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# by strange coincidence
i'm chewing a jim dunlop .88mm pleccy at this very moment

woo
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:28, archived)
# by strange coincidence
Is the time of posts an hour behind or am i being retro-stupid?

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(Elusive Squirrel, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:30, archived)
# it's a tear in the very fabric of the space-tme continuum
(I helped save b3ta! summat to do with kittens, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:31, archived)
# it's a US server, they don't change their clocks till this coming weekend
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:31, archived)
# The last I heared
is that the server is american and hasn't caught up with British Summer Time yet.
(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:32, archived)
# there's
only one plectrum for me... .88mm of all american nylon*

*Did I really type that?
(I helped save b3ta! Stickman_ben, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:31, archived)
# I prefer Ernie Ball plectrums . . .
not sure how thick, they're pink though
(I helped save b3ta! Tabazan - Stoneage Dinosaur, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:38, archived)
# i use Dunlop 500
.71mm

personally
(I helped save b3ta! GrandmaOfShoes, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:39, archived)
# dunlop tortex .60mm here
(Human, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:41, archived)
# for guitar, so do i
this is for the rare occasions i need to use a plec for bass
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:41, archived)
# i finger pick my bass
it's easier
(I helped save b3ta! GrandmaOfShoes, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:42, archived)
# I tend to use a plectrum on bass . .
but end up playing it like a guitar, bass chords rock (in a Lemmy style) :¬)
(I helped save b3ta! Tabazan - Stoneage Dinosaur, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:44, archived)
# Barre chords on ADG work rather well i notice
(I helped save b3ta! GrandmaOfShoes, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:45, archived)
# Tune it down . . .
whack a load of distortion on and you've got instant Melvins :¬)
(I helped save b3ta! Tabazan - Stoneage Dinosaur, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:50, archived)
# yeah, but just occasionaly i get asked to play
some shit pop-punk song, and then using a pick makes it both easier and less tiring (i hate fingerpicking fast for long periods)
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:45, archived)
# i hate pop punk songs
(I helped save b3ta! GrandmaOfShoes, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:46, archived)
# ditto
but if someone asks and i have bugger all better to do, at least it usually gets me a free drink or two
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:46, archived)
# this is true
(I helped save b3ta! GrandmaOfShoes, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:47, archived)
# fingers and thumbs
for the bass, for me!
(I helped save b3ta! applehead herp derp, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 12:43, archived)