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I have small hands too, and the wide neck did take a bit of getting used to. I got there in the end, though!

Fender Jazz Deluxe V, 2009 model.

A welcoming happy demeanour...

Back On The Chain Gang is one of my favourites too! Thankfully, it gets a regular airing at gigs. Some others that I love playing: Night Out - Ellen Foley Suedehead - Morrissey Hammer To Fall - Queen Sanctuary - the Passions Losing My Religion - REM Turn - Travis Another Girl Another Planet - the Only Ones Cover Me - Percy Sledge Up Around The Bend - CCR

I've done something similar, and although we were using amps, we kept the volume way down. No drums and our singer didn't need a mic - she could cut it in opera if she wanted to. Hard stop at 9pm. We're surrounded by Airbnbs, so I'm not too fussed about annoying sodding tourists. If we ever have long-term neighbours again though, I'll be sure to let them know what's happening. Seems only fair.

Might be a Yank. In American, any noun can be verbed. And any verb can be adjectorized.

This is my setup. If I'm transcribing or working on finicky stuff, I'll sit on the bar stool and concentrate on the fingering. Thank you, that's quite enough from the cheap seats. Once I've got something nailed, I'll either perch on the edge of the bar stool or stand to practise it. If I have to sing as well, I'll always stand to practise.

I've been tempted by BASS LCK a few times, as it spells out 'bass lick' and my initials are LCK, but I can't justify the 600 quid it's going for.

I'd fight you for it - that's a beautiful bass!

I'd likely add some dosh to it to buy a Sei Flamboyant 5.

That's exactly how I do it. Get the bass line nailed, simplifying it as much as necessary, to the extent where I don't need to think about it while warbling. If I do, I invariably lose both parts, which is kinda embarrassing.

Down with the Sour Grapes Gang!

Mine is utterly mundane. It's a contraction of my real name - Laura Kerr. Imaginative, huh...

Top tip, thanks! I'll give that a go.

Same here. I've started boosting the mids, cutting the treble to get rid of a jangly sound and cutting the bass to get rid of muddiness. I use the B string a lot and cutting the low frequencies has made a big difference to the clarity.

Interesting to see the amount of dislike of Oasis on this thread. I'm quite happy to play any Oasis song, with one exception: Wonderwall. God, how I detest that racket. It should have been called Caterwaul. It's the one Oasis song I would instantly veto when picking songs. There are plenty of better songs - Cigarettes and Alcohol, Little By Little, Don't Look Back In Anger, Songbird, Roll With It, Champagne Supernova, even Stop Crying Your Heart Out, but Caterwaul? Faggeddit. The only other song I hate as much is Sherry. If it ever got to the stage of 'play it Laura or you're out of the band' I'd switch off my IEMs so I wouldn't have to endure the horrible noise. Those musical atrocities aside, I can usually get something out of the simplest bass lines - German Film Star and Bad Moon Rising for example - as it's the overall performance that counts. Thankfully, I'm in an 80s post-punk covers band, so I get to play some decent stuff.

I'd love to see that! When and where is your next gig?

I got it from Scayles on Nicolson Street. They had plenty of them in stock when I bought it a few months ago.

I use a TGI brown leather padded strap. It wasn't cheap, but the padding and width make a big difference in comfort - a five-string Fender Jazz isn't a lightweight instrument. I like the Iron Crosses, as they kinda suit my vibe.

Yes, I like that! Good spot!

Band 1 The C80s - covers of 80s indie and post-punk. Band 2 Punch Candy - covers and originals with an emphasis on female rockers. I have a feeling Punch Candy might not last - since Christmas, it's progressed as quickly as a sloth on Valium. If it folds, I'll likely start up another one, which I'd like to call the Norloch Rats.

There, fixed 😉

After carting a Boss ME-50B multi-fx unit around on my pedalboard for a few years, that's the situation I've found myself in - I'm only using a handful of the effects, and to set them up, I need to fiddle about more than I like. Today, I replaced the multi-fx with individual pedals - Electro-harmonix tuner, Boss SY-1 synth pedal, Boss CS-3 compression sustainer and an Eden chorus pedal. That covers all I need for now, and it's much more intuitive to just go stomp-stomp-stomp rather than fiddle about with knobs on a dark stage. I'm keeping the multi-fx unit, though - it'll be a handy addition to my practice rig, and if it turns out I need another sound for live use, I can set it up at leisure and then decide if I need an individual pedal for live use.

+1 for karaoke version. The ability to buy once and download as many mixes as you like for no additional cost is a real bonus. When I'm learning songs I want to sing and play bass on, I download four versions - drum track with count-in, everything except the bass, everything except the vox, and everything except bass and vox. Being able to vary the mix is another really good feature.