Baloney Balderdash

So your suggestion to a replacement hobby is knitting?

There is still hope for guitar music though:

So was Beatles. Guitar music was on the way out. Well, true, that took until the new millennium, but on the way out non the less...

Yes, why would you ever want to make something that weren't just an exact copy of something made before? Outrageous! Shame on you Fender!

"Liquid Funk", maybe an idea for a future album title, or a solo record. On a more serious note, congratulations.

It is not the sharpest photo, probably to get the bass in absolute focus. But his hand/arm looks perfectly fine, it is just a bit hard to see the lines of the hands and arms on that photo, which kind of makes the hand and lower arm melt together, and again the lower arm with the upper arm, behind it, because it is not 100% in focus and sharp. Absolutely nothing wrong with it.

The bridge on these basses is not attached to the body and moves around freely only held back by the downward pressure of the tuned up strings. And I assume whoever had it strung it right handed because they didn't happen to be lefthanded, it's not like the bass works or sounds any different that way.

So I was wondering how clean or overdriven peoples basic "clean" tone actually is. Mine is lightly overdriven, I'd say upper end of low gain overdrive, and got a subtle reverb on it too.. My basic always on "clean" signal chain looking like this: Tube Preamp with gain dialed in to just on the verge of breakup -> (other effects like modulation and distortion) -> Preamp/drive dialed in to an upper end of low gain overdrive and mixed with about 50% "clean" signal via Boss LS-2 -> Subtle reverb -> Preamp with drive dialed in to just on the verge of break up and mixed with 50% "clean" signal -> Tube preamp/DI with gain dialed in to just on the verge of breakup Update!:

Smooth Operator - Sade

Every Morning - J. Mascis

I am really pleased with how my Mosky Black Rat, RAT clone, in Turbo RAT mode, with the tone Filter at noon, and the Gain set relatively high, at just above 3 o'clock, sounds, blended at an about 50/50 drive/clean ratio, via my Boss LS-2. No reason for any crossover or anything, just sounds right as a high gain distortion, but without loosing bottom end or articulation and definition. Doesn't sound like a drive signal on top of a clean signal at all, really does blend really nicely, just like that. That cheap budget Mosky pedal might be the best RAT clone out there. And it is probably my number one favorite distortion pedal.

As a bonus Jatoba, as this one's fretboard is made of, is nearly as hard and stiff as Ebony, way stiffer than Rosewood, and quite a bit harder too, and both way harder and way stiffer than Maple, which should increase the neck stiffness and stability compared to what you got now.

.100 - .080 - .060 - .040 is a better, as far as I am concerned, and more balanced tension, gauge combination, and actually the lower tension will give you more bottom end, and overall, again if you ask me, sound better.

Sexy Boy - Air

Try doing a Google search of "Black Sabbath", the top result with pictures of the members credits Ronnie James Dio for Vocals, while Ozzy Osbourne is credited for Harmonica.

Please read my edited updated reply and if you haven't the pedal and editor manual/guide for this pedal that I linked to.

No other single pedal from factor will give you access to as many different drive types and anywhere near the same level of tweakability (with the software editor). Just absolutely astonishing tweakability. If you can't get the drive sound you are looking for with this, chances are high that no other pedal will either. Have you read the manual? If not, do so, just to get an idea of what this is capable of: https://www.sourceaudio.net/uploads/1/1/5/1/115104065/aftershock_user_manual.pdf https://www.sourceaudio.net/blog-neuro-editor-and-one-series-drive-pedals.html

If I had artistic freedom, yes. I wouldn't want to be a pro bass player if it was at the expense of my artistic/creative freedom. So, yes, if it was in the context of being in a democratic original band, where I loved the music we were making, where I largely had freedom to come up with and play my own bass lines, and having overall influence on the composition, and we were on a record company that gave us artistic/creative freedom, then yes. To be honest though I'd much rather be able to make a living as a composer. I have seriously pondered on making an attempt to get my foot in the door of being a film/television composer. As it is currently though my mental health wouldn't allow me to live up to deadlines and to handle all the general stress involved, so think it'll have to remain a dream. But yeah, I am really more of a composer kind of musician than an instrumentalist. Don't get me wrong I think I am decent at playing both bass and guitar, but I am genuinely great at composing.

The End Of A Love Affair - Stina Nordenstam

I like it. I mean given the choice I would rather have a bass in matte black or dark green finish, but I can think of several other finish options where I'd much rather have this. Also I really appreciate Ibanez has got the guts to experiment as much as they do with their guitar and bass models compared to pretty much every other big cooperate guitar/bass brand. Ibanez pushes innovation forward, whereas it seems like most other brands/companies their size do their best to kill innovation.

Yeah, barrel jack sockets will fail eventually, even the proper high quality ones, if at least usually lasting longer than the cheaper ones, and unlike the regular ones that usually can be fixed relatively simply and easy in the rare occasions that they do fail, barrel type ones can't.

Makes you wonder if Wal basses had had the same success had they been named Wally.