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Cliff Burton was a fingerstyle player. Kirk even mentions after the audition "it hasn't been played that way since Cliff".

Yeah, Dave has Views on fake Speakon leads.

They do not

There definitely some interesting things said in it. Like when James is complaining about decisions being made overnight in his absence, and Kirk candidly reports "well now you know what the last fifteen years have been like for me". Robert Trujillo had some fecking stones on him to walk into that mess, even if they threw a big pile of cash at him.

They've had this in the mod shop for years

They've been on record since as saying they really did him wrong and have massive respect for the way he handled them shitting on him for the fifteen years he was in the band; not to mention Lars basically admitting that the model Jason envisaged for Metallica as regards potential to do side projects etc is the one that exists now. So while he hasn't been in the band for 20-odd years his influence on them is still being felt.

I lived there for four years and apart from a select few pubs I avoided most of the ones in and around town.

A pub in Sutton Coldfield full of dickheads? Who'da thunk it?

Sterling² by Music Man

I think you've mixed up the TE Elf (excellent, my one's glitches notwithstanding) and Warwick Gnome (also excellent I believe) 😀. My Elf sounds amazing with my Barefaced Two10S, and I definitely plan on adding a One10 for rehearsals and smaller gigs, as well as the rare occasion I want to play out loud at home.

I see what you did there!

Yep, I'm 6'2" and I can't really do a frets 1-4 stretch because of my tiny hands. I make up for it by shifting a lot.

Pictures of Lily - The Who

Tomorrow's rehearsal cancelled as the father of our singist and drummist has passed away. I'm expecting next weekend's gig to be postponed as well, but obviously there are more important things in life than that.

I came across Newtone through Jon Gomm who recommended them for his acoustic set. I have a set on my acoustic guitar now and they sound great, even on a cheapy Indonesian Fender. Well, five of them do as I managed to snap one when installing them (the perils of being a bass player who can be a bit rougher, I guess) so one is a used Ernie Ball, but it all adds to the character or something.

My old Squier VM 70s Jazz was made of soft maple and was so heavy small objects would orbit it. In reality it was probably somewhere in the 10-11lb (4.5-5kg) range and it was pretty heavy, but as I weigh over 300lb an extra pound isn't really noticeable when I'm playing standing up. "Too heavy" is all relative, YMMV, etc.

Hi Beams are round core, n'est-ce pas? I think the Diamond in stainless with round cores is the nearest equivalent.

It's been years since I last used Rotos but I recall sandpaper being smoother than their strings...

I can't give you technical reasons, all I know is that, after years of trying different brands (Rotosound, Ernie Ball, D'Addario) the first time I tried a set of their strings my P-bass sounded exactly like I thought it should. I haven't looked back since. I'm still digging D'Addario strings on my Sire, but I'm keen to try Newtone strings on it at some point. They aren't the cheapest but they certainly aren't outrageously priced, and I'm happy to pay a little extra to support a British company that makes a quality product.

Andertons reckon they'll sound like a Precision!

Possibly as part of a ply arrangement rather than just a sheet of balsa?

Using my MS Paint-fu it looks like a) the bridge is wonky, but rotating it clockwise about the centre screw should solve that one, and b) that the pickups and pickguard want rotating the other way about the truss rod adjustment wheel.

Interesting with the V3 the preamp is listed as "no mid frequency" but there is a mid control. I assume this means no sweepable mids as there is with the Z7. Also crikey, that's some poor alignment going on there.

Oooh, interesting!