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    Definitely not gender specific. If you advertise for a male <insert instrument here> you will undoubtedly come up with many male chancers who have no idea about being in a band. It gets frustrating trawling through them to find the hidden diamond but does that mean that all male <insert instrument here> are full of "weaponised bovine faeces"? Nope, same with women. The band I ran for over 15 years had, at any one time up to 3 females in it. Throughout the 15 years we must have had up to 7 female fulltime / deps. 95% of the time absolutely no issues....the other 5% were just normal problems you have between human beings and not gender specific. Most of the problems I had usually came from the male element of the band @Happy Jack I think I could quite easily use all your comments but change out gender / instrument as required and apply them to many people who have applied to bands I've been in.....you're not alone! 🤣 I once auditioned a drummer who could not drive, didn't own a kit or have funds to buy / hire a kit and had his kids on a weekend so Friday and Saturday gigs were out .....but wanted to be in a band. I had to say no which was a shame as he was a great drummer and nice guy.
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    My band were in a similar situation where after a line up change (me and the drummer) our first gig in 2022 was to headline a local festival in front of 2000+ paying punters! This tends to focus the mind 🤣 Are there any local band jams you can go along to and play 2 or 3 tunes? We did this and because there was no pressure we were able to play, enjoy ourselves and most of all realise that as a group we were ready to do the big gig. A couple of mistakes were made, none of them critical or life threatening and it just helped us focus on a some areas we needed to improve. You seem to be prepared and rehearsed musically so I dont see that being a problem. As @rushbo says have a think about what can go wrong mechanically eg: your cable fails, string breaks and think of alternatives (but dont overthink the problems 😉). If something does happen on the day you've got a solution already in your head. We played the same festival again this year and 2nd song in my wireless decided not to work. It took me max 30 seconds to unhook the wireless and run a cable I had ready. Minimal disruption and one of the guitarists hadn't noticed until he saw the video several days later!
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    @Mickyk I'm not sure if this is the same thing but here's a thread on finger / hand positioning ideas that might help - Thumb Position etc. Some good advice in the previous comments about 1 finger per fret and taking it very slow. If the stretch at the lower G is a lot to start with move up to the C on the 8th fret. Your hand and fingers will be in amore relaxed position there. Once your comfortable doing that then you can start moving the excercise around the bass and increasing speed little by little. Good luck, hope this helps.
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    As you've been playing 5 strings for so long I don't see any advantage to "learning on a 4" unless you plan to move back to 4. You're already familiar with playing a five so its one less thing to think about and confuse yourself whilst learning the new stuff. Any new bass line is difficult until you've learned it! 🤣 Some tracks do take days or months to get all the notes down, this happens to everyone whatever their level. Even Mr Wooten needs to work on stuff. What speeds up the "brute force trial and error" part of the process is knowing note names and positions on the fretboard, scales modes, arpeggios, intervals etc. This theory stuff might sound boring and it can be a bit of a slog to get through. However when things start to fall into place and you get lightbulb moments where you are able to recongnise what the next note should be (and know why) you'll find yourself grinning and enjoying playing more 👍 Who said you should learn on a 4? I would say its more common because there's more 4 string basses out there. Don't let that stop you playing the 5.
