Stub Mandrel

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Ditto, but that was part of its appeal, I like different basses to feel different.

Easily, costs more but looks 'professional' you would be able to use a USAnian power cord instead of a blue cable.

Tried out a Vintage Pro this week. To my surprise I was very impressed, including by the balance of it (although it was pretty hefty). Sounded excellent with a good range of tones. Not very well set up, but with half a turn on the truss rod, nut recut and a bridge adjustment would be a good un'. Very Tempty. Only thing... is it worth an extra £183 over an Embassy that has the same pickups and a through neck?

You're just catfishing for puns!

Guitarist has a single coil guitar too 🙂

The obvious solution is to assume we all bring a +1 and adjust the cake supply accordingly. With an extra 50%, just in case.

If not, you can usually pick up second hand building site step down/isolation transformers for relatively cheap prices. This one is £30 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333942668997?hash=item4dc088bec5:g:TbsAAOSwZCVgZead

I can't take Boomers (or many other things) seriously since first hearing this. Full shred. Pre-amp, pro-sound performance Groove tube Killer caps You're a Strat cat Patch in Dangerous distortion Serious sustain Slinky, super slinky Boomers double-ball ends It'll phase, it'll flange, it'll fuzz It's fast, it's flexible Just feel those frets A simulated comb filter For steroizing a mono source It's got a scaled-down Strat-style body With the feel of a Les Paul Deep cutaways, no pickguard And a couple of chromebuckers: Full shred! Stiff neck, brass nut and an ebony fingerboard Ball's deluxe

Because I'm an arsey git.

I won't disagree with that, but I don't think their approach would suit most bands.

Exactly, which renders it less relevant for most of us humbler musicians 🙂

That sort of music require quite a lot of mental concentration to listen to. It would empty most pubs in short order. That's not meant as any criticism of their abilities, but it does show the need to fit the music to the situation.

The 'vintage tube overdrive' - uses the Tube Screamer circuit.

It has a dual voltage heater 6.3 or 12V, but the anode voltage is ~250V. My Vox Valvetronix has got one in it.

One might struggle to find a 5A socket at most venues these days.

Kill the witch! Kill the witch!

I've done whole rehearsals just using my fretless, to prove I can rely on it as my backup.

I'm not convinced... I have a good selection of bases here and the one sounds head and shoulders above the others.

If you want a really accurate levelling beam, buy three lengths of good, straight bar, a scraper and some engineer's blue. Label the bars A B & C. Using tiny amounts of blue on one bar rub the face of another against it. The blue will rub off at the high spots. Scrape these down a tiny amount. Scrape A using B as the test, then B against C, then C against A and keep rotating between them. You will be able to get accuracy well below 1/1000". Eventually.

They are more flexible than most, so the edges don't dig into your shoulder (I only have four...)

If you are in the dark for six hours while your gear does all the interesting stuff on its own with minimal intervention, it's much more enjoyable with a mate to chat to. When imaging at home I spend most of the time on forums or what'sapp. Plus, a star party is essentially the same as a bass bash - a chance to share your interest with like-minded folks face to face.

This is very much me trying to compose some 'solo' stuff mostly for my own satisfaction, also in the hopes it benefits my wider technique/options.

Nota song, but an exercise from the 'Dummies' series I found by accident: Excellent for 1 finger per fret players, I went through each one as eight notes, 120bpm, starting on G. I did stop between each pattern 🙂 A bit like doing the independence exercises drummers do, it uncovers a few sequences not in your muscle memory. Surprising which ones trip you up.

I have long fingers but I can see this may be an issue for some. I mostly play 4 note bar chords and open shapes and relatively close double stops. I find most basses sound great when you use the D or A as a pedal note and play a melody on the higher strings, which is a similar situation, and yes some get murky if you use the E as a pedal. I suppose I am wondering what makes some basses not sound muddy when you get down low. Not familiar I'll look him up. Ah, I sometimes try to play like that, but with less melodic results... Humbucker, I recall we thought they were essentially guitar pups back in the day, and they have very high output. I've always used Elite standard (105) on the Hohner. The Hohner isn't clanky, but it has a very aggressive tone control, so much so the volume drops noticeably when rolled off. With both pups the chords sound less defined with tone rolled back, but instead you get a very nice 'growl' as the E and A strings harmonise. My active headless Hohner (5-string) doesn't sound anywhere near as good. I can see 6 strings offer more chordal flexibility. Are their pups/electronic designed to give a better chord sound?