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In the studio stitch together my guitar, bass and keyboard parts all the time. Live it doesn't matter if I play some bum notes or the timing and/or pitch of a few notes is too loose, it's all over in the next instant, never to be heard again, and besides the energy of the gig normally overshadows any errors. If it's being recorded for people to listen to over and over again I want it to be without mistakes. That doesn't mean quantised and autotuned to "perfection". I simply want what is committed to tape or DAW to match what I hear in my head when I'm playing it so that I, and other people, can enjoy listening to the song without noticing any errors. If that means dropping in to correct dodgy phrases or individual notes so be it. I recently discovered when recording an 8 bar riff for a song that my timing was a lot better for the last 2 to 3 bars of the riff than it was for the first few. Therefore I played each bar 16 times in succession and used the best 3-4 bars from each take, usually from the second half) to assemble enough instances of the riff to use throughout the song, so that each time to riff come in it has the correct feel but each instance is subtly different. For me it's all about getting the right sounding end result. Getting there in a single take is not even remotely important to me.

Yes it’s a Status neck and I love it 🙂 I have one coming from Kiwi’s graphite venture that I was going to put on the Hard Puncher but Ihaving played that a bit I like the original on that so it’s going onto a bitsa in planning

Before basschat I had never heard of the guy. Now I have and I have watched his channel and Youtube just keeps feeding me more. He has obviously found a winning formula. If he is making a living from it then good luck to him. Is the content any good? Personally this TikTok style, short clip, grab my attention and move quickly onto something new and shiny does my head in. It’s just so completely inane and ridiculous. I suspect my parents thought the same about whatever rubbish I was watching in the ‘80s.

He does make some great pick-ups ! Love your custom Gibson builds too!

Just released as a remaster is the Thunder Live album on Spotify. This must've been from Chris' first coupeleof years in the band. It's beautifully recorded and Chris' bass sit's nicely in the mix with a great tone. There're so many fills to plunder on this recording.

Wow great selection, especially like that 64P

My p Basses now 58 p original 64 p original 78 p original Moollon crazy Finish

How can you play Allright Now or Bad Case of Loving You without a g-string?

Bright College Days - Tom Lehrer

Splitting hairs is part of the game. Let's make some analogies: A new tuner plugged into the bass pedalboard. T2 as an accessory unless a replacement for a failed unit? The mechanical footswitch add-on to my amp that can either switch between EQ in and Out, or (more usefully) mute the amp, depending on which socket it's pluggged into. Probably T2 accessory as well as it makes life easier? This is a very fancy equivalent of that pedal, so probably T2 as well? Either way a very cool piece of kit 👍

78mm left to right, 122mm back to front (as you say). about 37mm high at the highest point, not including the knob.

12 years after the last one, another great transaction with Neil Had a Hiwatt practice combo off him for free (I just paid postage), arrived faster than the speed of light and packed more securely than a very secure thing. Definitely one of the good guys on this forum, thanks mate!

Stolen from The Gear Page... but some google search implies this is correct. I know the pedals actually work on 9v, but use a system to internally downgrade the 12v input to 9v. I'm not entirely sure why they did that, but the following explains how the daisy chain bypasses that process: ""The Boss ACA pedal works when daisy chained to a 9V supply because the shared ground in the daisy chain bypasses the internal voltage limiting components in the ACA pedal. This allows the pedal to receive the full 9V supplied by the daisy chain, which is sufficient for its operation. The ACA pedal's design relies on isolated grounds to control its internal voltage drop, and when the ground is shared, it no longer forces the voltage reduction, enabling the pedal to operate at the 9V supplied by the daisy chain. This behavior is consistent across any power supply where the outputs share a common ground, such as daisy chain setups or power supplies like the DC Brick.""

The only time I've ever felt I need a G is for an open string riff, otherwise 5 frets down the neck and you're there 😁

Oh that is major event for you guys! Did his departure come as a surprise and / or was it done amicably? I guess your guitarist deserved a well-earned retirement and, as you say, it could be a good thing for the band once the dust settles - I suspect you may not be short of candidates to join such an established band!

If they were out of phase, you would hear a very noticeable drop in output and a thin, nasal tone. From what you've written here, I think you're in phase. If you're feeling adventurous, swap the hot and ground wires of one of the pickups and see what difference it makes. Or just leave it, because what you describe sounds fine to me.

I hear a slight drop in volume and a slight compression in the mids, but it's the same thing I hear on a jazz bass

Sorry, I should have stated that those are the pictures supplied by the venue and that is the lead that the venue have been providing to their other acts. I'll see if I can find out a bit more.