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    You may well be correct.....😢😭
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    For sale (or trade) is my Sadowsky M5-24 Modern 5 string and lightweight “hard” case. This is one of the Japanese Metroline made basses and not Warwick or NYC. I had it up for sale a couple of years ago but withdrew it when I came to my senses...lol 🤣. Lovely bass and I have enjoyed our time together but I’m looking for a change in the gear I have. The following text is taken from the original advert along with my replies to a number of questions. I've also included a couple of videos ( @SzunaP ) as they give a great idea of the versatile sound of the bass as well as the playing being much better than I could muster. I would give it a 9.5 / 10 for condition with only a couple of small marks that I can see and have added pics. Current Warwick Metroline M5-24 are costing around £3,200. Warwick Sadowsky MetroLine Modern 5-24 Make & Model: Sadowsky M5-24 Modern (Japanese Metroline) Made: Approx. 2009 Serial Number: M3170 Body & Top: Swamp ash body with a 59’ sunburst gloss polyurethane lacquer on body Neck: Bolt on, maple, gloss polyester lacquer on neck, graphite rods Scale Length: 34 inch Fingerboard: Maple. 24 frets – 2 octave. Side and front dot markers String Spacing: 19mm Hardware: Machine heads and bridge in chrome. Strap locks fitted Truss Rod: Dual action – fully functional Pick Ups: 2 Sadowsky soap-bar pickups (I have checked but can't confirm who manufactures them eg: Nordstrand / Di Marzio / Basslines / EMG as this was a crossover time with suppliers) Controls: Sadowsky with VTC – 9 volt active pre-amp. Volume, blend, treble, bass, VTC (variable tone control) with push / pull for active / passive Strings: Fitted with D'Addario, Chrome Flatwound ECB81-5 Case: Lightweight foam “hard” case Weight: 8.8lbs / 4kg Shipping Weight: Approx. 10kg / 22lb. Shipping will be at cost. Message me with your postcode and I will get a price. I would prefer a straight sale but I could be interested in trades with a Zon, Overwater, Bogart, Modulus, JCR, Sei etc., 5 string with active electronics, 24 frets, 18 / 19 mm spacing. Try me, you never know! I’ve got good feedback on here, see the link in my signature. Any questions, ask away. 🙂
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    When I did mine I used a spray can trigger - Here! It made it so much easier to control the spray. 👍
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    It sounds as if the neck is chunky enough and that you're doing all the right things. 🤔 For me, 3mm action at the 12th seems on the medium / higher side so that shouldn't be causing the issue at the first 5 frets. I had a look at the Fender manual and it recommends 0.012" to 0.014" neck relief. What are you setting? Depending on how you play (hard / lighter) you may want more gap. I play relatively lightly but have found sometimes if I increase the relief it allows me to lower the action at the bridge a little more. On my Sadowsky (5 string) its recommended releif is 0.012". I've found setting it at 0.016" allows me to get a 1.9mm action on the B string without any buzzing. Hope you find a solution. 👍
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    When you say "setting up again" I'm assuming you mean adjust the truss rod? Are you trying to get a really low action? How low? Is it a really thin neck (front to back)? What bass is it? Maple neck with a rosewood board are pretty standard materials for a neck and and I guess will have been used on hundreds of thousands of instruments. The fretboard thickness taper does seem a bit strange but a 2mm variation in materials shouldn't make that much of a difference to rigidity and setup stability (unless the rest of the neck is really thin.....I'm thinking 2mm as a % of the overall neck thickness) 🤔
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    Theres been a few reels come up on Facebook of these guys busking in Edinburgh. Sound pretty good and tight 👍
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    Phew! Glad I could be of help. It will probably feel different for a while with the ring and little fingers but in reality not much grip strength is required to push the strings onto the fretboard even with a high action. 👍
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    Paolo, I've taken some photos and compared them to your pics to show how I hold my left hand. For the most part our positions are very similar, just a couple of subtle differences. My first picture shows my arm & wrist is nearly straight with my palm facing upwards. My fingers are parallel with the frets (just like your photo). The difference I see is the positioning of my thumb on the back of the neck. In the picture below I've tried to copy your thumb position. We both hold the thumb approx in the centre of the neck but your thumb is flat against it. To get my thumb flat I had to rotate my wrist clockwise which then made my palm approx 45 deg to the bottom of the neck making it more difficult for me to fret notes. By keeping my palm facing upwards, parallel to the bottom of the neck I find my thumb automatically moves to 45 deg and its more the edge of my thumb in contact. In the video I'm showing how I use my thumb to pivot and can move up and down the fretboard. There are many different "correct techniques" on the web so mine may / may not be right for you but hopefully it helps a bit. 20230705_135350.mp4
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    I think pictures would help us in seeing what you are describing. Bass height and angle on the strap contribute significantly to how your hand interfaces with the neck. Scotts Bass Lessons does a couple of videos covering these areas which may give you ideas. 👍 Strap Height Video Hand Position Video
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    I'm not sure if there is a trim pot in this amp as I've never seen one mentioned in the manual or on forums before. I never needed one as I just used the active / passive inputs. Worth checking out, thanks 👍
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    Good question and well spotted 😁 The volume control is the master volume, just located on the left of the amp. The gain / volume layout is a little different to many amps nowadays which have input / gain knob / EQ / master vol. On the Demeter the input gain is regulated by either plugging into the active or passive inputs. This supplies a fixed amount of gain for the EQ and master volume to work with. The amp is designed to produce clean headroom as opposed to getting a driven sound.
