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  1. TimR
    Backup bass stays off stage in its case. Backup is the operative word.
  2. TimR
    Plot twist... ...she joins BassChat.
  3. TimR
    She probably saw what happened to the Beatles when Yoko wanted to sing BV.
  4. TimR
    Alternatively, agree to let her play a few tunes in the first set. Pop to the bar and have a pint while she plays said songs. Then leave the venue for the evening.
  5. TimR
    I guess the Alarm Bells might be telling you to run. What if another bass player from another band asked if they could step in and play with your band for a few songs at every gig. It seems odd that we wouldn't be comfortable with other musicians playing music with us, it's supposed to be something we traditionally do. Not sure where the idea that some player are somehow better than others comes from, once everyone is a competent standard anything more is just being flash. 😉 I guess the real question is if she is only 'sort of' playing keys, should she even be doing that and does that mean she will only 'sort of' play her bass? Linda McCartney could sort of sing and play keys, she was pretty useful on tambourine though.
  6. TimR
    Suggest you'd like to play auxiliary percussion. Tambourine, cowbells, xylophone, cabasa, maracas, claves, congas, triangle, that thing that sounds like a wobbly bike...
  7. TimR
    Thank f,?! it wasn't that awful Fairytale song that everyone seemed to think should have been. Sam Ryder has written a fantastic Christmas anthem that sounds exactly the same as any other Christmas anthem. So there is new music coming through.
  8. TimR
    It's behind you.
  9. TimR
    I had a Trace Elliot amp that would do strange things after an hour. Used to turn it off during the break and let it cool down until I got the top off and found a dry joint and fixed it. Many years later the wisdom of the Internet highlights it as a common fault.
  10. TimR
    The old analogue gear before cnc, automation and quality control would all have sounded slightly different. Different components from different batches with different tolerances. Add to that speakers need to bed in, it's no surprise that combos, amps and cabs sound different. I guess basses you've owned for a while will have various wear points that only you (or the previous owner) will have put on them. Pickups wound slightly differently, pots with capacitors slightly different, woods from different trees. Especially when just changing strings makes a huge difference. I guess looking for new gear we can have a sound in our head that we are never going to get, I've always got something close and just learned to enjoy that new sound.
  11. TimR
    It's a really difficult position she's put you in. Declining graciously without throwing your toys out of the pram is an acquired skill. Luckily when I was in a band and the singer said he could play bass and decided to show me how to play something that I 'was playing wrong', it became very apparent, very quickly, that he couldn't play bass. 😆
  12. TimR
    At gigs? Why? Maybe audition first and let someone neutral decide if she makes the grade - ie not you or the drummer. 😆 But yeah, agree with earlier posters, if she's playing bass on those tunes, you play keys on them.
  13. TimR
    I'd have been waiting a long time then. Must have read Bassassin's post.
  14. TimR
    I'm watching gear4music for when it gets re-listed. I'll have it. 👍😎
  15. TimR
    It's all about expectation. If you're expecting an immaculate instrument then it's disappointing not to receive one. The only worry I'd have is resale value, would the marks be acceptable wear and tear if I wanted to sell it after a few months because its not exactly what I wanted? Buying it online you're buying blind and untried. I had a ding in the neck of my bass from new, I didn't notice it while playing it in the shop. It was quite distracting when playing. But took the edges off with some very fine sandpaper and it was OK.
  16. TimR
    Seems there's a lot of people on this site who don't understand satire. Many of them take me at face value. Which is ironic really. It keeps me amused anyway.
  17. TimR
    You do know that NASA didn't spend any money developing the space pen?
  18. TimR
    According to legend NASA spend billions of dollars developing it. The Russians just used 3 in 1.
  19. TimR
    @Happy Jack that's brilliant.
  20. TimR
    Oh yes. I've used Servisol for years - which I believe is now rebranded as Kontakt? Which means searching for Servisol won't get you the results you might be after. 🤣The problem is finding it in the shops. I have 3 cans of it - with no straws. 🤣 The thread I saw had a few people suggesting using WD-40 with others saying NEVER use WD-40.
  21. TimR
    There was a recent zombie thread where someone was looking for straws... Which prompted me to search to try and fix my crackly pots.
  22. TimR
    So WD now do electrical contact, switch, potentiometer cleaner, whatever you want to call it. Available at Amazon, Halfords, Screwfix etc. Not sure if I'm late to the party. Just cleaned my amp and bass pots. Maybe there's a more suitable forum to put this in but probably crosses a few of them. https://www.wd40.com/products/contact-cleaner/
  23. TimR
    Don't encourage them. It'd be like one of those pub bands who come back on for an encore when the audience was actually just clapping politely.
  24. TimR
    So did NikyNaker buy a WikyWaker?
  25. TimR
    Shopping is one thing. It's when you go to complain to the manager. That's when things get interesting.
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