miles'tone

It's a song writing technique as old as the hills - sing a sad song happy and a happy song sad.

HIP HOP Evolution on Netflix is an outstanding lesson on the story arc of the genre. I've been picking out tunes along the way to play along with. A great lesson in playing simply and getting right inside the groove. It's making me pay such close attention to note execution, note length and picking hand technique that I can almost hear the crowd booing if I'm even a touch out 😄. It's really satisfying to totally lock in with a solid cool groove for 7+ minutes and eventually not hear yourself because you're playing so tight. It's like meditating. Good for the soul!

Aja is one of those albums I have tried to like because my friend whose musical taste I respect has banged on about it for years. He's a remarkable drummer btw. It's just not my thing. That and Night fly.. To me they just sound corny and sterile.

My favourite in many ways..

I've got one of these and it's fab. The neck is lush and so easy to play. I have mine strung with D'addario tapes now. Ridiculous bass for the money. I've spent more on pickups in the past! https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_b_550fl_bk_progressive_series.htm

😂😂😂 I love it! In the same way that a trombone makes me laugh. To be fair there is a great sound lurking in there. Some parts sound like it's being bowed rather than pizz (and would sound less bovine in the right hands). His buddy not tuning his guitar certainly adds to 'the vibe'.

Forgive this observation of mine as I don't wish it to be taken the wrong way. I've noticed that on the BT Profile basses the pole pieces of the pickups are routed out of alignment. All the pictures of different basses online show the strings passing over just one of the pole pieces rather than between the two per string. I imagine that the thinner strings may function ok but I expect the larger E string may be moving out of the magnetic range of the one pole piece it has under it. I wanted a Profile Bass myself, REALLY wanted one, but I couldn't bring myself to spend £500 on a bass that I'd have to buy a custom pickguard for with correct pickup routing and have to move the pickups over myself, possibly removing some wood to do it. Strangely, the Power and Detroit Ps don't have this issue. Check it out, I'm very happy to be told I'm wrong! Again no offence intended. They are otherwise beautiful looking P basses in the best colour. ✌️ EDIT: I just checked again and it is just one side of the pickup that will be out of alignment. If the E and A are OK, the D and G will be out and vice versa..

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G&L use Paulownia as an option on their USA custom basses under the name of Empress wood. A wee spot of superglue absorbed into the bridge screw holes would solve any lifting potential I would imagine. Alternatively the Harley Benton PJ-5s are supposed to be good for £110

Very informative vid. I used to get so hung up on being good at everything that I stopped enjoying what I was naturally good at which is simplicity and solid time and feel. Food for thought.

I was going to suggest these, especially the. 100 -. 40 set. Great great tone, very feely goody, last ages and not expensive.

I haven't gigged in about a year and I'm fine with that. I'm actually learning more by not gigging to be honest. Unless I somehow end up in a killer band, I'm OK with not gigging at all. Live jams are my thing if I do play with others. I'm not interested in playing covers at all so this is the main reason really.

I used to have a FCS relic P bass, now I have a 1985 MIJ. Both great basses made with quality materials. The relic job on the CS was a work of art but I prefer the MIJ which was a quarter of the price of the CS. 👍

As a funk lover I look forward to listening those later, cheers!

Cool thread! Some great records here. I love this one from the Ozrics, the dubbiest of all their dubby leanings..

I played one in Wunjos with a maple neck. It was amazing and easy to play. Didn't notice that it felt wider than my old Stingray. It did feel like 'home' though!

Wise words. Best of luck with all of the above and I really hope the treatment you're receiving helps you to continue playing for a very long time to come.

I could live with that and I'm a right weirdo about this kind of thing 😄. Glad it was an easy fix for you.

Last one.. Mojo's Zodiac pic just reminded me that as your's is a 5 string, check that the D string is aligned up the middle of the dots on the fingerboard. If they're not then that's a great tell regarding needing to bump the neck. That Peavey looks good at the dots so the misalignment at the pickups is just the way it was made I reckon.

They're free floating like on a Fender if you know what I mean, mounted on a large MM shaped backplate. I just checked my own Fender after I posted the above and my saddles were out too! Squeezed them back together with a click and they're all 19mm again. God knows how long they'd been like that for..

Another thought.. Before moving the neck a smidge (they can be knocked out of whack during transit/shipping), try squeezing the bridge saddles tight together so that the string spacing is uniform. It's possible there's been a bit of movement there too.

Turn up your amps bass and volume more? Otherwise Dimarzio Model Js are brill. If you do change pups, instead of getting the soldering iron out just cut the wires of the pickups a couple of inches from the pots and install small Connector blocks on each one. You can then easily try different pickups to your hearts content just by using a small screwdriver.

Yep I'm with you. Have you tried loosening the neck bolts a bit and nudging the neck towards the left a tad? I find this usually does the trick. Just a smidge should make the D string line up dead centre. Tighten back up. The others should fall in symmetrically then. Remember to judge the others by their strings centre line afterwards though of course!