PaulWarning

they do, with things like active basses, but luddites like me just think Leo, more or less, got it right first time and I'm not on my own, I had a Stingray once but soon went back to a Precision.

the problem Fender and other manufacturers have is that their product will lasts forever (unless seriously mistreated)and has technically reached it's peak unlike say, a car, they're trying to sell to a market that doesn't really need or want a new one, so they keep bringing out new models, what else can they do?

yes doesn't he? till he blow up his Marshall valve amp and bought a tranny one, he packed up playing abut 6 years ago, when he got it right he was good, trouble is towards the end he made a lot of alcohol and lack of practice induced mistakes, shame

yes and no, we do punk covers fairly faithfully, being a punk band, but other covers we do like Daydream Believer, Leaving on a Jet Plane, 500 miles etc we punk up

in my experience the E string does sound a bit 'loose' and seems to lack a bit definition, careful EQing helps, but it's the nature of the beast, notes played on the E string above the 5th fret don't seem to sound as defined as those played on the higher strings, but they can cut through better in the mix YMMV

it's all in the fingers 😂 seriously I find it easier to do fast up and down picking with a slightly heavier pick, I use 0.94's

here's another one complete with tab

get a list of fosters takes ready about guitarists who aren't ready for the next song or any other anecdotes for the audience's amusement, even if it doesn't make any difference it'll fill the gap nicely, our singer launches into "I married a monster from outer space " during any technical issues

I think you need hearing aids, without mine my social life would be limited

both new songs are on the tube

just watched the "Punk" program, how fat has John Lydon got? I barely recognised him, he's huge, can't say I enjoyed it that much, Dave Vanian came across OK, but using the isolated Bass track on the Pistols doing God Save the Queen at the Winter Gardens was a bit below the belt

if it was an instrument cable and it got hot and partially shorted the amps protection circuit cut's in, I've had similar when a (proper) speaker lead got a partial short on it, the amp was fine when another lead was used

there's probably a very good reason, but my first thought was why not fit lighter gauge strings?

my 2008 lefty USA P came with a left handed case, not very rare at all I wouldn't have thought

I tried an Epiphone SG, the neck dive made it unplayable standing up (for me anyway), maybe I was unlucky, but judging by internet comments it's a common problem

aren't they just putting off the inevitable? wouldn't their efforts better be served by getting everyone vaccinated as quickly as possible? I understand the vaccination program is not going well

that's happened to us a few times, regarding venues with dodgy electrics, that's one of the reasons I went wireless

no, just the power supply needs testing

I use Audacity for doing band demos, it's good enough for that unless you're using virtual instruments, I tried Reaper, couldn't get on with it I found it very unintuitive, proper DAW's do loads of stuff I don't really have any use for.

went to see our singers other band last night, originally it was scheduled for outside, then moved inside because it might rain, it didn't, but it was hot and sweaty and it's only a small narrow room so it was fairly crowded inside, I've had both jabs but I was less than comfortable in there, people were pushing past all night to get to the bar or the toilets, and as you'd expect with loud music there was a lot of shouting with the spitting that goes with it, we moved to the back of the room after about half an hour, I'm a lot more comfortable on stage than off it

no problems with customs? with it coming from the EU, like additional charges

the only ad I see is for Basschat strap locks, I'm with @Stingray's friend, I don't mind ads, unless they get stupid like erectile dysfunction, I don't want reminding of that thank you very much 😂

I would say if you keep the volume down you won't do any more damage

I've always got a set of earplugs in my wallet, I never forget that 😀. I did try the moulded ACS earplugs, never got on with them, to difficult to take in and out, I couldn't hear normal conversation with them in and when lost one I didn't bother replacing them, I've been using the generic ACS ER20's, easy to take out to hear what someone is saying, and as I said earlier in the thread, my hearing hasn't got any worse while using them