Lfalex v1.1

Got any pics? Surely it should go on the Ibanez owners' thread...👍

Do you play really hard? Try upping the gain/master and playing more gently and see if the issue persists.

Didn't see anyone suggest this, but they may have; Have you checked the string itself? Is it worn or damaged? Has this issue just started? Does it disappear if you replace that particular A string? Just eliminating variables... Edit- I see you have, and it's gone. Maybe it's indicative of a certain level of wear on the A string?

That, or mint white. Would also look less sterile that plain "white", which looks anaemic on lighter colours to my eyes.

Shouldn't be hard to find. Not many basses will stay in the case like that! 😉

Good thread! Fingers. R/H thumb moves from pickup covers right up to base of neck. Elixir rounds (mainly steels now) 45/65/80/100/ (+125 or 130 on fives) Vigier Passion V, Ibanez EDB605, EDC715, Warwick Fortress MasterMan V, Warwick Infinity SN IV Whirlwind cables Pandora PX-4D headphone amp/fx/tuner/metronone with aux input. Sennheiser HD415 mk1 (headphones) Other paraphernalia also owned, but the above is the day to day stuff.

Ideally, they should be. SO many basses and guitars with a humbucking neck and single coil (assuming this one is!) Bridge pickup sound watered-down when the bridge pickup is added in. Some Telecasters are awful, especially if there's only a selector switch rather than VVT. I guess the principal reason is the smaller string excursion over the bridge pickup. At least this set seems to have addressed this.

There's always the BC strap washer solution* No Grolsch need be drunk** * Other brands of strap block/ washer are available. ** Some brands of olive oil also sport such washers. As do more wholesome beers.

Nice work there, but I feel compelled to add this...

I'm not sure what capabilities playing through a PC allows (playing along with music etc), but maybe a potential future purchase might be a dedicated headphone amplifier or a multi-effects unit with an aux input. I frequently use a small headphone unit. It's small, battery powered has reasonable onboard effects and I can play music from my phone's SD card /youtube/ Spotify. Means I can take it anywhere. And play during power cuts!

2 pickup Westone rail... awesome. I guess you'd need 2 original ones and remove the pickup module from one and fit it to the other... Or fabricate (3d print?) A second. Not sure how you'd wire the pair. Y cable into a home-brew blend..

Good start you've made there. Nice bass and a decent, functional tuner. Playing through (good/proper) headphones can be helpful- you'll definitely hear any mistakes you make, and it means you can play on even when everyone else has gone to bed! Just don't play too loudly for too long- Take care of your hearing. It'll be a culture shock when you plug into an amp. They're more forgiving and less clear than headphones, ultimately more flattering to your instrument and your playing.

I've always wondered how good Hickory might be for necks. It's stiff and tough. Might be hard to work, though. If it's good enough for heavy tool handles, it ought to be good for necks.

Vigier used brass inserts in the s3 instruments (presumably in the 1,2 &4 also) for the strap buttons to screw into. I don't know if they're screws or bolts- mine are as tight now as 25 years ago so I've never touched them.. I don't know what's holding the bridge down, though. It's a through-neck, so no need to good the neck on with fixings.

These work okay for me. Not much wood apart from Maple necks and Rosewood boards 😉

This is a tough one. In my previous life as a hifi geek, I spent many a happy hour trying (often succesfully) to rigidly couple whatever speakers I was using to stands or plinths (dependent on their being stand-mounts or floor standers) The aim was to hold the cabinets as rigidly as possible in position such that only the drivers were moving and to "mechanically earth" the enclosures- trying to stop them storing energy. You need to do the opposite! @Woodwind is barking up the right tree, methinks; deadening the room surfaces- particularly the floor if you've people beneath you will help. Heavy rugs? Wall hangings? Something absorbent under the speakers and stands as others have suggested. And, just maybe, swap the Early Megadeth for Pachelbel's canon in D major? 😉

It's not so much the learning of the covers as agreeing with the rest of the band whose interpretation is best/most l likely to work/most accurate. AKA: Why I've always played in originals bands with no covers in their sets. I do, however, learn to play other bands' songs for my own entertainment. I endeavour to get as close to the original as humanly possible. *except for that bit in "Crime of the Century" (Supertramp) after the middle 8 where it's uncertain whether the first bass note is meant to be on the off-beat or not. Tony Levin puts it squarely there on a cover version, so that's how I play it. Maybe this is why I can't play in covers bands! 🤣

That's what happens when you have an accomplished Jazz drummer playing in a metal band...

£1804 + Tax... Not too bad, considering it's MIJ. And I like the matching headstock.

Nice. Not dissimilar to the (also Fender) Stu Hamm Urge/Urge II in terms of concept. I like well thought-out and developed hot-rodded versions of otherwise less interesting instruments; Yamaha Attitude Fender Roscoe Beck (as previously mentioned) Some of the Hotrod Deluxe and Elite precisions

Saving? 🤣

Yep. I used to bridge a QSC PLX 1202 into various 8ohm Trace Cabinets, some with a power rating much lower than the 600Wrms that the amp could supply into that load. All survived. And yes, the headroom and sheer control that extra power gives really is something.

Interesting point. Certainly, looking at the idea again from a fresh perspective, I'd probably qualify it slightly differently. If we accept that the pickups/electronics are one of the biggest contributors to the overall sound of the bass, then it would be wasteful to equip or design an instrument with other features to enhance the sound and NOT use pickups that would be transparent enough to bring that to the fore. Conversely, it might be overkill to spec features that might subtly improve the sound only for them to be smothered by a pickup that can't do then justice. Finding the right combination of materials, design, features and construction with the right electronics and ergonomics would be a real delight. I fear, however, that we're heading in the direction of some of Plato's philosophy, which would contend that such perfection is unattainable! Nothing's perfect, I guess.

Ain't no-one doing that right now...

Did it have a little hinged flip-out panel on the lower edge? They do the trick. Steinbergers and Hohners have them, too.