Baloney Balderdash

Are D'Addario XL the same also though?

I stand corrected...

Really interesting. A shame they so far only come in .105 to .045 gauge though, I would love to try a balanced .095 to .040 set of these strings. And no they are not the same as the GHS Bassics and Roto Swing strings, those are nickel thread wound around a steel core, just as any other nickel-plated roundwound strings, these got steel thread wound around a steel core, just like a regular stainless steel roundwound string, but then an additional wrap of nickel thread on top of that, which to my knowledge have not ever been done before (at least not commercially). Making them a quite unique and new fusion/crossover/combination between/of stainless steel and nickel-plated roundwound strings. Perhaps even making it possible to get the stainless steel sound, but without the excessive fret wear (though this is a guess, as I haven't actually tried these strings myself, yet).

Apples and Oranges - Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett)

Fruit Tree - Nick Drake

Cause it needed a bump to actually become a zombie thread, before that bump it was just an old inactive thread, and being a zombie is so much cooler.

But? It's more or less exactly what I said. You quote it yourself: Personally though I prefer cabinets with better low end frequency response than you mention, something closer to -3dB at 45Hz and with a HPF set at 40Hz, but you are right a lot of bass cabs have a frequency response similar to what you mention. Also try take a look at the linked video, and behold just how much the 25Hz HPF helps a regular bass cab:

Well, except for the 25Hz being the -3dB point of the slope, so there will most definite be a couple of dB reduction of 27.5Hz as well, and the low B for that matter at 30.87Hz slightly reduced too. I realize this is nit picking, and for most parts irrelevant as any real life cab actually used is unlikely to be able to reproduce 27.5Hz, or 30.87Hz for that matter, anyway (it will however, as we can see in that video, still cause the speaker cones to flap, just not producing much of an actually audible tone), and what is actually mostly heard will the the second harmonic, an octave above, and our brain filling in the blanks (as with a large part of our perception of reality in general really). Just saying for the sake of being factual correct.

Try looking closely on the expression of the smilies and what they actually do, then try to copy that expression on your own face and take a look in the mirror. I am genuinely not saying this to be a jerk, I just assume that I can't be the only one who find your use/interpretation of smilies counter intuitive to what they actually visually seem to express, and therefor potentially misunderstands your intention with what you write.

How about you take your own advice then too? And please look at the most recent edit I did to that post you quoted (And, yes, I am perfectly aware I got a bad habit with pressing the "Send" button before I have actually made perfectly sure that I also said exactly what I wanted to say and in the way I wanted to say it. Blame my ADHD. It's not an excuse, but it does explain it).

As I I later edited into the comment you quote: I do agree with it definitely also being sad and tragic, but as far as I am concerned that doesn't make it unfit to joke about, rather quite on the contrary. That's exactly one of the reasons we got humor. Also this was the emoji you used, as I interpret it that that is not sad, it's a crooked smile/smirk, in this context to me indicating that it is something said jokingly profound:

I am however not the only one appreciating dark humor on this planet, that your post was not intended as such is impossible to tell from what you posted. I do agree with it definitely also being sad and tragic, but as far as I am concerned that doesn't make it unfit to joke about, rather quite on the contrary.

Look at my post again, and see when it was edited last compared to when your post was posted and edited. Though I guess The New Yorker hardly is the language of the soul or the most advanced form of communication we humans are capable of either, or any of the other examples for the matter. I guess the former examples can be argued, but I'd still argue that of all art forms music is the one that lives up to this description the best, and neuroscience seems to support this, as it is one activity, both intensive listening and playing, together with deep meditation, that activates most of our brain simultaneously.

Take A Break is the most advanced form of communication we humans are capable of, and the language of the soul?

My mum is dead. She died of cancer a few years back. But judging from the amount of plays my music get on YouTube there's luckily a few more people who's souls resonate with mine's output.

It's not an urge, not anymore than staying alive is an urge, it's the language of the soul, the most advanced form of communication we humans are capable of, and it's tragic and sad to see it reduced to merely cheap background entertainment.

So would providing guns to people who want to commit suicide be.

That's just tragic and sad. Why then play music at all?

Your point being? My point was that doing covers aiming for it to be a 1:1 of the original brings absolutely nothing new to the table, certainly nothing remotely artistic, original or creative, and the original will with guarantee in by far most cases be vast superior, and always, well, actual original. To me music is, and should be, art.

Nothing matters, we are all going to die anyway... Seriously though: What does what matter or doesn't matter?

2 Girls 1 Cup... Oh, wait, song titles you say?... My Evil Twin - They Might Be Giants

Just fill the existing holes with standard wood glue, squeeze some tight fitting wooden sticks down in the holes, pinch or cut off the excess sticks above the holes, wipe away excess glue with a moist cloth and let it cure for 24 hours. After that you don't have to worry about this. Also just because the body wood of the bass is relatively soft doesn't necessarily makes it a crap bass, the Music Man Bongo Bass and several other relatively high end basses got bodies made out of Basswood, which is a relatively cheap and soft wood that is infamous for stripping screws if exchanging anything, but also acknowledged for actually being a great Tonewood.

If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All) - Ween

Wouh, that's pretty insane. Wish I had known this many years back when I played bass in a rock band using my 60W Ampeg B-15S, which sounded amazing and was just exactly as loud as I needed and wanted it to be, but unfortunately sometimes would fart out when pushed like that to near the edge of its maximum capacity. Also when I was calling it a "somewhat subtle effect" I naturally meant "somewhat subtle audible effect", I also pointed out that it regardless was still "making a quite significant difference".

Tie a hairband or similar tight around the strings and neck behind the nut at the headstock, or use one of these capos to do the same: