TimR

Ha! I have Lozz's Keeley compressor, which I bought from him 4 years ago. It's brilliant. Always on.

I am not tiny! I am still in. Truss rod adjusted last month - seems the saddles are at the lowest they'll go. Still plays well.

A friend of mine died last month. 65. Our drummer is going in for stents next week. 60. A manager at work had a heart attack- has been off for 4 weeks so far. Stents fitted. 48. Stay safe everyone.

What is B doing wrong that is preventing you from progressing? Where do you hope to progress to and when? Is everyone else 100% on board and capable of committing to playing at that new level? The best musician is the one that can make the gigs.

Yes. Quite. 2022 post so presumably post pandemic. Venues were trying anything to recoup losses back then.

A search for 'lift up arms' with Office Chair, Gaming Chair, musician's chair comes up with a few ideas. https://amzn.eu/d/0rmqpAr Gaming Chair https://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/modul-Studio-Chair-Black-and-Grey/5889?origin=product-ads&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22258054978&gclid=CjwKCAiA24XJBhBXEiwAXElO3xJyDdPbrq7F3sGRBxa_hAq3q-dlTLleDRrYUjB-6z0xhpQ1o7LIhRoCn7kQAvD_BwE Think the IKEA one isn't going to work as ideally want the arms on and off. And the Herman Miller ones are what we use at work. Keeping hold of a working one is impossible. I'm considering chaining mine down. 😬

Looking to replace our home office chair. The current one was selected by my son as a computer gamer chair. It's been heavily used and abused and needs to go. I'm looking for something that I can sit and play bass on. ie removable arms or arms that can adjust well out of the way. What are you using?

Many many years ago... http://www.thomann.de/gb/keith_mcmillen_batt_o_meter.htm

The artists will have to decide which sellers will give them the best price for acting as ticket agent. Otherwise there won't be any ticket agencies.

Aklot currently £32 on Amazon.

That's only because he's posted in the wrong sub-forum. Should be in the Theory and Technique section... https://www.basschat.co.uk/forum/31-theory-and-technique/ Which IMO should be listed above General at the top of the forum and not 4 page scrolls down on the phone.

I have a great app on my phone called Chordbot Lite. You can program chord progressions in and then play along. I'm sure there are other apps and PC programs but this is incredibly simple and intuitive to use.

Its that time of year when my wife tells me not to buy anything and to put it on my christmas list. Unfortunately the dog has eaten all my socks and I'm down to my laat two pairs. So I bought some more on Saturday. So. 1. Socks I also bought 2 pairs of jeans brown and black - as I can't wear my curent ones out for any Xmas parties. 2. Jeans (I may or may not wear them, then they can be wrapped and I'll open them) 3. Trail running shoes - I'll buy them and they can wrap them. 4. DMX WiFi transmitter/recievers - I'll ask for Amazon vouchers and buy them after. 5. A new bass - no idea what, 3 string, possibly Ibanez - I don't need one - I doubt I'll find one.... 1-3 are dead certs. 4 I may change my mind. 5 may stay on the list for the next 10 years...

10 still in I think.

No one can afford to buy the house they're living in based on their salary. No one, orher than a few could. I couldn't afford the house I live in now based on my salary at the time. Mainly because of the housing ladder. I bought a very small house in the late nineties on the back of the housing crash. I lived there for 20 years. The equity due to property price rise added to the equity from paying off the mortgage meant I only had to get another mortgage based on my salary. I also have had salary increases due to promotions. People also have inheritances. When you look at people who live in expensive houses you are not seeing the last 20+ years of the work they have done to get there. They're not magically rich people who have suddenly found £500k behind the sofa or are all on £120k a year. There is a danger of labelling house owners as wealthy and taxing them, instead of looking at why companies who are making huge profits are getring away with low pay. And a higher minimum wage doesn't help if it's a blanket measure as it disprotionatly affects small struggling busunesses and disuades them from employing more people. However, there are lots of people living in big houses whose children have left, who are still working and are cash rich. It's disengineous to generalise. The mode salary in the UK is £15k, the median £37k. This means that people on the Mode salaray are living in poverty. Technically anyone with a household income below £22k is living in poverty but most households with 2 incomes will be on 2x£15k. Although I don't know how much tax avoidance affects those below £15k and skews these figures I know plenty of people who only earn £12k a year but seem to have very luxurious lifestyles.