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Apologize for spam, but I decided to try it out on my 4 string Mikro Bass as well, so here is Take 4 & 5. A very raw take 4 & 5 sketch to a screwed little tune, played on my 4 string Ibanez GSRM20B Mikro Bass, tuned in B standard tuning (as in an octave above the 4 lower strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning). Exactly as recorded, no post production or editing.

I decided that "Space Agent Spliff" deserved a better take, so here it is take 2 & 3, considerably better, but still a very raw sketch:

Pretty cool! Sounds great! Only heard a couple of of your other tracks, but damn, the track "You’re My Germ" from the album "Recipes from the Bible" is freaking amazing! Definitely need to listen through all of your stuff at some point! You're killing it!

Edit!!!: I have removed some of the tracks here from my SoundCloud profile, so that's the reason for the blank spaces, further down there are a couple of tracks left though: And so I made a musical project called "Dud Bottomfeeder", named after my 4 string Ibanez GSRM20B Mirko Bass, though most of this was actually played on my 5 String Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass, that I named "Mr. Growly - The Noodlemancer", and it is all up for free download and listening at Bandcamp here: https://dudbottomfeeder.bandcamp.com/ 1 full length album so far, featuring a damn fine noodle blend of 8 freely improvised, as well a precomposed, pieces. But the plan is to make more... Here is one of the tracks from the album, though it has changed tittle to "A Damn Fine Bowl of Noodle Soup (the noodlemancer)" : Old OP: Here are two very raw first take sketches of two full songs, or that is at least the main bass parts, one progressive/math rock one, that has the working title "Space Agent Spliff", which I consider using for my stoner/doom rock project "all I nil", even if it falls a bit out of the general style, and the other is a just for fun funky little tune. Both are far from perfectly executed, plenty of mistakes, and I stumble a lot, but thought you might enjoy them: Played on my 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass, tuned in G# standard tuning (as in one half step bellow the 4 upper strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning). Exactly as recorded, no post production or editing (which though also mean that you would need to turn the volume up a bit). Edit!: I decided that "Space Agent Spliff" deserved a better take, so here it is take 2 & 3, considerably better, but still a very raw sketch:

Not what I personally use. But I would still recommend the Two Notes Opus, as a one unit amp + cab emulator/simulator.

Love this: But it is 28.6" scale length, and tuned to G# standard tuning, as in one half step bellow the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E string. I named it "Mr. Growly - The Noodlemancer", and it is my favorite bass at the moment.

I don't always play a 5 string, but when I do...

Why eat one bowl of cereal for breakfast when you can have two? Also why use a bowl half the size when you can get one that is double the size? What's up with that?

I suppose more in the spirit of this thread, it would be a 28.6" scale bass, with visual mods like these Ibanez Mikro Basses: Something involving matte black finish, and pickups with red covers, and some sort of ornamentation/figure on the body above the bridge.

Techno Safari of the Rasta Noodles? Also, how about: Stringless Basses Vs. 1 String Basses and Washtub Bass Vs. Sea Bass

I'd say picks make more sense with the narrower string spacing typically found on 5 string basses. Therefor the logical conclusion would be that if you don't play 5 string basses with a pick you are doing it wrong, and ought to have your fingers cut off as penalty for your vast stupidity. Also everyone knows that the hue of the Tort matches flat tone best, therefor everyone ought to only play flat notes on a Tort equipped bass. And hard to play Radioactivity like the record on a bass, Kraftwerk didn't utilize electric bass anywhere in their discography.

Was pick vs. fingers mentioned yet?

Yes, you are right, I am totally a troll, this discussion makes so much sense, and following is total BS:

It's pronounced Flauonscheer! It's a French onomatopoieticon. Fight me!

Extra high notes takes away from the bass range, now? So in you opinion all basses ought to be 5 string basses, tuned to B standard tuning, and with only 12 frets, or? Else it isn't a real bass? This discussion is absurd. Why can't people just accept that some prefer 4 string basses, other people again 5 string basses, some even 6, or even 12 strings, and it is all good. Non of them are lesser instruments, or less real basses. Is this and add for Scott's upcoming clickbait video: "Why 5 string basses crushes everything!"? In before we get "Why 4 string basses crushes everything!", and 6 string, and 2 sting, and 1 string, and 12 strings, and....

