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RE Ichika Nito, someone has tried an obsessive take down (one wonders about neurodiversity!) of him which I think Danny Sapko must have seen. I've linked the below to 34 minutes in which I think summarises what has happened in this case - Ichika has produced super virtuoso videos that are beyond his own ability to perform which I suppose is cheating, although not the "ultimate" fake guitarist. Mind you the most popular comment in the chat underneath is Jared Dines complaining no one has accused him of being a fake guitarist yet!

No. You tell with your ears.

Hi there ! Anyone knows if (and where) possible to purchase a VIP enclosure ?

Hi guys, a friend of mine has recently started an app with the goal of localising 3d printing giving people with printing needs, a cheaper way of getting stuff printed. But, also a way of allowing people with 3d printers to monetise from their set ups. I’ll caveat that with saying I know nothing about printing but have used Toby for various jobs over the years. I also worked with him for about 7 years and have known him for over a decade. He’s a genuinely decent and clever bloke. I'm getting nothing out of sharing this I just think it’s a really good idea. And, as you’re all printers, you might be able to monetise your services a bit from it. Anyway, the link is here if anyone thinks it might be of interest to them … https://3dprintlink.net

It's just psychology - everyone is interested in a scandal - more clicks, more likes = more money! Thing is social media starts to take it too far and thus anyone making a living on it needs to play the game. Has anyone noticed that facebook is now full of posts with something that is obviously wrong - especially driving videos - simply to lure people into saying "they didn't do anything wrong" or similar? A really irritating genre. Still these sorts of forums are probably one of the oldest form of online interaction (after list servers) and still seem to be maintaining their value.

I've just seen a new Sapko clip about guitarist Ichika Nito who I'm only vaguely aware of because he has a very nice Ibanez sig. This time the accusations are over editing his social media clips and not being able to replicate his performances live. All seems a bit more tenuous than the Giacomo plagiarism stuff to me but 'calling people out' seems to be a popular genre on social media these days.

Is that a graphite neck on the Jazz ? If so what do you think of it. Dave

How else would a covers band play Sweet Child Of Mine, Jean Genie, Video Killed The Radio Stars!!?? Seriously I've been through rehearsals without touching the G string and even the odd gig but there's an awful lot of times you need an octave in an arpeggio.

OK for using an LLM to give you the advert text, but surely you'd proofread it first wouldn't you?

Question for the Basschat hive mind. No reason other than I’m puzzled. But I’ve seen a few videos of pro players with neck off basses. My question is, if you take the string tension off the top, what stops the sound post from falling during transport?

I'm with the majority, why would you have two sockets if they aren't left and right. That lead may just be something left by a previous band, who knows. You all use in-ears so it won't affect your performance but it might be worth looking to see if anyone you know has played there and what their experience was. Or ask the venue. It could be a good system if the people who installed it have eq'd for the venue. Good Luck

Well, the roof is fixed and I’m happy to report that all of my gear seems to have survived. The only thing I lost is the soldering station, which is kind of incredible… I’m really impressed with the Shuttle. (It was positively drenched.) All of the screws and rings on the outside have rusted, yet the inside is completely clean and it hasn’t missed a beat.

Watched the interview the other day and really enjoyed it, thanks for posting it John 😎

I can't watch anything with Scott Devine. The jazz noodling just gets irritating after a while and when someone else is playing its like he's got jazz bass tourettes with random outbursts of "pocket", "tasty" or "ooh yeah". His American clone is much better though.

i would like a go on the Berlin Moby Dick i would like to know why this is

Bad idea to make assumptions but... as there are a pair of XLR sockets in situ I'd be looking to unplug that one and plug my own L/R XLR>XLR outs from the desk. However as assumptions ca make and a55 of you I'd be prepared to take that lead from an Aux out.

Ok, so just rigged mine up - unfortunately I'm getting the same issue as you describe! The middle switch position is noisy and the top position is worse. I'm using an isolated Strymon PSU. Out of curiosity I A/B'd it with a Boss CEB-3, Tech21 Bass Boost Chorus and an EHX Bass Clone. The Boss and the Tech21 were all but silent. The EHX was noisy (top end hiss) as soon as I engaged the effect. The Providence was nice a quiet in the bottom switch position and progressively noisier (hiss as the LFO sweeps) as you went up between the three positions. I can only assume the Tech 21 and Boss have some filtering going on before the output? I also added a TU-3 in before the Anadime to see if it needed buffering to stop the hiss - it made no difference. I must have noticed this before and just settled on using the bottom switch setting? It's a shame as out of the four pedals the Providence has by far the best sounding chorus to my ears.

I've been playing in reggae bands for most of my music life, both on bass and guitar. For 2026,. I don't mind doing deps in that genre but not joining another band in that genre or ska for that matter. I looking to see if i can move into a band that is more jazz based or a band where there is more adventures to seek on the bass. I also want to be able to grasp theory in a practical way that I can consciously and intentionally apply on the fly (improvising), or to develop a solid bassline for a song or piece of music. Re-start double bass lessons and ideally play similar percentage of my gigs on bass guitar and DB (eub).