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I've just been watching multiple crummy videos of BB300 and BB-VI. I concluded that they make a loose, throaty tone relative to the more tightly focussed purr of, say, the 2024 on neck only. And then I looked at my words and remembered the adage about writing about music being like dancing about architecture. At any rate, the VI sounds like it would be an upgrade on whatever kind of P bass you could get for £600. But if I had a P shaped bass, all I would want to do with it would be give it a Di Marzio, and pretend it was an Ibanez Blazer. And that doesn't need £600.

The blue matches the Like buttons. What do Yamaha call that shade? Is this Racing Blue again?

💬 As well as the draw of the bands, there was the lure of the DJ, Claire Shearsby. The unprepossessing youth found himself “going out with the glamorous DJ and we lived together for years.” Shearsby and Taylor were sketched by The Mekons: "In the flat above the chemists Andy and Claire are dressing to kill But they don't come out till after dark In Charlie Cake Park." “He’d be down at every gig with Claire,” recalls Keenan. “When Claire was DJing and wanted to go to the bar or to toilet or whatever, Andy would take over for a bit and all he ever played was Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Gary Glitter.” “You could always tell when I’d taken over,” Eldritch confirms “because on came the Glitter.” 💬

It's only recently dawned on me that Gary Marx (founding guitarist of the Sisters of Mercy and born Mark Pearman) picked his stage name in pseudo-homage to Gary Glitter

If someone was selling a bass with a decal in ye traditional scripts saying "Bitsa Partsmaster, cobbled together in the UK" that would be a definite plus for me.

At what age did you think it was time your son stopped wearing a Superman outfit to parties?

I'm glad I wasn't in a hurry and believing their claims that they would be dispatching them on Friday..... 😂 What a shower of a company.

Out of tune singing is caused by technical errors coming between the intention and the delivery: the voice is being told correctly what pitch to sing at, but thanks to problems in producing the sound, a slightly different pitch comes out. If a singer is persistently out of tune, there's probably an ingrained vocal fault which wont be going anywhere soon, let alone in performance.

I also found that @hypercarrots had one, and also mentions its similarity to a 300. Theres also a couple of mentions of the VIs, shorter than 34" scale. And that appears to be the sum total of info on BC about them. Five years ago someone was selling one on TB, saying "These were originally made for the Japanese market. They're super rare outside of Japan. Actually got mine direct from Japan."

The majority of the photos on a google search for the VI have the split reversed. And look rather more tatty than that one. Searching BC found someone calling it "Like an earlier/posher BB300"

Sometimes it feels like YouTube exists primarily as a vehicle for ridiculing Lars Ulrich, so this probably needs taking with a pinch of salt, but people out there want you to know that some of the complexities in the drumming on ...And Justice For All are thanks to Lars getting lost, and the cockups felt to be worth keeping, or at least not worth trying to correct.

I was similar when I was a teenager in my attitude to Telecasters: I was almost angry at how weak they sounded. Now I find them enchanting.

Since my G&L has gone seriously AWOL on its journey from the US, I'm letting myself daydream about what I would fritter the money on if it never reappeared. So ... a white 1024, obviously ... and then a MIJ 300 in nice nick as well ... 43mm nut, no bridge pickup, reverse split pickup, metallic red - four solid differences to justify having both, yes? Mmm, yes. A more sensible daydream would be a used BBP34, but what's the point of daydreaming if you're just going to be sensible?

A fortnight later, and the new string brightness has slipped away from the set of Swing Bass. However it's still offering a wide range of sounds - everything from a lithe shimmer to a plump warmth - and also the strings are still very responsive to variations in touch.... ....which is my way of saying that I'm still having real trouble getting a nice smooth line with consistent tone and volume when playing gently with fingers. Great strings but perhaps for the time being I should only put them on a bass with an easier neck. At the moment there are a bit too helpful at pointing out the infelicities in my playing 🤕

My Yamaha has a split pickup. Neither the numbers on the page nor the look of the shape nor the sound in my ears makes me think I'm playing a P bass, so you might be in the clear on that count?

That's a lovely theatre - which is it, please?

Who would rather have to watch enjoying themselves, Dave Ellefson or his youthful penpal?

Are the Associates worth investigating? All I know about them is that Michael Dempsey joined them after The Cure's first album.

I once tried to shop with Bax and eventually PayPal had to retrieve my money for me. Never again, I thought. However I've just been shopping for 3 packs of GHS 45-105 Bass Boomers and had the following options, inc. delivery Music Room £105 Strings Direct £90 Bass Direct £68 Bax £47 Everything in ordering from the Bax site gave the impression that I'm buying from the UK: VAT was included, delivery was next business day (which, since I ordered on Thursday evening, will be Monday) The delivery will be Hermes, so rather than having to interact with them, I'll be collecting it from a nearby Londis (so no chance of their being able to claim it's been delivered if it hasn't)

I recently noticed that when I'm playing from normal written music, I'm not actually reading the notes, but am reading the intervals between them. Eg A to C, minor third, up a string and back 2 frets. (Which means if I start off two frets out, it can take me a while to realise... 😳 )

I think the lesson here is that you are only permitted a sense of humour once you've sold out Madison Sq Gdns. Please submit a CV to Ped before attempting any more jokes. Thnx.

don't think there is such a thing as shyte music

So sticking on this thread for the latest installment, an email from the long-suffering dealer: "....USPS has initiated an official inquiry with your postal service. They say it can take up to 32 working days to get a reply..... Here’s hoping shakes the package loose ...." Which is basically my hope: someone has parked the unhelpfully large parcel in a corner, hasn't yet got around to remembering about it, and would benefit from a gentle ahem in their ear.

You might like the short song Secret Oktober, the B-side to Union of the Snake.