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I've had the E4W's for some time now and have been able to prepare a donor bass to install them. The whole installation took less than half the time to remove the existing preamp and pickups, thanks to EMG's brilliant quick solderless harness system. After a solid few hours scrolling through 100's of tone presets and my gear, these pickups might be the best EMGs I have ever used, which also makes them possibly the best pickup I've put in a bass ever too. I could tell you more, but right now I'd have to k*ll you 😂🤣 So you'll have to wait for a bit 😉

IK Multimedia's MODO Drums has a free version. I've also noticed that after isntalling AIR Music / InMusic's free channel strip they've just given away, they now seem to own BFD drums and there's a lite version for free from them too. If you're on a Mac, then Logic's Session Drummer is useable - I guess GarageBand would offer a drum option too, but I havent used that app for ages. I do have EZDrummer 2 & 3, they are, as mentioned, paid options but very, very good. You'll hear a mixture of MODO and Logic Drums on pretty much all of my review videos. I improvise everytihing (badly ha ha) so drum loops are really useful! EZD hasn't featured much, I should get it back on track!

Have a look at these super bass plugins from United Plugins: https://unitedplugins.com/plugins?tag=bass United Plugins have a massive selection of plugins by various associated brands, I use the Firesonic and Sound Device products on every recording. I’ve certainly had no issues with running any from U.P.

I was once asked to dep for a band, and the next thing I know, two years later I was still playing for them. ... wait.. *penny drops*

Interesting, thank you! Did you need a serial number or proof of Sire ownership to get it ordered?

The absolutely wonderful dude that is Jono from ACS has just shared this post via ACS on Facebook:- Although this is not the same initiative that Musicians Hearing Health had, these are the Pacato 16 (non-moulded) type. Look after your ears 👂 everyone 😊 Tinnitus UK has teamed up with ACS Custom to offer you universal earplugs that can be used whenever they're needed! These high-quality filtered earplugs are your go-to solution for safe, immersive listening. By choosing to buy earplugs from us, you’re not only protecting your ears, you’re also supporting our vital work helping people living with tinnitus. The earplugs are available to buy now on our website (link below ) https://tinnitus.org.uk/buy-earplugs/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLLSDtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpoTD1JGM3oI1fbpfr7JT1Zvl0Hu5Y-U2Oc7VzTO2e4LGwgI4qo29VuEh2sx_aem_JyA5e-xNLjYmf-54vvSpbg

A standard multimeter set to read volts applied to the Ring and Sleeve of the output jack on a bass with active electronics won't give an exact reading, because placing the multimeter in the circuit in this way is in series with the preamplifer and battery, which would be correct if trying to take a current reading. A standard multimeter should be placed directly across the + and - terminals of the batteries for the most accurate reading. I.E, in Parallel with.

Mine got worse after getting COVID. I wasn't gigging at the time, so I can't find anything else to blame it on.

One of my bug-bears with hi-fi earphones masquerading as IEMs is that they can actually do more damage, especially if IEMs, even proper ones, aren't used safely.

Yes, I think the Hearing Health For Musicians (I think its called) initiative is still running, I'm not sure - but professional musicians (especially in the MU) have access to hearing tests, health advice and moulded ear plugs. I have a nice set of red ones!

I have aids to help with my Tinnitus as does my buddy Paul Gray (The Damned). Tinnitus noise can't be cancelled out I am afraid, however different techniques are used to help mask it, or help to teach the brain to 'turn the gain down a bit'. More on that another time. We've also tried various ways to protect our ears from more damage too, alas Paul has come back from tour with more sadly. I'm off the road from big gigs nursing other health challenges, but it pays to give my ears a rest too.

Here's my full review of a custom Elite model by Overwater from their Progress series of handmade basses. My written review is on it's way and will be available over at http://www.bassgearmag.com later, but here's the video to accompany it ahead of the release. Hope you enjoyed it and thank you so much to Mick for offering for the bass to be diverted to me for the review before delivery! You must be very happy with it! Dooooooood

Gosh, what a horrible time to be a top quality bass gear reviewer! Neural DSP, Darkglass and now Line 6 all bringing out new toys! Mwah ha ha ha!!

Although I didn't end up ordering in the end, I also contacted RightOn about making a custom strap for me. They answered back and asked questions then offered solutions along with a price and how to order. The only reason I didn't go through with the order is that I received a lovely welcome gift from Bass Gear Magazine,a care package that included a big branded strap! That said, I might still treat myself given that they could make the strap I had in mind.

