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To me, yes. To those who get it no. Im sure a lot of the metal I enjoy is just meaningless noise to jazz fans.

I did it on a Harley Benton tele I owned. I felt like it made it more resonant. No scientific measurements were made though! Easy enough to do with a hand drill. Just make sure you go deep enough for the threaded insert and then use a countersink bit to just bring the edge down a little before putting the insert in.

This just popped up in my feed and I thought it looked interesting. Adjustable from 15mm to 19mm. Should make some more basses useable for spacing sensitive types. https://www.fullcontacthardware.com/babicz-fch-aj-4-5-adjustable-spacing-bass-bridge

So, am I right in thinking that to play @Stub Mandrel's harmonica you need to learn by ear where to put your mouth (if you see what I mean!) and on thr one @goingdownslow was searching for you have defined places to make it simpler? The same concept as fretless and fretted?

Cab used last night at rehearsal and it’s very nice. Definitely capable as a single cab use and lovely full punchy tone with clarity. The Pure model is definitely a great cab and 17kg !!

Some updates... The switch on Dec 24 to the 'moon boot' / boot splint has made life much easier. A month on from the break and I can get around the house much more easily without using crutches. I've started to leave the boot off first thing in the morning and in the evening (recommended by the consultant). I still use crutches when out and about. This is partly as warning signs to stop people barging into me (people can be utterly oblivious). Second subject was a misbehaving tenor sax. The saxes haven't had much playing since the house move. I got the tenor out last week to go to a new sort of jazz group. It's didn't go well. I had trouble getting the mouthpiece on the neck, which gave tuning issues. The reed wouldn't 'wet', which causes squeaking. I thought it was out of regulation as well as there were all sort of weird harmonics coming out.... The problem seemed to be that the neck cork had become very dry and 'ruffled' when the mpc was put on which broke the cork. I think that was also an issue with the reeds - they'd just got very dry and needed much more wetting than usual. Nearest woodwind/brass tech is 40 miles away near Maryport, so it was a day out to get the neck re-corked. Last night I managed to get to choir in Keswick. It was too risky to go with the ice last week. Messiah this term. I've not done it as a main choir concert piece for quite a few years (probably about 15) but I have sung it many times since then in various workshops and 'come and sing' events. I've probably sung it about 100 times over the last thirty-odd years.

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If it is a bass that you have to regularly adjust the truss rod (assume neck heel Fender type), then yes. I have neck inserts on a bass where that was the driver. Fairly easy job for a competent DIYer. As @PaulThePlug said, I didn’t notice any difference in sustain or tone though.

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Some of the older Blade basses can be on the heavy side, if that is a consideration. The newer ones less so.

No punk expert here but wasn't it rebelling against certain kinds of establishment "nonsense",like jazz did/does in certain strains.

Unfortunately it's a little wider than the SR5 neck (which is 69.3mm)

I think the HH is a 250 watt Bass Machine combo having googled images

I think it means that jazz music is nonsense for people who don't like nonsense.

Bought a chocolate m-vave to make my M5 giggable with zero hassles or problems. Recommended BC'er

I cheated and used AI to save typing but this is the 'real' rock top ten (in layer years the first side of 2112 became a staple): The "Friday Rock Show" top 10s from the classic Tommy Vance era on BBC Radio 1, consistently featured epic rock anthems like Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" (often #1), Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird," Deep Purple's "Child in Time," Rush's "Xanadu," Rainbow's "Stargazer," Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," Genesis's "Supper's Ready," Yes's "Starship Trooper," and Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water", with slight variations depending on the specific listener poll or broadcast date in the late '70s and early '80s, highlighting progressive and heavy rock. The year that sticks in my mind (because I listened with my first serious girlfriend) was 1982: Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven" Genesis - "Supper's Ready" Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird" Rainbow - "Stargazer" Rush - "Xanadu" Deep Purple - "Child in Time" Yes - "Awaken" Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water" Pink Floyd - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" Rush - "2112"

I have a Honhner Vineta. 48 holes Everywhere will tell you it plays three chords F, C, G. It also plays the root notes as bass tones (two reeds). On 'suck' you get the fifths so (I think) the chords C7, G7, D7. 99% of web sources don't realise this.

Looks like I gonna make my very first visit to bassdirect...