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Skybone

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  1. Fender Shaped Object, but Flatulent Sheep Owner is funnier. Most of the people who complain about the ergonomics of the 4000 series tend to come to them after exclusively and extensively playing Farting Slug Ovulations, and are therefore used to playing bass that way, with little willingness to adjust their playing style to match the instrument. It's kind of like expecting an SUV to drive in exactly the same way as a Hot Hatch. The principles are the same, but each have their own idiosyncrasies that the driver has to adapt to, in order to get the best out of each, rather than expecting the SUV to drive exactly like the Hot Hatch (and vice versa). I'm quite sure that each and everyone of us has spent a considerable amount of time playing Flying Saucy Onions, but have all come to the 4000 series basses with an open mind and a willingness to adjust & adapt in order to get the best out of them. But there again, some people might just simply hate the ergonomics of them. 🤷‍♂️
  2. Misery - Soul Asylum
  3. IIRC, that list is 75% plectrum, 25% fingers. That's obviously not helpful, and not constructive. Sorry.
  4. Psycho Therapy - The Ramones
  5. Very reliable amps.
  6. Fingers. Used to use a plectrum many moons ago, but decided to re-assess my technique using my fingers. I think it paid off. I think that a lot of people who complain about the ergonomics of a Ric are more used to playing FSO's, and don't spend the time to assess how and where they play when they try Ric's, expecting that the techniques used on the FSO's will work. In fact, if you look at most Ric player's, they tend to play between the pickups (there are, of course, exceptions to this sweeping generalisation). If you play them between the pickups, then the wrist of the playing hand is away from the bit of the body above the bridge (where the forearm chamfer is on an FSO). That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it.
  7. So a few years ago, I couldn't afford 1, now I have 2. Yay. Just like TB above, I lusted after one for many years, nearly bought one on a few occasions, but always bottled out for some reason or other (mainly due to being young & skint, or the "relic" condition of the bass, when relic wasn't a thing). Anyway, some years later, finally managed to find one when I had some cash, played it, loved it, bought it. Spent a long time re-evaluating how I played it in relation to other basses, but it was worth the effort. They just feel right.
  8. Very nice looking bass indeed.
  9. I Am The Sun - SWANS
  10. I use the Effects Return socket on my Ashdown combo to amplify a POD Go. It works, and it sounds great.
  11. Was always tempted by them when they came out. The PRS SE's are stunning guitars for the money. GLWTS.
  12. Thirded. Give Ashdown a call, they should be able to sort you out with a new speaker for a reasonable price.
  13. Hall of the Mountain Grill - Hawkwind
  14. Picked up a Marshall MB-15 for my son a while back, really impressed with it, sounds really good.
  15. But how does it feel?
  16. Heaven, in fact, can't wait. RIP
  17. Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
  18. Armageddon It - Def Leppard
  19. Head Like A Hole - Nine Inch Nails
  20. Killing for Company - SWANS
  21. And money... 😄
  22. Fender Rumble 500. Only about 300w with the combo, 500w with the extension cab. Light too. Ashdown RM500 or the OriginAL C210T 300. There's a few in the Amps For Sale section that look pretty good, the GR combo, or the MarkBass combo for example. Though for that kind of money, you could pick up a good head & cab. Plenty of older, big heads available, or a few Class D's. That Laney Nexus 400 rig looks very tempting. There's an RM500 head & cab as well (but maybe a bit far to collect).
  23. I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
  24. Country Song - Alabama Thunderpussy
  25. Rivers of Babylon - Boney M
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