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I have no idea what model it is, but Cort guitars and basses are known to be amazing value for the money, and generally of high quality. And neck/midle single coil pickup and bridge humbucker does make a lot of sense. I do however suspect that the bridge MM pickup might have been added later by an owner (it looks very different design wise/aesthetically from the neck/middle pickup), which however doesn't automatically make it bad. You say it's for sale locally, so how about trying it out, and if it plays and sounds great (however not on that amp in that picture, as that with most certainty will make every bass, no matter how great that bass otherwise might be, sound like crap), have no obvious flaws (old strings and a bad setup is not a flaw and can be easily remedied), and is otherwise reasonably priced, buy it.

I strongly question the scientific validity of that blog. This for example proves absolutely nothing: So where in the blog is the statistical data to support that, and more specifically data where that has also actually been proven to be the actual cause? If this was true it would look bad for wooden furniture, and we wouldn't have 100's of years wooden furniture pretty much holding the same shape in which they were made, wooden tables without bend plates and legs, or wooden chairs without bend seats and legs. Even less is a piece of cardboard going to course something like that. Calling something research doesn't automatically make it scientifically valid, or even just at least real research.

I've posted this video before, but just discussing this topic on Discord with some WoW friends, I had to post it again. Great video, awesome song, amazing band:

That's a fact! He lives on the alien military bass on the dark side of the Moon!

It's a myth. Neck might develop a "Ski Jump", there is always that risk, but it is for certain not because of a part shim.

As noted above not unless you keep turning your amp up above the point where it actually sounds good.

This is great news! I need a couple of these. Already got 2 Boss LS-2, but I need another one for my current planed setup, and as you said it is a better design, and that at a lower price.

The DBX 160A compressor model in the Zoom is pretty amazing for bass. Do not use it currently, but I have previously used this setting for adding extra punch, snap and bite, to great results: THRS = -7 :-: Ratio= 2.5 :-: Gain= 7 Knee = Hard :-: Level= 50 Also, and this might be obvious, and a stupid question, but are your string action and pickups adjusted correctly?

In no particular order: :-: Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (NHØP) :-: Victor Wooten :-: Chris Wood :-: Bill Laswell :-: Trevor Dunn :-: Julie Slick :-: Justin Chancellor :-: Cliff Burton :-: Lou Barlow :-: Paz Lenchantin :-: Peter Hook :-: Jack Casady

Dead Skin Mask - Slayer

Love Is... - Dinosaur Jr.

Also why is his crotch miked?

The keyword here is "fine", not "great". Also I assumed by your wording that you actually played together before and knew each other fairly well as musicians, and that this wasn't the 2nd time ever you played together?

They will if they have been rehearsed properly by everyone (that is everyone actually getting the time needed to learn their individual parts properly) and the band is taking the time to make them work together as a band. Also the band needs to get each other to know as musicians and how to play together as a band properly if this is going to be a serious and longer lasting endeavour. Rushing through 10 song, only haven been given time to learn the individual parts needed haphazradly, on the 2nd band rehearsal ever is not the right answer, as far as I am concerned.

3 seems sensible and realistic to learn in a week if you are supposed to be able to play them properly and have proper time to work on them together, make them work as a band, at rehearsal. And most certainly if you got a full time work and family to take care of on the sideline. 10 is way too much on any level that can be taken serious, both when it comes to the individual band members learning their individual parts in just one week but also when it comes to playing through the songs together for the first time, making them work as a band, in one rehearsal session. The persons in this thread who ask whether the vocalist is actually going to practice the songs, memorize all the lyrics, and sing them spot on, or if he is just going to show up with the lyrics printed and wing 10 songs he already know, reading the lyrics as he signs and as he remembers the songs from previous casual listening, certainly put things in perspective. If you all intend for this band to work properly and stick together for a longer period of time, without constantly firing and hiring new people that never stay long enough to learn each other well enough as musicians to play properly together, and to the point where there are no original members left in a year, you all need to agree on a tempo and form you are all happy and can agree with, and not least will actually realistically work in order to get anywhere.

When I read noisy music I immediately thought of this official Low music video:

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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