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Slacken the two 1/6th AF allen grub screws. Loosen the string(s) a little, move the saddle. Tighten, re-tune, repeat as necessary. I've just set up a Super P and all is well 👍

Just back from our first gig for 4 weeks due to people being away on holiday, etc. It is always a bit of a job loading into this pub, and as usual when we arrived there were people still sitting at the tables that needed to be moved out our way. What wasn't quite so usual were a new couple managing the place, that were really nice and very enthusiastic about the music. During our time off I'd read a thread somewhere about Stingray active tone controls and how the bass is boost only, whereas the treble is boost/cut. That explains why there is only a centre detent on the treble knob of my Retrovibe Stinger preamp, not on the bass - doh! Anyway the combination of a good sounding room and a better understanding of what the knobs do, lead to a tight, punchy sound that was utterly fabulous. It was hot. Darned hot. And I didn't take my fan - double doh! Still, a bit of sweat makes it feel like you're doing something. Sorry, I forgot to take photos until we'd nearly finished packing away and then it was too late. As you may have gathered it was my Stingish bass (Sterling Sub5 + Stinger) into the GT-6B, thence into the trusty Rumble v3 500 combo. My Converse One Stars have broken in really nicely now, so got the gig tonight. We have a little cluster of gigs this and next weekend, but then it's looking pretty bleak in September. At least tonight's new landlord will be putting a few more in the book for next year.

No doubt all the LFSys cabs sound good, but the Goodwood is practically the same size (6cm narrower, and 3kg lighter) than your BB2. is that enough of a saving to warrant the outlay on a new cab?

Calling the bloke “Jaco”, as if he was a mate.

It’s the bare neck pocket that confused me, or is 63 before they used the stick to hold the body for painting?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clydz8d03dvo

The one at our rehearsal was a soft rock song, the guy just said what he wanted, what instruments/tempo/type of singer, and it did it. Re the clip above, it’s not the type of music I listen to so I couldn’t say whether AI or not, or if it is AI it’s been done well.

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I haven't listened (no Facebook, I'm afraid...), but... Does it matter..? There has been computer-generated music for decades, a whole cult of '12-bar' formula hits since before the Blues, and, of course, synthesisers replacing whole orchestras. It's music or not, no..?

Any tort is better than no tort

@Mediocre Polymath I think white might work better - can you do a “dry” side by dude photo of black and white ?

This Lozz.? It's not the music from the link but.? Impossible to tell from this..

Really enjoyed “We want the funk” Currently watching James Brown Electric Proms, outstanding musicianship from the band, they are sooooooo tight.

I've made several smaller purchases from them in the past month. They've been quick, safely packaged and the price was good. I can't complain.

I have an irrational hatred for jazz. Literally any jazz (especially with electric organ/piano, or wild saxophone solos....just drives me nuts). I tried really hard to get into Jaco, Mingus etc when I was a beginner, but I just can't.

I can’t view FB as not a member, but chap who works at our rehearsal studio played us a song which was excellent, he just said to AI what he wanted and it did it exactly. Worrying imo

Hmm. Possibly obvious to some, but this.? Can someone make this music from AI. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/14KYBqWQsAv/

I wouldn't give up... fuses can degrade over time. An instant fail like that suggests inrush current. But could be a failed PSU capacitor, for example.

Looks like spots of paint or tippex on the neck dots. Clay side dots are very hard to see... I have vinyl dots stuck on mine.

The internal fuse looks blown. I've ordered some new ones, but I'm not hopeful that's the source of the problem. I think the fuse blew because there's a deeper problem.

This posted in the Bass Direct Moving thread, today, seems appropriate here.