Drax

There’s a Dave Ellefson course recently added.

I guess the OP is entitled to moan about being served ads for SBL, but that’s how the internet works. When it’s free - you’re the product.

That’s pretty special. Not done anything quite that atonal , or for quite that long, but have definitely launched into a tune in a different key from the rest of the band before.

In UK Gumtree's main revenue source is (was) recruitment ads. Not owned by Ebay any more either, they sold it July to Adevinta, a snip at $9bn... (They also got rid of super scammer site Stub Hub around same time, to the even worse Viagogo..)

Opposite I think. Roasted = harder, so clearer / brighter than std maple. All only audible to dogs in laboratory conditions of course..

Found Facebook Marketplace great for selling lower value basses, sub £500. Had 4 listed on BC earlier this year that unfortunately weren't selling, all went in a week on FB, cash on collection, easy. Guess dependent on your location. BC continually great for higher value stuff, IME.

It's the configurator, doesn't allow it. Assumed was a bug but it's been like that for a while..

Been really enjoying this album since you posted yesterday - not heard before. 76-77 feels like such a great few years for electric in jazz / fusion, so many great albums.

Loads of obits still out there! Seems this faked tweet convinced a lot of sites, the image shared without checking his actual feed.

Fan of both brands and hope will eventually work , but.. Warwick have had a year, and we’ve got a weird logo and a strange finished bass. Still genuinely keen to try the MetroExpress though.

Lost track of what’s happening here. Is the £2.5-3K Metroline range effectively the same as Warwick ‘Team Built’ - far east manuf, German assembled ?

Conscious this is probably a busy week for you, but be interested to hear anything on how it's done now. Have eldest just starting state secondary this week - what does a decent music education dept involve these days?

Hence bargain knock down £2.6K

Did double take before I realised what you’d done.. still doesn’t seem as bad as the new metros.

CJ Jazz great suggestion. He'll be fine with 34 scale. Any practice amp with aux line in, and headphone out, will serve him well. Ashdown Tourbus 10w or 15w worth putting on your list.

Broader point here on the limiting ways instruments are taught, esp Associated Board / Trinity exam route. Played upright from 11 to 16 - grades, county youth orchestras etc. Didn't enjoy it, just something else to learn by rote. Nothing on creativity, just flawless repetition. You regurgitate but don't understand context. Ironically now play mainly jazz, on electric, with bands who'd rather I was on upright, and once strong reading ability largely lost. Hopefully teaching has moved on since then, but the exam factory put me off playing upright since.

Echoing much of the above. I’ve found amp placement key when playing with lots of other wind / brass. Gigs you play you’ll be one of the few powered by electricity, often no PA (making some assumptions on the scale of your new gig, assuming not Lincoln centre ) Helps to be able walk into punter space to during soundcheck, wireless or long cable. With bass amp on stage as the sole sound source it’s pretty claustrophobic playing right in front of / next to. Ideally I place this as far from me as possible. Nice one getting the gig. Nothing sharpens your reading like a big band gig!

Can’t stand seeing basses for sale photographed on a bed, especially at night under a 60watt bulb. Really depressing Reader’s wives* vibe * / guy’s

I struggle with the rhythm. You take the right hand I’ll take the left?

The best musician in Metallica has always been the bass player. Interesting you mention Bello as always feel he’s the overlooked one.

Harley Benton babygrow edit. Sorry it’s for you isn’t it. Another HB then

High cost and long lead times - custom builds are ripe for disappointment. There's been a few here recently - faultless bass arrives and it’s just not what you’d hoped for. It’s an expensive lesson. Years back had a custom build from US - specced woods but naively left selecting exact pieces to the luthier, he’d done other basses in this wood and I’d ‘assumed’ would look the same. My fault, and my money. Hoped I'd warm to it but sold within a year for half what I’d paid. What’s the one piece of advice you’d give anyone embarking on a custom build?

Mockingbird will always mean Peace Sells to me. Applaud your dedication to the cause, and your patience..