SteveXFR

I'm just about ready to buy a nice Spector 5 string and was reminded that previously with 5 strings, I've had a nightmare trying to sell them when ready for a change. Are 5 string basses typically difficult to sell or have I just had the wrong ones? Previous 5's include Ibanez SRMS805 Ibanez SR505 and Sterling Ray35 (very nice budget stingray)

The two worst basses I've owned were a MIM Fender Jazz Squier series (weird one, it was an actual Fender, not a Squier) and my last MIM Precision. Sometimes cheap copies are better than the real thing.

Gary Numan playing a Glastonbury warm up at Cheese & Grain in Frome. The show sold out extremely quickly but its my local venue so I was signed up for presales. I've seen Gary once before as a special guest with Nine Inch Nails and he was extremely good so I'm really looking forward to this one

I'm not sure it's going to work. Their new material is written in drop G. I can't get my 5 string that low without the first seven frets on the bottom string all sounding the same. I think it needs an extra long multiscale and I'm not sure I want to invest £1000+ in a Spector Dimension or Dingwall (cheaper multiscales are a bit shorter) without knowing it'll work out.

Not yet. We'll see how this goes. It's a possibility but I'm not buying a new Spector quite yet.

There's been a bit of a development. I was talking to a band a while ago but it all went quiet. Yesterday I heard from them again and they sent over some new material and it's really good. I'm going to give it a good go, write some bass parts and see how it goes.

I may choose to visit the statue at Hellfest in France rather than Stoke on Trent. It does look really good though.

I had a very up and down relationship. When it was good, it was the best feeling. There's nothing like having a room full of people headbanging along to your tunes. Playing to a room with only three old blokes who wanted classic rock, not sludge metal was just depressing. I have looked for bands but the ones playing interesting stuff want someone under 35 (I'm a lot older) and the ones my age seem to all play 80's style metal which just doesn't do it for me at all

Its all good there. I'm actually looking at buying a third one, a Honda CRF250L or for green lane riding

I'm a metal player and jam sessions local to me seem to be jazz or folk so I just don't understand the music at all. I've tried jamming along to songs, I usually get the chord pattern quickly enough but soon get bored. What I loved was playing filthy riffs at ridiculous volume with mates and coming up with cool stuff together. Unfortunately, that's gone now and not going to happen again.

Last January I sold my gear and gave up. This Christmas I bought myself a new bass and tried getting back in to it but just not enjoying playing along to songs, no good at solo noodling and can't find other people to play with. I'm not happy with how I play. I think I've reached the end. Bummer

Flying Whales - Gojira That's really pushing it a bit!

Slug - Snail Mail Double points. Who's keeping score here?

Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I'm enjoying a bit of Bossk. British Post metal band. This track in particular has just blown my mind. It goes so many places from a solo trumpet to huge wall of guitar noise and everything in between.

What zit? - The Game

Snot unusual - Tom Jones

There's a few Lemmy statues already. There's one in LA and one at the Hellfest site in Clisson, France. There can't be many musicians with multiple statues. I think Freddie Mercury has a few.

Well deserved. I can't think of a more iconic and influential rock star than Lemmy. He'll really brighten up that Metropolis

Slip - Quicksand A nice bit of post hardcore

Arise - Sepultura