Velarian

€1,887 though?

I’ve bought briansbrew’s black/maple precision as I’m a sucker for that combination and for that price I couldn’t resist. 🙂

I didn’t openly declare any intention to be GAS free at the start of the year but I’d privately told myself I mustn’t spend any more money on gear. Unfortunately I’ve failed and a new (to me) bass will be winging its way to me shortly. So, the only saving grace is that I’ll have to invoke the one-in, one-out rule to maintain the status quo.

I would recommend getting a simple multimeter as they’re useful for checking/trouble-shooting a few things. They’re available from places like Screwfix and Halfords etc for less than a tenner.

Mr Stone has probably belatedly worked out that a popular Christmas hit is a good recurring boost to a pension income and is desperately trying to increase the popularity of his own creation. I notice the YouTube video now has 2m views and will no doubt increase from that as a result of this story. Seems like a dangerous strategy to me though to sue Mariah Cary on such a tenuous link. If he looses the costs bill will likely bankrupt him!

I found myself wondering how complicated it must have been managing the foldback mixes for the various artists and support musicians.

I thought the lighting and graphics were excellent and suited the immense platform of the event. I think if you were halfway down The Mall that’s all you would see.

Steely Dan Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the cheese? Have you had enough of mine

Bee Gees, How Deep is Your Love - You come to me on a submarine.

It sounds like you’re more or less sorted but I was going to suggest the Nu-X mighty plug as a low cost, small and light device to practice with. The accompanying app for your phone/iPad streams any backing track via Bluetooth and it also has drum loops and effects built in. If you’re now looking for drum loops to play along with, take a look at the SBL Groove Trainer. It’s a free app with loads of great sounding drum loops, a metronome and tuner. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/sbl-groove-trainer/id1571452765

“Pre Fader Listen” (or “Pre Fader Level”)

Are you wanting to record the bass along with the backing track or just play along with the backing track for practice purposes?

John Wetton lets rip on this from 5:03 to the end.

In recent podcast video he talks about it in more detail.

Mind blown! 🤯

My favourite artist is Pat Metheny, almost exclusively instrumental. Many tracks on the Pat Metheny Group albums feature voice as an instrument. It’s definitely not Top 40 material though. However this is an excellent solo version by Pat of an old hit record.

I remember as a kid listening endlessly to Sylvia by Focus. Loved that tune.

This video is about a strat but @ 7:02 he talks about the dowel holes for the router. There’s one in the same location as the ‘74 P bass above.

I think I read somewhere on here that you can use one of these with a slight modification to bend the end a little bit more. https://www.diy.com/departments/paint-can-opener/5059340015408_BQ.prd

Brighouse and Rastrick brass band - The Floral Dance, popularised by Terry Wogan. A couple more from the seventies that spring to mind are: - Oxygene - Jean Michelle Jarre The Crunch - The Rah Band And we mustn’t forget the theme from Chariots of Fire by the recently departed Vangelis.

What about a Music Man Sterling? £358 from Thomman. https://www.thomann.de/gb/sterling_by_music_man_s_u_b._sting_ray_4_mg.htm The original MMs were very much part of the sound of the 80s/90s.

I guess it depends on the source/quality of the bits, whether new or used etc. There are so many variables but half decent bits purchased individually are likely to be at a cost approaching the cost a ready built bass which has benefited from economies of scale.

I think the pickups sound fine. When I first got it I was pleasantly surprised how bright and punchy it sounded, although that was partly down to the strings being new. It’s difficult to compare directly with the other bass because it has older heavier strings so it does sound different. I would say getting one of these is probably better than a bitsa because I put one together and it ended up costing more than the Squier. It could be upgraded later if necessary.