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And while we are at it, sitting down to play is where it is at.

I paid, it came and it was all good. Like it should be

The Jose James cover album of the Bill Withers songbook put Nate Smith and Pino together. That is a nice section as well. Not that I am comparing them.

It's going to be a long day. And not just for you.

I personally believe that we are living in the golden age of lutherie. It is very difficult to buy a poor instrument now. Pickups generally are the weak spot, but even then they are not rubbish. I just got 2 J&D Jazz basses for work for £125 and they are fine and dandy. I could happily gig them. They are slightly heavy and the Poly on them is nice and thick, but I think that is the norm until you spend quite a bit more. I think you have to climb much higher than another £100 to get anything that is appreciably better. Dan, on reading it this again, my post could seem as if I am disagreeing with you in a forum/troll stylee and that was not my intention.

I must admit I have never picked up a Yamaha and thought anything but "yep, that will do the job nicely".

The tragedy is that most of these are still valid. It seems that we learn nothing.

^^^^^^ I cannot deny that is compelling evidence!

I do this specifically with Yamaha kits into logic via USB. Just like a keyboard. There is a bit of faff with sorting out pads to voices, but I guess that someone out there has done a template for that.

Not for a second questioning Twigman's experience, but I have never had trouble getting my gig bags in and I have always put a cable tie through the clasp to lock it down.

Good luck with the "few" bit. It is a disease.

Logic should just see it through USB. It is just like a usb keyboard sending note and note off messages.

SKB Bass safe has always been great for me and added bonus of being able to use your gig bag at the other end cos moving full flightcases around gets tired VERY quickly unless you are paying someone else to do it.

Splitters so that you can control what is happening on stage through your own IEM rig and let the venue deal with FOH. Slightly more cables to carry, but how much fun is a gig where you cannot hear what you need and the wedges are too loud/quiet/distorded? https://www.amazon.co.uk/BEHRINGER-ULTRALINK-MS8000-Microphone-Splitter/dp/B016BIDFI8#customerReviews

Try opening a new instrument once it is plugged in. This works sometimes when I plug my keyboard in after I have opened up a track.

No guts, no glory! I salute you.

It does slicing. Happy days!

Very interesting. Thanks for taking the time.

I have just given myself Overwater GAS!

I had an Overwater. I have had VERY many really nice basses. I mean LOADS. Like, more than I care to count or admit to. The Overwater I had was probably the nicest of all of them. It was a 6 string that I had Overwater string up with a bottom F#. If it had not been making my brain melt with one string more than I am used to then I would have flogged the rest and stuck with it. It really was that good. It was from the last century and looked like a piece of G Plan furniture but spoke with a clarity and a "fully produced" tone that sat superbly well in any ensemble.