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I do recommend the splint method (just gaffa tape) when asleep. During the day it doesn't bother me but at night I obviously curl my finger up and it can be difficult to straighten out in the morning (although it has got better over the year I've used the splint).

I woke up one morning, about a year ago, with my middle finger on my right hand curled in and it took a while to unlock. After a bit of googling I assumed that Dupuytrens Contracture was the problem. Having had carpal tunnel, I was aware that prevention is better than cure. So since that morning I have taped my middle finger up to prevent it curling into my palm. If I don't go to sleep with the tape on my finger the issue returns (although over the year it has got much milder - probably because of the tape). It can get very bad if you do nothing, which would then necessitate an operation which might, or might not, be successful.

The G&L L2500 Tribute is one of the most versatile 5 string bass out there. They're difficult to find in the UK these day though as nobody stocks them. Second hand ones do occasionally pop up from time to time.

Is it like a rent party, where everybody pays an entrance fee to a party at a friend's house, which allows them to pay the rent for a month or two. As has been pointed out previously, a night where the bands are playing for free where they pack the place out for a night, may help the landlord pay a few bills and keep it open for a month or two but is unlikely to keep it afloat in the long run. It might be more helpful if it was a monthly thing though? It depends how valuable the place is as a venue and how much the bands, who play there, want to keep the place open in the long run.

Katie Price does too

This is my opinion on the matter as well. In my experience, bands who play for nothing are doing it because they're so bad that there's no other way they'd ever get a gig (Apologies to members of all the bands who are the exception to the rule and play for eff all, even though they're absolutely amazing musicians 😷).

In my neck of the woods pro musicians host the jams and they get paid. If the people jamming with the pro musicians are good enough, at some point in the future they might get a gig out of it themselves.

I got a set from Bass Direct for £35, as they have a sale on. They sound and feel great https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/elixir-electric-bass-nickel-plated-steel-with-nanoweb-coating/

I'd like my Fender Precision Elite better if it came with a Jazz neck like the MIM Deluxes.

Wow.....that's a lot of basses. Edit: After a quick think, I recall seeing this guy and these these basses on Gumtree for months now, I assumed he was a dealer which makes more sense than a compulsive bass buyer.

I recommend that before spending that kind of cash, you try the bass before you buy it. I bought a £2000 bass new and unseen a few years ago and it wasn't quite my thing and didn't play as well as I had hoped. If I spend that kind of money again, I'll make sure I have a good play of the bass before I fork any money out.

I've bought 3 barefaced cabs over the years. I initially bought a second generation Compact, then due to financial issues had to sell it. Once I was out of my financial downturn I bought another Compact which I still have. I also bought a Super Compact, as I thought that it would be an improvement on the original but soon realised that it just didn't have the output of the original 15 inch speaker version and sold it recently.

What would the pie chart look like if it was for female bassists? I'm interested

I can see now where the idea for the makeup came from

He was the best looking guy in Duran Duran, as was Martin Kemp in Spandau Ballet and Alex James in Blur. But playing bass in a band won't get an ugly guy laid

I bought a Markbass CMD 121 P combo during lockdown and, although I do have a 1x12 extension cab, I've never had to use it.

My decider about joining a band is, would I be embarrassed to invite friends and family, or other musicians, to a gig where that band was playing? If the answer is yes, then I don't join them.

My Elite Precision's jack input failed a year after I bought it. I had great trouble finding the cheap, plastic, Fender branded, replacement to repair it.

That's an excellent philosophy. It could be the title of a self help book. A very short self help book

Fender custom shop basses and guitars, are for accountants, or lawyers to hang on their walls.

Unless I have dealt with the seller before, I would always make payment by Paypal and offer to pay the fees. If the seller doesn't accept Paypal (and there's no excuse not to, as it's really easy to set up) then the sale is off.

Are you being paid a lot of money? In which case say yes. Have you been asked to join the band because you look incredibly sexy (like Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet who couldn't actually play any instrument at the time he was asked to join the band)? In which case you should feel flattered...... but still ask for a lot of money. If the answer to the above two questions are NO, then tell them to get lost.