First one spotted for sale on FB https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AUpTNPC9q/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Whilst you're at it, arrange with the band to have a member (at least) join the ISM or Musicians Union. You'll have access to their advice, legal department, PLI, gear insurance and most importantly template contracts to create your own, so that you don't get stuffed by unscrupulous "venues". when they skirt around accepted booking practices.

https://greasygroove.com isn't a UK based company, though they have a great selection of products and looks like they ship internationally. However, to help you order, I did stumble on this page with PDF templates of a wide range of well known brand PDF templates to download for free. Handy if you wanna create your own I guess. https://greasygroove.com/will-it-fit *I've made a decent post about the company (I don't know them) so I'm not just leaching their templates off the website for nowt.

I'm yet to dig in to fin dout more, but I have found another two plugin management applications for your perusal: https://owlplug.com https://sonisto.com/access-manager The latter seems to be able to manage updates too, but both websites lack descriptive detail!

Oh Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!! I'd hope you'd be able to get an immediate swap out, but nevertheless it's a massive ballache having to go back / ship the item to where it was bought from. Hope it gets sorted quickly!!!

I have to admit that I started off as being a plug-in hoarder. I'm like a magpie for shiny shiny things ha ha! There's plenty that could be uninstalled now after 5-6 years with the same machine. The next application I need is one that will help me organise the handful of plugins that are really useful and the ohers can either be moved to a separate folder or removed swiftly! I just haven't gotten around to doing something about it. I guess that means I'm busy, which isn't a bad thing.

Incidentally, the bottom image was an hour battling with ChatGPT and an image of my bass!!

I do have some small squares of material that would kind of work; I suppose I’m already not that enamoured with pickups being little black rectangles, so I was thinking of something that would be a bit more in keeping with the curves of the instrument. It wouldn’t be the end of the world from a utility standpoint .. especially given my skills with a saw ha ha!!

Hey all! I am drawing (pun intended) upon the artist talents - and maybe those who can create diagrams that CNC cutters can use to help me create a pickguard for my ‘kinda P bass’ body. But, you just know that where I’m involved it’s not going to be an easy task, is it?! Fussy pants Dood. Doody Pants. The bass, or what could end up being basses in question are my lovely Fender Power Jazz Bass Specials. The ones with the carbon fibre headstocks I’ve realised that I really like having a certain amount of height between the body and the strings for certain playing styles which I can improve by having a thick pickguard on these basses. We have issues though - firstly, the controls on the body are not in a good position for a standard P bass plate - even though the body isn’t too removed from a P shape! Which leads me to the next issue. As the body has extra scooped out cutaways on the upper and lower horns, extending a normal P plate down the lower horn just doesn’t look right at all. I’ve included someone else’s design that really isn’t for me at all. So, I have a few ideas to try out. The first is a design that would be similar to the one that I made and submitted to Sheldon Dingwall for Dingwall AB1 basses and, I had it on my flip paint model, a one of a kind. I love how there’s a curve that circles around the controls and want the same. Also look at the way this Dingwall bass does the same. My AB1, I really like this half-guard design, inspired by thunderbirds and Les Pauls (incidentally before the D-Roc came out). As for the lower horn, I can only find a few scratch plates that do the sort of thing I would like, but none of them look quite right, but hopefully you get the idea. I need to find a way to round off the lower horns part! I’m pretty sure carbon fibre will be the plate of choice to match the headstock, what do you think?

Absolutely! As a young upstart, learning my way in bass, it was all new to me, I hadn’t even heard of Billy Sheehan and the likes at that point, aged 10, 11 or so. Wow, I remember when James Brown and Peavey brought out the 5150 (No not THAT James Brown lol) - Speaking of guitar tones, that’s a model I use very often! Doug Pinnick at the point should get a mention!

You've just reminded me! When I was a wee whipper snapper, I'd read that Duff McKagan from Guns n Roses recorded his bass split between his bass rig and a guitar amp. At the time I had a little Marshall Bass 12 combo and my friend had the Lead 12 guitar version. Well, it wasn't long before we had the two stacked on top of each other with my bass plugged in to both. Honestly, even at that point as an impressionable oik, I was smitten with blending the mids of a guitar amp tone in to my bass sound. - And to think we can do all of that and more for free without leaving the house these days, crazy!