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  1. Acebassmusic
    I would agree with you on this but only as far as playing country (not western) is concerned. If you get into the more technical aspects of the speed polka genres then the baseline minimum would be raised by 50% with some scholars even quoted at up to 57%. To be a true officianado and expert in the execution of speed polka it is also expected that no external aids or stimuli such as chicken grease, sweat or WD40 be used in assisting the exponent.
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    Some of the "problem" could be down to the way you are holding In your bass. In the second photo it looks like your wrist is quite bent and your elbow tucked into your side. The lower you wear your bass increases the bend in your wrist (for 1 finger per fret) and tends to close your hand up naturally. This can be compounded by having your elbow too close to your body. Years a go I struggled with similar problems including bent right wrist resting over the top of the bass. My bass teacher told me to "spread your wings" 😂 and lift each elbow out and away from my body. Doesnt need to be far and it feels a bit strange to start with but I found it worked for me.
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    This is probably the most "modern" looking Fender I've seen and quite like it. Yes its a bit bling but not too OTT. Now lets talk about this one......😳 Design premis "make me a bass out of some old floorboards adorned with a 60's formica chopping board shaped into scratch plate whilst bolting on one of those used necks we found behind the skip"...... If this bass had come up on Ebay by a certain bass-bodger ...er builder then there would be a Basschat thread about how could he wreck something so badly! 😂
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    I give a strong second to the Sadowsky Metro. Great sounding basses. PS: @thodrik How big are your hands???? 😮😂
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    Although it would be wise not to use this phrase when actually using it on a flight! 😮 Needless to say these are very good cases. 😁
  6. Acebassmusic
    Just received a couple of cables from John......for absolutely nothing! Cant think of a better deal than that. Thanks 👍
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    EVG are also on Reverb and have been in Guitar Magazine so things seem to line up reasonably well (as long as it is his Ebay account 😮)
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    Ian bought an Ibanez bridge off me. Good comms and quick payment, just what you want in a deal. Thanks again Ian.
  9. Acebassmusic
    Davie bought my knobs (stop sniggering at the back!). Quick payment, good comms. Great guy to deal with. Thanks again.
  10. Acebassmusic
    That's a good point I hadn't added that to the advert! They're both the same size at: Width = 39mm Length = 108mm Height = 23mm Foam thickness = 5mm
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    My second deal with Andy, this time I sold him 2 Hercules wall hangers. As usual quick payment and good comms. Many thanks.
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    My first deal with Andy and I sold him an Ibanez pre-amp. Quick payment and good comms. Many thanks.
  13. Acebassmusic
    I have a couple of the GSP39WB short-arm metal guitar wall hangers for sale. No screws. £7 each plus postage.
  14. Acebassmusic
    Brand new, never used set of rack ears for a TecAmp Puma amp. For some reason I ended up with 2 sets and I have one lot fitted to my "900". I'm not sure whether they would fit the others in the range "300" and "500" but as they are the same chassis size I don't see why not. Postage at cost.
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    It's an....er Ibanez neck plate complete with plastic gaskit that goes between the plate and the wood. Hard to photograph a shiny, mirror type thing but here goes....
  16. Acebassmusic
    4 chrome knobs in good condition. Lock on with the grub screws. Postage at cost.
  17. Acebassmusic
    One preamp from an Ibanez SRX305 for sale. 9v system. Volume, blend, treble and bass controls. Postage at cost.
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    One very clean set of Ibanez 5 string neck and bridge pickups from a SRX305 for sale with mounting screws. String spacing is designed around 16 to 18mm. They're both the same size at: Width = 39mm Length = 108mm Height = 23mm Foam thickness = 5mm Postage at cost.
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    One very clean Ibanez 5 string bridge for sale with mounting screws. String spacing is 17mm. Postage at cost.
  20. Acebassmusic
    I usually like Berg stuff but these don't do it for me. However they look like hours of fun at gigs with the new competitive punter sport of "Flick the beer mat into the bass port" 😮🤣
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    I tried this track for years and struggled with my right hand speed. The thing that made it much easier for me was changing the way I play. I use to really dig in for tracks like this but found by digging in my muscles were tensing up and slowing me down! Once I lightened up my plucking and relaxed my hand / arm / finger muscles I managed to work up to full speed. Just my 5p worth (2p plus inflation 🙂 ) Hope it helps.
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    Just bought a Babicz bridge from Matt. Great deal and delivered quickly. Highly recommend him. Thanks.
  23. Acebassmusic
    You only think its not working properly because the decimal point looks like it's in the wrong place! 😥😂🤣 Now where's my Lotto ticket gone to? 😂
  24. Acebassmusic
    Just a little more history on the bass...... When I owned the bass (2016 to 2019) I re-shielded the cavity, replaced the vol / pan / tone pots (the tone pots were rough to operate and felt scratchy), included the stacked mid-frequency control & circuit, replaced the knobs to all matching, new jack socket.....all with the guidance of Jon Shuker. At the time I checked the pickup type with Jon as there were no markings on them. He advised that if I removed the plastc casing and looked at the the coils inside, a single coil is the big single, a split 3 / 2 inline coil is the big splits and two coils stacked is the Fatstack. These were the 3/2 so are Big Splits. I doubt they will have been changed out since but if you want to double check its pretty easy with just a screwdriver. It's no 20 of his photos: https://shukerguitars.co.uk/basses/shuker-singlecut-bass/#images-20 If anyones looking for sound files I made some here just before I sold it : Dropbox - Shuker Signal chain - if I remember correctly Shuker (probably bass & treble slightly boosted and new-ish strings (< 1 month) as I tend to restring a bass before I sell it. Then through a Smoothound wireless into my Demeter HBP-1 800D into a Berg CN212. There a little compression from A TC GMajor-II and then recorded live on my Samsung phone. Not done many recordings with my phone so some of the brightness heard may have been "enhanced" by a drop in bass due to the phones capability (just a guess). Overall I did find the bass produced a great articulate sound anyway due to the positioning of the pickups even when rolling of the treble you still got note definition. Hope this helps.
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    At the end of Nov I bought 3 sets (1 Sadowsky and 2 D'Addario) Delivered very quickly for a good price.....might buy some more for Xmas and before the unmentionable "B" kicks in 🙂
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