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What happened to change their minds? Good tactics should be shared too!

Still post it online to warn others.

Packed my gear. 5 minute chat with a few people. Pinched a slice of cake from someone who had bought some along. (It was excellent!) Drove home - about 25 mins. Unloaded the car. Had a cup of coffee and watched a bit of TV. I think that was it.

I both love and hate that song. But it did get to the point where I would introduce it using a cliche southern drawl accent, asking if anyone in the crowd was from Norfolk and planning to shag their sister that night.

I have a Butterfly Daisy Rock and it’s fun but the balance is awful. The Gretsch shorty is often heavy. What about 32 scale? Ibanez Mezzo are a bargain used and have nice slim necks. Weights vary but can be found under 7.5lb.

Would it keep up with a drum kit?

Nice looking thing! Congrats!

Wow, that colouring is horrible!

L&M writing skills are Ferrari. Their singing skills aren’t even horse. Maybe the illegal horsemeat that ended up in a pie not fit for human consumption.

All Beatles songs when they are sung by Lennon and McCartney. They have written some amazing songs but their voices are awful. I have loads of covers of their songs and I love them. Many different styles, but also some done identically but with good singers. I wish they had been the Bernies to someone else’s Elton.

Oh man. I’d listen to any old shit that had Duck Dunn playing on it.

I reckon whoever does it knows Bill and wants to annoy him.

AG-4P precision pickup. 1960 specs.

I've changed the pickups in every Sandberg I've kept. Aguilars if it's passive, EMGs for active. I suppose they are just the sound in my head.

Was it cliched when it was released? I recall it was lauded as a breath of fresh air among the hair metal and shedder bands.

If I do it I'll probably take it to Feline. They do excellent work like that, and I know they have experience with paulownia. I actually have a boxed set of EMG PJ-X pickups sitting around. They are my favourite pickups. I'll have to give it some serious thought.

The mid scoop can be cured / reduced a lot with EMGs and their Active Balance Control. I have that set up in a few of my basses for that very reason. But when I pick up a different 2 pickup bass I have to recalibrate my thinking EQ again!

The thing that cannot be named definitely doesn't help - the online Sandberg parts store will not ship to the UK anymore because of it. Have to go via the UK distributor or a UK shop at a higher price. I get why the online store won't do it - the hassle of customs forms and things for a part that might only be £8 makes it non-viable now.

I got my Superlight Lionel via Classic & Cool. I got it in 1 year last March. I suspect the model and what custom options a person wants has an impact. The aging process takes a quite a bit more work so they might even do them in batches. I knew in advance that the waiting list was going to be at least a year. Bass Direct carry them too - as do GuitarGuitar but I don't know if GG accept the custom orders. But yes - all orders and quotes for unusual stuff have to go via a dealer. The configurator cannot possibly have every option on it. I had a chat with Mark, exchanged a few emails about spec and paid a deposit. That locks the price in and the balance is paid when lands at Sandberg UK distribution. I'm still playing mine every day. In hindsight a PJ set up might have been more versatile than just a P but I'm also nervous about getting it routed out for a J at the bridge.

No. but it is an increasingly obsolete view. He, and others like him, have musical careers. They are getting paid to play. That it is not to your taste is irrelevant. That they are getting paid by advertising revenue rather than getting 2% of physical media sales is also irrelevant. He is not releasing music on 78 speed vinyl, he's releasing it on youtube and he has built an audience over years of hard work. And it is hard work. It's coming up with 4 or 5 new vids a week. Planning it, filming it, editing it. Dealing with copyright issues, etc etc. And that ignores the investment of the time needed to be able to play as well as he does. He's probably putting in more than 40 hours a week on it. That's a lot more than most musicians do, or even attempt to do. Complaining about modern ideas is a weird thing. We are on this forum because we play an instrument that has only been around for about 70 years and was laughed at when it was invented. I suspect that when Bottesini asked for a 4 string double bass rather than the traditional 3 string one the response was "Why? What's the point?" as well. Things move on. People like him do not affect the traditionalists ability to get pub gigs, or record what a traditionalist gatekeeper has decided is valid musical expression, or any of what has gone before. It's just something new to go into the pot. And like or not - he's inspiring people to play. 99.9% of them will never reach his ability. But they are playing and increasing sales of kit and making manufacturers invest in more product ideas etc etc. For some reason I had this view that bassists were somehow more rational than guitarists - many guitar forums are filled with people complaining that many new young guitarists say they were inspired to play by Ed Sheeran! Who GAF how they decided to pick up an instrument? The important bit is that they did! As for the amazingly dim sounding "I bet he can't play in a band" type argument.... ye gods that's a poor argument to present. Loads of the flashiest players spend most of their day doing sessions for other people. Just holding down the bottom end, playing roots. Marcus Miller does it. Billy Sheehan does it. There is zero reason to think that someone who can play like CB cannot play what a song needs. I used to play Classical Thump and Colorado Bulldog etc. And I had no problem joining a 25 member jazz big band and just playing what was written. I loved it just as much.

Buy a seat for it on the plane.

I love my Helix. It's amazing. It is now part of my home recording set up so I'm thinking about a Stomp for when I'm out of the house.

I used mine with a SuperTwin and now use it with a pair of One10 cabs. It will work with any 4ohm to 16ohm set up. I assume the Midget has combo jacks so you can you a regular speaker cable and not a Speakon at the cab end?

Hotone Thunder Bass. 5W only, but an amazing lounge amp. Sounds just like a good SVT. Under £100!