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Unrelated, afraid I can't help you with your issue, but a credit card thick relief is a lot, it ought to be closer to just a business card thick relief.

Uninstall the pickguard and every thing mounted to it, clean the surface on each side of the crack with some ethanol, then glue it together with thin super glue (you'd only want a thin layer just covering the surface on one side of the crack, and be careful to put it right together the first time), pressing the surfaces together for a minute or so before leaving it to letting it cure for 24 hours on a flat surface (yes super glue cures in a matter of a few minutes but it takes up to 24 hours to bind fully at maximum strength).

I need one of these! Indeed a very manageable price. About the same price as a lower mid priced effect pedal.

Can it measure how well you groove and swing too?

I would dare claim that being inspired musically by someone's playing in general, without necessarily having a direct influence on how you play your instrument, is still an influence. The other way around though isn't necessarily true. So while not being 1:1 related, they are definitely still related, and not completely different questions.

As someone who ever only played in original bands/projects this is my experience too. Also people I have played with have always been into music to an extend that they actually knew who the band members, including the bass player, was in the bands they'd listen to, and actually did care for bass too. And suggesting/introducing new artists to each other has been part of the regular conversation band members between.

Demon Sweat - Ween

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Thank for clarifying that. Also I am bit confused why the USB dongle would go into the power supply, isn't it supposed to sit in the USB plug of the Zoom? So you can't just use an USB cable going from the USB port in the M-Vave to the USB port of the Zoom?

Thanks a lot, this is great. Makes the Zoom multi stomp so much more useful. Can you scroll both up and down the patches though, or only forward? Also I am bit confused why the USB dongle would go into the power supply, isn't it supposed to sit in the USB plug of the Zoom? So you can't just use an USB cable going from the USB port in the M-Vave to the USB port of the Zoom?

How does that work, controlling the Zoom with that footswitch? You just plug it into the USB port and it works, or how? I got an Zoom MS-CDR70 that I would love being able to swap patches on up and down.

This is a pretty cool alternative/indie/noise rock band from Mexico that I just discovered. Would have loved it when I was a teenager, back in the 90's, where I played bass in a band that did something quite similar to this.

A bigger cab with more speakers or a bigger speaker might be the solution, as that will move more air and therefor sound louder. If getting a bigger amp I would suggest a 500W one, as, as I already mentioned, a 300W amp is only going to be about 1.5dB louder.

You can, but EMG pickups are generally known for being pretty Hi-Fi sounding as well.

Yes, all people can be put into two, and only two, categories: Us or Them ! They are the worst kind of people, obviously, whereas We are the sensible good people.

Nope, but I do every once in a while check out various online magazines, like this for instance: https://www.notreble.com/

Madeleine Peyroux - "Between the Bars" (Elliott Smith cover)

The hit lists has always consisted of absolutely horrendous music without any substance, this is not just a modern phenomena! Exhibit A :

Shoehorn With Teeth - They Might Be Giants

Amazing bass and drums duo from Japan:

I mostly use my fingers nowadays, all sort of finger picking techniques combined, regular traditional 1, 2 and 3 finger plucking technique, depending, classical acoustic guitar style finger picking technique, flamenco guitar style middle and/or index finger flicking technique, as well as double thumbing. When I do use a pick it is either a Dunlop Tortex .60mm (for an aggressive snappy attack), one of the round corners of a Dunlop Tortex .50mm (for a more clicky attack) or a Dunlop Max Grip Nylon .60mm (for a somewhat softer snappy attack), but my most favorite pick is a Wedgie Soft 3.1mm rubber pick (for a softer pick attack, somewhere between pick and finger plucking), sometimes it even happens that I use a Wedgie Soft 5mm rubber pick (for an even softer warmer subdued attack). On occasions I also use a ceramic slide, and sometimes a rubber covered plastic stick for a hammered dulcimer effect. All depending on the musical context.

You don't need that big a motion with your fingers, you'll waste energy and speed by pulling your fingers so far back after actually stroking the strings. That and loosing accuracy as well. Practice using smaller more delicate motions. You can still play aggressively, just doing so with much more efficiency and accuracy, without loosing more energy or straining more than actually strictly needed.

Try rather than striking, plucking or pulling the strings to just stroke them with the outmost tip of your fingers in a slight inwards slapping motion. That's what I do, and beside me much preferring the tone I get from this, your fingers won't get caught on the strings this way. It does take some practice though, as it requires accuracy to hit the string consistently with just the outmost tip of your fingers. And while you are at it, do yourself a favor and learn how to use the floating thumb technique, which gives you so much more freedom and makes it so much easier to mute, to prevent unwanted strings from ringing, than if you anchor your thumb.

So after I posted this I decided that I would try to experiment a bit with the strap length to see if I could possibly get a better result, and what I've found was that just moving down to the next strap hole in line, which would make the strap 129cm from strap button to strap button, my wrists actually is almost perfectly straight when fretting with my elbow at just about a 90 degree angle, and playing at the upper end of the fretboard, beyond 12th fret, feels significantly less circumstantial and cramped. Also my bass in general balanced better on my fat belly, now resting more on the middle of it, rather than sitting halfway on top of it. So for now I'll keep the strap at 129cm. (Edit!!!: 126.5cm hole to hole, currently. This also seems to be pretty much spot on where my bass would naturally be if I sat with it.)