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Its just the Basschat conversion factor. We go off topic to retain interest and eventually come back to the original theme. Its what we bassists do. Dave 😂

Luxury 😂

Love my Geddy too. It just works so well and the neck is a dream on it. By far one of the best necks i've ever played. Dave

Looks very much like a Geddy Jazz there and a full electronic drum kit. Dave

Tuning is where everyone turns the fiddly bits at the top of the neck to create an illusion of superior competence when in fact all they are doing is changing the channel on the telly.

Aye you were lucky

That's pretty cool. I like that story. Thanks for sharing a happy moment. 👍 Dave

Think Alan and Chris from Overwater (not too far away from Moffat) were the 2 main luthiers there but it was Alan that organised it and such a nice guy to talk to. Wasn't a huge event but always an interesting and varied display of basses with a celeb bassist to chat and give a show. Saw Steve Williams and Steve Lawson there. Seems to be a Steve thing going on there. If you are close enough to visit you wouldn't be disappointed. Dave

Always liked what he brought to U2. A perfect fit for them IMO. My fav song New Years Day. Great bassline and the song that made me sit up and listen to them.

Gorgeous looking bass. Love the colouring on it. Alan does make some incredible basses. Thanks for sharing. Does he still run the Bass Bash at Moffat. Not heard of it in quite a few years. Dave

Nice bass what is it ?

I find same with my active basses they need a little on board boost to lift them out of the OK tone.

Quite an interesting variety so far. I'm new to my P bass and i'm trying to cover punk songs with it which surprisingly has quite a wide variety of tones from P basses and a few Rics thrown into the mix. I found it easier to dial in a better tone with my Jazz than the P but using my Markbass Nano cause the Mesa Mpulse is in for repairs at moment and the Jazz didn't quite have same depth as the P bass. The Mesa provides a better overall tone and i've yet to try the P bass properly thru it. Dave

I disagree Dave

Had a quick search but couldn't find anything on this. Curious where we all set our on-board bass tone controls. (passive or active basses) With my passive basses (P and J types) i generally have tone control set mid-point and vary it from there depending on whether the song needs smooth deep (0%) or rasping edge (100%) Active basses i generally have set up and leave with bass slightly boosted and treble or mid at mid-point. If i do move anything its generally a small movement of treble. (Sandberg VM4, Fender P/J, Warwick Thumb) Dave

At the moment i'm using my back up amp and finding the volume changing when moving the P bass tone so i started using my Aphex Punch Factory as a limiter to level things off. Its quite an old compressor now and no longer made but it works pretty well and had great reviews when it first came out hence my reason for buying plus it has a DI out just in case an amp packs in at gig and you have no back up amp. I quite fancy the EBS Compressor. Cant go wrong with EBS. Dave

Have to say my comment about tuner muting the bass and providing silence was a tongue in cheek comment with @RhysP . It wasn't meant to be take so seriously. Using my tuner and muting had a definite change in my sound. ....... from noise to silence ......... just a bit o'fun. 😂 On the plus side its now less than 5 weeks till Dave

Oh yes it is

I was gonna reply panto style but it seemed too obvious. 😂 Dave

Only 5 weeks away. That's close enough for me to get excited. 🎅 Dave

Not at all. It surprised the audience even more than me. It did produce less mistakes with the battery out. I've come to realise that when it comes to my playing Silence is Golden. Dave

I took the battery out the pedal. That helped create more ambience around the silence. The playing kinda suffered tho. Dave

I hadn't thought about it until now. I need to experiment at tonights gig. I want absolute silence when i tune so if there is a better way to get the perfect silence when tuning i'm all in for trying. 😂 Dave

My tuner has a definite sound change when i put it in line to the amp. It mutes the sound when tuning Sorry just couldn't resist the obvious plus its almost time so i'm happy. Dave

Its the tone i'm not keen on. It sounds more like someone using Moog playing bass notes. It doesn't sound like a proper bass IMO of course. I dont think i'd ever use it in a band situation. Good fun at home altho i've tried it at home and the novelty soon wore off. I managed to get the technique pretty much sorted when using them and had no trouble getting them to track properly. It was really just the tone i wasn't keen on. If it sounded like a bass guitar but playing an octave lower i might have liked that more. The Fisman pedal does that altho i think it only goes a 4th lower with either a 5th or full octave higher but it still sounds like a bass guitar. My current bands i just wouldn't have any use for it. Dave