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I have no preference really. Quite happy to play unplugged for sight reading practice or for low level play-a-long. I enjoy using an amp for loud play-a-longs but that's more for fun than practice.

Just remembered - Sandberg will build their 4 and 5 strings at 32 inch scale. It's a custom order of course, but available. The upcharge is the same as going for a 35 inch scale.

Ibanez EHB1005SMS 32-30 multi scale. There’s one in the classifieds. Ahem.

no I didn’t. I interpreted your earlier post as the process of switching tunings would do your head in, not the actual playing in different tunings. The process does my head in too. But I’m happy playing in different tunings as long as I’m not sight reading.

That looks interesting!

I had one and sold it. Great pedal but not what I was looking for.

that’s what a hipshot extender is for. 1 lever to move for accurate changes from E to D and back again. It’s a marvellous invention.

There are currently 27 countries in the EU and 39 in Eurovision. They have nothing to do with each other.

I'm thinking about getting a new drive pedal. I'd like to investigate the relative unknowns, the ones that don't get the big social media exposure. Does anyone have any recommendations for any forgotten heroes? I don't have a particular sound in mind, or an example of a tune. Just fancy something different. ta

I think that's the plan - the reports have been that it will be a celebration of Ukraine as if it was being held there.

What's the cheapest (I know!) way to control 2 SA pedals with access to patches? I've got the Spectrum and the Ultrawave and they are even more fun together. Is it the proper SA Neural hub and their controller or are there other options? ta

sorry, wasn’t very clear. Fans of all ages non bassists don’t care who was behind PG. Bassists under 45 won’t know who he is anyway. The under 45s without kids are likely to be the ones who do buy posh instruments.

The songs Levin etc have played are legendary and are well known. That doesn't mean the fans of the songs can name the players. Certainly not for solo artists. More to the point, they don't care. They don't care if Peter Gabriel's backing band was Hendrix, Sting, Rich, and Mozart. Gabriel is the legend there, not the band members. If legendary status was about ability then someone like Vic Wooten would be more popular than Sting. And he isn't. Ed Sheeran -v- Andre Segovia. Or if we are honest - any professional backing singer on earth -v- Ian Brown. Edit. And I am talking about bass players. I think there’s a lot of under 45 bassists who won’t know who Levin is.

This is where you lose me. Ask the under 40s or maybe even the under 45s and far more of them will know who Joe Dart is than Tony Levin. To bass players aged 50+ Levin is one of those legendary old pros like Sklar, Flowers, Kaye, Jamerson, Dunn and so on. But do non-bassists know or care who they are? Not so much. Does the bloke in the street who loved the Sledgehammer video have a clue who was on it other than Peter Gabriel? No. Did Levin ever get a sold out crowd at the MSG actually singing along to a bass instrumental? No. He's just not visible enough. JD is very visible in Vulfpeck and Stratton regularly calls him forward, makes him the main point of interest for various tunes. That's how the muggles know him as much as the bassists do. Legendary status for musicians has always been about visibility more than ability.

Zender - Jamiroquai Myung - Dream Theater Levin - just about everybody! Most famous probably for Peter Gabriel or King Crimson Commerford - Rage Against the Machine

It's in a video where is't confirmed - Jack Stratton was effectively EBMM's guarantee to cover the overheads of the signature runs, at least for the first couple of models.

I wonder why Levin hasn't got one. Maybe after the OLP version he didn't want a full fat one.

There's quite a lot of attenuation on the active input. Either turn up the input gain or just use the passive input and maybe turn the input gain down a little.

I never knew Alan Carr could sing that well!

£8 per hour from leaving to getting back... not including rehearsal times, deductions for consumables etc etc. I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth quoting showing total time with reference to the minimum wage!

Sight reading and theory.

I'll give it a try.

Yeah, but then you have to go to California.

I've just googled the band. Listening to "Call me" Why have I never heard of them before? This is right up my street!