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A great little gig last night for jagged little Alanis. A fan of ours wanted an extra special birthday… so we played a full gig in their kitchen! great little event. Drum kit was a scaled back cocktail one, the vibe was excellent. my gear was the usual pedalboard plus my stingray HH, which sounded great. I used a little Roland bass cube RX as a monitor at head height, worked quite well but I reckon I’ll use my own in-ears if we do this again 😂

I noticed someone selling a whole load saying the Anagram meant they were just downsizing everything (although they had specific stuff about travel in there) - I wonder how things have changed since the days of e.g. the bass pod xT (I still have one of those... I should put that up for sale, really) - have recent multifx releases seen more people sell off their pedal collections? I built a truly huge pedalboard a few years ago for a synth / electronic project which didn't happen, and downsized / rebuilt this year. It's definitely revitalised my appetite for effects units - I've built PCs in the past, and it feels a little like that, with a pleasant degree of self-build. I solder my own cables, etc, and sourcing parts is good fun. That said, it's an expensive hobby: the filter board I'm building has definitely hit £500 in new spend on new filter pedals, etc, and I've been sourcing secondhand a fair amount. That only hit me yesterday: I mean, that's nearly half an anagram.

If he can do what he did replacing the truss rod in one of these - https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/maruszczyk-elwood-absolution-5a-gloss-blueburst/ - then replacing the one in your beloved Mighty Mite neck should be a walk in the park! (there's a blast from the past name, I bought a Warmoth neck in 1992 and both those names take me right back...) I watched a video he posted the other day of him actually removing a fingerboard. It's meticulous work, methodical and steady, and explains how I literally can't see a single mark around the edge of the board. Amazing stuff.

I recently had a Maruzczyk whose truss rod ran out of adjustment room and the head snapped off (not a great rod on that bass at all) - and yep, I know, they work in reverse, was aware! I got @Manton Customs to replace the rod and fit carbon strips, and the work he did was frankly amazing. This is a heavily ornamented neck, too - pearl binding all the way around. He did a great job, recommended if you want the rod replaced.

They’re definitely more a studio thing for me, but they’ll quickly dial up some harmonic differences with the various in phase / out of phase possibilities. Only slight allowance I have to make is not to get too enthusiastic with my thumb and catch a micro switch on the neck pickup. I love them!

Uncanny. My Rikkers Bodyline actually uses those switches on the humbuckers!

Check out Rikkers in the Netherlands - they do a bass in wood which is literally almost this design! They call it the “treeline” bass

Currently building a Bass Filter board to plug into my main pedalboard as an extension (using the Stomp loop). Some great sounds on here, and the chance to bring my original Q-tron back into use. That SZ funk face sounds killer.

Haha, wicked! I've been telling people about this for years - picked the tip up a couple of *decades* ago and stopped boiling strings to switch to this, and it's so good! And yep, they kind of feel played in, but with all the zing you could want - my guess is, the stretch they've had has them at "comfortable playing tension", so they don't need playing in. Such a cool trick, and it saves a fortune! And it'll work great the second time around, and the third - at least. The only thing that happens is the paint deteriorates on the ball ends - but that's it. And thanks to the XLs not having any thread winding on them, the string tops always look good. Nobody can tell it's L'oreal (or whatever)

BTW thanks for the info on HB and meths - that's a good price for 500ml! I could use a top-up

The ones I linked to are actually being sold in the Amazon D'addario shop, and the 3 sets I've had so far have all been legit.

If your bass has a quick release bridge, it makes it a lot easier - if you have to straighten / rewind the tuning peg end it still works fine, but the strings don't last quite as long as the metal up that end gradually weakens a little. That being said, it's still well worth doing. Welcome to saving a whole load of cash and always having loads of fresh strings available 🙂

@Woodinblack I feel your pain. I depped a full-tilt rock band a few years back, and the pub use a pair of old church pews to separate the crown from the floor-level window alcove the band set up in. We had to play with one food on the pew (facing inwards to us) to keep them in place, which works well when you're in full rock mode (hello Harris and his Monitor Foot Stance) I'm gigging tonight in Reading with Jagged Little Alanis (http://jaggedlittlealanis.co.uk) at the Facebar (just off Reading's internal ring road, easy access and chatham street car park very close by). Should be a good one!

Picnic! At the Disco And maybe Arctic Donkeys if it hasn't been done already

HELLO Basschatters! I've joined an Alanis Morissette tribute this year, and the bass on her songs turns out to be enchanting, sometimes complex, supportive and really interesting to play. If you're a fan of her work, and you can make it to Reading in Berkshire, come and check us out tonight: Facebar is here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wYr6u83XvQDjPjyX7 Tickets from Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jagged-little-alanis-alanis-morissette-tribute-band-tickets-1116495962479 The band's accessible from http://jaggedlittlealanis.co.uk - CHEERS m'BASS DEERS Andy W

Yeah, sure! It's dead simple - just find a receptacle big enough (I'm using a plastic Costco snack container, the kind with a big screw top lid) - fill up nearly to the top with the meths, then wind up the strings tight enough to pop them in the meths, leave them there for a day or two, then pull them out and air dry (preferably outside or somewhere with really good airflow). That's all there is to it! Periodically I have to extract the gunk from the bottom as it can stain the strings eventually if it gets on there, but otherwise, that's it!

Fascinating, I didn't see these other offers, even when I looked into the D'addario store - there doesn't seem to be any single page presenting this stuff.

Seriously good value if you use this brand / gauge - 2 sets for under £30 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0007MWDOC?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title Fill your boots! I clean my strings in a meths / denatured alcohol bath so I get several uses out of one set (never had one break yet!) and they come back bright and played-in. Cheers m'deers Andy W