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    Ugly Bass thread

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    Posted · Edited by Doctor J

    It's sad that such mundane conservatism has crept into music. In the 70's and 80's, there was so much excitement seeing bands using innovative and interesting instruments. Now, it's as if there's a dreary uniform bands feel they have to wear in order not to upset those who demand adherence to an aesthetic code for each genre. It's a depressing attitude. No risk, no character, just conformity. Meh.


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    Long cold winter without your … bass?

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    5 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

    I think he’s saying it doesn’t matter in his opinion for the reason given - they are at an @EssentialTension

     

    I already clarified it above but just to make sure... It does matter. If you only slacken the strings, you've still got the truss rod pulling the opposite way and as prone to temperature contraction as the strings, so you can do more harm than good if not careful.

    Long cold winter without your … bass?

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    1 hour ago, DawnPatroller said:

     

     

    I'm really sorry - I'm not getting what you mean - are you agreeing with the point above about slackening the strings?

     

    I'm suggesting if you slacken one you should slacken the other, since they are designed to counteract the forces each other applies. Without string tension, the taut truss rod will arch the neck back unopposed and still be as prone to temperature induced constriction as the strings would have been. Personally, I would leave it as is.

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    Favourite live albums

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    Sweet - Live at the Rainbow 1973

    The Who - Live at Leeds

    Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East

    James - Getting Away With It... Live

    Black Sabbath - Asbury Hall, NJ 1975

    Soundgarden - Live from the Artist's Den

    E.S.T. Symphony

    Ronnie Scott's Quintet - Never Pat a Burning Dog

    Morbid Angel - Entangled in Chaos

    The Fall - Last Night at the Palais

    Dirty Loops and Cory Wong - Thriller, and look out for the double bell euphonium.............

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    On 12/09/2021 at 20:00, Linus27 said:

    Enjoyed the video but yep, a bit too much cheese in the video. What was with all the lovingly looking at each other throughout 😮

    Made even creepier because it looks like the Wong section and the Dirty Loops section were filmed separately.

     

    There's something about Dirty Loops which just doesn't work for me and I'm not sure why. They're incredible musicians but it just won't click.

    Gaps between songs during gigs. Guitarist fiddling with Effects pedals/amp to get "the perfect tone"!

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    You need to use rehearsals to weed this bad habit out of him. Devise your setlist with songs in clusters, where you go from one song into the next without a break between them. For example, start your set with three songs - bang bang bang one into the next. Then pause to talk to the crowd. Then another two songs - bang bang, etc. Rehearse the songs in those clusters and time your rehearsals. Know how long it takes to play your set, to the minute. If he can't change his tone enough by clicking on a pedal, adjusting his volume or tone or changing pickup, then he needs to find a tone which works for all of the songs in that cluster. Your audience came to hear music, not pregnant pauses, not tuning, not jokes or banter, especially not some lad faffing around with knobs and switches.

     

    Never forget that a live show is a performance, not just playing songs. It starts the second you take to the stage and doesn't end until you leave it. Everything, what the audience sees and hears between those two points, is your band's performance.

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    NBD - G&L L2000E 1982

    in Bass Guitars

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    It's something I'm thinking of doing to my own one. It's a slightly later model without the control plate and the jack is already side-mounted. The control plate is class, though, it would be a shame to mess around with that look, but a side jack offers some room to play around with controls and free up some switches to be repurposed.

     

    Also, it must be noted, there aren't many people who pick up a L-2000 and quickly think "This is all fine, but couldn't it be even more tonally flexible?" so a doff of the cap in your direction is due 😂

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    NBD - G&L L2000E 1982

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    You might have room to move the output jack to the side, move the bass and treble pots down one and put in a pickup blend knob, then make pickup selector and series/parallel switches into separate inner/serial/outer switches for each pickup.

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