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Need a quick favour, if anyone would be so kind. Its OK, I don't need to borrow it or anything like that.

I'm sympathetic to this kind of thing (its my era, after all) but that was all awful. Does Pat Smear (or his tech) own a tuner? Kim Gordon was much better when she did 'Aneurysm' with them in 2014.

What's also really irritating is that Ebay now won't allow you to put links in item descriptions (eg to manufacturer's sites for technical info etc). It now gets tagged as 'trying to sell outside Ebay'. Why they can't tell you this when you submit the listing? You now get an email after the fact telling you there is a problem and to go back and revise the listing. When you try to do this, you find out the listing has already automatically been withdrawn by them and you have to start the listing again from scratch.

Ah, the crucial phrase here is 'fixed price listings' which hasn't been mentioned on this thread so far. They are on a rolling 30 day count so will vary. Standard auction listings are the total views from when the auction started. Which is what I thought. Doesn't explain why no-ones looking at my item though...bugger.

Hold on. You say the views are only updated weekly and with that weeks views only? They are not cumulative from the date the item was first posted for sale?

Blue (or Azureglo in Rickenbacker parlance)- https://www.paulgraybassonline.com/basses

'Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell' by Iggy & The Stooges. Not a difficult part but after being a pick player for decades, learning with the fingers is proving to be the tricky bit.

Is this a recent policy i.e. since Gibson took ownership of the brand? Because there used to be a number of authorised Mesa Boogie service centres in the UK. I was referred to one by Westside Distribution, who were the Mesa distributors over here for a long time.

Thanks for the info. I'll pass this on to her too.

Ooh. That's really interesting. Thank you. Thanks for the info about the 'Penny' finish too. It was this vid (where it looks fairly pink) that made me think they were similar-

Will try to find one for her to check out. Thank you.

Anyone know the difference between Fender's 'Burgundy Mist' and 'Penny' colours? Both are a pink-ish metallic finish. My daughter loves the colour of her Squier Affinity Jazz Bass, which is the first bass she's ever had. That one is 'Burgundy Mist'. I promised her that I'd upgrade her if she stuck with it and after 18 months, she has and is now in a band and gigging. So, I've been looking around and the only 'Burgundy Mist' Jazz Basses are Custom Shop four grand jobbies. That's a bit too much of an upgrade at the moment unfortunately. However, the American Performer series (now discontinued but plenty available used) has one in what they call a 'Penny' finish, which looks like it might be similar but online pics vary considerably. Anyone know anything about the contrast between the two colours? The other option, obviously, is keeping the Squier body and changing everything else- neck, hardware, electronics etc.

In that case, you should have no issues with Reaper. The basic recording functions are just digitisations of those two. It gets more complicated when you get into the world of plug ins etc but don't bother with that for now. But with those two skills you should easy be able to make basic recordings once the interface is set up correctly. Its honestly not difficult, I managed to do it and I'm a digital luddite.

I've got a couple of fundamental questions- do you know how to use a cassette tape deck? Also, do you know how to operate an analogue mixing desk?

I'm exactly the same as you. If something doesn't work within two minutes of opening the box, I start to lose interest. I also have zero patience for troubleshooting computer problems. Having said that, I wanted to record ideas at home and realised I needed an interface so I too, bought the Focusrite Scarlett. I downloaded Reaper too, as I was advised that Audacity had limited functions for multitrack recording. The Focusrite came without a full manual but the included paperwork had a link to a step by step video of how to set it up. The whole thing took me about 10 mins and I was recording straight away. It wasn't difficult or annoying. If I can do it, so can you. Believe me.

Nor me. I buy direct from the artists website or bandcamp page if I can, or official record label outlet. Occasional physical purchase from a record store (preferably an independent).

Lemmy (pre-Motorhead) Geezer Butler Paul Gray Cliff Burton Tracy Pew J Mascis Geordie Walker Andy Gill Tony Iommi Huw Lloyd Langton

I asked one yesterday (my daughter, 20, currently at college in Bristol) who recently expressed an interest in learning to play bass. She couldn't reach the full 10 and her reply is probably skewed by her current listening tastes but here's what she came up with- Alex James Kim Gordon Chris Novoselic Jennifer Fitch Kim Deal Theo Ellis Eliana Sewell She also expressed an interest in "the girl who plays for Primal Scream" and "the bassist in Khruangbin" but couldn't name either. So I think she's looking for role models. Doesn't know who Paul McCartney, Lemmy or Mark King are but agonised over who was the bassist was in Chic, eventually going for Nile Rogers. Close but no cigar. She does know who Flea is though, although he didn't occur to her when she was thinking of names. Make of that what you will. She offered the theory that she (and most people of her age she knows) consume their music electronically or via streaming and therefore don't really read credits or sleevenotes and admitted that she had only seen most album covers as a thumbnail.

Unless you've got Rick-O-Sound.

After doing a bit of browsing, it seems to be something to do with Universal Music Group. All the artists are UMG artists. There is a similar YouTube channel, which will explain why it feels like a streaming service- https://www.youtube.com/@GigsMercuryStudios

Noticed a new channel on Freeview yesterday- GIGS. Seems to be showing only live concert films. Only had time to watch Garbage live in Denver last night (with Eric Avery on bass) but there seems to be a full schedule of various genres. The only issue is that its a data channel rather than broadcast (basically the same as streaming) so the ads cut in randomly and inappropriately i.e interrupting the songs, which is a shame. Apologies if this is old news to others, I only saw it on the channel guide last night so its certainly new to my area.