Richard R

Lots of lovely things on this thread! I have purchased only one bass related item this year, the Brawley 5 string I bagged this year. Its four string brother has hardly been out of the case, and my appreciation of melody and musical theory has improved too.

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I do like this track, though it sounds even better on the demo @nickmew sent me last year than on YT. When's the EP actually going to be available, Nick?

Amen to that!

Thing is, I actually DO like the bright blue against the wood.

Ver nice! You could get a lot of l veneer from that, which would make a lot of instruments and probably a tidy profit. Someone on here will know what to do.

One every six months, so we can check on the drying process!

Love the blue pickup covers! Oh, wait... 🤦‍♂️

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Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard! I've seen sun in Yorkshire. I'm sure I have. 🤔

Really? I am genuinely shocked. I've uses IPA wipes for ages, and usually find they leave strings almost too clean and clear initially. I don't understand how they could make them duller.

Reading through all these differences in practices and organisations has made me appreciate my own church a lot more. We have three regular bands, each with a regular sound engineer. Practices are in the week before, Tuesday or Friday depending on the band, and on Sunday morning there is a final run through of whatever length is needed, stopping half an hour before the service starts. Newbies, e.g. me, are encouraged to sit in on rehearsals and gain confidence with a band before playing live. We still change keys during rehearsal, repeat verses in the service at no notice, sometimes forget who is playing this week and so on, but there is an understanding from everyone that if we're going to do this we should do it right. Best of all we have a congregation who do like to sing up, appreciate good music, and are very forgiving and occasionally amused when something goes horribly wrong.

That sounds like a great service! Hope it goes really well!

Keyboard players are cool- just keep your left hand in your pocket to make space in the mix for the bass 😂

It's to prove your not a bot. Or a guitarist... Welcome aboard!

Definitely a Very Cool Guitar!

I recently found that SongSelect will let you download a lot of the chord charts with Nashville Numbers, rather than chord names on. My plan was to use those, and thus train my ears better to learn where the chords go. Haven't played in church since! On the other hand I have finished a couple of songs, one of which has come out even better than expected.

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Welcome aboard! Definitely the place to learn stuff - lots of friendly, knowledgeable, folks here.

There's the one behind the stage where @Andyjr1515 gave a talk on a previous bash. Maybe Weather Report were playing a silent gig there, and the hall just assumed we were the road crew?

Book for next spring (hint - so we can all get it on the calendar!) but put in the condition that they invoice for the one just gone before the end of the year.

Definitely go for a custom stand that lifts the instrument higher than normal so the controls are off the floor. Then you have two bespoke items 😁 I'll stop now, I have nothing else useful I can add, as I really like the shape.

Oh no..... Burley GAS attack! 🙃