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Louis Johnson used flats. Mark King uses 30 - 90 RW SS set which is really twangy and fun. The higher placement of the bass may help you in the beginning. I tended to slap against the fretboard. My big finding was to hit the E twice with my thumb. Then pop once with my index and later on, twice with index and middle. Slap it! by Tony Oppenheim is still decent book (check YT videos), @Joe Hubbard Bass did a book Basslines (Amsco publications, 1985, ISBN 0.7119.0622.X) which has Rio funk, Heathrow and others. I used to play with a 4-string that had 19 mm bridge spacing. My next bass was a 5-string with 17 mm bridge spacing and I never learned to slap with it. Now I have a 5-string with 19 mm bridge, but there are practically no songs where slapping is needed. All parties are happy...

...cheap. But not so reliable. I seriously doubt that John East would rely only on copper foil. Copper foil is relatively cheap, and the tapes can be connected together with soldering. Lifelong solution.

East suggests copper shielding, but the carbon paint is a functional alternative. If it is there already, I see no need to change it. https://www.mouser.co.uk/ Find "Bourns" and "conductive plastic". Those blue pots cost quite some more than carbon Alphas, but the quality is far higher. You may not notice any change in the sound, but conductive plastic does not create noise, like carbon, and the lifetime is longer.

I think the channels have been saturated... to be honest, I think we heard it quite a lot during the 70's, 80's and even 90's. Wasn't it enough? Why do we not hear Small faces, Free, or some 50's rock more than they are played today?

Backing vocals by Linda Ronstadt:

How about some serious misuse of the Suhr? Turn the front pickup down. Down to zero. Use the bridge pickup only. Put some eq and compression and push the signal chain to its limits. And then some more gain. How close can you get? It is true a 4 is not a 5. But try and push the boundaries.

Exactly. This is it. Only thing we need anymore is the costs for those points R-x. These could be certain pieces of equipment, as well as a set, like a bass and an amp. I can see that this would be helpful to those trying to understand wattage, too. Like R-13 is 300 W, R-19 is 500 W and R-38 is anything above the previous mentioned. (NOTE: Numbers above are purely fictional and random, and they have nothing to do with real life events whatsoever. JOKE ends.)

It helps a lot with piezo pickups. The higher, the more universal. A lo-Z input needs an extra buffer if a piezo is used.

The best is relative, and a better word could be "suitable". I have been thinking that there should be a diagram of prices. The rising part of the curve should show the subjective change in quality up to a price where the quality does not change so much anymore. Where the sweet spot should be? I do not understand questions like: "What's the best xxxx?" and then there's a limit in the price later in the text. "What's available in this pricepoint £xx?" is more relevant, as the most suitable is also so subjective.

Var stannar du i bilden... sorry, where do you stand in the photo?

Wooden neck, Al body. Different. I have tried few, but was in need of the 2 x 12" cab, which is light and powerful. You have a question, Polly is very helpful.

Valves/tubes may ring i.e. become microphonic (construction starts to become loose), the heater may break (no more glow, instant death), the glass may break and leak, the legs may become oxidized (turn off the unit, take the tube out and put it out and back a few times)... Take a look at this incredible video and you know what is inside and how did it went there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzyXMEpq4qw

Dear Sir, Your work and cost estimate is in line with the work a luthier did with my fretless. I wanted some local wood (birch; through neck and the body) to the instrument and he made similar calculations to me later on. The work estimate was only a bit on the high side, but very decent - the fretless is unique. Another thing is that this man made me an exceptional bass which is priceless to me. I know yours is priceless, too. Hoping to see your next project become reality!

Priceless. Love this analysis. For anyone who wants to get a rough idea of the costs, this is it. 240 hours of work @ £8.91 / hour = £2138,40 ( https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates ), and I can easily see that the work with this beauty should be rated higher. Total cost of the instrument is naturally in the hands of the luthier, but here £3000 would be the calculated absolute minimum. Based on these, someone could make a similar calculation of a basic Precision. All machinery and development excluded.

There's a picture and conversation about this same topic somewhere here. I do not remember the exact headline, but I am sure you can find it in a breeze.

Not the first time ever when the manuals are done by people who do not understand much about the unit itself. A pity.

Dear @Quatschmacher: Craig Anderton made the Quadrafuzz already in 1980. https://craiganderton.org/multiband-signal-processing/ http://ironether.com/wp-content/uploads/QF2-manual-RevB.pdf https://dpw.se/product/mog-d1-4-band-distortion/

You will learn about the SWR Mo'bass and then you are in trouble in wanting and finding one. Bi-amp Trace Elliot, Mesa 400+, ampeg, tce 1140 and Alembic preamps, LAB Gruppen power amps, Hellborg... I am sorry to inform you dear @javi_bassist, the list is endless.

I tried the Aguilar 12". The sound was kinda boxy, nearly honky. I think it would have needed a good amount of foam inside it. I did not want to start a trial and bought a 2 x 12".

Many of Zappa's records are tough stuff, but this Cruising with Ruben & the Jets is just too much for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWjo_LyY7bQ

I had my neck sanded thinner. A professional carpenter did it for me in the 90's. He also took the lacquer away from the body and sanded a little bit of wood from the upper hip. He even carved some wood from under the G and D strings. My hands loved these changes.

I loved his incredible live gig so many years back, but his love for doo-wop (like Ruben &...) was not my cup of tea. He did lots of music and I am happy there was something for me, too.