the old days we would all just meet at Motorway services and leave from there with a van but these days you only get 2-3 hrs allowed in services without extortionate parking fees. To make it worse the road that we load / unload was closed off when we finished. Had to get them to move the barriers to allow us to load from back of venue. Dave