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Oh blimey, there's a name I haven't seen for a while. Can we get a full house if John Hall wades in too?

Came to say the same. On smaller tuners the full outer winding of the string is likely to break as it won't want to curl around such a small post - thats why strings have their inner windings exposed at the tuners. Rotosound used to (and I am suspect they still do) specify in their warranty that string breakages caused by fitting the wrong type of string are not covered.

Tim Minchin said something about developing his brooding potential.

I guess it depends if the pickups are actually routed in the right position? (I've not studied the images), if not then it's a fair problem. Maybe if the bridge is in the wrong position, a much easier fix if the body is being refinished, rather than just getting a refund. Your original statement you made that I responded to wasn't clear that you were talking specifically about the issue with this bass, hence my wordy reply. All good, thank you for clarifying, no drama On the subject of 'sizeable deviation', well, several millimetres can make a difference, but hell, there's plenty who will tell you it doesn't matter what a bass is made of, or can't hear if their tweeter is working or not, so, in context, nah, nothing I've said will make an iota of difference, leave 'em where they are 🤣 #Joshin ☺️

It's an "interesting" skill set. Over the years, doing dep gigs, as many of us here have, it becomes very easy to notate, crib and ape the bass lines of many, many songs. I know that I am not alone in learning over 40 songs in under a week and then reproducing them acurately for corporate events, weddings etc etc. - Oh, and all those licks get stored mentally and I often use them when improvising too. That for many is actually easier than writing, creating, recording and producing their own work. It also comes with the massive psychological safety net of not pouring your own heart out on the page and risking kick back if you feel it isn't good enough. I wonder if there's some of that going on? Content creators need to spew out huge amounts of material to stay relevant and to feed the algorithm and therefore earn some decent money (especially if they aren't just relying on err.. their pound of flesh for likes) so, the fastest way to produce "quality" (?) content is to recycle stuff you already know. Unfortunately in this case, he's forgotten that the internet remembers everything. Only yesterday I questioned someone over something they said, as I remembered a contradictory post by the same person two years ago. Probably need to get out more often.

Thank you for the much needed chuckle 😁

This thread is the internet bass forum version of reading about being edged by Bonnie Blue ..

Yup, I mentioned that.

Hey Burns-Bass You'll have to excuse my mammoth sized pendatry 🤣 Not only will the string be quieter when further away from a pole-piece, it will have less 'transient' tone and lack more frequenices often described as 'punch'. (I'd say mid-range, but it can vary). You can test this by lowering your pickups in to the body as far as they will go and then record the bass (adjusting for overall volume drop). It will sound different. Adjusting for transient response (making it more even) is why Leo Fender moved from a single-pole piece on a 51/54 style pickup to two per string as per the Split-Coil as an example. This change in construction also changes the tone of the pickup too, but that's not what's being discussed. For bassist that bend strings, the distance from the pole-pieces makes a huge difference. I'd demonstrate with a bass I have just recorded video for, but it is all boxed up already. It was really noticeable when the string moved out of the direct field of the pole pieces - which, is why i personally much prefer rail or bar pole pickups. The transient response is much more controlled offering a better, (louder in comparison) "bloom" of the note and therefore a richer tone. TL/DR .. is relevant 😊☺️

I like D9sus4/A, as for the rest of the picture, I've shut that out like all the other unhealed trauma 🤪

Would be interested to find out who made this.

Many years ago, I was invited to be part of a touring band and Annika was lined up as drummer. Sadly some politics got involved and it never happened, but that would have been an experience to tick off the bucket list. Such a great player, I love her vibes, a really 'compositional' player like working with Gavin Harrison.

Another 'highly recommended' vote for Shuker Guitars Artist series. Incredible instruments.

Isn't it! I remember first seeing it on Raw Power / Noisy Mothers the late night ITV rock music program when I was..well.. younger!!

Marc is a lovely guy, I hope all is well with him.