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Agree. Music is an Art. To me everybody playing music is an artist and a musician, as i don't associate "values" or "status" in these words, so not feel it as pretentious. Remains me this question: Are you a player or a musician ? .. Even if playing cover note for note, we all have our own and unique way to play it, and we put our emotion in this playing. It's our artist part. We all are artist. And it's not a pride source for me, more a everyday happiness source.

I've always been a fingers player. But since i've revised entirely my right hand technic based on Anthony Jackson one, i've discovered and added the pick to my bass playing (as guitarist in a previous life, i was aware of these strange little things) I discovered, as mimicking Anthony that it could be a real boost during more energetic moments in tunes; plus having new shades of tones in my playing. But i needed it to be easy to catch and let down during tunes cause i would like to be able to use it for some parts of tunes. As i've had a pick with small magnet inside from my guitarist life, an idea popped in my head: where could i add a magnet on my bass for my magnetic pick to stay available easily ? Second problem was the pick brand didn't exist anymore. I found a end-of-stock of 3 more on the web but that was all. So after some search, i found a manufacturer from Italy that has created picks with the same basic idea except he added some metal rings in picks instead of magnets: https://www.m-picks.com/fr/magnetik-picks.html And here are the pics: mine are 0.75 but he proposes different thickness and shapes. The bass magnet is from somewhere on asian websites, and has been bonded with double side thin tape

I would like to hear this awesome chord with this capo 😂

With Zarbo, Afro ska band: With Adhoc 4tet: contemporary jazz. Dead last july ..

Excellent book which have changed my way of practice, more efficient during the same practice time.

Next month i will have the chance to see Hiromi's sonicwonder at 45 minuts driving from home. I'm an absolue fan of her actual band and can't wait to live this moment.

Sorry prototype = sorry half price (if you want to keep it like this). For this money, i would return it for retrofit (correct sanding before painting eveywhere on the bass, re-do the painting, perfect electronic working..)

I have the chance to be able to play at minimum one hour per week day, often an hour and half. And a little more on the weekend. I've no kids, my wife ones are long gone to live their life, and she understand that my needs are good for my mental health. In fact she's supporting me in all that i do, as i do my best to support all that is good for her. She's my precious.

I followed Lobster advice on my Sire U5 with hipshot 1/2 ultra lite and it worked perfectly.

Send them a request. Perhaps they already have received some. Their P pickup is really good on the U5.

I'm in. At first it was not a real choice: i was playing at home with a Fender acoustic CB60-SCE, and was really happy to be able to play without plugging anything, at correct level to follow music from my stereo. It's 80 % of my playing time; at one hour minimum rate per day. But i'm getting older now and a pain started to arrive in my right shoulder and prevent me to play my acoustic bass due to shoulder position with the acoustic body thickness. My osteo-therapist explained my shoulder has 30 years of bad position playing when seat and advices to change it to the classical guitarist position: bass between my legs, laying on my left leg, 45° angle neck, shoulder without any tension. Problem is with my 34" basses, weight it not comfort and F note on my E string become hard to stay on for my left shoulder.. So after small search in the internet bass galaxy, short scale idea popped in my head. So i looked a lot of vids and listened sounds, read reviews, etc; and finally gone for a Sire U5. I quickly changed tuners for ultralite hipshot ones; that removed completely the slight neck dive. I just had to file a little fret edges : The Sire process for rounded frets is very good but let some small rawness on the edge sides And what i can say: it's the best bass for the price i never had... This bass is ridiculously good, comfort and playability awesome, a really good tone with stock pickups. I have it since May, previoulsy dedicated to my house playing only. Few months after i can say she's entered in my A-Team and took the first rank. I can't wait to rehearse and play outside with. It's really a shock for me that sounds like a before/after moment. When i think i've paid 437 euros + 102 euros for hipshot licenced tuners; and she sounds like a 1000/1500 euros bass; this is the best money i spent for musical instrument since 30 years.. And to welcome her in my A-Team, i even build her a ramp So i think my 34" basses will get out less.

My very last pedal: Keeley bassist. It became the only pedal i put between bass and amp; so it's really my last pedal. After a life switching from pedalboard with pedals to multieffect unit to new pedalboard with other pedals to new multieffect unit to ..etc etc ; i've reached the end of this road with this pedal. It's just adding some extra-clarity to my tone, something magic. And i don't need anything else. I've build this mini-pedalboard to protect her from our crazy guitarist which jump all over the place without paying attention to anything. . But i don't use it anymore, as i finally put the pedal on the top of my amp as it's always ON.

Already 6 years have past since this topic. I will not open another one, just say Hello again !

Whatsapp is a great tool to communicate with the band. And i can say i find all rehearsals usefull; cause out of the fun we have, band listening and tightness constantly improve by playing together. As we only make several gig a year, we need these moments.

Cigarette kills ! And we are not professional, so one beer stop is the good amount of friendliness we need to have this little chat.

Record. We put a zoom digital recorder in the room in a corner, and forget it. Then I treat it with reaper to cut it following tunes, and send it to bandmates. As we rehearse two times a month, we have time to listen it, discuss about it, work with it to be ready to play it better on following rehearse. One beer stop. Not one beer stop every three tune, just one beer stop in the middle of the evening.

Mark Knopfler on may the 7. It will be a good day: my brother and I bought tickets for our father and us as a gift for his 70 birthday. We were Dire Straits fans in the eighties/nineties and our father too. It will be a good ole'days celebration bewteen guys for us I have not listened Mark Knopfler music since "sailing to philadelphia" album, but always have pleasure to from time to time.

Mine is the Keeley bassist:

I'm a "store" guy. When i'm not playing, they're in their bag.

My watch didn't survive to the 20th century... But i move my left hand ring to the right hand when I play.

Awesome bass !