MichaelDean

I put one in my Squier Jag SS. Didn't like it as much as the original in my 76 Mustang but preferred it to the stock P and the Entwhistle that was too deep for the cavity.

Not exactly in the studio, but I bought myself a second hand M1 Pro MacBook Pro with 32gb of RAM a few weeks ago. Such an upgrade from my old mid-2012 version! I can't seem to run out of plugins to try out different mixing ideas which is really nice. I've re-mixed one of the songs from our first EP to something I'm much more pleased with generally. It's like a blanket has been lifted off. The aim is to secretly redo both the first and second EPs in secret and then present them to the band as an album. Generally, it's something I'd like to get more into as well.

Pedals are indeed a slippery slope! I'd recommend having a play around here to make sure your pedals fit your proposed board and don't forget to leave space for patch cables between pedals, plus room for expansion 😝 https://pedalplayground.com/

I've bought them from AliExpress for the last few years. Much cheaper than the name brands but seems to last just as well. Just find the fit on the Comply website and have a search.

It took me a while to get used to mine but I don't notice it most of the time now. Sometimes I'll hear it hit on the frets a little if playing unplugged. Not an issue though.

That was the guy from Row of Ashes. He was running a Stingray through it.

It was a really fun one on Saturday night at the recently renovated Exchange basement in Bristol. It used to be a big corridor with a tiny stage, but they've opened up the space and now there's a bigger stage and increased capacity. We were opening up for a local band's new album release and I got to try out my Spector NS Icon 5 live for the first time, which was nice. The gig was a sell out and I was surprised at the number of people who came to see us. My brother and his mate came along too, so that was really nice to have them there as well. On the Spector front I tend to pick rather aggressively at a gig and with the curved Spector boddy and big pickups, I lost count of the amount of times I smacked my fingers into the pickups. They were feeling a bit sore the next day 😅 That's going to need some work if I'm going to play it live more! It sounded great through the usual Boss GX-100 -> Laney Digbeth and then the venue's Barefaced Super Twin. We played well and individually had lots of complements after the gig too. Should be getting some professional pictures back from that gig at some point once we hear back (and pay) the photographer. The other bands were Row of Ashes and the headliner Epimetheus.

I would always recommend foam tips over the silicone ones. You get such a better seal which then gives you a better bass response. It's a night and day difference.

@uk_lefty for drive and fuzz, I found that exploring all bass and guitar options with a scooch of clean blended in and plus/minus some of the bass control on parallel lines was the key to finding good tones. For my always on dirt I think I've got the the natural drive in parallel with the bass drive. Then fuzz, is the fuzz face on the bass overdrive and the bass fuzz on the transparent line. Don't drive them individually too hard, but the summing of them gives you a thickness and introduces some of the randomness that you get in the high frequencies of analog pedals.

Yikes. That looks like I did the fretwork 😅

I also bought some cheap Warwick strings with mine but I'm yet to fit them. After whatever grime was on the stock D'Addarios had rubbed off on my fingers, they're quite nice. Just took a week of playing it.

Yeah. I think the greenness doesn't quite hit you until you see it in person. I really quite like the colour now after a few weeks though.

Having removed a fretboard on my own build before (because the fret slots weren't right), it's very easy for something to go wrong. My fretboard came off in chunks and the neck split at one point. If it's a bass you value and you haven't tried this on something expendable first, get it done professionally.

I knew the pedal would be great. I love my Digbeth head. Your Shuker sounded amazing too!

That was a jazz bass, neck and tone full up, bridge pickup rolled off a little bit into the Mesa amp sim and 810 IR from the GP-5. The bypassed tone wasn't that different in all honesty. Maybe a little fuller?