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@Happy Jack gave me good advice on this type of thing before and has some nifty videos of himself doing what you describe...

I'm pretty sure there's one of these on eBay right now. Caught it out the corner of my eye before I could filter to left handed.

In seriousness I always thought the Antigua finish had a green hue to it, not this weird khaki brown. I like the original Antigua, but if I had one of these I'd get a custom pickguard made that features chunks of carrot, urinal cakes and cigarette butts.

Try immodium. Take two at the onset of illness and one after each loose movement.

I am pretty sure there was a Steinberger Spirit twin neck headless in the early 2000's. Definitely a guitar but I think a bass too....

I also have a big brother. I have two older brothers but only one of them is bigger than me.

I don't have one... Yet. 1984 for me so it's Fender P bass special (would LOVE one), Aria SB series, Ibanez Musician, MM Stingray... Probably a handful more. Any good quality examples of these will be pricey, any that are affordable are likely knackered. I'm not going to go hunting for one.

While I like the finish... It does make me think of a very badly stained pub toilet.

If it's a Rootmaster then you can bypass a lot of the EQ etc and get it sounding fairly neutral, run your MLD pedal into the input and you get the sound of that pedal.

I really really like that look! Subtle, not gaudy, but that white body in that shape will definitely stand out!

I'm interested in this too... I don't have a Tele bass, sadly, but for purely cosmetic reasons I'd love to stick one or two of these pickups into my P bass. Would be great if they sounded half decent too!

Love this!! Whether originals or covers I always thought it good practice if we can't do a gig to refer another band we know. That way you help out the venue, whether they've booked you and you had to cancel or whether they offer you dates you can't do, and helped out another band. What goes around comes around so if we all take this approach we should eventually receive what we give.

I pad for watching Netflix while doing root fifth stuff/ playing the same set you've bashed out every week for years.

There was one, is it called the Disciple or something? The black single pickup one. There's so much more they could do with the Kramer brand in basses and really compete in the £300-£600 bracket, the old Striker and Baretta designs from the Musicyo days surely still have a market (or not, because Gibson is a business and they probably do more research than me on these things). The Kramer section is neon, 80s gaudiness, beautiful. I bought a t shirt from there!

How do I deal with it? I am basically doing an act when I'm on stage. I enjoy what I'm doing but I shared video of my last gig with a friend and was told I didn't look comfortable! Need to work on the act!!! I used to really beat myself up about mistakes, my first ever gig I walked off gutted, turns out the drummer was the only person who realised what was going wrong and it was no biggy. It's not a sport, like it's not the FA Cup Final... If you make a small mistake do it again next time that phrase comes around, people will think you meant it. I think Marcus Miller said that. I do it and it works. If you make a massive mistake turn sideways so the audience can see you mouth "@££&!!!" At the drummer 😎😄😄

I used to book bands at a pub I worked in many years ago. We tried to get a bit of acoustic stuff going on a Sunday night and committed to making a go of it through the summer. I was always there either working or drinking so always sorted out the acts, got them paid, etc. The one night I wasn't there the three piece act didn't show up, just the singer with his acoustic. Apparently he brought in a decent crowd, I knew he was good and well known around town. The next morning I had a polite text message asking why he'd been paid £30 instead of £100 and saying it was fun, even after the police incident. I texted one of my colleagues and over the next few days the story unfolded. The landlord and landlady had a huge row and the police got called, Landlord emptied the safe and disappeared. The staff were all close friends and family of the landlord so tensions were high. Come time to end the music and the act was told to have £30 because £100 was based on three of them, a third of the act, a third of the fee. I felt for him but there was nothing I could do to rectify it. I also learned he basically winged it, loads of mistakes, scraps of songs, not a great performance... So the sympathy dwindled a little. Over a few months of booking acts there was a stark difference between those who had a full and well prepared set and those who just turned up with a guitar and mic and thought that they would magically have some epiphany to play flawlessly without a set list, or notes, or memory of whole songs.

I've only depped for people I know so there's an amount of comfort with it, but even so I've had surprise set lists, asked the band whether they play certain songs in the original key and been told "don't know, you'll be fine!". If there's a lull with my covers band I might cast my net out a bit wider to do some deps for bands I don't already know but to make it worthwhile financially I think I'd be pricing myself out. There's a dep to replace me at a gig in summer and he's an accomplished musician going for a rate I would want to be taking... Oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained.

Bought a non standard body off them, very good value and excellent quality. Really worth using them if you want good quality rather than buying the very cheap parts you can get on eBay etc.

Utter gits. Not your fault their clientele are tight/ the venue isn't popular enough for people to come to/ only sells sh!tty beer... What if a band said sorry mate, you don't sell McCoys crisps so our fee is up by 25%.

I adore SWR amps! Something about the clean, glossy sound of them. Enjoy

Wow!

That's a really classy take on the P bass. Amazing the cheap ones can be made without gouging a ditch out the body between the pup and the pots but US Fenders still do.

That's a steal