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Ruby Soho - Rancid

Maggies Farm - Rage Against The Machine

I don't mind the headstock. I thought it sounded a bit weak but thinking about it now, I didn't change any amp settings between the Sire and my Stingray which has quite hot pickups. If I took the time to adjust the eq and gain etc I might have liked it more. To be honest, it could have been the best bass in the world and I'd still tell him it sucks

I tried our guitarists Sire P7 mk2 5 string and thought it's a nice bass for the price. Better made and equipped than the 5 string MM SUB 5 which was similarly priced.

Gobblers of dregs - Mastodon

That's the thought I took from their video. The smug was immense

Lay lady lay - Robert Dylan

Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield See, I know stuff that isn't metal as well.

After this morning vulfpeck sadness I moved on to something a little more simple with a riff heavier than a dead donkey and catchier than covid 19. A bit of Mastodon never disappoints and this song is a killer.

Nativity in black - Black Sabbath

Blackhole sun - Soundgarden

Is it a single colour logo?

Painted smiling face - Corrosion of Conformity

I agree. It's too clean and smooth. It could be robots playing.

These two pedals. The Two Notes Le Bass preamp and Origin Effects Cali76 compressor. The preamp is a two channel valve preamp with clean and dirty channels. The clean channel really is very clean, with a nice eq. The dirty channel sounds a bit thin but combining the two channels gives some monster tones. The compressor just does exactly what you want it to and high pass filter is really useful.

I tried listening to Vulfpeck again. Still don't get it.

Have you tried ditching him at a truck stop? It worked for Hawkwind and worked out best for everyone in the end.

Sugar - System Of A Down

I don't really like the NR Thunderbird but I think it looks a lot better without the pickguard. I think it makes it look less wrong.

I've just rebuilt my pedal board. It's much more minimal than before but much better sounding. My first couple years playing I bought loads of pedals and they all sounded terrible so I did a lot of research and ended up with these: Two Notes Le Bass dual channel valve preamp Origin Effects Cali 76B compressor Orange Fur Coat fuzz & octave up Boss TU3 tuner Harley Benton ISO 2 Pro power supply

I like the idea of Luminlay. How much would fitting cost? I don't trust myself to drill holes in my neck.

Snakes for the divine - High On Fire

Eyes of the South - Down Beaten to it by the honorable member above

I bought a pickguard from the US recently. Taxes were included in the purchase price. As far as I know it was just VAT. 2 weeks later it arrived and I didn't get any extra charges. The negative point was it came with some free chocolate which was bloody awful.

Real eyes realise real lies - Machine Head