Cuzzie

Also nowt wrong with a fret wrap gently placed to aid the learning process whilst technique impro

And yeah - dropping a whole tone is also cool Saves the singer, fattens the sound, then you can go to Drop C!

In drop D the only interval is your low E is second fret and if doing disco octave intervals instead of index finger little finger span across the two strings you just fret the same fret for the octave. if you play an open D or fretted - string in songs, it’s nice having a low D alternative with an open bottom string. When you are doing licks ‘in the box’ 3-5 fret it stops you having to travel up and down the neck on the low E/D string. Can make a load of sense - but not for everyone

4 Tune Drop D with or without a D tuner. Extra depth, normal 4 playability.

Better block me as well as i’ll Just keep sending you DM’s with stuff

It’s not just grunge though, most live acts across genres when they play their songs which were standard on the record, play with guitars tuned half a step down. Maroon5 always do, and loads of country, who are often D tuned

How does an Eb on a open string tuned down sound different/worse to an open E tuned normally and pitch shifted down via a device of some sort? Or is it just being used to hearing it one key and shifting to another sounds ‘different’?

Stop messing around with Lak-la-la-lands then and get a Sandy SL TT - they are the shiznit

Nope

there you go 5 string TM SL review

Quite like the LTD though

Or countersink the bridge

Nah preamps are great fun

Yeah, sounds like a small tapered shim at the heel would just sort it, but as you say, it’s all gravy. Never put your tools away, there is always something else to tinker with!

Honestly those countersunk angled bolts are not massively new tech or voodoo hoodoo, actually the same principle applies to the straight 4 bolts with a lag screw principle. The body hole is slightly overdrilled so the screw does not bite, therefore when you tighten it, it pulls the other object (neck in this instance), into the body. It’s used all the time in other applications

So the top 4 screws will not be an issue at all, the counter sunk angled screws are just performing like a lag screw principle so in all likelihood they are insetting right at the heel into the neck substance. The amount of shim you will need to get a perfect action will be minimal from what you say, you could take the neck off, mess about with a couple of playing cards to get the amount of shim height, tapering angle etc you need before slipping a nice veneer in there and do it right. Drilling through a bit of wood so thin for that job is lemon squeeze. May just make it just perfect for you, no more will it won’t it hassles

Shim the neck

That makes it hotter than the sun

Looks a bit more brown than orange Brorange

Status neck fan here as well, phenomenal, unbelievable

Agreed the clicks make it so easy

Come on, this is bass chats Needs a new bass, cab and amp

Sandberg

You don’t have to convince me on the tonestyler. Popped one in my bitsa bass with a Creamery ‘58P and it plain slays @CameronJ you are in for a treat. going to make another bass with a Duo 6 as well @bassmayhem great score on an old 16 click, bravo

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