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Definitely. I'm not going to spend my money on stuff that doesn't sound, feel, and LOOK absolutely bitchin'!

Good call on the Pitch Black - best tuner I have had, tiny current draw when not in use, and true bypass (to which it also defaults when the power goes down).

[quote name='paulmcnamara' timestamp='1463175757' post='3049375'] Interview with Adrian Belew where he speaks about Flux FX.......... [url="http://bit.ly/adrianultimate"]http://bit.ly/adrianultimate[/url] [/quote] I like how he's modelled his hair on Andy Pipkin from Little Britain.

[quote name='Burrito' timestamp='1468361103' post='3090490'] I assume Vintage white is okay? [url="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/Tim_73/media/IMG_4651_zpsqjk2cbs6.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Has that cat been peeping in a sea-food store?

Dave bought a bass from me. Excellent communications, and a pleasure to meet in person. At the moment Dave is very much a forum newbie, but don't let that put you off, he is a genuine chap.

Bear in mind Fender Jazz pickups used to be different sizes, but I believe Squier and some copies no longer follow this and make both pickups the same size:

[quote name='Burrito' timestamp='1469549454' post='3099291'] [attachment=224338:Convent.JPG] We played the Convent in Stroud which must be a contendor for the most beautiful, friendly and professional music venue ever. They even stream the show live with a 5 camera production team. I'm still speechless. [/quote] Is that a PF50T I see there? How is it working out for you?

The clip-on tuner doesn't help!

Your setup seems the most flexible but uses a lot of cable. You can daisy chain signal connections between powered speakers, but you don't want to connect a speaker-level output to a line-level input!

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' timestamp='1469627426' post='3099843'] I know how you'd do this in Audacity - after snipping out the between-song-guff, you place a label on the timeline at the start of each track, with the label title being the name of the track. You then use the "Export Multiple" menu item. [url="http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/export_multiple.html"]http://manual.audaci...t_multiple.html[/url] S.P. [/quote] Now that's useful to know!

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1469812670' post='3101300'] FWIW flatwound strings are what you want if you're looking to hide bad technique [/quote] Ooooh!!

There is a lot of *ahem* dislike for that song on this forum, particularly among those of a jazz persuasion, and especially for the bass line!

I often use compression on electric guitar when playing live, to embiggen(TM) the sound. I also used a bit of Spectracomp live on bass when I had a TC head with it built in, but I love the simplicity of the bass-lead-amp setup and I just can't bring myself to faff around with pedals.

Maybe the buffer is also boosting the signal to a level that the compressor's make-up gain can't match?

You can actually get these, albeit without that text - basically a switchable volume control that sits in the guitar amp's effects loop.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1469736228' post='3100803'] String choice is SO important and can radically change the sound and playability of a bass. I think they get overlooked sometimes. [/quote] [quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1469774914' post='3100911'] Agreed 100%. Decent strings can bring in so much character, one of the most important components in making the sound [/quote] And a relatively cheap and fully reversible mod.

I take the bass that I think will be the best fit for the gig. They're all Precisions with flats anyway, but they do sound very different from each other.

My guitar pedal board has been through endless iterations, but I've been pedal-free* on bass for about 8 years. [size=1]*assuming a tuner doesn't count[/size]