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The general vibe is dangerous. It’s a brilliant place, so much knowledge and advice is available from a great bunch of folks.

You’ve come to wrong place to avoid GAS, I’m afraid .

I’ve found Sire to be very helpful and responsive, so that’d be my first port of call for a replacement. If you can’t acquire a replacement from them or the other suggested sources, CPC Farnell might be worth trying. I bought my replacement knobs from them for my Maruszczyks to give them a bit of a Sadowsky vibe.

Just watched this video comparing (at the beginning anyway) the SLB 300 to an acoustic bass, with Chris Mihn Doky, who is awesome IMO. I’m amazed by the sound, but at the cost of a 300, it needs to be really good. I’ve been struggling with the idea of keeping my NS WAV4, as I don’t play it live and seem to be playing it less at home recently too. This video, however, may be the spur to get right back into it and buying the freestanding peg might be a good way forward. Can’t see me buying a 300 though, as much as I’d like to.

What a great tune that is.

I had a 55-02 and the MM pickup was more like a beefy J pickup, same with the Sandberg VM I had.

They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo) - Sting

Ooh, a 55-01 with Nordy Big Singles or Splits would be awesome.

I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds

Yes, yes there is…

Just seen on Facebook that the Sire U5 gigbag is a fit for the Mustang. https://www.andertons.co.uk/sire-bass-gig-bag-for-u5-series/ Pics here for those who FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/116321885064706/permalink/25321547407448806/?

Exactly. A better place to start is with the chords of a given major scale. If you start from the second degree for the C major scale, you get a D minor voice, if from the seventh degree, you’re voicing a B diminished (Locrian).

Beech Baby - First Class

I tripped up over my explanation, you are correct. The problem is that theory books often use the C major scale as a start point to explaining modes. I have edited my post, to try and clarify (I may have just muddied the waters though ).

The Dorian mode of Bb starts on C, yes. This is where it becomes confusing. The mode refers to its relationship to the Ionian root. Now I’m starting to question my own thinking .

That’s because it isn’t the Dorian of C major, it’s the Dorian of C, it being the 2nd degree of the Bb Major (Ionian) scale. If the key was C major, it’s what you would play over a D minor chord. Yes, it’s confusing and mostly a method of analysing melodies or solos IMO.

Raisins To Be Cheerful Pt 3 - Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Modes are scales. For instance, the Phrygian mode is merely the major scale, starting on the major 3rd.

IIRC modes inform what scale can be played over certain chords in the key, this may be erroneous. That said, the only times I’ve been aware of playing particular modes are using the Mixolydian for the dominant 7th and the Phrygian when playing Chick Corea’s Spain or the outro to Haitian Divorce, where it moves between E and F root notes.

Maybe, but I won’t do anything about it. It seems that last year’s abstinence challenge has broken me, other than the roller bridge I bought (which is fantastic BTW, should have done it ages ago, Bigsby tuning stability to kill for), I just can’t be bothered at the moment. This sucks .

Spoilsport.

Gary Sinise

I go for the strap at sitting height. However, I know that my posture is different when standing, which means the strap length is slightly different. Fortunately, this doesn’t give me any issues. Therefore, set the strap for being comfortable when standing and if everything else stays comfortable, that’s your strap length.