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Hey all This post is inspired by a Youtube video where a guy said he chose maple fretboards because ‘they sound better for slap bass’ I simply don’t understand this. How can this be true, from a physics perspective? Slapped strings hit off the frets only and don’t actually make contact with the fretboard at all - in fact, do strings ever actually touch the fretboard at all? Surely if the speaking length of the string starts at the bridge and ends at the fret you are playing - the string never touches the fretboard at all. To my mind, fretboard wood is all smoke and mirrors and doesn’t make a jot of difference to tone (unless on fretless) - change my mind! Danny

I use the High/Low Cut EQ block which is a hard curve below/above the points you set.

I tried that but didn't like the slope! The hard shelf of cutting everything below 50hz works better I think. My two 10" cabinets sounded huge!

Just getting to grips with the HX Stomp - oh my what a unit! I've added a 50hz low cut EQ block and Rochester comp with a 4:1 ratio to literally every patch I create. Such a clean, even sound! Made a great patch for Plug In Baby (Muse) and also a few automatic drop tuning patches for when my band tunes to drop C etc. So useful and I've only scratched the surface!

Ghost The most radio friendly death metal band ever! Absolutely love the vocal harmonies.

I use the Cruztools Bass Player kit: https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Cruz_Tools.html Has everything you need for a full setup except radius gauges and a tuner. The only thing I can't do with it is fretwork!

Sold Ross a set of Jazz Bass pickup covers, I received payment minutes after his PM and communications were excellent throughout. Many thanks mate and enjoy!

Love the clay dots! Disappointing that a new bass shouldn't be perfect on arrival - seems a common theme these days!

Yes please! Would love to see at tab, if it wasn't too much extra trouble.

This article more or less echoes my thoughts on the different brands I have tried - thanks for sharing!

Been said above but the way a bass is set up makes a huge difference to how it feels and sounds. I've been paying a lot more attention to my own basses' setups recently and have never been happier with them.

€100? I would rather he added it on if anything. An insult. You'd never get this kind of carry on from Jon Shuker or any respected bass builder worth his salt. If people skills are below par but the product is amazing, that can be forgiven. If people skills are amazing and the product is below par, again this can be solved. This is a very disappointing display from the builder.

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun, the bridge/guitar solo section is in 9/8 and quite tricky to nail

Disappointed that Mark isn't including the Nordy Mute with his Acinoynx basses. One comes free with every instrument of the initial Nordstrand batch.

Yes very disappointing handling of the situation by Adrian. Pretty sure I'd be looking at alternative builders if Maruszczyk was on my list right now. If they can't guarantee their product can be sent to arrive without flaws, then don't distance sell!

Yeah I found that the amps are all really gain heavy and sound a lot better to my ears with less bite. You can reduce the bias too on the valve amps for a sweeter tone.

Interesting, I could definitely use one of these for my Stomp, thanks for the info! I wonder if there are any which have LED switches similar to the switches on the Stomp. Maybe these would require power however.

Yeah it's the crash on the 4 before the drums come that make it sound even weirder, but it's simply 4/4 with the beat inverted. The tempo is a different matter, it's a bit loose, certainly no click track on that session.

It is a sign of bad design or construction. In a perfect world they would all line up perfectly. Who doesn't want a perfect bass for £2100, when Squier basses have perfect alignment?

Agree, my main gigging bass is a P with flats though! Love nickel rounds on a Jazz.

La Bella 760FLs are my P Bass string of choice 43 - 104 flatwound Tension slightly less than an equivalent gauge roundwound but not as floppy as TI Jazz Flats.

A huge bug bear of mine, personally. Surely if the strings aren't aligned perfectly, this makes a difference in how they vibrate in the magnetic field - e.g. a string directly over a pole piece will vibrate differently than a string centred between two pole pieces due to different magnetic properties applying in each example. I've always admired Sadowsky for their consistency in alignment

Did a fresh install of HX Edit and it seems to have solved the problem, guess it might have been the drivers or summat!

Anyone else having issues with the new 2.92 update? HX Edit isn't finding my device and when it does, it crashes when I click on a patch. Very frustrating!