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I like the silverburst, very nice. I've always admired the Aria Tab66 too, liking the look of the twin pick-up config.

Is it less to do with the age, but more to do with how dirty/battered it is?

[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1328743166' post='1532166'] or perhaps you are better than you think.......... [/quote] Crikey, that's dangerous territory! I always start from the bottom... then I can be pleasantly surprised at how good I am. I mean, if I knew I was f***ing brilliant and beyond human mistakes, I'd be the singer, right?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1328747375' post='1532247'] I dunno, but great pic! [/quote] +1

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1328746875' post='1532236'] if it gave the guy pleasure, then as it's his he can do as he likes with it. [/quote] Spot on brother.

We've been finding that rehearsals have been going a lot smoother since we took the Vagina Monologues approach and liberated certain words. Our diva guitarist is now much improved I am unsure if this technique would work for you, musically, but it might give a much needed morale boost

Brilliant

Oh dear. Who is this chap?

Welcome in, lah

Could be worse, mind...

[quote name='4-string-thing' timestamp='1328730442' post='1531895'] Well, I went along last night..... it was fairly terrible! Their songs were boring and all used the same 4 chords, they had no style as such, and I learnt 4 of their songs in about 20 minutes, hardly challenging! To cap it all, the drummer started telling me how to play, after running through the first song once! I resisted the temptation to lamp the tw*t and made my mind up that there was no way I would be joining. The search goes on! [/quote] Wow, I didn't know my band were auditioning replacements Oh well, plenty more fish for you mate. It's all experience, etc.

Lessons from dood?! You'll be playing technical progressive death melody metal on a headless 7-string before you know it Joshing aside dood is, well, a total dude. That's a brilliant offer

[quote name='rubis' timestamp='1328720266' post='1531667'] the workmanship speaks for itself, but why? [/quote] The challenge? The joy of creation? The joy of the art? I thought it looked well enough from the small picture. I mean, this forum has seen some [i]real[/i] tat... and I'm not sure I'd put this in that camp. It's more an eccentricity.

Fives can be fantastic, but with some caveats, as you make the move from four. I think you really need to find one that is comfortable for you - ensuring you're happy with the neck and string spacing. They do require some more precision, particular when trying to hammer the E. I picked one where the string spacing felt good in trying... but was a dog when playing for a duration.

I guess it's one of those things. If you approached a bass, without knowing how you were [i]supposed[/i] to hold it, I imagine his cradling would be reasonably intuitive. It reminds me of the an old rifle sling. There are quite a few videos on Youtube where he explains how his style developed, well worth a look.

You need for a futon, the best combination of sofa and back-supporting bed... so you can continue to wake up next to your basses. Well, most of them. I'll trade my futon for the blacktop Some very nice basses, chief.