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It sounds to me like insufficient neck relief. Have you checked that you have tangible relief on those strings? Hold down the string on the 1st fret and the 15th and then tap the string at the 6th fret. There should be a small but perceptible gap. If the string’s hard down on the fret, then there is insufficient relief. With a Rick, there are particular techniques to adjusting them so, if the above is the case and if you aren’t familiar with them, best to report back here before doing anything yourself 🙂

Hey B, great track. I wonder if this may help? https://www.ytbmp3.la/ Seems legit although I’ve not tried it myself. Good luck.

If they come to see you regularly and know your sound, they would be a good choice to provide a check that nothing was badly out of balance. Not a replacement for a decent soundcheck but preferable to only finding out at the end that something was wrong. And all for the price of a couple of pints.

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I found this old article @BassByBeck, might be a very interesting reading for you and a good starting point to get that Mark King early tone: http://www.gazzbass.com/articles/articles.aspx?ID=5 By the way, don't worry about thread derailing, it's BassChat's signature. 😉

The Hulla band played a 50th birthday party last night in what is becoming a regular venue for us in Port Eynon on Gower. We've played inside and outside the hall, in teepees and marquees there and, for the first gig I played with them, open air outside the fish and chip shop on the sea front back in 2022. That day we were paid in food. 😀 The stage was cramped but I wanted to play my new 5 string Ibanez. I was aware that it might not be possible without repeatedly stroking the guitarist's lower back with my headstock (not a euphemism) and took my headless shortscale Ibanez as an option. But I managed to find a little spot between drums, keys and guitarist that I was able to make my own. I had planned on using the onstage monitors rather than my in ears but the cramped conditions and proximity to the drums and the guitarist's amp meant that I ended up with the IEM. Our sound man had brought the PA subs and during the soundcheck my bass was booming away but once the hall filled up and he'd EQ'd properly, the sound was good. I kept the board to a minimum - Zoom MS60b giving me a noise gate, compressor and tuner and my Ampeg Classic preamp going into a DI box and into the desk. IEMs were through my Behringer P16 via Ultranet from the desk and a pair of KZ ZS10s earphones on which I've replaced the silicon buds with foam ones for much better isolation. Footwear of choice was the lace up black Skechers which have become an intergal part of my sound. This was my first gig playing a 5 string for several years and there were a few string faux pas but nothing the derailed the night and overall I was happy with my performance, and with the 5 string. I love the narrow string spacing and neck, which suits my hands perfectly. As usual, we had a lot of fun on stage and the audience were up and dancing from the first number. Hiding behind the guitarist.

Tmight seem that way for Dutch and Belgian customers, who've had a good shop in Bax, unlike our British brethren, but the CNV workers union had earlier stated than Jochanan was a terrible CEO - one of the worst they'd seen. They'd love a restart ... if it was without him. The CNV is to come with a new statement today.

It's quite odd, but just the change in one component (albeit a major one) and the bass is so much more appealing to me. Been able to get the action down very low (maybe 2mm at the octave), much lower than the old neck, and acoustically it just sounds more resonant. While I don't need any more basses, I genuinely find joy from doing stuff like this. I can't believe that what I've done here is realistically that different from what (I can't remember their name) are doing, by sourcing and selling on cobbled together kit. My wife is now going on about me starting up something to earn a bit of £££ as I slip into an early retirement. 😂

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I've had exactly the same thing but probably worse, we've played the first number and finished to no applause and puzzled looks from the audience and then "we can't hear the singer" The sound for the band has been magnificent, loud and crystal clear in ou IEM's but I've forgotten to un-mute the FOH! The only thing the audience have heard is the guitar which is miked up before feeding to the PA. One of the things I love about British audiences is that ironic cheer when sombody c*cks up I've earned that twice so far! That's the hazard of decent IEM's, you forget they are there.

Nice one, well done it looks great

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