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I thought that might be Joe Dart incognito but Joe Dart has less hair.

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Jains believe it's wrong to kill sentient beings. Buddhists believe it's wrong to intentionally kill sentient beings. Nevertheless, doing something without intending to kill but knowing that it will result in death is sailing close to the wind. This is why when discussing 'right livelihood' the Buddha didn't promote farming as a job. Me too. I don't believe in trying to change the world, however, I don't like to see beings suffer.

Unlike many of the Vegans posting in this thread I am a meat eater who has been criticised by judgmental vegetarians for much of my life. I became a Buddhist in 1987 and spent years in Buddhist communities, mainly in Asia; I was a Buddhist monk for 13 years too. The Buddha wasn't a vegetarian and didn't insist the monks were but many Buddhists erroneously believe Buddhists should be vegetarian. There is no justification for killing an animal to eat or make a bass strap out of but there is no such thing as food production that doesn't involve killing animals. Every time you flood a paddy field or run a plough through a potato field thousands of insects and worms etc are killed. It might be unintentional and killing worms may not have the same emotional impact as the death of a cow or pig but it is what it is.

Everybody needs a Super Compact😉 But seriously...I've only played it at home but was really pleasantly surprised just how bright and punchy the combination is. Super Compacts aren't bright, they are pretty FRFR and have no tweeter. I don't like the sound through the MarkBass amp I own, but if you play Motown with a P bass with flats, it might be right for you. I like a brighter punchy sound for rock and, at least at home, this combination sounded fantastic. I will have to take it to our next rehearsal for a sterner test. Is this an end to my amp GAS?

My RM800 EVO2 Musik Productiv purchase arrived this afternoon: I managed about an hour through it when I got back from work early. I really love the sound. Compared to my MarkBass head through the Super Compact, the RM800 is considerably more punchy and bright, though it is warm too. I thought the punchiness might be due to my compressor's attack/release settings so I turned it off and the punchiness remains. The Super Compact and RM800 EVO2 seems to be a match made in heaven.

We have just started doing this. Our singer is in a Christian choir and I think she does it with her church, so she suggested we do it too. Fits with our 90s covers remit.

Welcome to bass chat @MANTIS. Why don't you go over to the 'Introductions' forum on the Homepage and introduce yourself to the rest of the community. If you are MantisKungFu from SBL, then hi!

And governments get away with even more. Their taxes on beer make the stuff, which is 99% water, more expensive than petrol.

You've got a good drummer, that's the difficult bit. Guitarists are ten a penny, guitarists sans ego are more hard to find. We started off as the drummer and me and we have recruited via Gumtree and Joinmyband but we're in London so there is a bigger pool of musicians to tap. We had to go through a few guitarist auditions/phone conversations before getting one that didn't think the sun shone out of his a*se.

What's it like? Any good? I'm a bit concerned I'm going to get some cheap knock off made in Germany by Bosch or Audi or someone and not the real McCoy, made in China.

I looked at a few different tabs but realised I couldn't really use any of them. There is a bass solo tab on YouTube which is useful but unless you use a looper it can't really be done on bass without compromises. So I've been doing it by ear with help from the YouTube clip. It is fun though!

I ordered a RM800 EVO2 from them last Friday and UPS have just told me the delivery will be put back to Monday 23rd☹️ I can't complain really, it was half price. Glad you are getting on with your new rig! Enjoy!

I'm learning the Pink Panther theme. It's the drummer's idea, he wants us to play this instead of sitting around whenever the guitarist breaks a string in rehearsal.

The heaviest bass I own is a MIM Jazz, which is 4.5kg, if I can trust my scales. I'm comfortable with that over my shoulder for 3 hours at a rehearsal. I have 4" Pinegrove straps for my basses, they make a difference. The Sweetwater site lists the weight of the basses they sell, if they are selling more than one identical bass. Its surprising just how much the weight of identical basses can differ. Below is a link to their Olympic white G&L tribute 2000s, the heaviest is 2lb 3oz heavier than the lightest! https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/L2KTBOW--g-and-l-tribute-l-2000-electric-bass-olympic-white This is why I won't buy a bass blind, I want to feel it over my shoulder.

Our drummer is a PAT tester and I am an electrician, so we don't have any worries here. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 are what venues must adhere to. Having a satisfactory EICR for the electrical installation and PAT tests for the appliances plugged into the installation are ways to prove that they are complying.

Sorry to read this. Hopefully the NHS will help you to carry on pain free and able bodied.

I saw the Cure a couple of times in spring and summer 1980. I liked 3 Imaginary boys, the double A side 10:15 and Killing an Arab was great. I also loved A Forest and got that onto our setlist, briefly. I haven't really heard much of their later stuff. Like a lot of the preceding posters on this thread, I liked the Cure but they weren't a favourite band.

Ah, is that the stuff Fender use for pickguards on their American made basses?

At the risk of being labelled a pedant, 'Don't Look Back in Anger' wasn't a Blur song. It was Status Quo.

I seem to remember 'Whitton Tony' having a Mohican but I didn't get to know any of the Whitton punks before 1980 There were already mohicans in 1979, but it wasn't common. I was 16 and had just left school and by this time there certainly was a uniform as such: jeans, boots, leather jacket with 'Adam & the Antz' or something else painted on the back, badges on the lapels of the leather jacket. Spiky hair a la Sid was more common than mohicans. Girls had Siouxsie hair cuts with leather jackets and monkey boots.

Another reason to go for the 800 over the 500 is appearance. I plan to use this with my black steel grilled Super Compact. It will look the part on top of that, as per all the photos of other bass chatters' RM800 and Super Compact rigs. The black fascia and silver chassis (and vu meter) look quite cool, I believe. I'm not so keen on the look of the RM500.

Is it good for metal?

Overkill? Nah! What about the headroom.

No you don't have to pay an extra 20%, the Vat is included in the price they advertise.