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BOAK!

He's had good moans about Peavey and Behringer as well, but he definitely has a huge bee in his bonnet about Rob Chapman and Lee Anderton.

It's a shame he's stepping back a bit from YT because he's definitely one of my favourites.

Rick Beato has Views on modern music all sounding the same and heavily compressed, so there's definitely some controversy possible there. Outside that my favourite music- and non-bass-related channel is The Charismatic Voice, where opera singer, voice coach, etc. Elizabeth Zharoff reacts to songs but then explains what's going on mainly from a singing technique point of view but also throws in some music theory as well. She does interviews with singers too like David Draiman, Lzzy Hale, Tatiana Shmayluk, etc. which are very informative.

Can confirm my Squier P is from 96 and has the 50th anniversary sticker on it.

I assume loads of people have bought them online during Covid because shops weren't open to try them, then once they've had them for a while they realise they want something else.

Very nice. Just $3k short of being able to afford it...

I'm pretty certain that Jason Newsted used a fretless on a couple of Metallica tracks: certainly Until It Sleeps but possibly others as well.

As a general rule it's bass into Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, then direct out to headphones while also playing music from the PC where I'm playing along to stuff. I generally don't play out loud at home because it's a chance for me to have some time to myself so I don't want to disturb others. Ideally I'd like to get a wee practice amp, or a small cab to play through my Elf, but that's not something urgent at the moment.

I do very much enjoy salmon. Just not on pizza.

No, but one day I hope to have a 1978 Fender of some description even if it's likely to be pretty crap.

He gets a lot of blisters as well

Nice one! I don't envy you guys having to play and sing in 3°C temperatures though.

No fish has a place on pizza.

I'm near Wakefield but alas am not likely to be heading vaguely south for the foreseeable future, and unfortunately don't have packaging material either (I'm assuming that the seller isn't selling with a case so it won't just be a case (hah!) of taping cardboard to the outside to protect it). If you can figure out some sort of relay arrangement I might be able to do the first leg and take it as far as say Manchester or Mansfield. I assume you'd also want someone to give it a once over to make sure it's as described?

I never understood the anti-intellectual mindset. Wouldn't you want things to be done by people who know what they're doing rather than just cocky people who just wing it? It's not just a UK thing, just look at what happened during the height of Covid in the US and the widespread anti-vax movement (my libertarian-Republican FIL to this day refuses to accept that he needs a vaccine because he's not vulnerable, missing the point entirely). I think "wonk" is the US equivalent of "boffin" but I could be wrong.

Shall I tell them about your foray into playing what Charles Berthoud refers to as a "six string piccolo bass"?

I've only ever played one gig that big, where as you say I could see about three rows back thanks to the stage lights and then it was sillhouettes for about 50m back so I didn't appreciate the size of the crowd until we'd finished the first number and the cheer was more than I was expecting.

What's annoying is one of them is actually a member of this site, and just a quick "hey guys, tell me about this brand" would have elicited plenty of background info.

The Vintage Modified series were fantastic. I still miss my VM 70s Jazz.

You can do that into Soundhound and it might find it

Made the mistake of watching - or trying to watch - the Anderton's review, and remembered why I don't watch them anymore. Why oh why can't they do the bare minimum of research into the products they're promoting - one of the reviewers didn't even know how to pronounce Sadowsky correctly for pity's sake.

I'm sure that technically roasted maple is better, but I agree that unroasted is much nicer aesthetically, especially as the fret markers are likely to be nigh-on invisible on dark stages with roasted maple.

The four string versions are still €799 on the Warwick site and this hasn't changed since they were introduced. Guitar Guitar suggests RRP is about £720, so at £899 it's a £180 increase.