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Haha but actually that’s a good point playing in E. It May take alternate brain power, but can you set up a bass on non standard tuning which may make your fretting easier and less travel? Just throwing an idea out

You are correct about the lawsuit, I say lose as I am sure he would have preferred to pay nothing at all rather than a licensing fee! As Spector was technically Kramer and he only owed Spector a few, then no he need not pay. So far as the clone thing goes, my personal view is I think it’s overly harsh on most bass makers out there. Someone (Leo Fender) designed and ergonomically useful and aesthetically pleasing shape to an electric bass. If It so happens that other brands can make something just as good if not better in a similar style (mostly because of our conservative nature in trying/buying products) then I feel it’s unfair to try demonise them from the outset as a ‘clone’ which is oft used in a slightly derogatory fashion. Within the ‘same design’ there is huge variation to keep people happy They may do it in the Violin world with Amati and Stradivari etc, but that was the point being made that the violin as an example has barely changed its design. Personally I think a Warwick looks like a child’s drawing of a melted candle with a chubby crayon, but that’s cool, they can sound wicked and Norwood fisher one of my fave bassists used/uses one. The main concern from most, which is justified historically, is HPW taking something and making it worse as well as an unpleasant marketing strategy-some May call it clever business but he is not someone I would get into bed with. Time will tell

I suppose that is sensible after losing a law suit and having to pay Spector royalties To change designs and stop that and exploit loop holes when Kramer bought Spector. Out if Interest are G&Ls considered Fender Clones? They had to change their headstocks....

Not hanging Sadowsky out there as a pantheon of the bass world, I never like this ‘Fender Clone’ copy thing are Stradivari violins called Amati copies/clones? Mind you Hans has a history of doing rip offs with his SpectorWick basses...... I think most of all, he is just a bit of a plum which means there is a chance a decent brand could become less so

That’ll be our Tim then.....!?!

You may find that a neck profile change does what you need. you may also be able to alter your technique to play with a thumb brace on, but it depends how much a thumb grip you use and how important it’s mute function etc. Is to your playing. You May find you could simplify basslines, use an overhand neck grip, play seated etc that may allow rest and play

@Tech21NYCAs far as you know are there any bass demos of the new pedal out there for peeps to listen to?

If it is DeQuervains you can be managed/cured with steroid injections and decreasing the stimulus causing the pain. Doesnt always need surgery

@ped and other moderators - if he doesn’t buy it, please can we suspend his account as it appears to be contravening BC rules

Have you bought it yet

Yes, but you have an adamantium frame so you’ll be fine

Helps me to try to get my guitarist to get one, the. I can nab it

Unlikely

To add to that you can take the DI out and into your amp to get automatic roll off instead of the normal instrument out, but that was probably clear!

If you dance with the devil.....

I also run a CaliCB into the DP3X and then into whatever amp - we all know Orange has some decent girth on it - I have found myself pulling back the chunk and drive a little of late to even clean up, Ben maybe playing nearer the neck could just give you that sweet spot, or if you are using roundwounds strings , something like TI flats give enough bite to sound nasty but can also be more organic

Paradriver no, but I successfully get what I got combining the DP3x and Lehle sonic spark, and also the DP3x into the VTBass head

It’s a difficult one, I am lucky that I managed to find a sweet spot for my ears, but it took a whole week of almost non stop tinkering to get what I needed and to know it inside out. There will be a sweet spot, and maybe there is one stacking it with the VT. I have had success in stacking mine too

If you simply roll off the tone knob on the bass with your existing setting on the DP3X, how do you find the sound? Personally I find it can hit that warmer sound instead of the more harsh sound

Well, that’s Sadowsky’s share price dropped, maybe they can right royally fcuk up another companies good bass like the Status Buzzard and spread their weird management practice to another brand

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6I4sgHAYOp/?igshid=1n6x9q5dda8sd limited edition vS4, pink and roasted maple

I get where you are going with proportions, but in all honesty 900 shekels is a lot of lolly, if it’s a one off, fair enough, but if it’s a recurring theme in this line, that not cricket.

Oh well......seems like a lot of work just to get it to work

What are the saddles actually like? On Sandbergs you can take em out and turn em back to front to give a little more life in intonation, alter the break angle