Hey @BillBass , for your next covers may I ask you to please write clearly the artist and the name of the song in your post, like : “Artist - Name of the song” when you release a cover ? It helps me a lot because I’m keeping a listing of all covers year after year. thanks !
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Totally possible! I’m 100% sure if I needed multiple basses set up the same action height over and over after traveling under a time crunch while touring the pros would do that way way better than me.
On the other hand I have my tools right here and can just keep adjusting every day or week until I get it how I want it. I only have 2 basses and they have significantly different fretboard radius and string spacing and feel really different to play anyhow, so if the action isn’t quite the same height or whatever that’s fine. Set up is also like many things in music, it’s basically a matter of whether or not you like it than an objectively correct way to have things.
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So something a bit different from me… sunDOGbass is coming out of the box room / practice room to play with other people 
This is a partial cover of Teenage Kicks, written by The Undertones. I say partial as we messed up the end and I truncated the video…and yes, there are other mistakes, including a rather large one that I left in 
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Recorded on two smartphones, then brought together in GarageBand, with a bit of audio processing to thicken up the sound a little. Still tinny, but as I said, recorded on smartphone.
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This song was on The Singles soundtrack. I never did see the movie, but it is one of the best soundtracks that has been compiled, in my opinion.
Also, nice job!
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I have never even heard of that movie but I just looked it up. As a Seattle kid of the ‘90s I’m a little disappointed in myself. I’ll have to check it out! Screaming Trees stay on rotation on the radio here and I always loved them and never understood why they weren’t more popular! The scene was just too saturated at the time I guess. Glad you enjoyed it! It’s a fun one to play and you could probably learn it in a couple hours
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They were pretty popular in terms of the punk/grunge bars and clubs, very common show. That said, despite being a regular at one of the biggest ones (Satyricon in Portland) I don’t think I ever saw them. Then again I moved to SF in '92, right around their peak. It’s totally possible I saw them when they were smaller without realizing it; I saw a lot of bands.
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I was too young sadly. Born in ‘90 so I missed basically all of my favorite bands. Why do they all have to die?!?
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I feel you here, I was just barely too young to appreciate Joy Division while they were still JD. I did get in to early New Order though (which is the best New Order).
And I was there for my other favorite band (Skinny Puppy) the entire ride.
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The one I never understood back in the early 90’s was why Mudhoney wasn’t more popular. I got to see Screaming Trees around the time that Nearly Lost You was big. They were opening up for the Spin Doctors, who my girlfriend at the time wanted to see. I knew of Screaming Tres from Singles and tbh… I was more excited to go see them.
I will always be grateful to my Dad for going through his Cure / JD / New Order phase around '82 when Pornography had just come out, and brought 6yr old me along for the ride. The whole goth thing didn’t become a thing until the Wish era and I got into Ministry and then SP.
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Mudhoney I did see and they were another live music staple in the PNW.
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Did get to see MudHoney actually which was a great show, that was 10 or so years ago but I’m pretty sure they are still touring and doing shows. Great energy from those guys. Never really liked Pearl Jam tbh, they play around here often I just can’t pay $600 to hear the same songs I hear daily on the radio lol
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Does the ticket come with a complimentary wheelchair?
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I wasn’t ever a big Pearl Jam fan myself, although their Unplugged was terrific. As I’m getting older, Alice in Chains is the grunge band that I listen to most. It’s funny because back when, they were probably my least favorite.
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I actually disliked Pearl Jam.
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You obviously just don’t understand Eddie Vedder
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I understand him. You can hear what he’s singing (unlike Dylan) but his voice is like nails on a chalkboard. Hard hard pass 
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