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    My weekend gig was on Sunday for the 45th anniversary party of local band "The Bash Street Kids" It started at 2pm through to 9pm and comprised my band Reloaded along with another 4 bands. The headliner was of course "The Bash Street Kids" unfortunately minus their lead singer who was spending time in hospital minus his appendix! Someone had made a huge cake for the party....mmmm! Unfortunately when we were changing over from the previous band their guitarist dropped his Fractal Audio amp.........onto my Sadowsky! 🤬 I initialy thought it had just knocked the strap (it was on a stand) and quickly checked it over. Didn't see any damage in the low lighting, played the gig, packed away and didn't think any more of it. Unpacked my gear today and you guessed it, I found the impact point. There's now a chunk of finish taken out of the top horn. In the photo it looks an easy repair but it's translucent black and you can see the grain underneath...ah well it could have been worse.
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    For sale (or trade) is the 2nd of my TC Electronic G Major 2 multi effects unit in excellent condition. Pictures show it in its usual rack home (rack not included). Although most of the reverb and delay effects are aimed at the guitarist I have found the compressor, gate, flanger, phaser and octaver (up and down) etc. to be very useable for bass. I have attached the manual below. You can use the unit in your DAW as well as with your bass / guitar etc. Patches can be easily selected from the front panel or attach a midi-pedal (I used a MidiMoose). There is also some Vyzor software you can download from the net which allows you to interface your PC with the GMajor to edit and backup your user patches.
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    For sale (or trade) is my Demeter HBP1-800D 800w tube pre / power amp. Excellent condition and comes full of heft! 🤣 Standard 1U rack unit weighing 11lbs / 5kgs. Currently new ones are $2,099 (approx. £1,650 + shipping +tax). Passive / Active inputs with treble / mid / bass / presence EQ Parametric EQ that can be switched in / out Effects loop that can be switched in / out Output Power: 800 watt RMS @ 4 ohms, 500 watt RMS @ 8 ohms Speakon connections Built in DI output (protected from +48volt phantom power) Operating voltage: 115V/230V AC switchable From the Demeter page: "The HBP-1-800D H Series Tube Bass Pre/Power amplifier by James Demeter integrates an 800 Watt Class D amplifier, driven by Jensen Transformers, into the HBP-1 Preamplifier circuit. Utilizing the best of both the tube and solid state world, the HBP-1-800D features high voltage (250V) tube front end (providing all of the preamplifier gain and passive tone controls), a two band solid state fully parametric equalizer that is tuned for bass, a fully adjustable active effects loop with controls up front, a tuner output, a full balanced output with switchable mic or line level, both a balanced TRS line level output and an unbalanced line level output for amplifier connections and a mute switch." Link to the Demeter webpage and manual - Demeter HBP1-800D
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    For sale is my Tech21 MidiMoose pedal. I have 2 of these and this one is surplus to requirements. In great, fully functional condition with only slight scuffing on a couple of corners. Comes with the original box. The pedal is robust and great for sending midi messages to other midi equipment / synths / DAW / effects etc. I used it with my TC G-Major. Powered by either a wall wart (not supplied) or a single 9v battery. Here a link to the Tech21 website and operating manual - Tech21. The pedal is simple to use and integrates into any midi system. It has been superceded by the Midi Mongoose a slightly smaller unit with less function switches (£175 at Thomann)
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    There is a thread HERE on Basschat which gives a number of options for slowing / looping tracks for learning. I found that you can slow "Amazing Slow Downer" a lot without it getting too distorted. You used to be able to download a free version which was limited to the fist 2 mins of a track (if I remember). I tried it first (for a couple of years!) to see if I was happy then bought it.
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    Good day @dave74200 For me, learning songs that push me into areas I'm not used to eg: speed / style / genre etc. I slow them down using the likes of "Amazing Slow Downer" This allows my brain and body time to think 🤣 and I split the track down into manageable chunks. Once I've learned the sections I'll start joining them together (still at a slow speed) which helps me remember fingerings and start to build on stamina. Once I can play the whole track through I then start increasing the speed by a few % making sure I'm playing as cleanly and accurately as I can. I also use the likes of Youtube to check out how otheres are playing it, noting both left and right hands. "are some of us just less able to play in this style?" I don't think it's a case of "we can't" so much as "we've probably not learned the techniques and practiced it much" Mr Harris has been playing in this style for around 40 years so has a bit of a head start on most of us 🤣
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    Well done! My next gig with Reloaded is on the 2nd July at a private party for a local band "The Bash Street Kids" who are celebrating 45 years together so they could be described as comparative newcomers! 🤣
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    Just sold Paolo some tuners. Easy deal, quick payment. Many thanks.
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    I've checked and only have M10's ☹️
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    Whats the diameter? I may have something in my box'a'bits 😁
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