Newfoundfreedom

Absolutely nowt wrong with that either. 😉

I'm exactly the same. Although my response is the total opposite of many of the comments so far. I just can't see the point in having multiple basses. At least, not at my level of playing. I get it if you're a professional musician playing with several bands or recording and you need a certain sound for a certain occasion. But for a weekend warrior band it all just seems a bit silly to me. I found a bass I like, I play that one. I actually do own three, but one is a cheap semi acoustic I bought decades ago which is pretty much just wall art, then I own a 4 and a 6 string. I exclusively play the sixer, the 4 string is just gathering dust. I only keep it in case I ever want to revert. Despite endless discussions of gear and the every elusive "tone", which is nothing but subjective anyway, in a live band mix a bass just sounds like a bass and 99.9 percent of people wouldn't know, or even care about the difference. May as well just find one you like playing and stick with it as far as I'm concerned.

Surrounded by well trimmed shrubbery I hear.

Take the Jack socket out, bend the pins in. 2 screws, 30 second and job done. Better than waiting days, or even weeks for a new bass that might have the same problem.

I get Tidal free with my mobile phone contract and it's brilliant! Plus they pay substantially more to the artists than Plopify.

It was the late 80's and I was in my early teens. Everybody wore a shell suit.

I tried it once in she'll suit bottoms which instantly melted to both my knees. 😆

I've never heard it in my life and have absolutely no idea what it means. 😆

I have the upmost respect for anyone who does dep gigs. I couldn't do it if my life depended on it. I can barely remember our own original songs.

I'd want danger money to even play that. 😆

Surely that's only built to play a single, particular Fleetwood Mac song?

I'd have to argue it's probably a Jackson. One quick jab with the headstock and it's game over. 😆

To be honest, I never even knew that it was considered a heavily criticised album. I couldn't care less what other people think. I either like something, or I don't. Other people's opinions matter not a jot. A lot of people don't like the Black Album, and consider it to be the point at which Metallica "sold out", whatever that means. I bet they're crying all the way to the bank. For me it's their best album by far.

I've always had a bit of a guitar fetish, but I can only just about manage to play a few chords. Although it's never been a problem because all my life I've never really had any disposable income. Just as well, or I'd probably have about a dozen guitars.

For me it's all about Ride the Lightning, Justice, and Black. I bought St Anger and it was so bad that I never listened to any new stuff at all after that.

Or a blender pedal

Absolutely! Hence why I couldn't remember the blokes name. He was probably part of the band for about a fortnight and been living on the glory ever since. But as a new band it was still quite intimidating at the time.

My previous covers band played at an outdoor, afternoon charity event. A nice walled off garden of a hotel complex on a sunny afternoon. What could go wrong. To get a bit of shade from the afternoon sun, we set up under a pergola full of vines, which seemed like a lovely spot at the time. We were really nervous as it was our first public gig. Then just to make matters worse, just before it was time to play, the owner came up and said, (insert name I can't remember) from The Drifters is in the audience. Sure enough. There was one of The Drifters front and centre, watching closely about 20 feet from where we were playing. Nothing worse for making an already nervous amateur band more nervous than knowing there's a professional watching. So we launched into our first set, and it was godawful! The vines soaked up all the sound, and as we'd never played anywhere than in a small room before, we didn't even own monitors. So myself and one guitarist at one side of the drums, couldn't hear the other two guitarists at the other side of the drums, and vice versa, and none of us could hear the bass drum at all, so we were playing at totally different times. The singer was in the middle and didn't know who to follow. It was dire! Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, I realised the nice shady vines we'd set up under was home to thousands of mosquitos, right around the time one of them landed on my eyeball. They absolutely ate us alive for the whole gig. We struggled to the half time break, at which point, The Drifter got up and left. We were mortified! Then the owner came over when he saw us all deflated, and ensured us it didn't sound too bad from out front, and asked what the problem is. We said we couldn't stay in time because we couldn't hear the drums, at which point he said, "Well we've got another drummer in the crowd". Now as it turns out, what he meant was, the other drummer could sound check while we went out front to listen and adjust accordingly. However, he never got time to explain, as that was the point or drummer, believing she was being scapegoated for the bad timing, went into full meltdown mode and started packing her kit away. The drummer is married to one of the guitarists so obviously he was well on his way as well. After several minutes of trying to get everyone calm, the other guitarist, who is usually extremely quiet, well spoken, and never swears. Just bellowed "F#ck The Drifters!" and after about five seconds of silent shock, we all fell about in fits of laughter. We played the second set absolutely perfectly, despite the continuous mozzie onslaught, and from that day on, "F#ck The Drifters" became the bands mantra.

Precisely why anti-vaxers are so dangerous. It's rife here in Bulgaria, with only around 25% of the population vaccinated and a deeply engrained mistrust of the government (hardly surprising given the countrie's history.) Sadly, I've already lost two close friends / neighbors because they chose to listen to these nut jobs. It's easy to say, well they made their choice, or they get what they deserve, but it's actually really sad that people are needlessly losing their lives due to the spread of misinformation and a few people wanting their five minutes of fame.

I find Zoom stuff extremely counter intuitive when it comes to programming. I'm generally quite tech savvy and can figure most things out just by pressing buttons to see what they do. Didn't have a clue with my MS-60B. Like you I downloaded the manual, and spent some time with it. It's easy when you know how, but it's far from user friendly straight out of the box.

Bat Out Of Hell was definitely one of the soundtrack to my youth albums. I always wanted to see Meatloaf live, sadly I never got, and now never will get the chance.