Owen

Not a deal. But this seems to be the place to discuss plugins. After resisting buying a Strymon Big Sky for a long time I finally caved. Then they announce the plug in! https://cdm.link/2022/10/strymon-big-sky-reverb-plug-in/

I was in a guitar shop in LA, looked to my left and then mouthed to the guy serving me "isthatBBKing?". He looked over and confirmed that it was. I have lost his autograph.

That kind of looks like a RA Deep 5 which has been left too close to the fire and has melted a little. In a good way.

This will not be done before we have a new PM (and I am not talking about Private Messages here) but it will be close!

I feel no guilt.

Just for ABSOLUTE clarity, the irony was that women are outnumbered by men in bass-dom but all my best pupils were women. Nothing else. Shout out to Allison, Rhiannon, Sara, Anita and Katie, in no particular order.

M'eshell is as good as it gets on bass. Ironically, when I was doing lessons the girls were always better than the boys. My top 5 pupils would all have been girls.

You have issues. I salute you

See it being brought to life.

I have tried to go to outboard preamps, but not all my playing situations are backline situations. This means that I really appreciate being able to reach things with my hands while I play. I could have things on the floor, but that is just another thing to plug in and I like having everything in one place. With "floor things" that is another bag, lead, PSU etc to carry around. But I am fully aware that what I like does not work for everyone. My wife has mentioned this.

I must admit I struggle with Custom Shop stuff when Bravewood is out there.

I am in love with this bass tone. Will our favourite box give me something similar?

I would say an amp is essential. Playing too hard so as to be heard acoustically sets up all sorts of wrong precedents. A very small mixer so you can put two basses + music through said amp makes everything tidy. When I used to teach, certainly with beginners, I would ask them what song they wanted to play. Obv, sometimes there was a bit of direction needed. But if it is their song then there is a huge amount of determination to make it right. Tricky passages can be simplified so that they get the full experience. I also did one octave 24/124/134 scales with alternate fingers on the right hand so that they begin to develop dexterity right from the start. Obviously, 1 finger was enough for Jamerson should be enough for us, but.......

Cracking

I used to run a Chevin Audio A3000 power amp bridged into an Eden 410XLT. It was never about the volume. It was about the headroom. Absolutely glorious. There is no substitute for lots of power. Obviously, knowing what to do with it is key (looking at you Liz).

I have been thinking about this and if it was the government it would be the only joined up bit of thinking they would have managed recently.

I had EMGs which whined like a tired, small child when it got close to an induction loop. Shielding is big and clever.

You snooze, you lose!

Thanks, it was either that or user error. I have a lot of experience of user error so had to check. It was exciting while it lasted