Baloney Balderdash

People who are scared/confused about menus, don't understand the concept of one knob being able to have several functions, have a tendency to option paralysis, and think physical controls somehow magically will make it sound more analog. Such people does actually exist. Or simply people who just likes the concept of/needs having physical controls for all parameters, and prioritize that over having access to additional tweakable parameters, flexibility of routing/the signal path, and number of effects available. Again I am certain such a user segment does exist. For instance I would say this wins as a live impro multi effect over a traditional "modern" menu diving multi effect pedal, like for instance as a live noise and experimental electronic music effect processor that can actually be tweaked live on the fly, or whatever context elsewhat where effects are treated more so as musical instruments in their own regard, rather than just simply, well, effects (I do realize that with a midi controlled multi effect and a midi controller the same and even more would be possible, but that would also be much more circumstantial and require a lot of extra work to get going, less convenient and immediate). In any case it is definitely a niche product. But I am pretty sure also an actual exiting niche, with not a lot of other competitors on the market filling it out already, other than older used units that doesn't feature quite the same modeling quality (whether that then is desired or not). I'd say this is a wise move from Boss, who (unlike Zoom) rarely mess around.

So stereo rigs and effects is a lie?

Really cool.

Great point! Does indeed sound like the drummers work. That is at least if such is involved in the musical project in question.

Genuinely groundbreaking work is measured in $ now? In that case I wonder how come Einstein wasn't the riches man in the world... Or why more scientists aren't rich, and how come some inventors of pretty genius stuff even died poor... Or how a lot of truly groundbreaking musicians in most cases did... Also Microsoft got a habit of buying up smaller competitors and stealing their hard work, in other words they are basically the business equivalent to scavengers, or even worse parasites. Of course this is pretty common practice for all big companies with enough capital to do so, but Microsoft is no exception in that. And sure parasites are a very successful family of animals, but normally not that well seen.

Sounds awesome!

I removed the somewhat failed paint splatter figure on the lower horn of my 5 string just 28.6" scale 5 string Ibanez Mikro Bass (it did scratch the finish, and I temporarily fixed it with black permanent marker, but plan to fix it poperly with black paint and clear coat at a later point), and applied red insulating tape (also known as electrical tape) to the pickups. Before and after pictures :

Although I use a vide variety of finger "plucking" techniques, including 3 finger technique, I do sometimes just use 1 finger, depending on the pieces I play, however not exactly the hook, which is pretty far from how I relatively gently stroke or flick the strings, depending, with the outmost tip of my fingers/quite specifically trimmed nails.

Everything Mike Suggerbarf and El Ron Muff touch. Mircosoft and Gill Baits ought to be dead too, but can't be assed to go through the inconvenience of Linux. And can't live without Gööggels, but that ought to die as well. Politics Inc. for most parts too. Most big corporate business is a parasitic scam really, and sadly that includes politicians for most parts as well. Heck, the whole so called "Civilization" is a scam, as far as I am concerned. No wonder Trump and his associated conspiracist got such a hold on people, though they are a scam too, just lucrating on the fact that people have been lied to for basically thousands of years.

Also, which mainly studio musician did that at that time, let alone studio bass player?

I aim to make the audience cry at every single gig!

Anyone know what the average expected lifespan of a 12AX7 preamp tube is in approximate hours of operation? Also does this change depending on the kind of plate voltage they run at, like is there a notable difference in lifespan of a tube that runs at proper 300V plate voltage, and then a starved 70V plate voltage? Also does it shorten a tubes life significantly if it is turned on and then off for shorter periods of time frequently compared to instead less frequently being turned on for longer periods of time (but as in same average operating time)? Also does it shorten the life of a tube if is left turned on for several hours?

Cool! Well, it worked/works for Höfner. This!

I was just trying to be funny, but I see not very successfully, perhaps it would have made it funnier if I had indicated my jokes with emotes.

Yes, that was the joke.

