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My solo album, 12 tracks 26 minutes: https://weisenheimer.bandcamp.com/releases Not my finest hour but I had to do something during lockdown

I saw Martin Greh support Oceansize in the basement at Rock City many years ago. His set was about 15 minutes but I was totally blown away. I was so desperate for him to come back out, but if he had maybe it wouldn't have had the same impact. In contrast Oceansize stayed on for 1.5 hours and I was bored after the first 40 minutes

His solo stuff is the best IMO

My main band Headsticks did a live album a while back. There are no overdubs at all. I might have tuned a couple of vocals here and there but otherwise it's just as it was on the night, less one song. We've been doing "live" sets for people to watch online, and these are recorded live but without an audience. All the audio is totally live, just a couple of dodgy notes fixed on bass and vocals

I used to use thumb picks on bass so I could switch between fingers and pick without having to hold a pick somewhere

maybe you could use a compressor with a slow attack, to exaggerate the initial transient

a cupboard might sound very weird! I think Mike Skinner did a load of vocals in a wardrobe full of clothes, and that sounds very dry Great point about the room though, if it's a bad sounding room the NT1 will pick that up

Great vocal mic but at least twice the price of the NT1A and not as good all round

I reckon I shift most guitarist's tracks by at least 12ms so the latency probably helps! Probably not as useful for bassists who tend to be a bit more "on it"

They're a great all-rounder too. I use mine for the room on acoustic guitars, drums, percussion, sometimes electric guitars too

Just a bit of fun on the drums

Glad to see you're back!

I am over the moon. Spent an hour playing it last night after getting back to stoke and it feels so "right". Thanks so much Steve I won't sell it again :)

My mate Sam Ogden - my favourite drummer to watch, and to play with

I got a great deal on some cymbals too, was happy to wait

I can't play my normal basses due to an injury, and haven't been able to since December. I've just bought a Squier Bronco hoping the short scale will help and it does!! I'm stil very rusty, but I love the sound of this bass. Here's a little jam I did with myself

I genuinely think Jack Stratton is dead funny, even if I've gone off their music a bit. I've been loving fearless flyers though, and Theo Katzman's solo stuff

I'm not sure he was being entirely truthful

This is the one from a live jam. I put the vocals on after

Not much interest but I'll post the videos here anyway:

good call, thanks

My first ever bass was a Squier Musicmaster in white, like this I sold it when I was 16. I had no idea it was worth anything, I'd started playing 6 string basses, and I really wanted to buy a drum kit. I had one school friend who'd give me a kit for £50 and another who'd give me £50 for the bass - sorted. However, I've never been able to let it go, and as time goes by (I'm now 35) the regret gets more intense. About 5 years ago, the person I sold it to got in touch on Facebook. She's now living in the states. Of course I asked about the bass and she explained she'd given it to her sister, but she'd ask if I could buy it back. The sister said no, but if she ever came to sell it she'd let me know I'm struggling with a wrist injury at the moment. I can't play my 6 strings, even a standard P is difficult, so I was looking at some short scale basses and thought I'd contact her again just on the off chance. It turns out the sister sold it to a guy in Salford last year for £250. I'd have easily paid double that to get it back! I wonder if anyone on here bought it? Or knows anyone who did? I put a deep gouge in the top by the jack socket, I assume that's not been repaired.

I know it's not funny but that really made me laugh I was very lucky in that an addict walking past asked me what had happened to my door. I explained I'd had a few guitars nicked. He said he'd ask around, and then half an hour later lead me to a house with 8 of the 10 guitars in it in exchange for £50. I still miss my Aria Pro II hollow body 335 alike though

We had 10 guitars nicked from our house in Stoke about 15 years ago. The police were great, fingerprinted absolutely everything in the house, there must have been 5 officers there, god knows how much that cost. Never heard from them again. Weird!