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People get tribal when it comes to the number of strings they play, as if it's demanding some kind of loyalty to the gang.

You can buy plectrum grips that stick to the plectrum and give it a grippy surface

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125599596576

You can also try rubber plectrums.

I'd say Manchester.

I quite often have that momentary feeling like being an observer of what I'm doing/saying in the middle of a conversation, but I've never had that feeling like I'm physically outside of myself as mentioned by the OP. It only lasts seconds.

I think if artists wish to use backing tracks for instruments and/or vocals then they should be free to do so, but they must state clearly on the ticket or otherwise what their setup is so that the paying audience knows what they're getting.

I really quite enjoyed that 👍. Very catchy and singable.

17 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Uhm?

 

I don't agree (well except for the sound of P Bass being the archetypical electric bass guitar tone).

 

If anything, as far as I am concerned, J Basses in general has a much more anonymous tone compared to the tone of a typical P Bass, which as far as I am concerned is full of character (and yes, I do love the sound of a P soloed as well).

 

Ever heard The Stranglers, to name just one band where a P Bass has a quite central role, and definitely does a lot more than act as just a support for the other instrument and is quite precent in the mix...

 

And it's not like even something as traditional and historically archetypical P Bass as James Jamerson's works exactly stays in the background either. 

 

If anything a J Bass with both pickups full on is likely to get lost in the mix, unless slapped, because of it's inherent mid scoop.

 

Also if you actually listen side by side to respectively a typical P Bass and a typical J neck pickup solo without any other instruments they will sound almost identical (given of course equipped with the same type/brand/model of strings and played through the same rig), the thing that will give the J away would be its somewhat more polished anonymous lack of character in comparison to the P with its somewhat more edgy tone full of character. 

 

Of course, the P can play a central role such as in a lot of soul and rnb and reggae etc, when the music isn't busy. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

With the J I have never been able to put it to any good use, whereas I view the P as more a plug and play bass that is either heard or felt. The bridge pickup may as well not be there, that bright nasal sounding tone that cuts through a busy mix is grating to me. When they are both on full, you're right, it disappears. When the neck pickup is on full and the bridge is off, you get something that tries to be a P but doesn't quite convince.

For me the P bass is the archetypal sound of the bass. The J and Stingray is probably better suited to situations where the bass needs to stand out("cut through") such as in slap based songs or in fusion, whereas the P is probably better suited where the bass is the supporting role. In most rock I would definitely pick the P.

The latest album of Cradle of Filth should get me through the day.

The ones singing in their native non-English language may as well pack up and go home no matter how good they are, at least since year 2000.

(graph from The Economist)

Streaming only for me. Less clutter the better, plus my main aim is to try out as much new music as possible. 

Not my thing, anything more than a natural wood look is too OTT for me.

3 hours ago, Musicman666 said:

the most useful subscription model i have seen is one that has the option of being just one month or a permanent rollover.

I haven't seen many of those. 

51 minutes ago, ped said:

Yeah same but then again in a few years there’ll probably be a free alternative. 

If it's free it will be ad based, I'm always happy to pay a reasonable one time fee to get rid of them. The thing is, subscription based is how most of them are going now.  Hopefully there won't become a time when we'll have to keep a database or spreadsheet of all our app subscriptions to keep track of them all to avoid continuous payment of apps we no longer use.

Moises seems good but I wish it has a one time fee rather than being subscription based.

It's like with the Beatles' Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Many/most Beatles' fans would often read more into their lyrics than was intended. Lucy in the sky with diamonds, they claimed, was about LSD(Lucy Sky Diamonds), when it was about nothing more than Julian Lennon's childhood night sky painting.

They took a lot of their inspiration from the Velvet Underground. 

What are they selling?

The pickups being far far away from the neck and the upper horn barely reaching as far as the 16th fret means that it's out of my price range, whatever the price.

I would select the options that would give me the greatest return from selling it.

I think Brexit is much more about economics than politics in this context because the discussion is about how it's affected people's buying power.

For me, no. There are fantastic basses for £300/400, above that and the value for money drops sharply for what I require.

Fender know they can produce garbage but people will still want to have "Fender" on the headstock. The market decides.

Seems fantastic, but it depends on the weight whether it's a yay or nay.

If you set the metronome or drum track for a an exercise, and then consciously make an effort to play behind the beat or on the beat or ahead of the beat, then it will give you greater awareness of your own timing.