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Hi All, I am one of those electric bass players, who occasionally plays some rock'n'roll on upright bass. VERY occasionally, I need to slap a few bars. When doing this, (eg. with a single slap) I struggle keeping the E and A strings from sympathetically resonanting when slapping the D and G strings - particularly when amplified. I am playing the D and G strings cleanly, but can't mute with the right hand, as I'm raising it from the fingerboard between slaps. Any experienced "slappers" out there who can offer some tips? Cheers, Paul

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Don Pullen on Maceo Parker‘s 1990 album Roots Revisited makes a very tasty contribution.

Excellent, thanks for that @Hellzero.

Hi All, I am trying to set up the intonation on my SGC Nanyo SB502 and I am a little uncertain about which screws do what. Am I right in thinking that screws A are some sort of locking screws? Screws B, just normal string-height adjustment, and screws C (see second pic) are to adjust string length? Cheers, Paul

Hello all, I have a quick question which I need answering before end of day (Thomann cyber week ends today) could anyone please tell me how wide is the distance between the long struts on either of these two models? Many thanks for your help, Paul.

Morning all, I've been trying to move on a bass on eBay here in Germany. So far, the only interest has been from people wanting me to deliver it. I prefer people try an instrument out before buying. Anyway, I decided to trawl the net a bit, just to see if my pricing was in the right ballpark. Imagine my surprise.... My ad on Small Ads followed by... @rsewipes unlimited ad. Notice how they started with my original price and then reduced it to there's.

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I like my V7 4-string and I‘ve had it for years. One slight nag, but by no means a deal-breaker, the controls are a bit faffy. My one had a stacked volume/passive tone pot, pick-up blend. Treble, stacked mid/sweep, bass, plus the switches. They all work fine, but on-the-fly tone changes take a little bit of practice.

This, 100%. Unfortunately, even a small amount of glitching on this renders the effect useless IME. Don’t get me wrong, I love the sounds on the F.I. but in the case of Ain’t Nobody it’s simply not usable.

My experience is that Ain‘t Nobody is kind of the one that got away. 16ths this rapid and in octaves, which are very tricky to play cleanly with no overlap whatsoever, tend to cause glitching.

Sorry to hear about your brother. Remember to pass up no opportunity to laugh when you are together. And, if you haven’t already, tell him you love him.