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On 05/11/2023 at 20:11, Rich said:

 

 

Maybe I’m being dumb but how did he not follow the rules ? He only changed one letter and didn’t add/remove any.  A hard stare is cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. You’ll be reaching for the soft cushions next 

Photo of case please ? How is it different to a regular squier ? Excuse my ignorance of Matt freeman please 

27 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Oh I’ve been well out of this since January 😆

Yes but late January, at this rate you’ll be going gear-.purchase-free all year **
 

** assuming that you live until 2097 of course 

7 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

I’m out again 😂

I think you’re doing quite well this year. Last year it was Jan 2nd first time fail

2 hours ago, 2pods said:

Orf with his head !

I think Mercy, this isn’t talkbass. We don’t crucify people here (unless they are guitarists anyway, in which case “one cross each, door on the left”)

16 minutes ago, Marvin said:

Um, I failed I think.

 

I had to buy a gig bag and a pedal board (a small pedal board). They were only cheap ones and I sort of needed them for the band im in. 🙂

It's not like I bought a 5 string bass I don't need.

Hmmm - what say the jury? 

Just use your nails a bit more and don’t bother with the slap (unless a guitard is in range of course)

I was experimenting with it whilst playing INXS last night 

7 minutes ago, MoonBassAlpha said:

Good to know. Didn't have much joy with just turmeric. 

He said he takes creative himself as obvious his hands are his tools being a surgeon 

I bought some and it’s helping a little 

On 26/02/2025 at 21:49, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Exactly, some people will debate that for days, but who wants to talk about adjustin a parametric mid control that has a vastly greater impact...?

Or does it ? 🍿

37 minutes ago, tom1946 said:

The things I do to save everyone's marriages 😄

Martyr…

42 minutes ago, tom1946 said:

Sorry guys, I've just bought it.

Phew 

maybe change the title to include the word “Sold”

Though I have just had some quite good news 💷

I will speak to the management team

Shipping cost ? To le67, not the moon 

5 hours ago, GreeneKing said:

No, the exact same one. The two small screws may be causing the confusion. As I say in the description I originally had a surface mounted pickup fitted, a Curtis Novak gold foil. 

No I understood you, just wasn’t sure if had never had a guard, or that the original was differently shaped 

@Bassassin

totally. 
If you want one for its look, or to perfect your settings they are great for that, but it isn’t going to change the sound by much at all when measured objectively. 

So exactly the same shape, I guess “no extra holes” should have been my question 

Did it have a pic guard originally? 

Depends on how long a bar lasts, but is something of an edge case not really justifying the outlay and effort of the hardware change 

Imho

Maybe a high mass bridge makes a small difference to sustained notes in excess of a bar, but who the f uck ever does that ? 
 

And  would the audience even notice that 4 milliseconds longer? 
snake oil.com 

they’re maybe easier  to adjust but that’s pretty much where it ends IMHO

1 hour ago, itu said:

This is a good point. Few other things to consider:

- centre of mass is in a different place

- the tuning of the whole system has changed, because mass has changed

- ghost notes have moved because of the change in the mass of the system

- rigidity of the system is as it was before, because even that BBOT is already pretty rigid

 

Because of these - if nothing else has changed (tuning, strings, their height...) - there may be a change in sound. 

 

All of the mentioned physical changes are on the tiny side (like that under 5 % difference, that @BigRedX has calculated). Therefore I can say that if someone hears, or feels a difference, fine. But without proper ABX-testing I am not sure how much these tiny numbers mean to the overall sound.

 

Measurable? Maybe. 

Noticeable? Maybe. 

Important to the player? Most likely.

 

One more thing: as we are talking about wooden instruments (read: stuff made of uneven material), all basses are slightly different, and act in a slightly different way. Some other bass may benefit from another bridge. 

You must be a bass player; you’re talking sense 🤔

I put one on a cij jazz from OldGit (late) - no difference whatsoever 

3 hours ago, Terry M. said:

I don't remember either of us saying we didn't like a bit of patina? 🤔

The difference between patina and relic is a slim one