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Thanks man!

I wouldn’t change a thing. She’s doing just fine

I must admit to struggling with these. I've tried a VoiceLive 2 and the Critical Mass and just hated the sound of them. It may be me and lack of patience but they all seem to go from doing nothing to full on Pinky and Perky in the tiniest tweak of a setting. I can get a much better effect (to my ears) by using reverb and delay on the mixer. My lead singer gets a bit more reverb and I put a bit more delay on my voice which does fill everything out and makes it sound like more than two of us. I just pull out of notes I know I can't hit. Most of the time the audience are singing along anyway which helps. I do have a dislike of any hint of pitch correction in recorded music which makes listening to most current pop a no-no. So dislike of these things on my own voice is probably a personal taste thing. For me it takes the human voice into the uncanny valley of not quite human. I don't really understand why it is applied by record producers to singers who have good, or great unaided voices. I've officially turned into my dad

Thanks guys! It's an Squire Active Jazz.

Sounds like she's got a little drive and a slight delay on her sound. No bad thing. My only criticism is that the longer notes aren't sustaining very well. Looking at her nails, they may be too long and she's playing very flat-fingered, which can create that sort of sound. Otherwise, maybe the bass just has very old and dead strings. A new set would brighten things up and increase sustain As @Geek99 mentioned, what is that bass..? (It looks like one of the modern active Squiers to me...)

Crikey that’s had almost as many mods as my 1972 Jazz which I consider to be a Frankenstein, certainly not original. The buyer, if any, is buying the provenance only.

I only tried the one…didn’t feel like trying to find someone to unlock another one.

What bass is she using ?

Motorbikin' - Chris Spedding

It would have been interesting to know if it was just that particular bass. Did you try another one? I've been there a few times and found the basses I tried generally quite playable.I'm not feeling the appointment only process they have in place now but I do understand why for security purposes.

Hey Guys Kinda a question of behalf of my kids band. They recorded a song and maybe have listened to it too many times, but whats your thoughts on the tone of her bass. And how can it be changed for the next song? Any ideas appreciated. Thanks Gareth

Sorry for you @Kiwi, but you asked for it, and you certainly noticed that I'm a straight honest person. It's just an observation, nothing more: one can always improve. 😉

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Not a bad idea but I think just screwing it to a piece of stable timber and adding a bridge would save buying a body 👍

Then maybe a nice pre and a pickup, have it refinished and...

I’ll be surprised if it reaches the top estimate of 20k for a non original 71 but it’ll be interesting to see, if you forward to 35.12 you can see it, and at 29.48 is rod Deas 1960 jazz bass (Showaddywaddy) I believe

Buy a cheap body and bridge and keep it at tension 👍

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Agreed. I think you need to make it clear what you want. Your teacher just seems to want to push you through the grades, which isn't what you want. If you can't come to agreement then it's time to find another teacher. I went through a few teachers until I settled on my current one. None were really interested in what I wanted. I think I shared a story earlier in this thread where I was looking to pick a new piece and my teacher's suggestion was 'Puppet on a String' and similar Lol. TBH I don't care if I never learn how to play any Phil Coulter song. I cannot imagine a scenario where I'd ever play one. As an adult, learning needs to be focused around what you want not what they want to teach you. I've been with my current teacher about 5 years and am very happy. It's 100% done via Zoom which I think is a benefit (no driving to lessons, finding and paying for parking, waiting outside etc) and more importantly it's based entirely around what I want. He does do Grades if people want them, but has said a few times that they're not the best way to learn.