Richard R

If it says "Buy me more friends", then I suggest you put it down and step away from the BassChat marketplace before things get even more expensive! Other than that, Welcome Aboard! 😀

Welcome aboard! Can we call you Bruce, just to make life simpler?

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard!

Just tried a quick experiment with the only piece of cloth I had around, which is a facemask. I don't think this is going to help me, or the OP:

Oh, you mean practice.😄

Back to the original question. Don't, ever, ask me to play The Chain live, or indeed with anyone else in the room. My fingers will invariably go on strike and I will play Bb randomly. I can play it for me and the cat, no problem.

That looks perfectly normal. Just flexing my hands without anything in them I find that extending the little finer right out brings the middle two closer together. I can, just, play 1FPF all the way to the nut and while I have no problem with my little finger I do miss-hit with the index. Four fingers over three frets seems to work more easily until about 3 or 5th. I'm trying to learn to move my thumb about more so things are more comfortable and fluid. Any suggestions?Talcum powder on the neck to stop my thumb sticking??

🇦🇺 Welcome aboard! We have a few Aussies and Kiwis on the forum already, the more the merrier.

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Welcome aboard! TRBX305 is a nice bass 🎵 @ped - we don't have to pay import duty on all these US Bassists do we? Just US Basses?

Welcome aboard! Can you clamber over to the other side of the side for a moment? We're listing to port and I can see other refugees we need to drag out of the water too. 😉

Welcome aboard.

Welcome aboard If you have seen Kingsman 2, then you'll understand instantly the differences between TalkBass and BassChat as it's identical to the Statemen and Kingsmen. Both organisations love flashy gear, showing off, and displays of skill with occasional extreme violence. But we are better mannered and have more jokes. If you haven't seen either Kingsman or Kingsman 2 then that's your homework for the weekend 😉

There may be more than one market for that sort of thing...

Welcome aboard! Love Belgium, good beer and friendly people.

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard! Is your build going in the build diaries?

Welcome aboard!

There was a really good BBC4 documentary on John Adams, which also covered other 1960s minimalist composers. Must have been well over a year ago as I went into the music section of the Library of Birmingham afterwards and borrowed a few CDs by John Adams andTerry Riley. This and Shaker Loops by John Adams I liked. I didn't find a CD of A Rainbow In Curved Air at the time and I haven't actually heard that. Off to Spotify...

If you take up the bass after you have been happily married for over 25 years then the bottom line is the expectation, and the reality is the same, but probably with fewer basses. 😁

If you order direct from their web site, then shipping to the UK is flat rate of AU$7, didn't change whether you added 1 pack or 10 to the basket. https://kracklekillers.com/

Welcome aboard! There isn't a sub forum called "BassCrap", but if there was there would be a lot of us on there! But it's fun improving, however slowly.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you both. Despite what we generally imply on this forum, spouses are more important than basses.

So you found a solution, and have tested it, AND it worked. That's a result in anyone's book.