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alrighty! some cool idea in there. not really something id listen to but i appreciate what youre doing. production wise, it definately has a home recording sound to it, but so does everything i do so can't really provide any worthwhile feedback! the snare and kick sound un-centred though, that might be an artistic choice but it reduces the root impact.

The other day I bought a Chinese Jazz Bass neck, on Ebay, for just over £70. It's a perfect replica of a Fender Jazz neck and has both a 70s style Decal and a made up USA serial number on the back. I seriously think it has made its way out the back door of a factory that makes necks for Fender in China. It looks and feels like it could have been taken straight off a Fender Player. Of course I have no plans to sell it, or any bass its connected, to as the real thing.

This is my home practice rig. Sexy 🙂

I mark out a template on graph paper, then tape it to the enclosure. Next I centre punch where the holes should be and then pilot drill with a small (like, 1.5 to 2mm) drill. Finally I'll go in with the stepper bit to get the holes to size.

Maybe get a sh sadowsky metro pj? They were blowing out the old models really cheap and there are some secondhand bargains around. You keep your instrument as is and can always sell the metro on without a loss.

Groove as ‘micro-timing’? 🤔 - ’Micro-timing is in the heart’ - ’One nation under a micro-timing’ - ‘Micro-time me’ - ‘Get into the micro-time’ Nah 😊

Why would I want a less gainey amp with a cleaner sound? I chose Orange for the Orange sound.

Duff's signature is from 2007 so it can't be from 2011. I'm almost certain the vast majority of signatures are from after 28th September 2007 but not too far from that date as thats the date of build of the guitar according to the serial number. So far I'm pretty sure this guitar has the following signatures on it: Alice Cooper Geezer Butler Duff McKagan Francis Rossi Rick Parfitt Steven Tyler Kerry King Meat Loaf Black Stone Cherry Mick Ralph Ian Hunter Jeff Wayne After some AI assisted Internet searching, it does very much appear to be legitimate... The signature placements match to these evidential pictures:

Year started playing: 1991 Number of basses: 7/8/9 (Depends what counts as a 'Bass') Music theory: 10 Technique: 10 Groove: 10 Modesty: 10 😃

If this is just for home use then it makes sense to get something small, low powered and visually appealing. That way you can leave it out in the open and it doesn't make your front room look like a storage area. They aren't toys, they're amps for specific use cases, albeit very few of them sound like a "proper" amp. I've been pretty blown away by how the PJB BG-75 sounds as a living room amp if you can stomach the price, even at low volume (and it can get surprisingly loud) it just sounds like a great bass amp with no compromises. Can get them in red and white as well as black.

Around 20yrs ago I spoke with Mr Schroeder ( Joerg ?? ) in the USA and he built me a Bass cab ( cannot remember the model ) and at the time i was gigging with either Ashdown or Ampeg amps It was a very different design with the way two speakers were mounted in the cabinet but it sounded huge for its size. I ended up selling it and using an SVT 610 and SVT-CL amp for the most of the time I think he did well in the USA but not much in Europe as it never made it to the more popular stores

Glad you said it Lawrie, what a horror 🤔

Yes 👍

Wild guess - could be from download 2011? Duff played, Alice Cooper played and black stone cherry played. No aerosmith though or Geezer

Do you think people who only have fretted basses might see the title of this thread and think "well that's not for me, I'll move on" and then give you a result which is quite inaccurate?