SteveXFR

Wasn't he that famous American bassist?

I've been there. Start of last year, I fell out of love with it and sold all my gear. I bought my daughter a nice jazz bass for Christmas and spent a couple hours playing it before wrapping it and decided maybe I should get one. Now I have one but no amp or other gear reluctant to spend too much just in case.

A luthier is a person who is professional trained and highly skilled in the art of wallet emptying.

Maritime - ISIS

Prayers for rain - The Cure

Rex Brown from Pantera is really good at filling the space behind he quite often plays a simple riff but with lots of additional fills to keep it busy. It's almost like a solo behind a solo. Floods is a good example of this

Obviously the devil lived in Geezer's cabs

Not a fan of RHCP at all. Too much slap and too many songs about California. I don't like slap or lyrics chosen purely for the number of syllables they have.

Most funk I could take or leave but I can't stand Vulfpeck and the other bands of that style. It's music for musicians. I don't like slap either. I don't mind it as an accent tone (Billy Gould style) but constant slap just sounds awful to me. YouTube slap is the absolute worst, a million notes a minute resulting in something sounding like a filing cabinet falling down a staircase.

Last night was Virus, The Blunders and Subhumans at The Exchange in Bristol. Virus opened with an excellent performance, great sound and plenty of energy. The Blunders went on second. Always a great performance. Punk with a hint of ska and relentless driving rhythms. One to dance to rather than mosh to. Subhumans were really excellent. Anarcho punk with plenty of political rage. A ton of energy from a bunch of old blokes. An excellent night.

Do they do a multi scale version you can tune to G for metal dinner parties?

I could use the 6" clamp instead of the 12"

We bought my daughter a tidepool blue MIM player Jazz bass. I played it for a good hour before wrapping it, I sold all my gear at the start of the year and it persuaded me to get one do I bought myself a MIM standard precision

I don't own a capo. I've got a G clamp though

I've rewound the tuner keeping the string as low as possible and it's better but not ideal. I'll look at upgraded string trees

I've just got a 20 year old P bass and the A string pops out of the slot in the nut when I bend the string. I could stop bending the A string but I'd rather fix it. Is it likely a worn nut?

Behind blue eyes - Limp Bizkit An absolute abomination of a cover.

Me too! If there's fuzz, I'm playing Dragonaut!

I will look that up. Thanks. And out come the wolves has been my favourite record for a very long time.

These may not be songs you'd usually listen to but as a bassist, I highly recommend having a listen to them. Maxwell Murders by Rancid Played by Matt Freeman and a great demonstration of what can be done in punk if you're a genius. State Of Non Return - Om Played by Al Cisneros. The bass is the lead instrument in this song. Interesting, Eastern influences, unusual sounds. A bit of a post rock masterpiece.

A mate of mine has a 90's MIJ Squier Strat. He's had it 20 years now, it's his most prized possession and the only guitar I've known him keep more than a year. Those Japanese Squiers are really well made. Personally though, I really like MIM P basses so it would be a tough choice for me.

Forget the DAW recommended by Focusrite, it's horrible. Use Reaper instead. There's loads of tutorial videos on YouTube. If you still struggle, come back with specific questions and you'll get answers.

Did you install the driver software? https://downloads.focusrite.com/focusrite

@The fasting showman Audacity broke me. Its really counter intuitive. Reaper is so much easier

These Focusrite Scarlett interfaces are really popular, pretty much the standard for home recording. Everything you need is there. The interface is just a box to convert the signal from your instrument to something your computer understands. The Focusrite software is just a driver for that. What you then need to do your recording and processing is a DAW such as Reaper and using that is where things get complicated but just because it's a powerful piece of software that does a lot of things. It's important to set up the input details in the options to match your Scarlett interface otherwise you'll get nothing. You also need to setup up the input source in each track.