Crawford13

This is totally agree with. A lot of popular music is made with the intention of making money and seeking fame, as opposed to creating art. It's a shame, but some one has to please the masses I guess. The slack will get picked up by niche musicians and appreciated by those that understand it .

I think it very much depends on the band, and also how versatile you are on fretless. Some bands have members that have rigid visions and if you show up with anything but a P bass, you will never be in the band.

My take on this is that the vast majority of music genres and bands has always been formulaic, it's just the further away from the actual time period you get the more you only remember the actual 10 or so stand out great bands / artists. I don't think it's any worse now than it's ever been. The point of difference is really down to personal musical taste.

I hear it's supporting these guys: https://youtu.be/LfzX9uav7yA

Ryan bough a DI from me. Super fast payment, great communication. Highly recommended. Thanks again Ryan.

I would say don't worry about it. It's ok for tastes and preferences to change. I saw one of those HB EUB's on Facebook marketplace last night. Let me check if it is still there.

I'm not really into Extreme, but I always thought that they must be really annoyed that this was the song that defined them, when most of the music is basically shred hair metal...😂

I would wait until you have the bass and play it for a while before thinking about changing pickups. You might like it as is, and if you don't then think about changing pickups or just move the bass on all together.

I'm seeing a lot of these for sale on this forum. Are people disappointed with them? Is there a reason for so many people punting them?

Bob Reynolds is definitely my favourite sax player right now. He is touring the UK later this year too.

His playing on Ben Harper's Live from Mars is incredible. Thanks for reminding me of Juan, I now have something to listen to tonight.

I would love to go, but I've got too much work on just now to travel down from Glasgow.

Please let this comment win the day. It's the most sensible comment I have seen in a long time.

I agree. Sorry, reading back my post it possible didn't convey what I actually feel. I really like RHCP and would go as far as to say BSSM is one of my favourite albums. What I mean is that when I was a teenager Flea was my bass hero and I thought he was the best thing since sliced bread. However as I got older I realised I much prefer other bass players and musicians.

Holy moly that's bad. I think Flea is to bass what Kirk Hammett is to guitar. Anyone who started playing in the 80's and 90's idolised them, and then you get a little older and a little wiser and realise that they aren't that great. (I still love RHCP but whenever I hear Flea play without them it's cringe territory).

I don't have a massive issue with this method in his case. Sure it would be more impressive as a live one take shot, however the playing in the video looks fairly legit, it wouldn't be as clean as the recording but it certainly looks like he is playing what I am hearing.

Is this the edge of human Capability right here on our instrument? If it was anyone else but him I would be sure it has been sped up... However having watched enough of his playing I think he may well just be the most technically accomplished bass player on the planet right now.

There just doesn't seem to be the demand just now for smaller artist gigs. My experience right now is that people are happy to pay £100+ to see the major artists, but unwilling to pay £10 to see local bands. Just the way of the world just now, people can only afford a night out once in a while so they make it special. Also I totally understand how you feel, the first gig you get lots of people in, but that very rarely lasts. I always find that with bands, there's only so many times that friends & family will show up, and if you don't get an organic following really quickly the band has a very short life span for effective gigging.

Did you get a solution from PMT?

I would also suggest a more modest bass for your first bass, especially when you are looking at a 5 string. One of the biggest challenges you will face on bass as a guitar player is muting, and the B string makes this even more difficult. Keeping the bass quiet is more difficult than actually playing the notes half the time. The better the instrument you get the better the pickups will be and more unwanted frequencies and overtones will be picked up. This will help with technique, but it may also stop you from actually playing the instrument. If you pick up a 2nd hand Yamaha 5 string from one of the more well known active members on this forum, you will be able to sell the bass on in a year's time for roughly the same money should you want to upgrade.

My take on this would be: If it's for a one off gig, and she is going back to playing Cello then string a bass in 5ths. If she is going to be playing bass going forward, use standard tunings . As I'm sure someone mentioned above most classically trained string musicians to Grade 7 will have the musical knowledge to adapt fairly quickly to any stringed instrument. Especially when she won't have to worry about intonation (presuming it's not a Fretless bass)

If you are having this issue, I would try using a 0.32 gauge C string.