Richard R

Thou shalt not murder. See also Thou shalt not envy thy neighbour's pedalboard, nor his fretless bass. 😁

This is the last one, as I really do need to practice for Sunday 😁 We need a list of who's going and on what day, similar to the attendees for a Bash

Especially for @Jackroadkill:

Quick starter ideas for badges, let me know what you think. I've got some ideas for (slightly corny) slogans as well. These will print fine at the right size for a typical lanyard, so I'll create a PDF with all the final variants on and upload it. @ped - I may have asked this before. Is the BassChat logo in a particular font?

A nice antidote to dealing with frustrating device driver issues this morning. 😎

I don't know which day I'll be going, and probably won't until Friday evening. I've got things on both mornings. If I remember I'll wear my Bass Bash t-shirt, which would cover up the nipple clamps. We could make up some BassChat badges in standard ID size. I have a slowish day today, I'll see what I can design and post a couple of ideas here.

Walshy's died and you're appearing on Strictly??? 😭

P.s. check out the events thread. You're possibly not too far from the NW Bass Bash. If you can get to a bash then do so, huge fun and lots of people to talk about basses with.

Welcome aboard! Lots of helpful folks on here, and no question too dumb. I know I asked loads when I started playing a few years ago! If you're brand new to bass then I always recommend StudyBass.com. It's free, though you can pay more for additional examples, but more importantly it is very solid on the basics. Like how to play without injury. I also really like Scott's Bass Lessons. That's about £80/year. He is a bit marmite - especially the free stuff on YT which is very in your face- but the quality of the paid teaching courses is excellent. Nice bass BTW. 😎

I have borrowed an early 1970s Rickenbacker 4000s. It is fabulous, sounds absolutely huge and is light years better than any other Rick I have ever played. This has cured any GAS I had for owning a Rick, because I know the owner would never part with this one and I can't imagine finding another that's this good.

They won't allow fat basslines anyway. (I'll get my coat)

I really enjoyed reading that - and what an excellent finished bass.

Welcome aboard!

Brilliant - I'm stealing that! 😁

^^^^ Amen to that!

There are a lot of us here who play primarily (or exclusively) in church and it's a tremendous privilege to lead worship, and we do like to celebrate that. If you've read a bit of this thread you'll appreciate that quite often it's also a place to let off steam or ask for advice on "situations." Cahon and organ? I would have done the same as you and just enjoyed singing 😁

Thanks for posting that. More details in that interview than on the BBC.

An excellent moto for bass players, as well as for programmers.

I feel your pain, I do think modern programming is so much quicker than all the low level stuff I remember. Started programming on a ZX81, so yes I remember when memory was tight, men were real men, programmers were real programmers and small furry creatures from Alpha Centuri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centuri.

Lock-in with the drummer...

Welcome aboard! What does an an acoustic guitar sound like through that rig?

The Fender is OK, but I definitely prefer @Andyjr1515's bass.

Welcome back. I'm off to the build diaries... 🏃‍♂️

And if @Geek99 is run over by a Maserati test driver while hitchhiking through Italy, disguised as a nun to evade intepol, on the way to make his purchase...? Silly jokes aside - it is a thing of beauty.