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Dang it! I haven't been to a bass bash since the demise of the Moffat bashes and was thinking of hatching a plan to come down. Unfortunately, I checked the calendar and I've got a gig the night before. ./~ I drove all night ./~ - eh, no, Aberdeen > Taunton after playing a gig, would probably fall asleep at the wheel. Have a good one, folks.

Doesn't work for me (the link, not the humour which I haven't even got as far as receiving)

Just seen many a thread get locked when B related discussion crosses a fairly low threshold, that's all I'm referring to.

Bass holy wars - greatest hits

A good sound engineer is worth the weight of several bad ones in gold.

Thread lock imminent if we don't pipe down on the old B-word discussion...

Fingerstyle, sad face EQ. Mids r good for live playing in my experience. It's what I do, not saying anyone else is wrong for doing the opposite.

I'll just leave this here. Bin bag and a thin layer of bubble wrap. I was... unamused.

I thought cowbell was the only prescribed instrument...

Jeez, that bad huh?

Doesn't anyone with a brain use the "completed listings" view? Perhaps I'm giving Joe Public a bit too much benefit of the doubt...

Thanks for the tip. Thankfully this time a hot shower seems to have done the trick. Oddly enough it wasn't the usual revelatory pop and whoosh of relief, more of a gradual improvement through the day until I realised that things had got back to normal in the early evening.

Gibson Grabbers/G-3s/Rippers have become fashionable recently? Prices have gone insane. Has some famous person I've never heard of been seen playing them on that TikTok thing?

For reference, the price of a new G&L CLF L-1000 has gone up 58% in 18 months. Same retailer used for before/now comparison.

Our guest "guitarist" joined us last night https://fb.watch/jwu2bScNb2/

I had a great gig last night at Wilsons in Aberdeen. Decent turnout and an enthusiastic audience. We had our guest air guitarist in the house too and he was rocking the Guitar Hero controller to great effect, gave the audience a right good laugh. Played the wunkay last night, what a fantastic bass. Unfortunately I came away with a blocked ear - maybe I pushed some wax in with my earplug. Off to the shower to see if I can steam it out.

Thread winner. End of thread.

I don't know why, but "Bad Moon Rising" is a home banker for us - young and old, it always gets some folk up dancing. It's also a piece of proverbial to play, so win-win

Playing to an empty room is probably the worst thing I've had to do. Well, it wasn't empty, there were two bar staff. No promotion done, but being a football supporters club it's rather worrying that they had no-one just go there out of habit. At least we still got paid. I've been a wee bit embarrassed by some band members being a bit too drunk. An example: having to tell them which key the next song is in, followed by them playing the wrong note back at us, about six times before the fingers finally caught up with what we were screaming at him.

Whatever, Dad. You're not my dad!! Half your post count is probably that bloody car. Could you at least change the chastisement method once in a while?

I'm so stubborn that I am only ever unintentionally fashionable...

Yes, you will almost certainly need a stereo jack socket. The battery is probably switched by the ring terminal, but as long as ground uses one and battery -ve uses the other of ring and sleeve and leave hot/output to the tip it'll be fine - it is the plugging in of a mono jack plug which shorts ring and sleeve together and sends it all to ground.

This is why I posited the LB-100 - the most P-bass like bass that G&L produce. The SB-1 and SB-2 are great basses, but they are off into "super P" territory in my eyes.

I have sold approx. 45 basses and posted most of them. No hard cases, unless the bass came in one, which has only been a couple of times. Lost none. Bomb-proof packaging is the key. The bass gets put in a gig bag most of the time, and usually double boxed. I have frequently fashioned my own outer boxes from former bicycle boxes - Halfords has always been keen to give them away when I've asked. My method is to make sure the bass is surrounded in cushioning material (bubble wrap, foam, polystyrene, balled up paper - whatever I have to hand) on all sides and the box is fully packed with it until there is no movement inside the box. Not overpacked to the point where the box might burst, just packed enough that it takes a little effort to close it. The whole thing must move as one when shaken. It takes time and effort, but it's worth it for a safe journey to its new owner.

The end is in sight. Unfortunately, one of my push/push pots is faulty - got a nasty sticky portion of the sweep and the push push doesn't seem to be switching. FFS. On the plus side, these DiMarzio X2N-B pickups are sounding amazing (through headphones at least), loud, tight, focussed but characterful - exactly what I was hoping for!