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As you would expect, a fantastic gig and a great break for Vincen, but 48 hours? Really?

I'll retire when the phone stops ringing. . . . or I start pushing up daisy's. Which ever comes first.

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Lee Sklar is always good for down to earth stories about the session world of the last 40 years. . . .

The bottom line, if you have a drummer who can't keep time. . . . it's time for a new drummer.

£50 polymer notes are fine. . . . tilt the note side to side and the hologram should say "Fifty" and "Pounds". There are something like half a dozen more features on a £50 that indicate it is genuine.

In certain styles of music time can drift a little. A few bpm here and there. That's not the same as speeding up or slowing down! But while the drummer usually gets the job. . . . It's actually everyone's responsibility to be playing in time.

They are good aren't they. I bought mine in the late 80's. It's still in perfect condition and is still my main cable.

Mostly not, but it does happen.

Vaule = Features, quality, price, reputation, reviews.

Whoa. . . . ! You've just listed everything I own!!!!

Yawn, the usual dog-whistle nonsense. . . . KR gave a personal opinion in an interview. Shock horror. . . . . As usual people are lining up to give him a kicking because he is old, famous, successful and has a view on something.

O: lists of things U: a good ear

This. I either run a 500 or 700watt amp into 1400watts of cabs. Even with a 5 string bass at volume there is zero chance I'm going to damage the drivers, or sound bad by over driving the amp.

Easy. Raise the pickups until you can hear them being hit by the strings when you play hard. Then lower them until they are not being hit by the strings.

All you need to know is any 500 watt amp, 1 or 2 Barefaced 112's, leads and a bass and you've cracked it.

My spam folder is empty, but I deleted all the cookies anyway.

Twas also the night of the slightly annoying umbrella incident that took place out side the Wimpey in Ealing Broadway. Who could ever forget that debacle.

If you are making decisions in the dark, about an environment you hardly know, the best solution is to be as flexible as possible. Buy an amp and separate cab. Watts are cheap. Too many is never a problem, but too few will always ruin the gig. If you think you want 100 watts, get 200, even 300 watts because you will sound pretty bad if you buy a 100 watt amp and find you need to use 100 watts. You need clean headroom for the best bass sound, so you will sound much better using 100 watts from a 300 watt amp. I used to play in a duo with a miked up acoustic guitarist. I used a 500 watt amp and a good 112. IME a 500 watt amp with the volume on 3 sounds much better than a 100 watt amp with the volume on 9. It looks to me like you are totally underestimating your requirements. If I'm wrong, that's great, but if I'm right you won't sound good on gigs and will be trying to buy a larger rig in no time. A small low powered combo could be an expensive mistake. An amp and cab enables you to replace/upgrade each separately. Lets you add another cab or use a different cab.

Burns Tru Bass 88 black nylon coated strings in the 60's Rotosound RS66's in the 70's and most of the 80's Elites from the Bass Centre in the 80's and 90's DR Lo-Riders, Hi-Beams, in the 00's and 10's TI flats in the 10's and 20's D'Addario NYXL in the 20's

You're overthinking this. Over the years I've played about 80% of those songs with fingers and it sounded fine. I know a bassist who has played many of those songs, with a pick, he never uses fingers, and he sounds fine too. There is no right or wrong answer here. Neither is better or worse, Use the technique(s) that you are most comfortable with.

I only play music where the bass has to sound like a bass, so I've never found a use for pedals. I've tried a couple at home, but never taken them to a gig. Good basses, amps and cabs does everything I need.

Me - in my school band.

I'll talk bass, bands and music to anyone, but I don't know anyone who really cares enough to make it a long conversation. After 2 mins Mrs B's eyes glaze over.