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This is how my settings are configured in HX Edit. Screen shot 3 just demonstrates the pedal being in a midway position. I don't think the Curve matters, I believe that effects "how" the volume changes. Linear will give you an even increase through the sweep of the pedal where I think log ramps in curve meaning at the low end of the sweep you get less effect and that increases towards the end.

Are you using the HX edit software to create your blocks or are you setting them up manually on the unit? Setting up a volume pedal in HX edit was pretty straight forward. I'm using a Moog expression pedal. Step 1. Add the volume block from Volume / Pan menu Step 2. Click Bypass / Controller Assign Step 3. Where it says volume, make sure this says Position. For some reason my software says EXP2 even though I only have a EXP pedal in Interface 1. This goes away after finishing the next step. Step 4. Change Controller to EXP Pedal 1 Step 5. Check Min Position is 0 and Max is 100 Step 6. Click back on Edit, use the pedal and you should see the position value change as you operate the EXP pedal. Step 7. Save

This is something I need to start doing. Although my listening is now almost exclusively Jazz, none of it is standards and it doesn't feature much in the way of walking bass lines. For those reading / following this thread, please do provide me with some recommended listening!

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Let me know any tips and tricks you've learnt along the way.

Yes, I'm enjoying iReal Pro very much. My old iPad wouldn't support it so I had an excuse to go and buy a new tablet too :). The transpose feature is excellent, I used that a number of times last week when the singer casually mentioned, can we take this down a tone. Boom, no problem at all just let me click this button. It seems that I also spoke too soon on the callbacks. Guitarist asked me to dep again for their rehearsal this Sunday. He even gave me two days notice this time, I'm obviously moving up his speed dial list. Unfortunately I can't make it which is a shame because I've been practicing.

So my jazzcapades continue. Aforementioned guitarist called me (again at 24 hrs notice) asking me to step in as bassist for his other band at a rehearsal. Again in a move that's totally out of character for me I agree to do it. Smaller affair to last time, a bunch of standards I'd never played before, but with just drums, guitar, singer and sax. Again all very patient with me but perhaps this time it wasn't quite so warm and welcoming. I guess with the smaller ensemble, the lack of a solid walking bass line left parts of the songs feeling very bare and my lack of experience really stood out. I'm not expecting any callbacks anytime soon but another great experience for me. I've subsequently started an Online SBL course called the beginning Jazz survival guide or something. It's funny that one of the first things @devinebass calls out in the intro is you can't fake playing walking bass, you can either do it or you can't - something my recent experiences can whole heartedly attest too.

Thanks for this! I got to see Snarky Puppy at the Royal Albert hall, was tempted by the Ronnie's gig but perhaps I'll go for this instead.

That, and the Nathan East presets were my favourite on the Spectracomp. The Red Headed Bastard was quite transparent IIRC

Feb 28th, you're playing my home town!! Whoop! @Al Krowwe still thinking of a BC get together March 12th? @King Tut my old Eden Cab going on tour with you?

I cut mine, but always bend the string and cut just after the bend. I seem to remember watching some video on YT that advised to do it this way to avoid the string going dead - something to do with stopping the core from slipping IIRC.

If you figure that out let me know, I had the same experience with mine.

It's a lovely instrument, very well balanced, light and super comfy to play. Jon has done a great job and he's a really nice guy. Specifications of the bass: - Alder body with English Elm Burr drop top - Birdseye Maple fingerboard on a maple neck - 40mm neck width at nut, 19mm string spacing at bridge - ABM single string bridge pieces - Schaller Light Weight Tuners - Aaron Armstrong Handwound J pickups - Norstrand 2B Pre-Amp - Luminlay Side Dots I may try a few different pickups to see what I like best, I'm tempted by some Nordstrand J Blades. However, I'm also wondering whether I should have just gone for Soapbar pickups. I mentioned it to Jon today when I collected the bass and he said it would be no problem to re-route the pickups if I wanted to.

And I finally have it ...

Just read this thread, did you ever figure out who produced the bass?

And it's a P Bass and thus against the principle of this thread.

Pachyderm (Les Claypool designed)

Nice to see the Shukers and ACG's being put forward.

I always thought this Fodera was stunning. Single cuts are not normally my thing but the Kestrel inlay is beautiful.