neepheid

Have they still got the chonkster, half baseball bat necks? Looks good and wide in that photo.

I bought Lego and a watch to soothe the need to acquire shiny things, if it helps...

A 24.75" scale bass? Heresy, I say! I've never done such a thing, nor ever felt a desire to do so. Am in the opposite camp of ridiculousness, my Epiphone Les Paul Standard bass is a full 34" scale neck grafted onto a regular, Les Paul body. Small body, daft long neck vibes. First fret is about an inch further away relative to where a P bass et al would be as a result. Feels very "rock" when playing at the first fret with that little bit extra reach required.

Oh god, the dreaded "can you turn the music down?" early bird special supper club types are the worst. Had an encounter with them a while back, gig got exponentially better after they bogged off in a huff

Oh dear, the embarrassing revisit of what I said 7 years ago. Do I still have the Gibson RD Artist I said I'd never sell? No. I went through a bad financial patch and ended up having a bit of a clearout. C'est la vie. I make no promises now

Buckie, NE Scotland. A wee place in the grand scheme of things, and yet the venue in question somehow manages to be near absolutely nothing. We stood outside at 11.30pm and you could hear nothing except for the faint sound of sporadic cars on the A98 in the distance. Eerie.

They are, specifically by Mirr Music. While far Eastern production keeps inexorably being sucked into a vortex between China and Indonesia, are instruments made in South Korea now being viewed through the same rose-tinted spectacles that Japanese production has been for many years now? There's a rose-tinted tax on that...

Fscking bovine excrement. Went to a place we played back in July last year to precisely zero folk. Audience increased by 200%, to 2. Early bath at 11pm. Still got paid, but what's the point in travelling 2 hours each way for this? I feel like I'm stealing from them to be honest, and if this is what their Saturday nights are like they probably need the money more than I do. Place was freezing, was playing with my jumper on during the truncated second half. We're supposed to be going back in October, but I think the place is a wash and have made it clear to the rest of the band that I think we should cancel now and give them plenty of notice.

FFS

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.