Bobthedog

2 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

My ears can't tell the difference, on or off, so I leave 'em on. 

Mine are not lace but heavy cotton cloths. Even my ears can tell the difference when off. 😀

59 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

My M-Audio monitors have exposed cones; I've draped a lace curtain over them. This keeps dust off the speakers, whilst letting the rich audio tones reach me with no hindrance. I've had occasion to remove them once or twice, when they got beaten moderately to remove accumulated dust. It works for me (and we've a rural, dusty environment...).

Yup, have similar on the monitors but remove them when using the monitors.

1 hour ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

Primark 'body bronzer', around £4. (No, I have no idea what a body bronzer is.)

Yup, I have one of those too for my bass guitars. 🥴 (it was my wife's, honest!)

I think this is quite an enigmatic intro. 😀 Welcome, whoever you are.

I will listen to and also try to play anything except for two types: Country AND Western.  😀

2 hours ago, ezbass said:

My hi-fi speakers have exposed cones, a quick flick with one of those fine, fluffy brushes on a stick does the trick or, as been mentioned, on of those brush attachments for the vacuum cleaner. Does dust make a difference to the tone of the speaker? I’d say, yes, eventually.

And that is what I do with my studio monitors and hi-if speakers, also with a fine fluffy brush on a stick. I look quite like Richard Emery I do..

1 hour ago, Bolo said:

To what end? A bit of dust isn't going to affect the material or sound.

Hence the question? I do not know if it does or not.

1 minute ago, PaulThePlug said:

Just turn it up till the cab cones are self dusting!

I do that sometimes when alone in the house! 

Perhaps a daft question, but do you remove any dust from the cones of your cab speakers?

I live in a very dusty house and now only have my Barefaced Big Twin II to play through. As I try to play most days it is left uncovered and for reasons affecting all of us, the cab has not moved for at least 12 months. The cones therefore have a coating of dust. I do gently dust my studio monitors and the two basses I play regularly (also left out) require dusting / wiping every week, so why not the cab cones? 

Prior to lock down, I used a combo cab / amp at home the the BTII was kept in its cover when not being used.

2 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

I don’t think that amp does and I think Loz would have sussed that out if it did 😜.

I was more saying that is how Bergantino works it, not that Loz may have missed it on his kit.

My Bergantino comes with instruction to always switch on the mute button before switching off. A good simple idea - if you have a mute button. 

3 hours ago, ezbass said:

An interesting thought would be, what if there were no electric guitar and by extension, no electric bass guitar?

This and no bass would mean I would probably take up the sousaphone. Phew!

Based on a lot of threads I do not think it would make a difference to this forum, other than perhaps a name change. 😀

3 hours ago, Doddy said:

I used to do the same height sitting as standing but not every bass felt comfortable when standing becausr of things like balance and body size/weight.  So now, I wear them so I can play the whole length of the neck comfortably, and so I can go between fingers and slap easily. Normally this is with the top horn just below chest height.

I like what Dean Ween says- Have your guitar above the d!ck or below the d!ck, but never covering it 😄

I don't think my arms are long enough for below. 😁

2 hours ago, Merton said:

Nah. Buy a bigger car

Ideally 4x4, although 2x2 would do.

Like this (sadly the last time I was on stage (2019):

Where am I deleting "posted in error" from?

Are talking about one that works on batteries / mains or both? If so, I don't have one.

PS Check the latency.

2 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

Rob Allen Mouse.

Nice. I also did not know Jimmy Somerville played bass. Cool. 😀

I had that message too. My SOP for all these things is a) check the eMail address per @Hellzero and also b) change the passwords directly on the site, not via any eMail link.

When I have had to take two basses I used two separate cases / gig bags. 

Any of the first 6 tracks on the Coldplay X&Y album, which are numbered x1 - x6 or track 6 itself which is called x&y. 
No idea about Z atm. 

1 minute ago, Doctor J said:

This thread is taking longer to perish than the most ostentatious Hollywood death.

I have seen opera heroins go quicker 😀

Although I have played live, I am very much a bedroom player and unlikely to join a band going forward. I do, however, I have four basses and each is different. A Fender USA P bass, because everyone should have one. Being a 4 string it does not get played any longer, but I will keep it. A Dingwall AB1 V,  wonderful and suits the more rocky type of music. A Roscoe Century Signature V that plays across most genres, although I cannot get a decent metal tone out of it and an MTD Fretless which is stunning but with the roundwounds on, very much has a fretless tone. I also have 1300 watts of Bergantino amp playing through a Barefaced Twin II just for playing at home. Why limit yourself if there is no reason to. I get pleasure from playing each of them as the mood suits, live in a detached house surrounded by sheeps and do not have to support any children.

Oddly, having just typed that, I realise I have just sold off all my camera gear (two bodies, five lenses, flashes etc etc) and replaced the same with a single fixed lens camera as it seemed silly having the lot.

The actual answer is if this is a hobby you enjoy, enjoy as many or as few basses as you wish / can afford and ignore what others opine.

Now sold.