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I've only recently realised how many, very good bassists, don't use the floating thumb technique, since I've been watching celeb session guys like Leyland Sklar and Guy Pratt on Youtube recently. I wouldn't dare criticize them on how they play the bass but with the floating thumb technique you're not anchored to a pickup (as they appear to be) and it allows you to mute the lower strings with your thumb/palm, as you work your way down, from string to string.

I started with a Squier, to test the water and then went on to buy a Geddy Lee. The Silver Squiers are great value and quality secondhand. They were a superior Squier manufactured in the early 90s. They go for about £300 these days.

Japanese basses are excellent. Doesn't matter if they're export models, non export models or Squiers, they're all excellent. I own all of the above.

I have been told TWICE!!!!!! to turn down because I was causing FEEDBACK!!!!!!. Not on the same night of course. feedback from a bass......at low volume......with the tone turned down to zero? The second time I was going straight into the desk, with no monitors or amps onstage. Were they INSANE!!!!!!

Sounds great.

In rehearsal rooms there's often a wall where musicians wanted adds are placed. You could stick one on your local rehearsal place's wall.

They leave a lot of space in their arrangements. I like that.

In my local Pirate Studios practice rooms they have Rootmaster heads and Ashdown 410 cabs. I can confirm that they sound great.

That song needs a 10 minute guitar solo!

We all have opinions on music and everyone is entitled to their's. Over the years, some of my musical opinions have chopped and changed. There was a time I didn't like Tom Waits or Radiohead. I can see why she would be bored by an aged, multi-millionaire's music. His solo stuff is all a bit easy listening, frankly. Not exactly cutting edge by today's standards. I liked his covers of JJ Cale stuff and I have the album he recorded with him, just before he died.

The guy is great. He really listens.

New road worns you say? I thought they'd been discontinued?

I have quite a few but nothing like the number you have. I have a normal size house and only so many beds to store them under. Could I ask you where do you keep them? Have you bought a seperate house just for your basses?

With old trannie amps, if you maxed the master and kept the gain low, you would get noticeable hiss. With class D amps the hiss is negligible when you max it, so you can keep it high and alter the gain to suit. I do tend to keep the gain high as I can before clipping on the trannie and class D amps I own(and the master low), because there is a brightness and edge you get when the gain is high, that you don't get when the gain is low.

Lozz said it all, so I don't need to. Both good amps at reasonable prices. And the Fender is super light.

This was back in 2012 when manufacture was by hand. It took about 3 months, although I was promised 4 weeks. When I ordered another cab in 2018 I had a good whinge about how long my old cab took to deliver, as I wasn't prepared to wait another 3 months for the new one. It was delivered on time, this time

Me too, it's weird? I have a G& L and that's an odd headstock shape but I don't mind that. On the other hand, Sire's, Laklands and Sadowskys look wrong to me.

I had a bit of a windfall a couple of years ago. Up until then I'd usually been pretty prudent with my money and bought basses secondhand. But with the money now available, I didn't go crazy. My luxury bass was a new Fender Precision Elite, which set me back £1,900, which for me, is a lot for a bass. As far as amps are concerned I went totally mental and, as I love Ashdown stuff, I bought a secondhand Ashdown ABM Evo III, off ebay for £134.

My favourite bass is a bitsa I put together with MIJ Fender Jazz Bass parts, I collected on the internet and Basschat. When I put it together it just sounded excellent from the start.

Definitely sit at home for the rest of your life. I'm being sarcastic..........go for it!

I don't mind playing F minor but in major I just run out of frets, if I play it on the E string (I also have a rule that I don't play open strings) and it sounds wimpy on the A string. I could play in F major on my 5 string but that would be too sensible

I can't quantify why the key, that a piece of music is played in, makes a difference but I'm sure there is a difference. Some songs sound tighter in different keys, some songs sound bigger, some songs sound more aggressive. I refuse to play anything in F major.

Nothing much has changed. Back in 2012, friends of mine did a 28 date tour of the UK with, The proclaimers, for £3,000. That's just over £100 per night. There was 5 of them in the band. Out of that they had to pay for van hire, accomodation and chips. They had a good time and sold a lot of tea towels. https://the.proclaimers.co.uk/uk-tour-kicks-off

You don't know how jealous you've made me. First of all that you did a gig. Secondly that you got to play Led Zep tunes.