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That's an awful sunburst, plus I hate that shape. But yay for a Baritone!

Rod's been an advert for cough medicine for years - he sounds awful. I guess a life of luxury and model railways isn't enough for him!

4 cable method?! Quoi?!

Ooh. What is it?

Nice demo; sounds interesting. How much is it?

I wonder what’s under and around his B on the neck pickup?

Try his latest release (Small Moments 2020): it’s pretty accessible by his standards. If you don’t click with it then fair enough!

And thus GAS exists! *goes to look down back of sofa for more funds*

Bill Bailey does this well.

Live versions of Leave That Thing Alone contain epic Bass solo outros that lead into the Drum Solo.

Amateur cashflow - should have got both and flogged the other for 20% more a few months later!

Dim question: is it set to Bass mode? Because A on a Bass is not far from low E on a guitar so I can see it managing that.

You sneaked out while consigned to the basement?!

These look nice.

So this looks a bit nice; nothing too daft, plenty of features including sweepy high and low mids, 3-voice drive with blend and a compressor.

Power Windows is my most played album. Although the best song they ever did is Subdivisions; I could listen to the original and live versions on endless loop. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is bang average; I much prefer Somewhere in Time.

Well you only need one foot to tap to the beat...

It is utterly gorgeous. *even for one of Alan's builds. That colour impregnation-thingy is sublime.

I’m sure it is…

Same. I often turn down trying a bass based on its pickup placement, knowing that i’ll struggle to rest my thumb.

*must not think smutty thoughts about a 'hardening cupboard'*

I too would have been extremely awkward and self-conscious but I guess I might have offered a high-five or asked how long he'd been into the band, or what significance it held. Depends on how busy the store was and if you;'re prepared for a 20 minute tale of teenage angst and nostalgia I'm not sure I've cried over a long anticipated release but some purchases have left me silent in awe on first listening, so I can see the importance of music to people as touchstones in their life - good on him for being able to express himself.

Mastodon - now, I do like many of their songs, and I love their themes. But listening to an album is hard work - it's just noise. The drummer overplays far too often, the riffing gets too sludgy a lot of the time, and many songs have no breathing space and if you're not concentrating (i.e. listening on commute), you lose track of what you're listening to. I don't dislike them - the dual singists thing is good, the soloing is often very tasteful, I love Troy's bass noises. I prefer Megadeth to Metallica in terms of number of songs I'll listen to. Little Dave wrote some brilliant basslines that you can actually hear. Yes, Dave M is a gigantic plonker, but he's got some good tunes. My favourite Metallica albums are Load and Re/Load. I have a blank spot for acts that sound like they're between Rawk and Metal - Hard Rock? Heavyish Rock? Metallish? *takes deep breath* Thunder, The Almighty, Black Stone Cherry, etc. The Tragically Hip ought to have been successful everywhere. I wish Jordan Rudess hadn't joined Dream Theater.

Wowsers!! And I thought @stewblack’s custom pedal was immense.