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@Cuzzie Finger recovery is finally getting there! The ramp really helps counter the slight droop and stops me hooking the string too much. Been nearly a year - with lots of therapy.

I've done a different tune in the EHB Short scale thread already but I thought I'd do another one, this time with just the bridge pickup for that sort of jazz bass bridge tone. As I'm playing in a big band and that's seems to be all I'm playing at the moment that's what you get - a big band arrangement of Stevie Wonder's "Don't you worry about a thing" All tones from a Line 6 Helix. Recorded live using OBS - none of that video then dub a track on top of it nonsense, I ain't got time for that! A green bass with a green screen gives some weird colour effects! Although now I'm wondering if I want the bass to be refinished in a chromaflair paint job!

That is very pretty! The X-series EMGs are wonderful pickups. I have that set in an Ibby. The P actually sounds like a P unlike some other actives I could mention.

Ooo - I will watch that later... maybe with the lava lamp on....

Alas I don't play the Tuba and at the moment the entire group of 20 ensembles doesn't have a tuba player! I'd really like a bari sax (I can play alto) but I haven't got that sort of money lying about for the odd outside show.

I don't even know what that is. Can you edumacate me please?

That Bose looks good - and I see it has a 90 day trial period! I'm now wondering if I can convince the band (run by an educational trust) to buy one for use by everybody as needed... Time for Mr Smooooooooooth to do his stuff...

Is there such a thing that is worth having? For outside village fete sort of things? Christmas carols with a bunch of trumpets? I'm guessing not but I thought I'd ask.

https://fb.watch/9jMwqaBI1h/ Another vid - his Sandberg is a custom with an extended fretboard.

And his new hair do.

No. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=883528155620074 And on his Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CULlb9DsuWl/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet And the big thread on the other place https://www.talkbass.com/threads/doug-johns-endorsing-sandberg.1527260/

Great player. He's now bald and playing Sandberg basses.

Thank you! I did wonder if the regular gauges of those flats would be too floppy at the shorter scale, and it's not like Ti Flats have other gauge options! I'm pleased to report they feel fine. A little less tension but not as much of a drop as I expected. If a player likes Ti flats then I think they'll still like them on this bass. I do play quite gently mind you.

I agree - even with the flats on it. I was really surprised. I picked that tune because there's some B string action in it.

I was bored at home wondering what the bass would sound like with flatwounds. So I went through my box of ancient strings and found a well used set of Ti Flats for a 5 string and put them on....

Oooo! I've been thinking about saving for a Bergantino amp - nice to hear them together!

Memes are here!

It's on youtube if you want to see it.

You can't learn to love a bass that's too heavy, doesn't balance, has a neck so big it causes hand cramps etc etc. Those things are only ever tolerated, and with hundreds of thousands of P basses made, why tolerate it at all? Several that suit will be out there.

It was an organised stunt but the chap looks quite happy about it. I don't kink shame. Whatever floats your boat!

DR Pure Blues - the slipperiest rounds I've ever known - even more than the GHS squashed Pressurewounds. BUT - you could try the Ernie Ball Cobalt flats. They sound very round like - not identical, but maybe close enough, and they are really slick.

I'll start by saying that I love pedals / effects on bass. Probably to unhealthy levels! But, adding a bit of drive or chorus and playing the same part rarely does anything worthwhile as a 'behind the solo' thickener. If you listen to the great 3 piece bands in the vast majority there is no change in bass sound behind solos, but the bass part changes. Sometimes it stays on root notes, sometimes Root and 5th, maybe on the kick drum and snare to lock in, sometimes the bass part is completely different than before while still following the same chord structure. Walking bass part or a full blown JS Bach contra-part or even a bass solo of sorts intertwined with the guitar part. And if it's Jack Bruce he fit all of those options into a song so the bass part built to a crescendo as much as the solo did. The guitar part itself will often use a lower register than a 2 guitar band and use more double stops rather than a widdle fest for the whole solo (ZZ Top). But in a 3 piece you also have to enjoy the space. It's not "empty" it's just more dynamic space! A nice rest from the wall of sound. You won't need to change anything in the tone if the arrangement is right.

I have one of those for my iPad for mobile practice and recording. It's very good!

Found these....

I have a Sandberg SL TT4 and I really hated the stock pickups. I swapped them for a set of original EMG J as they were designed to be a 1960s jazz tone just without the noise, and Bobby Vega can't be wrong! I also swapped the preamp while I was at it for an EMG one. The EMG J does a pretty good P bass impression when soloed with a little mid bump on the EQ - but it has to be said, no J will ever sound just like a P. Even just the pickup placement is different enough. I did get it sounding closer to a P with different strings - I put TI Flats on it as they are quite strong in the mids without too much treble and bass. It's not a sound I particularly like when playing alone, but in a mix it sounds great. I do get what you mean about finding the right precision. It took me about 30 years! I've had a few but settled on an American Special from 2012/13 that had a nice low weight, a slightly slimmer neck, and felt really good to play. For the first time in ages I took it to rehearsal on Saturday after taking my EHB or my Sandberg regularly and there were a few "What's changed? It's all sounding better today?" type comments. They are brass and reed players mostly so they wouldn't know what had changed, but I heard it too. Nice and thick but no unnecessary high end getting in the way, no boominess at the bottom, it just fit nicely. And to think I nearly sold it!! Now I'm wondering about another one so I can have one with flats and one with rounds!