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Chart ‘em so you can see the structure. It makes the form much easier to memorize.

The cymbal case?

Stack knobbed headphone amp.

The joys of home ownership.

For many years I just had one , and then I began to bring them home. I have twenty something now , there’s really only a couple I’d sell. Not in any hurry to buy another, recently I’ve bought about one a year. And the last one was last January so I’m due.

Looks really good!

Gibson was using Babicz as a stock bridge for a spell. I bought my first Hipshot through a posting on another forum , the link took me to the Hipshot Outlet on E-Bay. The ad specified that they would only ship in the continental US. So I messaged Hipshot , and began to correspond with the lady who looks after their Outlet. She was outstanding , customer service well beyond anything expected. As there were no returns she asked for a bass pic to insure it was the correct bridge. She did ship to Canada. And even though I picked up the next two bridges used I had decided I liked Hipshot.

The Babicz is a beautiful drop in solution.

interesting combination of magnetic and piezo pickups , how do you blend them?

I bought a number of things on TalkBass where the ad said “continental US only” , and after asking the sellers were willing to ship to Canada. But the exchange , shipping , and duties seriously jack the cost up.

I must confess that I giggled , and hit the repeat button.

Musicians develop quite an odd memory. I’ll lose someone’s name while I’m still shaking hands but I can file away changes and form , even when playing something off the cuff that I do not know.

The neck is substantial on a Talman. I saw some mods someone had done and decided it would be a fun project. I still plan to change the tuners and the pots. It has some weight , and the neck is somewhat chunky , but it’s enjoyable to play. I liked the body shape , it reminded me of the Combo guitars Paul Barth designed for Rickenbacker in the late 50’s.

They’re always changing things. Been doing that forever. It gives the fanatics something to obsess about. I love a nice Ric , and still get a little weak in the knees when I see one. I do think the new ones are among the best they’ve ever made.

I have four basses with the classic three point bridge , and have replaced three of them. I should confess that I was always able to set the 3 points exactly where I wanted things , but thought the Hipshots looked much better. (I suppose that makes me shallow) On the other hand it’s much easier to palm mute , and they are much simpler to set up , with much more control.

I listen to the material several times before I pick up the bass. And then chart it out , and then write out specific parts , and finally the form. At first I’ll play along to what I’ve written , but try to become familiar enough not to rely on paper prompts. If I find a part that’s difficult , then I go to work on it. I have a considerable amount of material to memorize for three projects. I’m quite comfortable learning new things. Much of that time is spent with headphones.

We played at the school when I was in Grade 7. We were awful , but didn’t know any better.

The new Rics are beauties.

Welcome Matt!

It’s not going to ship until the 20th , I’m trying to be patient. It will be mostly used as a rehearsal cab , but I’ll certainly drag it out to the in-law’s where I keep the Exponent and try it. The tiny Phil Jones cab will probably remain there. It’s perfect there. I’ve been using an Ampeg 210AV for rehearsals , this will replace that. Also curious to hear it with the little Aguilar head. The 210 is easy to move but I’m looking forward to hauling around the One ten. My gigging rig is not going to change.

I’m mostly looking at an old school rich thump , I’m accustomed to having good tone. (to my tired old ears anyway) I have dedicated practice and gig rigs so this will be for transport to rehearsals. Oh at first I‘ll be trying various amp combinations and getting a handle on it. But once I’ve spent that time it should pretty much just become the rehearsal cab. I’ve been using an Ampeg 210 VR for that.

Barefaced cabs are not often seen on this side of the pond. One came up locally last summer , a compact 12 , a friend snagged it and I was seriously impressed with it. I’ve been running Berg cabinets with my gig rig , and I liked that Barefaced cab. Herself is fine with me buying basses or amps , but she just thinks of cabs as big black boxes. And believes I already have enough. It looks like I’ve snagged a One 10 cab from a seller in Quebec for a good price. This will be mostly dragged off to rehearsals. So I’m looking for something small that sounds good. It will be getting dragged out for weekly rehearsal. Looking forward to hearing this.

Great mod platform too. The neck is fairly chunky though. … but I like it.

Some are good players , and a couple are great ones. All with very different touch. I generally set my basses medium low , not super low , so they are not going to buzz if somebody has an aggressive approach. The bass amp is not in the PA at the jam so the stage mix is what you hear out front. And you are expected to sit in the mix. Not too loud , but very present. And there is a very different sound from different players.