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I've tried many ABGs, and only a few can keep up with 2 acoustic guitars. There is a reason that the MTV unplugged sets all included electric basses, whether or not they were also ABGs... The most straight forward approach (and avoid overthinking it) is to focus on the sound. A foam mute...

https://www.talkbass.com/classifieds/rare-guild-starfire-ii-newark-st-in-shoreline-mist.1684127/ in the classifieds FWIW

LLCs vary state to state. We discussed it as a band, only it was to be set up as an LLC with equal partners/band members. That way, we could expense things like transportation costs, PA equipment, and all share in the plusses and minuses. That someone would choose to do this without any...

https://italiastraps.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopPT9HXDSDOD8D6ylXNLCndwj-A18hS6i44WoM1EbtlGhMNRIws Second the Italia strap. I use swede backing so they don't slide. Expensive, but they go on sale frequently. I have never had one fail, and they get softer as they age. No affiliation.

Piccolo bass!

The surgery itself will likely be uneventful. Recovery, however is key. 6 weeks is not nearly enough for full recovery. it may be enough to be ambulatory. Excellent that you have an acupuncturist. Use them not just for pain but for healing, In other words, don't wait for the pain, get it...

many are robocalls. if I suspect, I ask them what day it is. that usually is a non compute and sends them on a stupid loop

https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-18000/Moving-Boxes/18-x-7-x-52-275-lb-FOL-Side-Loading-Corrugated-Guitar-Boxes Bubble wrap and/or packing peanuts and you are ready to go. They will ship them to you flattened, so storage is not really an issue

Sorry for your loss. An inexpensive home therapy for stroke/phantom limb pain is the mirror box. Simple, painless and not real expensive. Hiding the troubled hand behind a mirror and exercising the good hand, the brain views the opposite of the good hand and begins to rewire itself. Non...

Amazing and inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

TLDR: Congratulations. Maintaining a positive attitude is part of successful treatment. First, congratulations on over a decade without treatment. Second, undetectable (i.e. below the threshold of meaningful detection of the protein) is excellent. In different countries, cancer treatment is...

you are an inspiration

As a completely reversible method to rule out if the nut slot is too wide/deep, place a small piece of folded aluminum foil in the slot. It could make things worse, or it could help. Either way, no harm, no foul and nearly no expense.

See also Tacoma, et cetera.

My first bass was a much older Gibson EBO with the bakelite covered mudbucker. Open strings sounded like s**t, so I never played them. With a better bass 45 years later, the open strings sound great and can be very useful. There is a reason upright bass players refer to first position with...