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    EBMM Joe Dart 2 is here

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    Is this 8 pages of bickering about whether some bass player is good enough/popular enough to have a signature bass? I would hazard a guess that as EB have released a second Joe Dart signature bass that they got enough publicity/money from the first one so that answers the questions for you all. As for whether Vulfpeck or Dart are legends or if the Signature basses are worth the money I will leave that up to the people who buy them and listen to the band. 

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    EBMM Joe Dart 2 is here

    in Bass Guitars

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    2 minutes ago, FinnDave said:

    Zender - Jamiroquai - never heard of him/her/it

     

    Myung - Dream Theater  - as above 

     

    Levin - just about everybody! Most famous probably for Peter Gabriel or King Crimson These I know from the 70s

     

    Commerford - Rage Against the Machine - never heard of him/her/it

    I’ve heard of all of the above but Levin only because I have an interest in bass. Your average music fan would have no idea who he was. I would go far as to say your average under 30 music fan won’t even have heard of King Crimson and likely only knows a couple of Gabriels tunes.

    The law of diminishing returns, Tonewood and other folly’s

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    Posted · Edited by tegs07

    1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

     

    Those sorts of mistakes can happen anywhere in the world as soon as you take away the need for the people running the machines to actually understand the basic principles of luthiery and why certain construction decisions are being made. Leo Fender started it all.

    Arguably Henry Ford started it and allowed the masses to get their mitts on expensive luxury items. Generally quality goes up and prices come down. Occasionally there are mistakes and companies reputations can suffer if they aren’t rectified.

    There are obvious environmental issues as well as alienated and low wage workers as a result but that’s another issue. 

    That said in 2022 an aspiring muso can head out with less than £200 in their pocket and pick up an instrument that with a basic setup  would be good enough to record and gig with even at the highest level if no snobbery was involved.

    This is the legacy of Ford/Fender.

    Car Insurance for Musicians

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    Posted · Edited by tegs07

    9 minutes ago, NHM said:

    Is there a difference from an insurance perspective on whether you are driving to a paid gig or unpaid - e.g. an 'open mic'?

    It’s to do with what you declare as your source of income. As mentioned previously a bunch of algorithms assess the associated risk based on that profession and pass the cost of insurance against that risk onto the price you pay for cover.

    Car Insurance for Musicians

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    19 hours ago, casapete said:

    That would be down to you I’m afraid - personally wouldn’t suggest not fully disclosing anything

    where insurers are concerned, as they will do their best to evade paying out over the slightest

    detail. Can’t remember what I’m down as without checking my policy, but think it mentions

    theatre as one of my places of work. ‘ Pop group’ is obviously high risk drugs and rock n roll

    stuff to them....

    I seem to remember questioning why a company wouldn’t insure me under that

    category a few years ago, and they said it was high risk as imagine the claim if I had an accident

    whilst giving Mick Jagger a lift home after a gig! Wonder if they still use that example these days.

    The insurance companies are basically implying you are a potential alcoholic and high risk. I had similar issues when working in a pub.

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