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9 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

More bridge pics... not convinced thats the std bridge

Looks consistent with the stock images here: https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/SR1300_(1993–1997)

Speaking as someone who pointlessly gave themselves tendonitis trying to replicate my DB technique on electric bass, I would not try and do that. They're different instruments, and although there are lots of transferable skills treating electric bass as a small DB doesn't really work (nor does treating DB as a big fretless, as lots of people have found going the other way). Do what Happy Jack says.

One of the few birth year basses I would actually like to open. Beautiful. Glwts.

Is the body all aluminium, with different veneers front and back? Looks incredible.

4 hours ago, neepheid said:

Confusing recycling of model names though - the first Sterling SB14 was a fully fledged, active Sterling a la the USA EBMM model.

 

I swear the product manager who signed off on naming it the Sterling by Sterling by MusicMan needs their head examined

This has inspired me to actually use album shuffle, turns out it's a good feature, who knew 😅

Pretty sure Foobar2000 can do this.

https://www.foobar2000.org/

That skunk stripe! Those inlays! Amazing.

Hah, I think I just spotted this on Gumtree, nice find. Cool headstock.

On 11/01/2024 at 17:49, attackbass said:

Lighter fluid apparently. Not a joke. Haven't tried it myself but if yoi research enough you'll find people talking about it, I think they call it something else in the States... Naphtha?

 

I've restored a good few Warwicks. Lots of careful sanding and wire wool and you can get them looking like new. 

Never used it on a Warwick but I do have a can of lighter fluid in the cupboard that's only ever been used to clean gunk out of fretboards.

9 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Someone having a clear out has given me a Peavey guitar amp this morning. Is that OK?

The rules say "no buying gear" so I reckon you're ok

Got to be Psycroptic for me, some of the most inventive but catchy techy death metal, and the later albums keep getting better watch is always nice to see.

https://psycroptic.bandcamp.com/album/divine-council

My most trivial pet hate: calling it the Ray 35 and making it a 34" scale.

If it's relying on the Sonuus' pitch to midi feature that will always have some inherent delay, especially at lower pitches. What application are you listening through?

I'd quite like a few of the cheaper Ibanez models but I can't bring myself to even think about buying a seafoam green instrument.

Looking at the syllabi they still seem to be very classically focused -- I can't see any option for bass guitar or drum kit for example, and only classical guitar. I'd probably steer clear of these unless specifically requested tbh.

The established practical grades are useful for standardising between institutions and building a common repertoire but there's quite a large element of "studying for the test" required IME that probably wouldn't suit a self-taught multi-instrumentalist.

For classical students Practical Grades are a de-facto standard. These seem a bit less rigorous at a glance, to me.

Does he need a cert to take the course he wants?

Not sure if it's stretching the definition of Central Scotland but I've had good service (including a jack replacement) from Jimmy Egypt in Glasgow.

iRealPro seemed like the best answer when I asked a similar question previously:

Have you seen the big Helix thread?

If it's buzz from a flat screen monitor, sometimes turning the instrument so it's at right angles to the screen can help.

Looks like they are now doing 5 string and 6 string models. For some reason the 4 and 5 strings are 34" and the 6 and 7s are 35", according to the specs?

It would probably have required a full rebuild of my personality at the time but I do wish I'd been more inclined to practice my DB when I was 15-18, instead of just doing enough to get by what my teacher gave me. Ended up as a big fish in the small pond of the local authority schools orchestras, and promptly got eaten when I got the chance to venture outside it.

32 minutes ago, Bigwan said:

Different preamp, but if it's what he uses, why design something new if that's what he's settled on for himself? Out there is all very well but Ibanez are in the business of selling instruments, if it's too out there how many will they sell other than to hardcore SD fans. Needs to work for players as well as SD fans.

Yeah fair enough, he's got such a distinctive style I guess I thought the bass might also be distinctive. He probably sounds like himself on any bass though.

Anyway, it looks very nice and it's nice to see him getting wider recognition.

3 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Here you go:

Hanks, but no hanks