Bassfinger

Nope. 3 of the 5 band members have electric cars, so transport is business as usual for us. We now have a quiet spell until haloween and bonfire night, by which time the panic buying tools might have come to their senses.

I have the 4 string. Incredible out the box, but a Warman pickup added both clarity and punch and turned it into an absolute giant killer.

Hiring only singers that do as they're bloody well told!

The Adagio nickel wound flats are pretty decent. In any other packaging I wouldn't be upset to pay 30 or 40 quid for them. I prefer nickel to stainless or chrome, so they suit me nicely.

To my ear the - listening on a pooter with Presonus studio speakers - Fender and Sire sound dull and lifeless. The Squier sounds better, but the output is clearly low. The HB sounds really rather nice, never mind for the money. However, the review rates them in reverse - It's all in the ear of the beholder! Interestimgly, my otherwise identical Squier weighs over half a kilo less than the reviewers, which shows the variability between chunks of wood from different individual trees. It also demonstrates how pointless the 'how much does the XYZ bass weigh?' questions are that we see - it weighs as much as each individual bass weighs.

The Beeb are suggesting it was new, not you.

It was hardly a new type of music - grunge can trace it origins well back into the 70's - and not new to Britain. The only difference is that they were the first purveyors of that style to hit the mass public awareness in the UK. Much like punk, that had actually been around for 3 or 4 years before it became a 'new' UK phenomenon in 1976, so a bit of poetic licence there from iPlayer. I went to see them in Bradford at Christmas 91 or 92. A friend of mine was mad for them, didn't wan't to go on his own. They were interesting and definitely had something about them, but I've seen plenty of pub bands put on a more entertaining, more technically competent show. Im a rocker with a broad spectrum of tastes and do love Nirvana, but there show was underwhelmning, perhaps barely north of s***e.

Saw Jethro Tull last night, and noticed that David Goodier is playing a Fender Jazz Bass. I'm not sure of the exact model, but it had a Badass type bridge, natural finish under clear poly, and looked rather blummen tasty. Lemmy's Rickenbacker. Phil Lynott's Precision with the mirror scratchplate. Geddy Lee's 72 Jazz.

XC90. 3 combos, 2 guitars and a bass, various bags, and thats without resorting to the back seat.

Plug in Baby.

Well, since I slept with Simon Cowell our career has really taken off!

First post covid gig went well. We waived our fee and passed round a bucket and raised £255 for a local good cause. Good turnout, we enjoued it as much as the audience, and weve been invited back for another in October.

Bursting Out - Jethro Tull. Alchemy - Dire Straits. Life Live - Thin Lizzy.

Within limits I dont think the temperature matters much. It's more the rate of change that I think is problematic? That may benan issue in an unheated garage, as would humidity and/or damp. I personally wouldn't risk it,

Yep, an ace talent. He did the bass on Rick Wakeman's the Red Planet,and in my humble opinion really brought it alive.

Thats interesting. I was playing my CII today after a few days playing my 69 precision and it struck my how - relatively - deep the profile is. Not a baseball bat by any means, but definitely more of a D feel to it than a C. I quite like it, a beeft feel without actually being genuinely beefy.

Ive sent a demo of our new song our MP. It's called I can see clearly now my piles have gone.

Holy smokes, that's quadruple the new price! 🤯

Depends on the amp. At smaller gigs I go straight to my Orange, via the tuner, which has an excellent overdrive built in. At larger venues and outdoors I use the Hartke, in which case I then use a Behringer overdrive. If im quietly practicing at home through the Bryce practice amp Omise an old Korg board with chorus, compression and flanger.

Jet Harris.

The Squier CV is the '54 body shape, so wouldn't look terribly convincing as a '51. They're great instruments in their ownnright that punch well above their price point, so well worth a test play.

Im undecided in where the tone sits on mine. I would have also said more P than J, but my Geddy Lee sig has recalibrated what a J can do in my mind. The stock pickup isn't the highest output, but has enough punch to sound convincing. Our vocallist likes it! I too think a quarter pounder maysound nice, but would ruin the character of the tone. But overall I love mine. Sounds unique, looks fantastic (I have the blonde) and feels great. Never bothered sticking it on the scales because I eat my spinach and it bothers me not, but I'd say just slighly North of middling for weight. Neck is closer to modern P than J, but not super beefy. Finish is first class, aside from slight rough edges to the pickguard on mine, and the nickel hardware is to die for. I'll be gigging with it Friday, thats how much I like it.

I'm a bit of a late convert to Rush and have to say I'm in awe of Lee's talent. It took me an age to learn the anss to Roll The Bones properly, difficult player to emulate properly.

I'm 53 and have the energy to do better, but I'm not prepared to associate with narcissistic singer-guitarists or sleep with Simon Cowell to achieve it.

He doesn't love himself much, eh?