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Welcome to Basschat, @BarnabasDavers9. You're new here, aren't you? 🙂 Many comments on this forum are very tongue in cheek, so they really mustn't be taken literally..... It's just our British sense of humour !

Well done, @warwickhunt, remaining cool and ultra professional is usually the winning hand in the long term. .....can be REALLY hard sometimes, though ! 😕

Cockatoo's next up for the audition..........

A cheap spare amp, always. You won't need it, but someone else in the band might, and you can guess that they won't have a spare... especially if it's the guitarist. 😀

Nah, @Downunderwonder, - I know what you mean, but the EB Cobalts are a sort of halfway house tonally between rounds and flats - they're naturally very bright. I really like them. First time I've boiled these EB Cobalts and the results were way better than expected - really bright and zingy again. 🙂👍

Well, interesting topic. I've boiled strings occasionally for many years. Yesterday, I boiled a set of Ernie Ball Cobalt flats from my P bass that had been pretty heavily used the last couple of months , and its embarrassing to see just how much crud floats to the surface of the water. And I don't suffer from sweaty hands. I don't leave the strings in the water for long, about a minute or so, then pat them dry and replace. Excellent! - tone restored completely. And I take the opportunity to give the fretboard a good clean while the strings are off as well. If there's a downside to this technique, I haven't discovered it yet. 🙂👍

Well, I feel for you, @theplumber. I've been in a few similar situations myself over the years, where you meet up with an old muso you played with in a band many years ago, and once you get past the 'Do you remember in 1978 when we broke down on the M1 and nearly froze to death' shared memories there's not much left to talk about........... and now he's more interested in droning on about his new patio than talking about music.......... 🥺

Mustang Sally was actually a great soul song - but it's been completely murdered by so many bands over the years that it's now well and truly dead ! 😳

For Sale! 1962 Fender Strat with ultra rare misprint logo! Excellent investment! Value can only go up!

Depping with a half decent band at Worthing last night, hadn't met them before, nice guys. So, the band play their first set, take a break, and we're about to go back on for the second set when a giant screen is lowered, completely blocking the stage. Seemed like everyone was there just to watch the Tyson fight, and by the time this had finished there wasn't time to play again. Got paid in full, but, err, communication, eh ? 😳

If you're using a PC to watch/listen to Youtube videos, then Audacity is free and reliable for creating MP3's. You may need to fiddle around a bit to get the right routing - I think WASAPI is the usual for Windows. There's plenty of advice online about this.

The Greyhound, Fulham, 1975. With a '63 P !

A new name to me, just listened to a load of their material. What a band, and a drummer sent from heaven ! 🙂 Thanks for posting.

So, this afternoon I've been running through the setlist of a band I'm depping with tonight, and came across this gem, which I can't remember ever playing before. A reminder of what a great song this is, and what a brilliant bassline ! 🙂 Wikipedia tells me the bass player was Paul Arnold at this time. Enjoy.

This. A seasoned old pro drummer I worked with always had the motto "You should always go on stage feeling horny and hungry" These days I'll settle for just feeling slightly peckish. 🙂

I confess that I've realised, now, having played bass since the dawn of time, that when I was a 'professional' bass player in London in the 1970's I really wasn't actually very good at it ...... The worrying part of this is that other band members in various bands I played with at the time told me how good I was........... Were they just being polite ??? 😳

Yes, I've used these quite recently - they're perfectly fine - you'll play your bass and notes will come out. Where they fall a bit short is, like many brands of flat, they don't respond tonally to differences in playing techniques - I use Ernie Ball Cobalt flats and when you use these and dig in on a P they have a lovely crunch to them. Conversely, if you play with the side of your thumb and palm mute they produce a great DB -ish tone. Other strongly held opinions on various brands of flats are available...................!!!

Well that shows he was either 'making an artistic statement', or that maybe he just wasn't the sharpest tool in the box................

Sorry about the multiple postings - don't know what happened there 🙁

Well, here's an interesting little piece - Thundercat's appearance will confuse your Mum, but here he talks eloquently about the role of bass within a band and chooses some favourite influential bass lines. Enjoy.

Flats on a P and a pick? Whats not to like ! That's great, @BassAdder27 - I would suggest you keep plenty of top on your amp and then throttle back your tone control on the P to get just the required amount of click. Also, look into palm muting if you're not already using this technique. Not something to use all the time, but can be great on certain types of song. 🙂

Will Lee is such a consummate player - much respect to him. I certainly wouldn't be as relaxed as he is here if I was playing Teen Town ! 😲