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neepheid

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  1. Yes, the battery will drain as long as you have the bass plugged in, regardless of whether or not the preamp is doing anything. The passive/active switch only switches between the passive output from the pickups or the output from the preamp going to the output jack, it doesn't control the power to the preamp. On the plus side, this means that the bass will still work in passive if the batteries die (it even works if you pull the battery out entirely - I've done this on an L-2000 and then the preamp switch effectively becomes a kill switch.
  2. That's exactly what I think. Yay, I'm not being crazy. Or maybe there are two crazy people in the world regarding this topic 🤪
  3. I'm going to shut the hell up now, I'm clearly taking the phrase far too literally and it's annoying me (and probably annoying you too).
  4. That is sad, but in all seriousness I just do not get this "guilty pleasure" concept when applied to basses. Why are you feeling guilty for enjoying a bass? Did someone decree that playing bass was illegal and I missed the memo? Did you buy it instead of paying your mortgage/rent and are now playing it in/on your car/cardboard box/park bench? Did you steal it? Are some people telling you that you shouldn't be playing that bass and if so why does that opinion matter so much? Is it just a extension of the general purpose guilt I sometimes feel simply for breathing air? I feel not one shred of guilt when I play any of my basses, I earned the money to buy them fair and square (or a certain lovely wife bought me one recently) and I couldn't give even a single hoot what anyone else thinks of them. You like 'em because you like 'em, that ought to be good enough of a reason for any nosey parker.
  5. Where is all this guilt coming from?
  6. I need help, I saw the block inlays first.
  7. That looks pretty f'd to me. Even if it wasn't the issue, I'd probably replace it anyway. At least if you replace it and things still don't work then you can turn your attention to something else, like the crossover.
  8. I suppose I took a break during the pandemic. I was worried during the lockdowns that I had fallen out of love with playing bass - I think I picked up and played a bass twice in as many years. I was giving some serious thought to jacking in the bands. However, I decided to go back to rehearsals once they were allowed to see how I felt and I'm glad I did. So yes, I took a break (albeit enforced) and came back. What I realise now is that I have no love for playing bass by itself (unless I'm learning new songs) - I derive my pleasure in it by playing with others in bands. If you want to take a break, by all means do so. Usual stuff applies - don't have a fire sale of all your gear right away etc.
  9. Your bass, you do you. I have nothing useful to add as I'm not a Stingray guy. At least if you don't do the neatest job of the neck pickup route it can be hidden with the pickguard. Best of luck.
  10. What happens to damaged Fender basses? They just get played don't they? They're broken as designed! Sorry, I'm here all week, try the veal etc.
  11. Guilty pleasure? No such thing. You like 'em, good for you. Take one of them to your next blues/roots gig, take extra pleasure in any tuts you may receive and have fun! There are no rules! Take a Hofner Club to a death metal gig! Play a BC Rich Warlock in church! Just try to remember to wear clothes - there are rules about that
  12. Convoluted.
  13. I may have got the wrong end of the stick when talking to the guys in Merchant City Music in Glasgow but what I came away with was that they're basically the importers for Reverend for the entire UK, so not only do they sell Reverend, but they distribute them also. It seems like they keep most of the basses to themselves - only ever seen Reverend skinny stringed guitars in other vendors - whether that's a deliberate act or the other vendors simply don't want to sell the Reverend basses I do not know. Or like I said, I may have got the wrong end of the stick entirely here - someone please correct me if you know better. This Triad, using bathroom scales, weighs in at 3.9kg (8lb 9.5oz). It does not feel objectionably heavy to me, and I should know having owned and played a few 12lb+ maple bodied Gibson beasts!
  14. Finally got off my lazy butt and changed the strings for my preferred D'Addario EXL165 (45-105). I think the stock strings are a bit thinner than 45-105, the truss rod needed a 1/4 turn tighter and the intonation needed adjusting (saddles moved back). What a thrilling Friday night this has been That feels much better. I think we might have a gig next Saturday and if so it'll get its first live outing then.
  15. It's getting closer to the negative values it would have to be for me to have a Jazz, to be fair Seriously though, that's a stonking deal for those who enjoy the spindly neck.
  16. Since 2009 Panda Eyes - originals The Oxbow Lake Band - originals The Inevitable Teaspoons - current originals band Nine Lives - rock covers, current I'll take any questions now...
  17. Why are any jack sockets (except recessed ones) an issue when you use a right angled jack plug? I've always used a right angled jack plug and I've not noticed any issue with side or front mounted jack sockets, standing or seated. Am I weird? Am I missing out on some additional annoyance in my life?
  18. Boo! Wrong answer!
  19. I vote pearl.
  20. God, not another P bass, you've already got that covered. Lots of good ideas in here already so here's a left of field suggestion - just to be completely different - Epiphone Jack Casady. I don't subscribe to the notion that any particular bass should be preferred for any particular genre of music. If you want to play rock with it, go ahead and play rock with it - I play in a rock covers band with my JC and I haven't spontaneously combusted.
  21. I know - really hard to pull the "but I've always had this one" trick with settees and they're really difficult to hide.
  22. You're gonna need a bigger settee.
  23. Dunno, I'm pretty happy with everything. At some point I'll get around to investigating why the tweets in my cab don't work but there's a tweeter in the main combo so I'm in no rush.
  24. Thanks for the info. Me no likey.
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