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  1. tauzero
    All P basses look the same to me, regardless of colour. Ditto J basses.
  2. tauzero
    If they're Si diodes, and assuming that this is pickup-level rather than line-level, I would have thought they were there for protection as they'd clip at 1.2V p-p and a bass outputs about 150mV p-p.
  3. tauzero
    Apart from the looks, and the fact that because the body is asymmetric at the tuner end so there aren't two strap pegs to stand it on, whoever strung it desperately needs a set of wire cutters.
  4. tauzero
    Don't forget the Lodestone.
  5. tauzero
    I think with Americana you're allowed to play more than root and 5th.
  6. tauzero
    Have you got both metric and imperial sets?
  7. tauzero
    When did the Line 6 G30/G50 start using a stereo plug for powering? My G50 certainly doesn't. I've only ever used active basses with it. No problems with high-pitched whistling. However, my dirt cheap Muslady branded bug type transmitter/receiver has given a high pitched whistle on occasion - it only seems to do so in one rehearsal studio, and I can get rid of it by rotating the transmitter in the bass's output socket.
  8. tauzero
    That's because everybody wants their basses to sound exactly the same.
  9. tauzero
    The Alpher seems to have taken a little inspiration from the Musicman Big Al. Doesn't do it for me, but I agree that it's nice to see someone doing something different.
  10. tauzero
    The band I'd been playing in until the end of last year, when the singer started having mental health issues, finally played again last night. The singer and keyboard player had separate slots at a beer festival, which they decided to combine, and I decided to turn up too and see if they wanted me to join in. When I got there, I found that the percussionist (who suffered a heart attack a little while ago, after we'd last gigged together) had also turned up. So, completely unrehearsed, and with an interval of over a year since we'd last played together (the percussionist was double booked for the last gig so we'd got a dep in), we weighed in. Went down an absolute storm. It does help that a large part of the audience already knew us and liked us. I'm hoping that this isn't going to be a one-off. We all really enjoyed ourselves.
  11. tauzero
    I love basses with long horns - Sei Flamboyants, Ritter Royas, Shuker Uberhorns, and my Antoniotsai. I haven't seen many singlecuts that I like the look of.
  12. tauzero
    In further news, a quest for investors got them going again (or, more accurately, enabled the MOD Devices team to start again as MOD Audio). Which is nice, because I've just bought a MOD Dwarf from Thomann. Apparently those who are waiting for Dwarfs won't be entirely let down but also won't be entirely happy, as in order to get one they'll need to pay another 150EU (which may reduce). As for the Duo X, who knows? https://forum.moddevices.com/t/mod-reboot-we-made-it/8484
  13. tauzero
    Although if you do want a unicorn bass, a Sei Flamboyant is pretty close.
  14. tauzero
    This is probably even more unicorn:
  15. tauzero
    ITYM Gilmour and Waters in that last sentence, as Wright hasn't got any juices flowing any more.
  16. tauzero
    Either All Right Now or Back in the USSR.
  17. tauzero
    I was wondering about the sound for the marching band too. If they'd just had an array of fixed microphones and blended them all together, there would have been a right mish-mash of sound as the more distant mics picked up the sound later than the closer mics. I wondered if they had an array of mics and somebody operating a mixer, maintaining a volume level on one mic and then when there was no delay between that mic and the next one, blending the next one in and fading the previous one out. Maybe I'm overthinking it and they just had somebody with a mic walking close by the band but not in the procession. Or maybe they were miming.
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  19. tauzero
    If you press stop twice it returns to the start of the track. Haven't had any problems with any MP3. The only issues I've had is with 48kHz WAV files (they must be 44.1kHz) - I think it would also balk at MP3s created from 48kHz WAVs.
  20. tauzero
    Just right for a bit of hardcore.
  21. tauzero
    Something to hang from the headstock:
  22. tauzero
    Normally a headless will have a body which extends to the end of the tuners on each side, and typically there will be a strap peg both above and below them. This means that you can stand it on end without bothering with a stand. If the tuners are exposed, you really need to use a stand.
  23. tauzero
    Another solution - a locking strap. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Planet-Waves-Planet-Lock-Guitar-Strap-Polypropylene-Black/KJP (available in other patterns)
  24. tauzero
    If you've got all the MP3s you'll want, what about a Tascam GB-10? Load the MP3s onto it and play along. Use a cheap wireless system to get rid of the guitar lead. Allows you to change pitch and speed, loop a section, even record. Built-in tuner and metronome. Powered by a brace of AA batteries.
  25. tauzero
    I very rarely use plectrums but when I do, I use the same as I do on guitar - the black (1mm) Dunlop Max-Grip.
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