While the fretboard does appear more logical to me, I enjoy the narrower string spacing, and the extra range, of a 5 string bass, the 4 string just feels more at home to me, that and I like the idea of being limited to just 4 strings. Also 5 strings basses always look somewhat off to me,. And as someone has already pointed, but then what about 6 string basses, don't you think you are missing out, and that 5 string basses are kind of pointless compared to 6 string basses?

Project by Daniel Stavne and Jacob Læby (me). Mind these are demos, and the tracks are to be mixed and mastered professionally, and is going to be part of a full length album, to be released at some point in the future. Lyrics: Light Station The storm rages on, Your lighthouse stands in silent woe, Its light a mournful lonely song That speaks to ships that come and go. The sea, a writhing beast of gloom, Whispers dark secrets 'neath the foam, Where ancient terrors seek their tomb, Yet find in waves no final home. Upon the cliff, the tower high, A monolith of fate unknown, Bears witness to the starlit sky, Where eldritch stars and moons have shone. Its beam, a ghostly, pallid stare, Pierces through the veils of night, Guiding souls with none to care, Toward a doom devoid of light. The rocks below, where shadows creep, Echo with forgotten dread, The tides that wake from dreamless sleep, Are drawn by forces long since dead. And as the dawn begins to break, The light fades into ghostly mist, A fleeting glimpse for those who wake, Of realms that no man should exist. For in that light, so cold, so vast, Lies not salvation, but despair, A warning from the ancient past, To fear what lurks in open air.

Not a fan of this comment, but thanks for sharing.

So I tried it out, but was kind of disappointed that it didn't work for me. It did as advertised, but I thought it just didn't exactly fit for my use, like making everything sound a bit too rounded, and loosing clarity. And I planed on sending it back, to get my money back. However, for whatever reason, I let it stay, and just a couple of days ago filed it for a return with Thomann, and received a document so I could post it back without shipping costs yesterday. I planed on sending it back tomorrow. But then I decided to give it one last chance. Sounded much better than I remembered from the first time I tried it, but still made everything a bit too rounded for my taste. That is until I decided to try it out with my bridge J pickup, rather than my go to middle reverse orientation P pickup, and that actually sounded pretty great. Then I decided to see what it would do to my 5 string bass, which have just one J bridge pickup, wired directly to the output jack socket, and damn, it sounds absolutely gorgeous! Definitely not sending this back!

Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes - They Might Be Giants My funeral song!

Hey There Fancypants - Ween

Jesus Was An Alien - Electro Jar (an electronic duo I was part of)

I have always used rounds, and personally I prefer the light gauged balanced tension set by D'Addario, the gauge .095 - .070 - .055 - .040 set. Has a so much richer tone than flats. Until fairly recently I even hated the tone from flats, but have since learned to appreciate the sound of them, even if they are not for me personally. Flats absolutely do have their place. But anyway congratulations on your discovery. Perhaps worth trying out a lighter set rounds, if your fretting hand fingers are struggling, just as long as you remember to adjust your picking technique to a lighter touch, to accommodate the lower tension, who knows might lead to another revelation.

Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Sandy Denny

I would think so, but I am nowhere nearly knowledgeable enough about electronics to say so with certainty. I would think it would for someone with proper experience with tube circuits. The issue is that it makes a very prominent hissy, sometimes crackling as well, noise, and this get's worse, to the point where there is nothing but hiss and crackling, when turning up the Post Gain (which would be output volume). I tried to clean the pots, as that helped last time I had noise issues with this pedal, but it didn't help one bit this time (and yes, swapped out the tubes as well, to no avail, and yes, with tubes I knew worked perfectly fine). The thing is it actually works as it is intended to, as long as one doesn't turn up the Post Gain pot up too high, except for the background noise, that is so bad that it makes the pedal practically unusable at any point. As far as I gathered, and with my limited knowledge about electronics, my best bet is a busted capacitor somewhere in the output gain stage circuitry.