BlueMoon

I just joined another band, as in my original band our lead guitarist left and his replacement can only rehearse every other week. Since the new guy is very good, we agreed to switch from weekly rehearsals to every other week. Hence why I wanted to fill in the downtime, so I joined another band that is playing a different genre. They rehearse every other week as it happens.
 

I’ll have to manage any potential gig clashes, but I love the overall vibe I get from playing in bands. 

On 14/01/2023 at 19:02, steve-bbb said:

any gig that doesnt require my own rig i just use a sansamp di

This is pretty much my approach, except I use an EBS Microbass 2 or Avalon U5.

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I would file vertically.

That just ticks every box, doesn’t it?

Gorgeous. (Said in my best Craig Revel Horwood caricature!)

Super cabs, these.

GLWTS!

Ask me in about a week. I have one incoming. 
 

American Deluxe 4 stringer with rosewood fingerboard.

So much for my gear abstinence efforts!

On 21/12/2022 at 18:09, Dan Dare said:

Chromes work for me. Definitely more bite (not as much as a round, of course) than Thomastiks. Only a little more tension than TIs. Last well, too, if you keep them clean.

^^^^^^^^this^^^^^^^^

If you can deal with the low tension, then TI flats are your best bet, imo.

Failing that, I’d recommend Diaddario Chromes for a “brighter” flat string on fretless.

My tally is 5 basses in and 1 out.

Still a junior compared to some!

21 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

but its always a good idea to use gold plated cables as the sound quality is much higher 😂

Been down that rabbit hole with hi-fi equipment. I not sure my hearing is good enough now to tell any difference ……and I suspect the comment was said in jest.

I use KZ ZS10 Pro‘s ………without burn in and they are fine.

For me it was my Buzz Hornet unlined fretless P bass. Superb instrument.

9 hours ago, Sparky Mark said:

One of the best, most melodic bassists I have ever seen was playing a fiesta red Squier precision. Possibly a decent Japanese one but only worth a couple of hundred pounds back then. I doubt he's on here either.

Yep…..totally agree.  Having loads of expensive doesn’t necessarily make you a better player!

I normally start with a flat board and add the minimum relief as needed.

I’ve found stickers by the brand Jockomo to be the best for this purpose. 

My advice would be to try them first with some candle wax on the screw and just snug them on the neck a little way first.

Gotoh for me. Hipshot also very good.

Try wherever possible to avoid touching anything with silicones in it, otherwise you can get some nasty reactions taking place with paint adhesion.  Keep things solvent clean and wear disposable gloves.

Silicones are present in various personal care products (eg deodorants) and household care products (eg furniture polish) and stay on your hands/fingers even after washing with soap and water. Touching the surface of anything to be painted after that can be troublesome.

Good luck and have fun!

I have a few nice basses but would baulk at gigging a bass costing more than 1K to 1.5K £. With a very expensive or rare instrument I would be paranoid to get it dinked. So my more exotic basses stay for home/studio use only.

If it makes you feel any better……..it’s just the same over here.

Smart bass is the term IIRC.

19 hours ago, TheGreek said:

There's talk of Rob shutting down Status.  Prices will almost certainly go through the roof.

Same thing happened when Mike Pedulla closed his business. I was lucky enough to get a s/h Buzz for what is today silly money for a Pedulla.

I also have a Status graphite multiple choice bass (can’t remember the correct model name - specified and sold on line in mid 2000’s). I was thinking of moving it on., but maybe I’ll wait.

I first prepared the knobs for paint by filling the V/T indentations on the top of each knob as well as the indent on the rim of each. Undercoat and then matt black coating. The numbers, letters and markers were prepared using white laser water slide decal film and transferring the appropriately resized images from a simple PC software. The hardest part was the alignment of each of the numbers/letters and getting the angles and spacing correct. When I was happy, I fixed the decals using satin lacquer.

58 minutes ago, Machines said:

I feel like the bass equivalent of a someone that saves wounded animals from death, heals them and releases them back into the wild.

I get all of this ^^^^^
 

It’s the “releases them” bit that I have to work on personally!!

I have to agree.

I have a TD650 and a Vanderkley 2x12. They play really nicely together.