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Buy an amp. You will have gigs where you cannot take your own PA and the one supplied is crap. Pick something reliable from the classifieds on here for a good price.

I love the idea, but my word would it trigger my fear of not having spares for everything for a gig!

"Sadly"? He's either still doing it because he loves it - which is awesome. Or he's doing it because he needs the money - which is just like any other job. Legacy is a nonsense argument. Every single act has done something at some point that some people say ruins a legacy.... and it never does, because the listeners get to decide what they want to hear and are under no pressure to listen to anything else. Legendary acts remain legendary even if their skills diminish with age. We should be celebrating their longevity, not criticising it.

I'm 50 and I'm still going, and I hope to be until the day half the people in this thread would prefer that I didn't. And then I'm going to keep going out of spite.

Necrothread bump. I've just been diagnosed with this - both sides. Also going for bloodtests to look for arthritis inflammation markers. I have exercises to do.... and of course advised to lose weight.

@Reggaebass His new album came out earlier this year.

Quite. There's loads of ex world class rugby players who now turn out for their village veterans teams. They are often still so far ahead of their new peers that it's a bit unfair on the normals.

I would love this very much! I don't record nearly as much as I would like to because I tend to abandon a tune during mixing as it becomes so much hassle. I really don't enjoy mixing. It's probably one of the reasons that I like to write for power trio type arrangements!

So what? That says to me there is a both a demand and a product for it. And again - if someone wants to pay money to go an see David Coverdale sing these days then who am I to demand he quit? He's been a much reduced force for quite a while, and yet here are still literally thousands happy to pay money to see him. Just let people enjoy what they want to enjoy - both performer and audience.

Bands should only quit when they want to do so. The idea that anyone else should get a say is laughable. It really does fall into the "I don't like it so nobody else is allowed to either" category. Maybe a big band will end up only playing to 30 people in the Dog n Duck on a Tuesday, paid in pints and crisps... but so what? Don't buy a ticket if you don't want to see it. When Iron Maiden are on a break, Harris goes out to play tiny clubs and pubs with 'British Lion' because he lives to play. He'll still be doing that when IM finishes. Maybe they'll be so few people wanting to watch that he'll have to pick between crisps OR a pint for pay. It's just as much of a passion for those at the top as it is for us dreamers, and I would never contemplate demanding that anyone abandon a passion that hurts nobody.

I do my job for the money, and at the moment I'm doing it well enough to get paid. Those bands are doing it well enough to get paid as demonstrated by the ticket sales. There's no real difference.

Depends on the phrase being played. Each finger sounds very slightly different and of course has a different strength. 4 fingers for really fast passages, 1 finger for slow, everything else inbetween. 3 fingers is excellent for triplets.

Get someone else. TAB is not remotely popular in proper reading scenarios. And proper notation is not “classical” it is just the common language of music. Don’t discount approaching Double bass teachers. You already know how to play, you are looking for specific skills and sometimes someone who plays a slightly different instrument is the right choice. I got some of my best reading lessons from a piano teacher.

Dual dynamic what?

The head helix dude is a member on the fretboard - I'll try and get him to spill!

I sold one a few years ago that I ran for ages. It was still going strong.

Different email address, another 7 day trial.

If you can find a One10T then you get the adjustable tweeter as well. I never used to use tweeters at all, but since I got one I've left it on at about halfway. It just seems add a little complexity to the sound, and not just treble.

The EBS is one of the few that I have never tried. Now I have GAS. Damn you all.

Yes. I have no idea about the TV Licence legalities for only streaming though.

It's a shame they didn't go all the way and make a competitor for the Waza-Air.

Before. For some of the sounds it needs to track the peaks and troughs of the input signal and a compressor would reduce them.

Yeah.... about that.... Err..... I hope you take soul crushing, world ending disappointment with a smile.

Different tone really. Not better or worse.

Another vote for a used Barefaced. The Super Compact is excellent, but don't be blinded by the 1x12 requirement. The BF One10 (1x10) performance exceeds pretty much everybody else's 1x12 by some margin, and you could get a used one for £250-£275 if you are patient. You might even find a pair for about £500 if you are lucky. Then you've got a really flexible modular rig. The One10s only weigh about 7kg. One 10 – Barefaced Audio https://barefacedaudio.com/collections/10cr-bass-cabs/products/one_10 That's their old website that they've left up.