acidbass

A wonderful track, heard it on the radio last week. Love those mixolydian vibes

Very lucky that you lived at the same address!

Working fine for me too, first time visitor.

Not if it involves a sustained note on the 4th or 6th frets

Nice to see they have corrected the offset G string, thereby eliminating the ubiquitous weak G!

Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. I know I've done a few pit gigs where you see huge extended notes spanning many bars. Probably the only circumstance I can imagine it being useful tho.

Sadly I feel too many of these nights cost Squire his health

+1. I think this is the biggest improvement from an engineering/physics perspective that has been made since the initial design. Beyond that, I'm not sure whether adding mass to the bridge makes much difference at all.

Drums are king

Used to rinse the 'Fragile' album as a teenage aspiring bass player, Squire was very impressive. Tried listening to them again last year, didn't like them at all! And I thought prog was something you appreciate more as you get older. Still enjoy the ARW videos however, nice to see such intricate music played live so expertly.

Agreed. I have watched a lot of interviews with rock dinosaurs where they often say 'I hate chart music but there's this singer called Lady Gaga who is actually quite good' as if no one else has heard of her.

Micky!!!! Should have known by the username! Hope you're well buddy

I'd go for a good basis to build a modded bass - quality neck and body woods would be a start. Sometimes those Squier bodies are a step up from plywood and not very resonant! I'd be looking for Alder or Ash personally.

Did a drive in concert a couple of weeks ago - all very socially distant. The gig was shite though both for band and punters, a big crowd but I'm not sure people enjoyed sitting in cars watching.

There's an Ashdown ABM500 for sale at the moment for £125 in the Ads section. Incredible! I paid £500 brand new for one around 8 or 9 years ago and loved it. Would buy another in a heartbeat!

Yeah I guess the 2 band is mostly used like that!

Two small strips of paper/plastic/cardboard inside the pickup cover (between the cover and the pickup itself) help to lower the pole pieces so they are flush with the cover, or actually slightly lower than the cover. Works a treat!

These are really interesting! I like the look of the 4x10 and 1x15 cabs. There's something about front porting that I just prefer over sealed/rear porting, they just work better in more venues as rear porting definitely results in variables depending on where the cab is placed. May take the plunge on the 4x10, for £165 it would be rude not to!

I personally didn't like the East MM preamp - the lack of centre detents really put me off. I like to have those as a reference point. Just personal preference!

5) The G string is quiet

A lot of Stingray owners employ the neck shim technique to avoid this issue. I still find it incredible that basses can pass QC like this

For me this is the most important aspect of modern bridge design, sets these bridges apart from the traditional BBOT

"Play me the intro to Sweet Child o Mine/Sweet Home Alabama/Smoke on the Water" "I can't, this is a bass guitar" "What's the difference?" Proceed to explain for 5 seconds the differences before punter stares blankly and walks away