neepheid

Hmm, interesting grey area. I have no experience in this field. They're not physical, are they consumables to DAWs like strings are to basses? Honestly, make your own mind up and if you think they don't count then don't bother reporting them. I'll add you the noo.

Why do you want to know? I don't mean it to sound combative/defensive - just being nosey about what you're up to

"Talking pish" to become Olympic sport at next games?

Is it being hand delivered in a sedan chair?

Sure, replacement of broken gear is allowed - but it has to be "like for like" - no sneaky upgrades - no replacing a 30W practice combo with a 1000W head and two cabs, for an extreme example...

My first thought was "it's surprising what you can get on the NHS these days"...

It's not for bass so it doesn't count unless you're going hardcore abstinence.

Thanks.

I'd say postage ain't gear. If the gear is being gifted then have at it.

Eh, Mrs. Neepheid asked me after the gig if I wanted to hang around (for my benefit, not hers) but I was like nah, what's the point? Let's say I did actually get a chance to speak to Arry, what could I say that he hasn't heard a million times already? Plus I put myself in his shoes and to be honest even in my current state of complete unfamousness I would still prefer that everyone just eff off after a gig and not bug me when I'm dismantling gear, or just generally decompressing and letting the adrenaline die down naturally - imagine it's a hundred times worse when you are famous and you have to play nice otherwise someone will get all offended on the internet about it. I'm happy that I got to see him up close (way closer than at a Maiden concert) and watch him tan the hell out of those strings.

And I was just thinking of posting a "two weeks in - how you all doing?" type post today. How's everyone else doing? Holding up OK? I was living dangerously earlier and looking at FB marketplace - mostly for things to mock but thankfully didn't see any tasty, tempting treats...

What a way to go though. Hard to ignore... Do show us when you get it!

There is no uniform right/wrong answer to this. I've seen BBs set up both ways - pickup halves dead flat and both angled in an effort to mirror the radius of the fingerboard/relative string heights. If you liked the sound of it better before, put it back the way it was. Whatever your ears tell you, they're right.

Ahh, an attack of the good old "because I can" without the corresponding "should I?"

Hehe, they look like wee jelly moulds

Nice one - I saw them in Aberdeen on Tuesday night - 5 yards from one of my favourite bass players of all time, it was a great gig

Ok, I'll play properly - the first three tracks of ELP's Trilogy The Endless Enigma (Part 1) Fugue The Endless Enigma (Part 2) This was probably my intro to prog. Thanks, Dad!

Well, if circumstances dictate that you must move now, I wouldn't worry about a bass having its strings off for a week or two.

Why not wait until you have the strings you need for the swap if you're worried about it?

Pick any three songs from Dark Side of the Moon? Is that cheating?

With respect, I didn't say that, and I don't subscribe to that school of thought at all - I regularly buy basses at distance sight unseen. When I said "get an example of the bass I'm interested in" I generally mean "buy it". #justsayin

Facetiousness aside, I don't think any bass has a divine right to be better than any other based solely upon who made it and where. I simply ignore any of these kind of comments, get an example of the bass I'm interested in and let my ears, hands and eyes decide. Whatever you like, you're not wrong - you don't need your hand held while you decide.

It's been said a million times - you can't go wrong with a Yamaha...