Skinnyman

Ditto Pat Metheny.

Well put. I have no problem with companies defending their IP even if their approach is (they would say necessarily) aggressive. But if the RRF post above is genuinely from the bezel designer as it appears (hey, it's the internet - trust nothing) then Ric would appear to be guilty of massive hypocrisy. I did have GAS for a 4003s but that's fading quickly.....

Sorry guys, I'm not going to make it. I don't know what the hell it was in the middle of the road that I went over but it's done two tyres. I've just been recovered back to Lincoln ATS and I'm waiting for them to bring a couple of tyres up from Newark. It's been a fun morning so far - I hope you all have a better one!

Aaaaaaaargh!

Hi Danny, welcome. Check out the Midlands Bass Bash thread in the Events section of the site - happening tomorrow and not too far from you if you fancy it....

Hmmm. I love the circuit but i destroyed a car there once so it has mixed memories for me... Avon Rise/Quarry is one of the hardest combinations on any track in the UK I'll stick to Cadwell Park 😀

This. A trick that I heard years ago is to occupy your mind with something and stop it spiralling out of control, thinking about all the random stuff you mentioned. The recommendation was to listen to a podcast but turn the volume down so that you have to strain a little to hear it - then listen to it. Radio 4 podcasts are my insomnia cure of choice with Melvin Bragg's In Our Time at the top of the list. Because you have to work to listen, your brain can't get distracted and you can relax and then.....zzzzz. I've yet to hear an episode of In Our Time all the way through 😀 Actually, that's not true - this isn't infallible but it works for me more times than not. If I don't have my MP3 player, i try and do the same trick of keeping the brain busy by mentally driving round laps of Cadwell Park. I'm getting quite quick now.... Different tactics work for different people so i hope you find something that works for you

Understood. Most people usually do

If I have room I'll bring the Dingwall and the Ricky. It does sound well through the One10

Got the day ticket from Mrs Skinny so I’ll see you all there. I’m trying to decide whether to bring anything to The Bash other than myself..... I could bring the Dingwall Super P that I currently have up for sale? Or a Rickenbacker to annoy Teebs. Or the little Gretsch which will fit in the car easier. A Barefaced One10 if anyone is interested in just how much noise something so small can make (those with a child under five will already know the volume that tiny things can make but for the rest of us...) And a Genzler Magellan 800 just to make sure I can keep up with the neighbours.... Oh, and a PAT tested extension lead (good call, Andy) .

Genius idea but given my ability to tangle cables without even trying, I suspect they'd discover my emaciated body tangled up in that thing...

I once auditioned for a band where the guitarist insisted that every note played, sung or struck had to be identical to the original. He used a Kemper and spent ages moaning that patches claiming to be the "Hendrix" sound or "Gilmour from The Wall era" weren't right and he needed to model his own. I didn't get the gig (largely because i wasn't good enough in those days) but i came away feeling i'd dodged a massive bullet. I then spent years learning bass lines by rote - years that improved my finger strength and dexterity but taught me nothing about how to structure a bass line as all I ever did was regurgitate the parts without analysing them. Lessons with a brilliant teacher helped me get past this and taught me to develop the right part for the particular combination of band and song. His example was Living On A Prayer. You have to play That Riff. It's expected and an integral part of the song. But no-one really cares what you play in the chorus so long as it drives the song along. I've played in a 3 piece band where there's a lot of "space" and the bass has to cover some of the melodies or fills that were played by keys or strings on the original. I've also played in a five piece where the guitarist and keyboard player are filling the musical canvas and i have to rein it back to simple, supportive bass lines. So, unless you're in a tribute band, covers can be as close or as far from the original as you like provided they're played well. The acid test is whether the audience enjoy listening to them. Other opinions are available and equally valid

Haha! Call me Doc, Marty, call me Doc 😀

And howdy-do-dee to you, young Sir. Ah sho' am glad to make yo' acquaintance. P'haps you'd like to join me at the tables for a friendly game and share a mint julep to ward off the heat of the evenin'? This ole thing? Why it's mah granpappy's ole jazz bass geetar. Looks mahty fine with the white pickguard, don' it?

Ooh, I dunno. I reckon JM's browser history wouldn't bear close examination. And I bet Edwina and him got mucky in all sorts of different ways. There were probably eggs involved.....

Weird. Does (did) it hiss with no bass plugged in? Electrical interference from somewhere? Dirty switch/pot (was about to say 'knob' but that would only set Teebs off again)? What has changed since you last heard the hiss and today? Moved anything? Unplugged anything? Could it be a poltergeist? Have you tried turning it off and on again? Or falling it down the stairs? When you do eventually find out what it is, let us know - I, for one, am intrigued

He just said ‘never tort’. Pearl On The Black Bass. End of....

I like pearl 'guards. I'd have pearl on them both and risk being burned as a witch.....

Ignore Ricky, he's weird..... You'll have a great time. Just avoid the temptation to have a couple 'just to loosen you up' or to ' settle the butterflies'. 😀 But once you've done your three, go and get bladdered, you'll have earned it!

Wear something that cleans easily. These things can get a little.....intense 😀

I bet you're a wow with those Rorschach tests 😀 "Vot does zis ink blob remind you of?" "Sex" "Unt zis?" "Sex" "Unt zis?" "Sex again" "You seem to be obsessed mit sex!" "Me?! You're the one with all the dirty pictures!"

Now that i don't mind - but i wouldn't really call it relic-ing. I'm not sure what it is (Mad Max? Ratting?), but to me it's very different to the practice of taking a belt sander to the paint on a perfectly good guitar in order to give it a false patina of usage. This is a finish in its own right - and one that, unaccountably, gives me GAS