Telebass

Just over an hour into a four-hour rehearsal, my no2 Precision starts to emit a speaker-flappingly loud earth hum. I do the next three hours with my teeth gritted playing the new Squier fretless Precision, which I've had about 3 hours noodle time on! Fortunately, no-one seemed to mind, and I was beginning to enjoy myself quite a lot come the end! Phew!

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1384599163' post='2278501'] I'd like to know what you are doing to the poor bass to make the neck work loose - I've never heard of it in 50 years of working with basses & guitars. G. [/quote] This. Never had such a problem in 40+ years of Fender playing.

Indeed, but now all three are so nice, I don't know which one to pick up! Mind you, nice situation to be in!

Sold Rich a P pickup. It's all good n smooth! Den

Sold Will some strings, lovely transaction, recommended! Den

***slightly late, sorry!*** Sold Ash a plexiglass p body - lovely smooth transaction. I know it's moved on since, so hope his back didn't suffer too much! Den

Thanks! Will look for synth sw tomorrow!

And it sounded just fine on the gig. Which it probably would have done no matter how I set it!

I approached this weaker magnet idea another way. Another effect of weaker magnets is slightly improved sustain due to less 'pull'. I installed a SD SBP-2 in my new bitsa. This has standard magnets, but is overwound. By setting it a bit lower, the magnetic interference is reduced a bit, with the hotter wind bringing the signal back up a bit. That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it. Good excuse to buy a new pickup, anyway!

Gigged the new lightweight bass last night - what a difference a pound and a half makes! Like air bass with strings!

I played a fretless P, inspired by the guy in Peter Frampton's band, for years in an ordinary rock context. It was just a bass. With no frets...I now have another and will doubtless do the same again!

And thasnks for offereing to explain! You want your Precision set up, I'm your man, but this?

Yup, aware it's just a controller, but where from there? Sequencer? Presumably I need a DAW which will do a lot if not all of this?

Nice!

Ok, I have this MIDI keyboard. How on earth do I get it to make a noise? Clueless with this, although comfortable with PCs. Help! Ta!