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+1 on heating up the frets with a soldering iron. go slowly to avoid/minimise chipping. chips that do occur may potentially be filled by mixture of appropriately coloured wood-dust mixed with glue/epoxy... Final step: post results!

Having a go at mastering is easy but doing a good job is not! In a way it's a deceptively difficult job. When paying for a pro mastering engineer, you are mainly paying for their experience and ears. Mastering processing techniques tend to be more complicated than basic mixing - multiband compression, mid-side, dynamic eq, soft clipping and limiting etc... Plugins can be helpful but be wary of any magic bullets. Every mix is different. IMO most difficult part of mastering is knowing when NOT to use the tools available to you! Not meaning to put anyone off, but there's definitely more to it than using a few plugins on presets. Then again, depends on what you're after

+1 for Guitar Aid - great guys to deal with

I would recommend getting the best quality active DI box you can afford for this application, to go between your guitar and interface. My favourite is the Rupert Neve DI, though something like a Samson active DI can be had for much less... in my experience, active DI boxes seem to retain transients better, with more high frequency detail.... which helps to make digital amp simulations sound better and more life-like

Pete sold me a hipshot d-tuner. all arrived as expected. Deal with confidence!

Bought some Bare Knuckle pickups from Lee, all as described and quickly posted. thanks a lot! Deal with confidence :-)

I'll think i'll stick to a P-bass... :-)

Andy come back!

Couldn't find a thread so started one. Bought a Precision pickup / pickguard from Gunnar, and he was extremely helpful. Deal with confidence. Highly recommended

Couldn't find an existing thread so started a new one :-) Sold Paul my Genz-Benz 212 cab. He met me half-way-ish and was great to deal with. Highly recommended!

Met up with Tom to buy a rack case. All very easy, great comms, nice bloke. Deal with confidence :-)

I would highly encourage you to try in person, as many guitars as you can. In my experience, there is significantly more variability than with solid-body electrics - even nominally the same model can sound quite different. You'll know when you're holding the *one* in your hands!

cool. did you apply any masking tape to the edges of the fingerboard, or would you recommend doing that?

looks good! is there a noticeable difference in tone? more sustain and treble? am tempted to do this on my fretless rosewood FB Jazz..... cheers Roman