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Hi Greg, just found this thread; you have a new subscriber! Thanks for the lesson - I found your manner very engaging and helpful. Cheers, JRK

Oooh, nice! Something intrinsically cool about a T-bird.

No gigs yet, Dave - this is my first go at bass playing since I was a teenager. However, I always rehearse as if I was live if I can - this is easier when practising with the band than at home on my own. We tend to rehearse once every ten days or so, and I practise at home most days. We played on Friday and it was the first time I had no problems - I didn't change my playing style or alter my amp settings at all. I'm baffled as to why I didn't blister my index finger, but I'm not complaining at all. There doesn't seem to be any difference in the skin compared to before the rehearsal. It could just be that my body's learning to adapt to doing something new, I suppose. I've only been playing bass for a few months, so I suppose that's a possibility. The proof of the pudding will be after the next practise, I reckon. Thanks for all your input, everyone - it's much appreciated. JRK EDIT: I've just remembered - I used my new, longer strap and consequently my hand position was different. I wonder if that contributed to the lack of blistering?

I saw the pic above and thought "That looks exactly like mine!".... Getting old sucks! I initially bought a Player as I couldn't afford as US model, but the two I have are so good I don't feel the need to "upgrade" them one bit.

Weirdly, I played tonight for a good three hours at practise without any issue. I didn't change anything, either. Ho hum.

Great song, that. You win!

For some reason I'm really enjoying the Clash's version of I Fought The Law and Ugly Kid Joe's Everything About You at the moment.

I'm very new here but I don't think a source of information would have been as welcoming as the members of BC have been. Community for me, every time.

Replacement bass player? Maybe you should get a replacement band.

Now that's a result!

It was 2003 and I was 24 and playing guitar; the band was called Holocene and the venue was The Bell Hotel in Newtown, Powys. We played second on the bill, between Fatwax (I think) and Little Miss Mental. The band was.... not great. I wanted to be a post-Goth cowpunk band, the other guitarist wanted us to be Mushroomhead and the singer/bass player and drummer wanted us to be the Foo Fighters. I played what I thought was slide guitar, drenched in delay and phaser over one-finger drop-d powerchords. We went down well, as I recall, and I threw my lovely Epiphone Goldtop into the crowd at the end of the set. What a bloody whankyrr.

Fair dos, @vinorange, that's a superb job. When I opened the thread I thought "Why would you refinish a bass that looks so cool?", but then having seen your results, I realised exactly why you'd do it! That's one gorgeous bass.

Nope.

I'd be interested to see what you think of the G4M body; would you do a mini-review of it when it lands, please?

That's looking very smart. I'm looking forward to seeing it completed.

That's very sexy indeed!

It's arrived - I like it!

Agreed; my go-to guitar is a thoroughly beaten-up Telecaster that's had most of the guts ripped out of it, and one of my basses is an £80-from-EBay plywood Squier Jazz from sometime in the 1990's, cruddy pickups, electrics et al. It sounds cool, plays nicely and I like it a lot. +1 for learning to set instruments up yourself - this can transform the sound and feel of a very average bass (or guitar).

This. It's annoying but very common.

I've gone for a Laney Digbeth; if I'm honest it probably won't be the only one!

Hi, fellow older beginner here. I "played bass" - read "owned a bass" when I was in my late teens and then for some reason decided that guitar was cooler, so I did that instead until last year, when I bought another bass and I've not looked back. BC has been very good to me so far and the natives are very welcoming.

A Digbeth pre-amp and a collection of big hammers.

Very cool! This is the sort of band I wanted to be in when I were nowt but a young whiteface. Absolutely superb!

I think so; it's a band who've hit their stride but are still rising meteorically. My favourite Metallica album since the day I heard it. MoP might be their pinnacle but I love the ambition and savagery of RTL.

These days I listen most to Ride The Lightning; when they can better For Whom The Bell Tolls I'll be excited.