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Don't worry, The Inevitable Teaspoons are currently recording our second album, all by ourselves, in our RF hellhole of a rehearsal room, with whatever mics we can find and a Zoom R24, mixed by me who knows hee haw about mixing. What could possibly go wrong? But it will sound about as far from AI generated "perfection" as it's possible to be, and even though no effer will listen to it, it might poison the AI well a touch...

It's important enough to say it twice - do NOT use your truss rod as a means to control string height/action. That it has a small effect upon string height when you're adjusting at it is neither here nor there. It's there to control neck relief, to keep the neck straight (or with a very slight concave bow in it) to counteract the forces being placed on it by the strings.

I will be bringing 2 amps - a Markbass Mini CMD121P IV combo for louds, and a TC Electronic BH250 which will be headphones only, that worked really well for me at the SWBB.

Learn to play right handed But in all seriousness - 80s Yamaha - BB perhaps - I think they did a few lefties?

I have a second hand Nespresso machine in my office. Classic, so I can buy pods at Lidl or whatever's on a deal - Nestlé isn't getting a penny out of me, lol. I even learned to like black coffee, saving even more money. I do buy my lunch at lunchtime most days though, because I'm a lazy so-and-so.

The factory was hired, had to be emptied for new tenants next month.

Yes, I did read your original post. Your original post said nothing about the EQ on the bass itself. Go fix it yourself then, you can naff right off with the attitude.

Despite the somewhat sarcastic delivery, Hellzero is not wrong in the philosophy - back to basics. So, the volume is up full, the EQ (on the bass) is set flat, and you've tried a fresh battery, correct?

Basschat, thy work is done.

Aye aye, politics and stuff *handwaves*. But are you any good, like at fitba or rugby? Let's get down to the real issues here

If you have an original, get it copied, either by Brian Pillans (earlpilanz on ebay) or Tinytone. Other pickguard makers are probably available, but those are the two who spring to mind.

That's the sad part of it, Dad. I don't believe they were trolling

Oh yeah, I didn't recognise Bill Wyman with his bass neck down there...

Did you have to get that wee lick in there at the end? That right wing sentiment rubbing off on you or something? Don't make me come down there and educate you about Scotland's net worth to the United Kingdom. I'm worth half of the Barnett Formula alone. But if you want me gone, just say the word.

Felt like I needed to follow up my post like with a "yay for decent gig, but boo to unfavourable test results". Hope it's not too bad, all the best.

Friday night (Halloween), played Grays Inn in Mastrick, Aberdeen with Nine Lives. Wasn't the best of gigs, file it under "alright". Oddly, the pub didn't seem to be doing anything for Halloween, but that didn't stop a bunch of people being in fancy dress anyway. Including me - who you gonna call? Neepbusters! Anyhoo, we were late starting because one table of folk who had finished their dinner wouldn't vacate the area for ages, leaving us a lot less time to set up than we usually have. Grr! Put me in a bad mood, ngl. But we got going about 10 mins late, and managed to get an OK sound from the get-go. It was busy enough at the start, but I suspect a lot of folk had kids and once they left, the place cleared out pretty bad. There were a few stragglers, but it was mostly dead, leading to a fairly meh gig. Oh well, still get paid, I suppose. Gear was the Sire Z7 followed by the Yamaha BB1200, into the ISO Standard modular bass rig.

Thankfully, there are several people here who give the impression that they won't touch a bass which weighs more than 8lbs, sadly more often than not for health reasons, so hopefully it will find some favour in these quarters.

What a year it has been. Tried to go abstinent, failed in March, and then went a bit mad, oops. So much good gear, but I have to rank as #1 the bass which put me out of this year's Gear Abstinence Challenge, a bass which had been living rent-free in my head for the past dozen years or so - the Greco LGB-700 in purpleburst... I know they say "don't meet your heroes" but this bass is absolutely fabulous, everything I dreamed it would be. Of course, I made it mine by altering the control system a touch (instead of the stock VVV it's now 6 way Freeway switch then VT), but the pickups are great, and it looks utterly fantastic. Honourable mention go to the Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter - hands down the best pitch shifting pedal I have ever heard in terms of preservation of tone and tracking. Worst? I haven't bought anything truly awful this year, it's more a case of "least good" really. I suppose it's the SGC Nanyo Bass Collection SB310 I picked up. Was really curious about these basses and wanted to try one. It's a fantastic bass, but it's not for me, mostly because it's too damn light! It's for sale now. A shame, if it had a bit more heft about it I'd probably have kept it.

This is a quote I found which I think came from someone who used to work at G&L "I ran the [G&L] custom shop the last 2 years. The factory has been emptied out. Fender didn't take any of the guitar inventory we had, which was substantial. That was all sold to MIRC out of Tennessee to be sold through their channels. All fender wanted was the IP and Leo's likeness and signature." So, looks like a clean break. Makes sense, didn't think Fender would want the bother of selling stuff they didn't make.

Indeed, sad times. The Kenny's in Aberdeen was your typical small town "try to do everything" shop which didn't really stock a lot of stuff useful/interesting to me, but I would buy sundries/strings/accessories from them from time to time. Ahh well. Only one shop left (Ramjam) but it's mostly a second hand place, will be interesting to see how they do in the void which has now been created.

What? Get paid to pursue a "hobby"?

Moving pictures sometimes give a better idea... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3tNlKq4XPY (not affiliated - first video of one I stumbled upon) In my experience, they tend to look better in person than in stock pics, speaking as an owner of a burgundy (metallic, but not sparkly) Z7.

Which sparkle? They do a few...

I regret nothing. I did it so that no-one will ever try a stunt like that again