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When I tried out my GRBASS cab, I used a GR One set dead flat and the sound of a jazz bass through it persuaded me to bug a cab for nearly twice my budget.

As others have said, the nerves arent going to go away so its best to accept them and view them as a friend. I find Polo mints an absolute saviour, as it not only helps with the dry mouth but also gives you something else to do/concentrate on.

This is the key, no need to have mandolin frets. 😉

My sister and I both had similar experiences: You don't wanna shove these people right into the arms of the other racists, homophobes etc, and you try to talk to them. Then you don't make this a full-time job, and you see that nothing happens. Then you give up and walk away. My sister stopped giving work to such a person; I stopped having contact with such a neighbour. The latter lost about eight friends in just two years. 😱 I see the user manuals online that teach you how to deal with these people, and it's always about keeping the communication open and about asking them questions and about letting them talk until they understand something isn't quite right in what they say. I've not seen that happen, and do feel I've not tried hard enough. That said, when I worked in child protection services, we saw the sweetest boy in town being shaped by a politically extreme group, and we did manage to get him out of there. Sometimes your work comes with a positive achievement.

I've had this a lot on fretless basses and I've found fret buzz noise on a fretless is way more common than on a fretted bass for some bizarre reason. So the things I would check are the following. 1. Neck relief. With your left hand, press down the string at fret 1. With your right hand, press down with your thumb around fret 16 and stretch you fingers up to as close to the 7th fret and tap on the string to see how much gap there is to the string and the neck. It should be about a business card. If theres not then you need to adjust the neck relief. If you're not confident doing this then don't and leave it to an expert. 2. Neck grooves or dents. Run your fingers over the entire fretboard and feel for any imperfections, grooves, ruts, mark's etc. If you feel any then get some Martin Cox 0000 steel wool and Howard Feed and Wax Orange Bees Wax and Orange oil and rub the neck to smooth it out, wipe it down with a damp cloth and then coat in the Bees wax. Let it soak for an hour or two and then wipe off. I do this to my necks on a regular basis and they come up super smooth and shiny. This is what Tony Franklin does to his fretless necks. 3. Bridge. Try just raising the buzzing string at the saddle to see if this cures your buzzing. 4. Neck Plate. Loosen the bolts holding the neck a little and make sure the neck is seated in the pocket correctly. Check the E and G strings are evenly spaced to the edge of the neck and then tighten the neck back up. 5. Loose Scress. Check all screws are tight on the scratchplate, string tee, tuners, bridge, strap pins etc. 6. Shake it. Give the bass a gentle shake to see if you can hear anything rattling. I had a bass once that buzzed and it was the truss rod vibrating. 7. Nut. Looses the strings and re-position then in the nut. I'd even go as far as re-stringing the bass just to eliminate that possibility. If still no good, then take it to someone professional to have a look and set up.

It helps I have a friend who runs a backline business! Trying to get him to get one of the handmade Hiwatt heads in!! it was his place I fell in love with GK amps after trying out the frankly terrifying 2001rb.

When we tried it the B15 setting sounded lovely and smooth and the SVT more gritty but you can dial in the amount of each feel you want. Against a real SVT i thought it did a really good job. I wasn’t expecting much after disliking a Portaflex I tried once but I walked away very impressed.

Open G? If raising the saddle a knats don't cure it, try a bit of paper in the nut slot - low nut..

Interesting. I don't have much opportunity to try stuff in real life nowadays.

Thanks will give it that a try

Nerves are about audiences and this audience is going to be 120% behind you. It’ll be an amazing experience 👍

It's got the SGT circuit, with SVT and B-15 voicings. Supposedly sounds quite authentic - it has no valves, but that's not a big problem these days. I've not had the chance to try it firsthand yet though.