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When I was enjoying this, I had no idea who T Rex were I imagine, with some dismay, that there were some people who had never heard this song before 2001:

I always assumed this was written by The Undertones, until the Nuggets compilation corrected me. Well, half-corrected: thanks to Nuggets, I then spent a while thinking it was written by the Chocolate Watch Band

One of the great covers And that reminds: it was the Jesus and Mary Chain cover of Guitarman that led me to Elvis' version, and that led me to the original by .... oh, I've forgotten

I think short scale strings have a totally different size core relative to the overall width. The guy from GHS was explaining it on TB the other day, I'll see if I can find the post.

I first knew Knocking On Heavens Door in the Eric Clapton cover version. Then I knew it from (rather different) Sisters of Mercy cover. Eventually hearing the original was so underwhelming, I've still no memory of it

The PJ Harvey cover of Highway 61 Revisited on Rid Of Me still terrifies me after all of these years

Line 6 Amp and Cab sims plus Yamaha studio monitor: decent sound at any volume The Line 6 tho has the most frustrating user interface I've ever met, so it just sits on one setting the entire time. As does my bass, tbh.

I had a real sinking feeling once I finally realised The Fall's Mr Pharmacist was a cover

How often do people blending clean and distorted signals like to EQ them separately?

I've got Chromes on my TRBX604 which I think has the same preamp as the BB73xA. They sound great with the neck pickup on passive, but when on active, the slightly husky quality of the strings natural sound really fights against the focus that the EQ is trying to give. With more old fashioned flats I imagine the problem would be even worse. I got them to counteract the TRBX's lightweight sound. Buying a BB solved that problem a different way...

I think it does say 38 - the pen of the "3" seems to go on top of that horizontal line that seems to be the top of a "5"

I wish his rhythm was a little more crisp - in the very sparse section just after 2'00", for example, the articulation is a bit woolly. I guess it must be hard to feel the responsibility to be driving the rhythm when taking a tempo from something else?

Do amputees feel excluded when they hear And when the rain comes down Would you choose to walk or stay Would you choose to walk Would you choose to stay

J'avais l'habitude de visiter la France chaque année, mais je n'y suis plus allée depuis une décennie et ça me manque tellement.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mick-jagger-s-love-letters-marsha-hunt-reveal-secret-history-rolling-stone-8306604.html

Current MIJ Fender Ps - the Traditional 50s, 60s and 70s are all listed as U-shaped, with 43mm, 42mm and 40mm nuts respectively

Ooh I bet they would know the profile specs for MIJ U-shaped necks.... 🤓

Well, yeah, an excellent point. When I first ordered it, the idea was that it would exploit my inexperience and I would mold my expectations to the reality of the bass. (A bit like how my idea of the perfect piano is the highly idiosyncratic one I grew up playing) (very badly) Now I've more of a clue, and am in danger of being less pliant.

Once this gets officially marked as lost, I won't try barking up a similar tree - I figured that kind of money was pseudo-worth-it if I got exactly what I wanted, and the SB-1 would have been that. If fate decides I'm not getting exactly what I want, rather than get second best, I'll just aim lower and in a different direction and perhaps push my boundaries a bit eg fit a dimarzio P to a used MIJ Precision, risk trying a bigger neck. When the SB-1 was returned to the factory in December and I knew I had a fair bit more waiting to do, at least, I bought a BB424 which I've been extremely happy with. Perhaps instead of having one perfect bass plus a backup I'll have two or three middling basses that make me equally happy in different ways. One can tire out my left hand, one can tire out my shoulders, one can sit there looking pretty ... or handsomely knackered .... The thing about dreaming up plans is that you never know if they're actually right for you until the opportunity comes to put them into action. Since that moment isn't imminent, I might as well equip myself with a whole bunch of them

I think the cure for this phase ⬆️ would be found in moving onto this phase ⬇️ so I'll give it a go. And so here's the bass I'm now trying to give up on.....

What happens if you tell your fingers it isn't fast? Do they fall for the lies?

The funny thing is that I've got myself so used to thinking this order is doomed to failure that if it suddenly reappeared, the part of me that's been bracing me for bad news would almost feel hacked off, messed around. And then the bass would arrive, and I would open the case, and all that would melt away.... 😅

I know it must be very late in NZ, so I appreciate your staying up this late to reply. Sweet dreams 😴

Do scorpions edit out smileys, too? 😋