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  1. fretmeister
    Never said it did. And I'm not talking about good production -v- bad production. I'm talking about production styles.
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    I think it's tradition and ease of manufacturing. It's long been established in people's minds that a Jazz has 2 pickups and a skinny neck, and a P has 1 pickup and a fat neck. Giving too many options actually ends up with fewer basses in the shops to try. Shops aren't going to order both neck options on everything just for the showroom. So they order the common and popular items. Then the other option doesn't sell as well... and then gets discontinued. It's very circular. Sandberg use the same neck shape for all their basses so from a neck POV you either like them all or none of them. Works for them very well. Occasionally I see a "Can I have a 44mm neck?" type question on their social media and the answer is No. They'd have to either build an entirely new neck production line for them or interrupt the existing one and reprogram for the occasional orders. Either way that is time and money they don't need to spend. They are a relatively small company so don't have the assets to just decide to order a load more machines - or get another building set up etc etc. But - if you want to make a bitsa, there are hundreds of options for fender compatible parts.
  3. fretmeister
    How hot is the output from the compressor?
  4. fretmeister
    No- that would suggest that production values are a preset curve rather than being task specific. The Black Album production is very good and it would suit a Britney record perfectly. It has that radio friendly sheen to it. It would not suit an opera production or a grindcore album for different reasons. As an aside - I really think the production has aged quite badly in a way that RTL hasn't. It's the music equivalent of Silence of the Lambs. Wonderful at the time, but now, not nearly as impressive even though the writing itself is excellent.
  5. fretmeister
    I've got that Behringer - mine is really low noise / quiet with the gain at zero. So you've got something else going on there.
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    Ok, I'll rephrase - the songs are metal (as shown by live performances of them), but the sound production of the album isn't. It's a polished radio friendly album that is far too polite. It is devoid of attitude. It's like they wrote some banging tunes and then decided to take a load of ritalin before recording them.
  7. fretmeister
    The Black Album isn't a metal album. It sounds like a pop record with guitars.
  8. fretmeister
    Sandberg are 39.5mm at the nut which is 0.3mm difference to your archaic units. They are quite full front to back though - certainly deeper than many J's I've tried.
  9. fretmeister
    Nah. Ride the Lightning is head and shoulders over the rest.
  10. fretmeister
    They've done their companies house filings for this year and that says Active.
  11. fretmeister
    Depends entirely on the music I'm playing. For metal I like a jazz type but I don't play a lot of metal these days. For the stuff that I am playing now, a P or PJ can be the perfect thing. I could really do with 2 of them though - 1 with flats and another with rounds!
  12. fretmeister
    The rehearsal DVD that came with St Anger was far better. It's still not great, but that snare drum is a big issue on the sound of that album, as well as the rest of the mix. When the songs are played live they are much better.
  13. fretmeister
    I'd love to try one. I'm so sensitive to bass weights (injuries etc) that I won't buy anymore without knowing the exact weight of the one I'm getting. Thomann will weigh an expensive bassm but understandably they won't get a bunch of cheap ones out searching for a special one. Still - give it a year and they might start showing up used for about £125!
  14. fretmeister
    Damn you sir! And Damn you again!
  15. fretmeister
    Just to complete the circle... here is Diamond Head covering "No Remorse" 2 years ago. What a cracking version!
  16. fretmeister
    Also - are they now trying to be Diamondhead rather than just be influenced by them?
  17. fretmeister
    Bass is very low in the mix again. Good old Lars.
  18. fretmeister
    Bump. Anyone got that EBS for a trade?
  19. fretmeister
    I'm loving my cheap shorty so much it has become the first bass I grab. The long scale instruments seem so cumbersome now. I think I'm converting to being a short scale player simply by habit. I need to do a few gigs with the shorty and then see whether I keep the long scale ones. I also seem to be swapping more to Precision types rather than Jazz. Getting old is really sad.
  20. fretmeister
    How old is the ivory? If it's old enough I believe it is excluded from the rules. I'm sure Feline Guitars could help - they they are further south.
  21. fretmeister
    No - no reactions to anything else. I've been reading more: apparently the nickel content in the monel alloy is very high compared to normal use. Allergies can be basically non-existent until triggered by something.
  22. fretmeister
    I put a set of short scale rotosound monel flats on my cheap shorty P bass. Sounds fantastic and I love the feel of the strings. Or at least I did for a couple of hours. Now my finger-tips feel like they have blisters developing in them. They are painful and itchy. It would appear I am allergic or have a sensitivity to these strings. Very annoying and not least because that's £40 down the drain. Hopefully the fingers will recover reasonably quickly if I keep scrubbing them.
  23. fretmeister
    I've had several and they've all gone now. I'm not missing them. I would like to try the JMJ Mustang at some point but as none of them ever get down to about 7lb I won't be buying one.
  24. fretmeister
    No. Still here.
  25. fretmeister
    I've currently got a set of Roto flats on my shorty. They only come in 1 gauge - 40-90. They are a little light for me. Will a Roto flat long scale cope with being wound round the post on a shorty? EDIT: I emailed Rotosound - they advised against it and thought the string was likely to break round the tuning post. They don't make a 45-105 for a shorty. I find that a bit odd - usually need a heavier string for a shorty to keep the tension up.
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