Kevsy71

Sold an electronic drumkit to Mark who drove to collect it - a very straightforward and pleasant transaction, just sorry we couldn't chat over a cuppa due to lockdown! Throughly recommended, thanks again Mark.

For me that should be the First Commandment of bass ownership

I've been learning 'What's going on' from the score in the 'Standing in the Shadows of Motown' book. Strangely, although I'm far from being able to use just the index finger for most of it, there are some faster parts that I'm finding easier with it! I like the fact that the clip shows his right thumb muting too.

I think we should really be considering amplification defence too: tilt your 810 cab onto its castors and charge at their shins seal your valuables into an SVT-VR and chortle as they make it halfway down your drive before collapsing plug in and play 'Mustang Sally'

Yeah, I've had that problem on another bass where the dot spanned the line between the neck and board and found it difficulr to set. I've not personally had that problem on the Bruce Thomas myself as the dot is fully on the dark ebony board, but as you say Luminlay's are the best of all!

Is there a difference when you record with the Macbbok Air plugged in vs it running off battery? MIne has quite shocking grounding issues - they are a bit notorious for it unfortunately.

Yngwie J Malmsteen. I can't find a photo except for this Reverb sale: https://reverb.com/item/1479190-fender-precision-bass-owned-by-yngwie-malmsteen-1973?show_sold=true

That fretless is bonkers!! PS the Gittler website appears to have been hacked so be wary if searching for further info.

It's hard for me to determine whether relic is convincing because I've seen so few examples of e.g. pre-CBS Fenders in the flesh, and the only one I've owned was a refinish. The variation in visible wear on vintage basses I've browsed over the years though is huge: e.g. James Jamerson's basses always look pretty clean in the pics I've seen, versus (for example) this: https://reverb.com/item/33112524-1961-fender-precision-bass-in-fiesta-red-finish-with-original-hard-shell-case ...with the paint worn alll around the back edge and back-of-neck discolouration all the way up to the neck joint and on the E side. So 'what does genuine distress look like'? would yield a range of answers. Despite that, I suspect there are some golden rules too look out for (e.g. the nitro crackling as mentioned earlier in the thread vs obvious attacks with a sander)

or get a 5er! Nothing beats a low B to wake up the back row

Just bought a gorgeous Yamaha TRB 5 II from Tim: a very straightforward transaction even in lockdown, and an excellent packaging job. Much appreciated Tim!

That's good! Same for me thankfully; but if we ever have the organ involved I go up an octave - there's no way I'm competing with it

Love mine - out of all the basses I've used in my noisy covers band: guitar, keys, sax, harmonica - it's been the one which punches through the best. I currently have it strung with full fat La Bella 760Ms which is amazing through a Noble preamp. But I miss the sound of the stock Elites it came with, so may have to get a Bass Centre Detroit Bass for Motown duties

Hooray! Welcome to the club Sir

Great stuff again! Bonus point for having twin 'TrevorCam' ;)

Yeah, same with us. We sometimes struggle to fill certain slots but have learned to account for it - playing without a drummer is quite the experience!

That's excellent Trevor, and great to hear the Pro 2E so present in the mix! Thanks for sharing and a great job by all Please may I ask the video software used? I'd like to try this out for our church too. And will be nice for me to have the chance for multiple takes on the bassline for once

And none of those are good for metal.