TheLowDown

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. 

Sire do some nice ones with the M5 and M7.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/sire-version-2-marcus-miller-m5-swamp-ash-5-string-bass-natural-ver2m5sa5nt

Exercises like the plank help so you're not straining your back as much.

1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Huh? 

I don't 'get' that at all, it's a musical instrument, to be used for playing music! 😁

At £2000+ and with enough anecdotes of QC issues, there's much better and cheaper and versatile ways of making music 👍. 

I think it's better suited to collectors.

3 hours ago, carlsim said:

You mention about weight - that is my one fear with HB stuff

Some are quite light or reasonably weighted. The progressive range are quite light. I have 4 string and a 6 string that weigh under 8lbs and 9.9lbs, respectively.

9 minutes ago, ezbass said:

although the quoted nut width of 41.3 mm is incorrect, it is 38mm (Thomann have been contacted about this).

That's good to know, I prefer the 38mm width. I think Thomann and Harley Benton are great, but the accuracy of the info on the product pages often leaves a lot to be desired and is best double checked.

I've seen a few reviews on it in the past. The general consensus seems that it's of really good quality but heavy.

2 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

 

I'd advise against rosin. It's intended to make things sticky. That's why we use it on our violin bows. 

Ok, well I didn't know about that side effect but lots of pro sports people use it to reduce sweat and moisture.

Keep a small bag of chalk or rosin in your pocket that many dart players use to deal with sweaty hands.  

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173352223035

Anything lightweight but which provides enough balance with whatever is used for the neck to help prevent neck dive.