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18 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

I tend to push them up - gives a phatter tone

This^^^ As said above it sounds amazing when you are at home then turns to mush when you are playing with others. It seems counterintuitive to not boost the bottom end but it works.

This is my all time favourite music on tv moment. They wanted to play live but were told they couldn’t apparently so did this-

The main reason I took up playing the bass was JJB. The perfect bass tone, bass lines to die for, a healthy dose of anarchy, coupled with the rest of the band to make perfection on many many songs.

11 minutes ago, Grimalkin said:

Always try and play with musicians that are more accomplished than you. The Beatles would not have been the band they were, without two great songwriters trying to out-do each other. There is a thing called healthy competition, a driver.

I have always been the least experienced musician in every band I have played in. It has been the driving force for me to improve throughout. I might not be the best so I made sure I made up for it by practicing harder, being more organised and generally putting more effort in than the rest of the band. If I hadn’t had that driving force to be better and better I don’t think I would have been half as dedicated. I can only begin to dream what it must have like to have been a pair as talented as those two in a band.

I saw Royal Blood a few years back in Nottingham. They were ok but the live experience was a bit lacking if I’m honest. Both in terms of sound and the experience at the gig. Amazing what they do and I love the first album but I think what they do is a limitation rather than a gift.

3 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Just don't get the EHX Nano Small Clone, its' a different circuit and doesn't sound as great as the models mentioned following, get either the original big box Small Clone, which I think is actually still in production, the Neo Small Clone, or the Bass Clone.

The big box small clone is still available new, I have one. And it is BIG

I know your history with EHX hasn’t been great, but their Small clone is brilliant on bass. For £70 you could probably get one new. Second hand they go for £30-50.

Thunderbird for many years, but now Jazz all the way. The dimensions suit me perfectly. I have a much modified Squier that owes me about £100 all in and a Fender Ultra that is perfect for me. This has killed my GAS, I look every now and again but nothing tempts me at the moment.

I have two Fazleys, An acoustic that was obscene value for money and a telecaster copy that was £55 new and again amazing apart from slightly meh pickups. Only ‘issue’ I found was the strings supplied were bloody awful. If I was looking for something cheap I would happily buy another.

I am in relapse and haven’t bought anything in a few months now (and that was guitar not bass related). I am very happy with my bass set up but recognise that article all too well. Been there, done that.

3 hours ago, binky_bass said:

Ha, my last name is Newton - but I'm not dead... yet...

Newton lives? Newton Alive? 

Unique but also not something that kills searches. There are a couple of bands I love that are hard to keep track of, The Touts from Northern Ireland being one of them. Type The touts in Google and you will understand what I mean I mean. I am in two bands. One band name was from our drummer nd it’s brilliant and suits us perfectly, the other is a bit naff but I was outvoted.

14 minutes ago, Staggering on said:

 

Steady now, there are some banjo artists on here and we are a sensitive bunch.😊

Indeed, and they never have strange fingers. Webbed feet and gills possibly, but NEVER strange fingers 😬

I can’t use my ring finger on left hand due to severe arthritis so I use my little finger instead. It works great for me. So three fingers certainly works, and as many above have mentioned, a lot don’t use the little finger anyway. It gets trickier on a 6-string ‘normal’ guitar when doing chords but even then there are get around you can do.

It looks like a very small man with an acoustic bass

5 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Having had and have lots of jazzes I’d say the US ones are worth the extra, the Mexican ones are very good but I’d say the us ones just have the edge and I’ve never had a bad one, perhaps I’ve just been lucky, my 62RI was exceptional ,  just my opinion of course 🙂

I have a Squier, MiM and USA ultra and agree with you regarding the yank ones. Whether the difference is enough based on the price is something only an individual can decide but it is better in every way. The difference between the Squier and MiM is much smaller though with my two at least. Prices across the board are crazy but I bought my ultra with no intention of ever selling it so it affects me less in some ways.

14 minutes ago, Maude said:

Which is one of your favourites, Presidents of USA or Stranglers? 

 

The thing that springs to my mind when I hear Presidents Peaches is my dad commenting when they were on Top of the Pops, in way that only people's dad's can, that if he eats any more peaches he's gonna sh!t himself. 😁

Both! But stranglers didn’t have ninja monkeys

5 minutes ago, Maude said:

 

🎵 Millions of peaches, peaches for me. 

Millions of peaches, peaches for free. 

LOOK OUT! 🎵

 

Yeah that worked. 😂

 

 

 

One of my all time favourites, but doesn’t cure earworm. But any video with ninja monkeys gets 10/10 from me.

 Not earworm but the cure. Peaches by the stranglers, no matter what the earworm it will ace it every time.

I have one of these, they are brilliant. That’s a bargain at that price.

And it doubles as a 1970s Dr Who enemy. That is sooooooo cool

I can’t stand still, often just sort of walk around a bit if there is space and will occasionally try to talk with the drummer if it’s a big guitar solo. The fastest stuff we play gets me bouncing around.