Yes, and that is exactly why my reply in the same line of thoughts was a humorous comment to that as well. Insinuating that you were of the younger generation who are not familiar with any of the bass players I listed in my first comment, but only of YouTube celebrities. Are you aware that you don't have to use emotes to be funny, or that not every comment not followed by an emote is genuine, and that not every comment followed by an emote isn't genuine? And that sometimes jokes can be very genuine too. Also sometimes explaining that you are joking takes away from the genuineness of the joke?

Davie504? Charles Berthoud?

And: Cliff Burton Victor Wooten Stanley Clarke Justin Chancellor Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen (NHØP) ?

From the position of standing in front of the sage: Drummer at the back in the middle, singer at the front in the middle? And then somewhere between the drummer and singer, or in line with the drummer, depending on the depth of the stage: 1 guitarist to the left, bass player to the right, together with keyboard player/2nd guitarist beside him/her on his/her right? Or whatever makes most sense according to the specific line up of instruments and individual roles of the involved musicians in the band, as well as size of the stage in question, and if playing on backgear: sound.

Couldn't agree more. I have one pickup of all my basses wired directly to the output jack socket. All additional control of the tone/sound of my bass happens off board, and when just playing regular traditional bass, that is basically just my trusted EHX Black Finger, tube driven optical compressor, which though I use with minimal compression dialed in, more as a tube preamp stage, and then directly into an amp with pretty much flat EQ controls and a single 15" cabinet. When I was younger I was obsessed with the idea of getting a bass with as many pickups, controls and tonal options as possible, the more, in my mind, the better instrument, which was stupid since even back then I also just used one fixed setting for everything.

More than anything getting in the zone where everything just happens and is in perfect flow, being absorbed in the process of playing and the band playing as one connected unit/entity. Doesn't happen too often for an entire show, sadly, but when it does it's divine. In fact I think I've only experienced this once at a gig. The last gig I played with my old, hardcore and noise rock influenced math rock, band "Menfolk", together with our friends and label mates "The Unit", a hard rocking garage rock band, before I quit the band a couple of months later (which I still regret to this day), in a small brimming full music bar in Copenhagen called "Lades Kælder".

The perfect bass for those "no money above the 5th fret" people, who doesn't want to pay for too many extra frets. Only thing even better for those people I imagine would be if they had made the body even longer and cut the neck at the 7th fret.

Hvide Mænd Spiller Afrobeat (White Men Playing Afrobeat) - Smag På Dig Selv (Taste Yourself)

I am pondering on maybe upgrading my NUX Melvin Lee Davis Preamp + DI, and to me it seems that either the Two Notes Opus or the bit more expensive Boss IR-200 would be the way to go, for my "amp-less" setup, but I am unsure which would be best. I really only need one single amazing tone, so being able to switch between several settings is not really important to me, flexibility of customization of that one tone and the quality of it is however. So with that in mind, which would you chose if you were me? Does any of these two allow for parallel mixing of amps and/or cabinets?

I enjoy to listen to old fashioned radio too. Danish National Radio's (DR) "P8 Jazz" channel, which is accessed either from streaming online or via DAB radio, and I have discovered a lot of great music through that. As the name says it is mostly somewhat Jazz related, but they play a good mix of classic, mainstream, but also a fair deal of more "alternative"/periphery jazz, and even some pretty niche "underground" jazz from time to time, though not exactly much of the avantgarde/free jazz variety. I have "P8 Jazz" running most day. The program "Aftenland" ("Eveningland") on "P8 Jazz" that sends each Sunday evening also features a fair deal of folk and other music in of the more calm and soothing variant. Sometimes I listen to "P6 Beat" too, which is their rock oriented channel, and I discovered some great music through that as well, they play a lot alternative and indie rock, though predominantly of the more modern/current kind. And then there is the "Natsværmeren" ("The Moth") program, that sends every night on DR's "P2 Classic", classical music, channel, which sends on old fashioned FM radio as well, where all kind of calm and soothing music is featured, from classical music pieces, to folk, to ambient, e.t.c, and a lot of less commercial stuff as well, love that program. "Natsværmeren" is probably my favorite radio program. Of course the talk in between tracks is in Danish though, but you can find it all here: https://www.dr.dk/lyd And a lot of archived programs too, so you can actually listen to the mentioned programs, even if not currently sending.