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  1. mr4stringz
    Lovely stuff! Thanks for sharing the story and pics.
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    Kudos for the choice of a Cherry Poppin’ Daddies tune for the demo!
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    I hate that phrase with an absolute passion. And everyone that uses it.
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    Likely would’ve continued with rounds only but flats came as stock on the JMJ I bought. I like them (after a bit of oddness over how weird they felt initially). I have since taken them off in favour of rounds again though, but that’s purely due to flats not giving me what I wanted in my band. Will get the flats on another one of my basses some time soon I reckon.
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    Muzz Skillings rarely gets the props he deserves for his playing on the first two Living Colour albums. Nice little bass solo on this one off Vivid. Solo around 2:20.
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    Sounds interesting, but I also don’t think they did fretless at any point, though I’m by no means an authority. Suppose it could have been a custom order though? Really rather curious to see a pic! Re: Gary Tallent of the ESB, he’s had and played a bunch of Longhorn-style basses over the years, from Danos through Jerry Jones to custom jobs I think so likewise, if he has used a fretless one it was likely bespoke.
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    Billy Talbot vibes! I dig it.
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    Friends, cool people working in local record shops that I got to know and the likes of NME and Melody Maker.
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    Time for an ‘architraves for sale’ thread.
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    Same issue on the Dano basses (at least on my 90s Longhorn reissue). Most strings just don’t go through the pegs.
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    Ive not found the FSR all black PJ Mustang or the JMJ to suffer tbh. But that’s coming from the idiot that had been playing Mustangs for about 3 years before realising they were slab bodied, so maybe don’t pay too much attention to me! 🤣
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    Kim Thayil has always been just too damn good to not be playing in projects regularly. There’s an album out too, for those not aware. So far this is the strongest track on there for me, but it all sounds pretty good to my ears to this point. Also, by way of extra info for the uninitiated, the vocalists also perform in Giants in the Trees, Novoselic’s substantive band.
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    Should Al find his double neck with 4 and 5 string fretted necks become too unwieldy, he could always solve this quandary by…just playing a 5 string…
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    “Reflects Gene Simmons perfectly.” Apart from the fact he’s never really been known as a T-Bird user. A Gibson Simmons sig should be a Ripper.
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    I seem to be largely OK between shorties (which I mainly play now) and 34” scales. Don’t know if this is because I’ve fiddled about over the years with everything from tenor ukes through acoustic and electric guitars to basses (of all scales). It makes sense to me at least that may be why I don’t struggle, cuz in my mind it feels like I should…
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    That’s it.
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    Packing into cars from a lockup space for a gig years back, we’d almost finished loading other than the guitars so I went to have a quick Jimmy, while the guitardists loaded the guitars (including my two basses in hardcases) into the car. Got to the gig, unloaded. Thought one of my cases felt incredibly light. Opened it to find it empty. My backup bass was still on a stand in the lock up.
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    Really can’t say enough good things about it. Feels so good to play to the point I feel like I’ve had it years. It just ‘does’ bass brilliantly well across the board.
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    Just felt the need to post a brief update on my JMJ Mustang now I’ve had it for a few months. I’m sure it’s been said many times, but my God, they got this bass so right. It really is my perfect s/s bass and now largely all I play in my band. For me it’s got future classic written all over it. I finally got around to switching the pickguard too. Also switched to black screws. Think I’ll be doing the same with the pickup screws now too.
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    It’s a Washburn AB40 in the vid I believe. The AB10 and AB20 had a pointier and longer lower horn as per the pic above. Had a fretless AB20 back in the 90s. Lovely thing.
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    Anything that’s only got jazz pickups. Unless it’s a fretless.
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    Random observation, and it’s a minor inconvenience to source them of course, but I do wish manufacturers would fit black pickguard screws as standard on any black bass with a black pickguard. Looks so much better.
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    This is a little old so may have been posted at some point. Very funny and quite accurate though!
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    My Japanese Foto Flame Precision. Nowt else feels or sounds like it. Honourable mention to my JMJ Mustang though, as that’s my day to day go to these days.
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    Personally I went for a power supply with individually isolated outputs, as has been suggested. Sure, it comes at an increased cost, but there’s no absolute guarantee a daisy chain or non-isolated brick won’t result in noise issues. You shouldn’t get that at all with a unit like the Pedal Power. It’s been the best of all those I’ve had and tried, in as much as you don’t know it’s there. And that’s what you want. That said, I have been surprised by the Mooer Micro Power. It’s not fully isolated, but I thought I’d give one a whirl for a compact board as I saw one used for about £35 (£65-75ish new I think) . My expectations weren’t high but in operation I’ve found it almost as quiet as the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power that’s on my main board. It’s tiny too, same size as their mini pedals.
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