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I had a bass delivered to me over the summer from England and that only cost me £36 using UPS Express Saver. Might be worth you checking that out. Mark

This time, it's bass players. Saw this and I thought of this place, so here we are … Thomann's Top 10 bass players, 2023. Mark

I like this. I'm about half way through it at the moment and won't be able to finish it until later, but immediate impressions are very favourable. There's some funky bass going on in it to. It gives me vibes from a couple of other bands that I listen to, but I'll reserve name ing until I've heard the full album, but at this point I'm actually looking forward to getting back to this. Mark

Right, well, I listened to the whole thing, and once was certainly enough. There's only one track (9 - Voodoo Posse, Chronic Illusion) that I came close to liking, and it took a long slog to get to that, all the rest, nah, not so much. Ambient, background music I can generally put up with, but this just did absolutely nothing for me for the most part. Mark

They always are. I still like going through them though, more often than not there's people I haven't heard of, which allows me to go and check their stuff. Mark

Vernon Reid is #42 Mark

#82, Mark

I liked this, though perhaps not quite enough to buy it, which isn't really the point here, but that's my take-away from it. I like a lot of Björk's stuff that I've previously heard, both her well known and more obscure stuff (I've a mate that's a fan of hers), and I don't really have anything bad to say about this album, but I also don't have anything great to say either. I think it just seemed a little rushed and under thought, if that makes sense? I really liked the concept, but the tracks just didn't seem to be finished, almost like they were demos. I found it interesting without finding it good. If nothing else, I've finally got around to listening to the album in full, which I've always intended to do but never actually got to do, so thanks for that. Mark

An Ampeg SCR-DI might be nice. Mark

It's worth noting that the RightOn straps mentioned earlier also have emergency plectrum storage at the other side of the strap as well … Mark

I was going to post the same as above. Mark

You don't have to be considered broke to not be able to afford $3199 for a bass. I know this is BassChat, but let's be sensible about things here, hahaha Mark

I never got around to the first album from last week, but I've been following this thread. I'm deffo on-board for this album though, so I shall be reporting back in a few days. Mark

Apologies if I missed it, but I couldn't locate a link to the song in this thread, so here's a YouTube link to it. It's OK. I wouldn't buy an album based off of this lead track, but that's not what this is. As a standalone, it's just … OK. I really like George Harrison's playing in general, so I'm kinda glad there's enough of that in the song to keep me interested, apparently it was a 1995 recording of Harrison's guitar that plays on this track, again AI was used to lift that recording and isolate it for this release. I found the vocal weak - thin and tinny, which I suppose is what you get when you have to use AI to lift a 40+ year old vocal from a tape recording. I'm sure other record companies are taking note of how this will be received to see if they can also get away with mining their back catalogue of long dead artists, but I guess that's a discussion for another thread. I like this track, but it's nothing great. Mark

Following this with interest. Mark

$1400 for the 4-string version. Affordable? Mark

https://www.facebook.com/groups/821766822687454 Mark

There's an Ashdown Fb group? Must look for that myself. Ta. Mark

And today I learned (among other things!) that binding requires a specific router/bit. Everyday's a school day. Mark

Welcome to the forum. In terms of accurately hitting the correct notes, I find practising more slowly to begin with and then building speed until playing correctly helps me. I can't help with the issues you outline when playing live, I just play for my own enjoyment at home. I don't imagine anyone here would seriously suggest you stop playing. Mark

It may not have a use outside of aesthetics, but if you think it suits the bass - I personally love the look of it - it's not pointless. Mark

Phwoar! 🥰 Mark

Always have a backup. And back that up too. I only ever use online services as backup, I always have two offline backups. Mark

And, thanks to this thread, I had no idea you could get a 5-String bass in 1971 (my birth year). Every day's a learning day on Bass Chat. Mark

Those pickups though! Nice. Mark