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Booking gigs in reverse - next one is 25th March at Snafu, Aberdeen, supporting Three Blind Wolves.

I find the Tascam bass trainer (I have the MP3 one) indispensable for this kind of thing - slow down without changing pitch, pitch changing without affecting tempo, bass boost/enhance/cut, and of course portable - fling it in your gigbag and practice anywhere your bass is. I know there's software out there that can do the job but I haven't found any to be as convenient (or reliable) as the hardware solution. Sometimes when I'm finding it tough even with the Tascam I load the MP3 into Audacity then minus EQ the hell out of the higher frequencies.

[quote name='throwoff' post='770466' date='Mar 10 2010, 02:46 PM']Nothing wrong with a discount but sometimes you feel its more that they are bored of looking at it and by marking it as 'ex demo' it alows them to go lower than others just to shift it.[/quote] If they don't start shifting old stuff then as a customer I get bored of looking at it. Aberdeen shops - take note!

I'm not from York, but welcome to the forum anyway

You can't beat the sound (and sights) of an orchestra in full flight. It's the only music which sounds good in the Music Hall in Aberdeen - the music it was designed for. I haven't been at a good sounding band gig in there, ever.

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[quote name='chenzo_1' post='767439' date='Mar 7 2010, 11:24 PM']Yeah, That might be a good avenue to explore! Im not really sure it'd be worth it tho as i'd have to find an original moog pre amp, which i think would be tricky!! Although saying that I have just found a new scratch plate and pup's on fleabay.com!![/quote] Oh, well that does put a different spin on it, I thought you had the circuitry. That will be trickier to return to stock condition, yes

[quote name='lscolman' post='765987' date='Mar 6 2010, 12:49 PM']Hi, After fitting a new jack socket to my Kubicki, a few of the solder points came away very easily from the existing 9v battery connectors. I've purchased an 18v gotoh battery box [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gotoh-18-Volt-Battery-Box-for-Active-Guitar-Bass_W0QQitemZ350271840706QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item518dd421c2"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gotoh-18-Volt-Batter...=item518dd421c2[/url] and would like to rout out an area near the control cavity and use the channel from the neck pickup to the control cavity to route the 9v battery cables through. That's the plan, but I'm unsure how best to go about routing about an area on the back of the bass. Could anyone with experience of routing through a lacquered area give me any tips please? Cheers, Lee[/quote] Lacquered or not, a router spins so fast that it won't make any difference, as long as your bit is sharp of course! I have fitted a single Gotoh battery box to an already finished guitar with no problem. I used an MDF template, but I had no suitable roller bits so I used a guide bush instead and made the template the appropriate amount larger.

Slap? Surely the result of an ill-advised comment of some sort?

You can put in what you like - the RD has a pickguard and that can hide a multitude of sins If it were me though, I'd be going all out to restore this to its correct original specification. But that's just me.

I like to dress smart for a gig - shirt, tie, trousers, waistcoat. I like to make some effort. Our guitarist tends to wear a shirt and tie also, so we both look smart. I guess the waistcoat is just me going one better, if he starts wearing waistcoats then I'll have to think about moving up to a bow tie or something When I go to other things, even with the band, I don't pay any attention to that though. I just wear whatever I like.

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An outboard sound interface of some sort (be it USB or Firewire) is pretty much vital - less/no latency on recording, often direct monitoring, better inputs (often there are mic preamps built in) and will take full size jacks easier instead of precariously balancing a full size jack + a big > small converter off a mini jack socket. I recently used an E-MU 0202 USB interface (2 inputs and 1 mic preamp) and used Audacity on my laptop to do the recording - probably the simplest/cheapest thing to do. Audacity is free and allows you to record tracks then play back what you've recorded while recording something else. It's not as fancy as a full on recording application, but it did the job for me. No advice on prices I'm afraid - I have the 0202 on "long term loan" because the owner couldn't get it to work satisfactorily on Vista.

When you fret a note, you stretch the string slightly, making it sharp. That's why the saddles need to go back to compensate. It would seem that this effect is more pronounced for thicker strings.

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Some kind of foam material placed under the pickup will keep it together.

[quote name='radansey' post='761473' date='Mar 2 2010, 07:56 AM']All the strings on my Curbow 5 sound full and resonant - except for the G-string, which sounds very weedy, no tone and bit 'quiet' compared to its siblings particularly the first five frets. The strings are 40-125 D'addarios which were replaced 2 months ago. It is a problem with the neck, pick-up, pre-amp, amplifier, speaker or what?? Pulling my (greying) hair out a bit so any advice would be most welcome. Thanks, Ross[/quote] Suggestions: Make sure you're testing with your amp EQ flat so that it can be eliminated from the enquiries Try experimenting with pickup height - bring the G side up a little to meet the string. Could be a dodgy string - was this a problem 2 months ago with the previous set of strings? 40-125 is a fairly light set, perhaps the 40 G string doesn't suit this bass very well - try a 45 or even a 50?

Nope, always gone on to better (or at least different) things. Will never sell my Gibson G-3. Everything else can be easily regained down the line if it is sold.

Welcome aboard, fellow NE Scotland dweller