SteveXFR

I do also use 1mm picks. I mostly play around the bridge pickup and get a bit lively at times, I'd probably hit them all on to the floor. I've also not got a pick guard on my Ibanez

What's your preferred emergency pick storage for gigging? I'm not sure where to keep one or two for when I drop or break one

@JRBass Top bloke. Easy to deal with. Nice bloke. Showed up on time. No issues. I hope you enjoy the P bass

Cop Killer - Body Count

That looks nice. It looks like it might be a step or two up from the SR300. I'd quite like an SRMS800 next to go with my SRMS805 but before I get that I want to upgrade the 805 preamp to a Darkglass tone capsule.

Learning to swim - The Skints

I'm not much cop at bass. I'm just there as eye candy to be honest, something to keep the ladies entertained.

It's alright I guess. Not their best work. If it had been released when they were still a band it would have been an album filler track and no one would remember it.

I'm having a bit of classic thrash / punk crossover this morning with Hellbastard. They make an excellent racket. Too heavy for punk, too punk for metal. They've asked us to support them in a couple weeks so I thought I should get a bit more familiar with their music and I'm really enjoying it.

I've seen the Motley Crue fans online criticising it like it's the worst piece of music ever released. I think they wanted more Motley Crue and are upset that following his departure from the band, he wants to do something different.

I quite like it. I don't like Crue but I like this.

I play in a stoner/sludge metal band. Getting gigs can be tricky so we'll play just with the hope someone might buy us a pint, preferably one each

I had exactly that and it's an awesome combination. I think I'd rather keep the distortion on a pedal board. My Darkglass B3K overdrive pedal has a huge range of sounds available and I don't see that range could be achieved with onboard distortion where you've not got all the knobs and switches.

If you can play funk, post punk and dub then you've got everything you need to play metal. Just hit the strings harder, crank up the gain and look angry

Where is my mind - Pixies

Did you not expect the death metal comparisons?

Well yes but my point is that very, very few people who aren't musicians will have any interest in it

If you're moving from guitar to bass, remember that space is good. Don't play bass like a guitar, just because you can fit in a note doesn't mean you should. Sometimes, a long sustained note on bass sounds so much better than a busy bass part.

Get yourself some basic skills. Learn some scales and arpeggios then get along to a local jam session. Don't worry about not being as good as the others, everyone will be encouraging and helpful. Be prepared to play outside your usual musical tastes. Have fun, join in and you'll learn a lot and meet people. I went to a jam session while learning, met a drummer and arranged to meet for a jam and a year later, we've just been booked to support a pretty important band within our favourite genre

It's music for musicians. Anyone who downloads this can identify the point at which Scott plays a flat four over a minor augmented 9 with sharp seventh and they know that tone is in the glove.

My thoughts on it are pretty much the things normal people would say about death metal. There's no space in it, it's too busy, it's just meaningless noise etc, etc Maybe if he played it on a BC Rich Mockingbird and wore corpse paint I'd get it.

Very clever an everything but I don't get it. I appreciate a lot of stuff that isn't to my taste but I don't get this at all.

May I recommend taking a look at the mumsnet forums. That's full of bored house wives looking for an argument with other bored house wives while complaining that their husband doesn't satisfy them and the favourite buzz toy is dead.

I'm in a metal bass group which used to be good but is now mostly church bass videos and religious posts. Their bass playing is very good but their use of major keys is unacceptable and Jesus doesn't love me.

Homey I shrunk the cops - Star F*****g Hipsters