Hellzero

No maple fingerboard, no unlined fretless, no fiver, no sixer, no 8 strings octave bass, no double bass, no EUB, no real ERB (more than 6 strings), no Zon Hyperbass, no 8x10, no heavy all tubes head, ... and so much spare room. C'mon ! 🤣

01 Ever played a gig sitting down? Yes : Now it's always the case (severe back injury). 02 Ever gigged on a different instrument? Yes : Glissentar, sitar, hi-hat and bass drum with bass at the same time, double bass (if it's considered a different instrument). 03 Ever shared a stage with a musical hero of yours? No. 04 Any fan ever had a tatoo of your band's logo? No. 05 Ever signed an autograph in a dressing room? No. 06 Ever cried on stage? No. 07 Ever worn a hat on stage? No. 08 Ever gigged with a band you hadn't met before the gig? Yes : Once for one track as an improbable guest. 09 Ever been in a relationship with a fellow band member? No. 10 Ever played in different bands on the same day? Yes : I opened with a side project for my main band. 11 Ever had anything thrown at you while playing? Yes : Beer, like everyone. 12 Ever crashed on the way to the gig? No. 13 Ever left a band over the choice of set list? Yes : Twice. 14 Ever slept in the venue despite it not being a hotel? No. 15 Ever been supported by a band clearly better than you? No : As we are more often asked to support than been supported. 16 Ever played a gig suffering from some debilitating medical condition? Yes : Drinking two tea pots of lotus flower one hour before a gig, not a clever idea as I had to stop at least three times to pee and had body shaking with convulsive movements. 17 Ever been in a band where the guitarist was your favourite bandmate? Yes : Then we went into a duet. 18 Ever played in the grounds of a stately home? Yes : In a castle grounds for a well known jazz festival, twice. 19 Ever injured yourself on stage? No. 20 Ever been told that your bass isn't loud enough? Yes : Once, in a festival to raise money for Haiti.

Fretless, you mean...

^^^ Columbian stuff, you get high, guaranteed.

This ?

I wouldn't put another pickup on this Vigier as the Benedetti's are terrific pickups. Amongst the best single coil pickups you can find and the originals you have were wired by the late Michel Benedetti himself. I know that single coils are noisier, but with a good earthed shielding like you did, it will be better than any Jazz Bass... The repair is quite easy to do. Take your soldering iron to the hottest position, and remove the compound material around the hole left until you find back the metal lug and solder the loose wire back. Don't inhale the smoke, wear a mask (which everybody has home by these dark days) and do the job outside if possible.

Or hangover ?

Indeed, but here he and the band have fallen on the disaster side... Sounds like a bunch of teenagers trying to play, erm, "something" with all the "look, I quite know this and this and this and ..." parts.

This was the number one hit when my wife was conceived and we've just listened to it right now... Very strange...

Bruno TAUZIN is a great French bass teacher, dispensing lessons online or home (not for the moment, of course). He has written loads of methods and has many endorsements. Way far better and focused than some heavy talkers, and more humble too. Yes, he's reading while playing and always plays with this face and head movement... Here is his website : https://bassebruno.com/blog/

You mean Suicidal Tendenshit ! Simply awful... Too much dope ?

And the new album is out too. Listening to it right now. http://thundercat.bandcamp.com/album/it-is-what-it-is

As I wrote earlier, it's a logistics company, basically they sign contracts with couriers and insurance company, then manage the whole shebang for you.

Have plenty of them in a spare box as I used them before starting playing sitted without a strap. Yes, they are great and as good as any locking system without the hassle.

Changing sex ? 🤣

Listened to it. Of course, it's the Pino Palladino CS, as it's the only bass suited and fitted for that tune. And as always a super unscientific totally biased comparison... Why not put a banjo bass in the process to be sure it's a complete non sense approach ?!? That said, I liked the Moog sound too.

Improvisation has always been a great part of Hawkwind songs process. Check this from when Lemmy joined the band as a bassist during In Search of Space and the tour sessions for Doremi Fasol Latido : Hawkwind’s bass guitarist failed to turn up and Lemmy was available. He said:

Saw him last year with Steven Wilson in Luxembourg. Great show, fantastic bass and stick player. Was freezing cold and snowing a lot when we went home...

Poltergeist in the house ? 😉

After the heavy relic, the stupid relic. And we have a winner here !

You are encountering what is called "neck diving". Many basses (and guitars too) are suffering this common problem, due to really poor conception of the instrument. You could try to put light weight tuners (machine heads) instead of the original ones. The lighter are the Gotoh Res-O-Lite. But this is an expansive option, so if your bass is an entry model, there is another solution which is to put the upper strap pin away until the bass balances perfectly. Like this :