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I have a single MM Bartolini in my Frankenstien SR5 fretless, which is an MM neck with a basswood OLP body. It's got the Bart pre as well, it's a very good sounding bass, aggressive and punchy.

My wedding ring is ceramic, 8mm wide and very chunky. It did take a little getting used to, but the only time I notice it anymore is when I’m not wearing it (which is basically only when wearing latex gloves while airbrushing (which is like air-guitaring, but you pretend to be Bob Ross…)). My original wedding ring is sitting on the bottom of the river Bure. Where, as it came off, it snapped the bone in the end of my finger in half. That made it rather more difficult to play than wearing a ring…

Never occurred to me that it might be a problem, been playing and wearing wedding rings for nearly 30 years.

I was gonna reply with saying that I had 2 back surgeries, and I got a headless bass because it's lighter,but saw pics of your new bass, so congrats !!! I have 2 Spectors and they're pretty heavy, so I got a silver Ibanez EHB1006MS 6-String Multi-Scale Ergonomic Headless Bass back in 2022 when Ibanez came out with their new T1 pickups and it sounds fantastic and plays great !!! I do have other Ibanez basses and I really like their necks. It's really light weight though, AND fits in the overhead on a plane, so it's perfect. NAMM 2026 just happened and over the years they have more of the same kinds of headless basses that are 4-5-&6 strings that are light as well. Or check out other headless basses from other companies too if you decide to some day get another bass. That one you got looks really sweet though dude !!! Just figured I'd give you food for thought if that one turns out to be too heavy or what not. Have a great day !!! 😁👍

Hey guys !!! Just signed up to this site ! I have both, the GT-10B and the ME-90B. I used the GT-10B for years, then I got the Boss GT 1000 Core and that's great, and I put together a great pedal board after I found a Boss BCB-1000 suitcase pedal board for 1/2 price. I bought the ME-90B around the same time I got the Meris Enzo X and Future Impact V4 VIP pedals along with a Pog 3, so the ME-90B sat in my music room on a shelf until Christmas 2025. I'm REALLY HAPPY I pulled it out and finally played it and learned how it works !!!!! (It didn't take long) I've been putting sounds on the Boss Tone Studio, and hope more people do too. It really is a great pedal !!! Now of course it can't do what the Meris Enzo X and certainly not the Future Impact, or the Boss SY-200, but, for a lot of our songs, the ME-90B has very useful sounds, and the presets I set up are great !!! The GT-10B is really heavy...lol But it's definitely still a fantastic pedal, even in 2026. I do want to do a side by side, which I haven't done yet, but if you guys want, I'll get to it sooner then later if yer interested ? The app for the ME-90B makes it easier to program, although you can easily do it all on the board itself. It's so fun coming up with crazy sounds though, which I originally loved about the GT-10B. My GT-1000 Core does sound so good, and I'm used to it, and it's nice and small, so I'm on the fence on what I want to do because I have most of our songs flushed out with sounds I made from the synth pedals. It is crazy that the ME-90B comes decently close to "Some" of the sounds from all those other pedals though. In a pinch the ME-90B would be fine and it would just sound different, but the idea of the sounds would be there....well for some of the songs. We're trying to do a techno type of thing, which is where the Future Impact comes in along with the MXR Synth, Enzo X and SY-200. I guess I can just bring those pedals out with the ME-90B, but I'd have to put them in a different case, because I don't think the ME-90B would fit with the rest my pedals in the case I just got, so I'd have to decide what to do. After 2 back surgeries, weight is a huge factor as well, which bites the root...lol Anywho, sorry, I know this was about the GT-10B...lol I guess if youz have questions, please let me know, I'll see what I can answer, because I'd like to turn ol girl back on !!! In previous questions, I think some asked if it's worth it to upgrade to the ME-90B from the GT-10B, and I'd right now say definitely, but I didn't do a side by side, but I really enjoy using the ME-90B, and it sounds excellent !!!!! A wonderful all in one multi effects pedal. It has great tones from enough amps & cabs, has pretty much every effects you can think of, and it has a wah pedal you can program pretty much anything to, and it has synth sounds that when mixed with any of the other effects, creates a world of great sounds, and it has an XLR out. Oh and it's lighter, oh and has a looper !!! Hehehehehehe Besides special synth pedals, I can't imagine needing anything else, and in most people's cases, it's more then ever needed, and super intuitive to use !!! Again, hit me up if you have any questions. Have a great day !!! 😁👍

Pretty sure UDHR is one of the FM parameters. 😅

This is basschat 🤷‍♂️ have you been playing for very long?

Welcome, great board.

My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe - Bonzo's

LMAO. I'll never be able to unsee it now.

Because wrestling through 2000 comments that are partially outdated or contribute very little is not something I am willing to do, here's something that got me started: This guy has several decent videos on going wireless, but wired is fine if you're glued to your spot. The next question is, how are the others in the band getting their monitor mix? They probably have a mixer with a channel for each person to dial in what they need to hear.

Can't play with my rings on,too uncomfortable both physically and mentally. Even my watch has to come off.

The drummer reminds me of the cat in a pink critter onesie laying waste to the drums on a pop festival stage, not completely inappropriately but stealing the show, Japanese maybe,? I wouldn't mind seeing that one again.

Advertising bass gear for sale in that Bassist magazine was the closest I will ever get (or ever want to get) to swinging or being part of some kind of underground fetish scene. You put your home phone number on the advert and then eccentrics from across Britain and the wider world who happened to play bass guitar called at unsociable hours with strange questions and even stranger offers.

Welcome Ben.

I am new, but very happy to find myself here - hoping to learn lots from some seasoned pro's I have been playing on-and-off since picking the bass up in 2020 (lockdown). I feel like i'm starting to get more comfortable with the bass in my hand, and want to be more experimental with my playstyle & setup. I don't have any pics to share unfortunately, but i currently use a cream squire vintage series and a budget amp my sister got me for my birthday a few years ago - i'm looking at upgrading all around, but very much still doing research. I like buying stuff that will last, and prefer buying second-hand if i can manage to. Cheers!

We went to see ‘The Gerry Rafferty Songbook’ at Wakefield Theatre Royal at the weekend. Nice old Victorian venue which holds around 500, all seated. We were in the front row of the circle, with a great view of the stage. The band were all on IEMs I think, but unfortunately the first few songs were marred by an appalling mix - all lead vocal and drums, and I honestly didn’t think the bass was working! It got marginally better during the set, but in the interval I popped downstairs and had a friendly word with the sound guy. Subsequently the second set was a big improvement, and I could hear the bassist, who was a bit good too! The band were all great, and the singer had an amazing voice. Not the easiest stuff to perform but they did a sterling job, finishing off with ‘Stuck in the middle’. I think the earlier naff sound was down to them using the house PA, which maybe wasn’t fully up to the job. Didn’t stop us from enjoying the gig though, recommended if you like the material.

I wear two rings on my ring finger - a simple wedding ring and an 'engagement ring' as I didn't want to miss out on a bit of jewellery. It's basically a plain band with a raised black onyx stone in a setting. Initially I was worried that I would feel them clanking on the neck of my bass and become a distraction, so for a couple of gigs post-wedding, I took them off. When gig three rolled around, I forgot to remove them and only remembered I was wearing them about halfway through the set. I've not taken them off for a gig since. The only time I notice them is if the ring with the stone in swivels a little bit, and I can feel it against the adjacent finger. It's not enough of an inconvenience to make me want to take it off though.