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From the ""Amp-less" setup" thread: Still haven't got around to setting up the new updated and completely rearranged board, so this is how my temporary totally scrapped down pedal setup looks at the moment (signal chain is listed in the above quoted post):

Still mostly using my fingers at the moment, but my prefered pick is now using one of the round corners of the Dunlop Max Grip Nylon .60mm, which would actually be a bit thicker (and obviously) than the tip of the standard Dunlop USA Nylon .73mm, and compared to the round corner of the latter there is a bit more space with a smooth surface before the raised grit grip bit of the Max Grip .60mm pick. Really like both how this feels and sound. A bit warmer and bit less snappy than using the tip the standard Dunlop USA Nylon .73mm pick.

Rather tired now, so can't be assed to write a lot, but I'll throw you a PM tomorrow. Cool though, and you should absolutely get back to WoW, and give RP'ing a shot. And the new expansion is one of the better Blizzard done as well.

Well, to be honest I never intended this interpretation, but I guess that is how the subconscious plays tricks with you when you're taking a casual swim in it, it doesn't get any better that it was written in character as my WoW Gnome roleplay character Bertel Wobblespring... But, yes, I have actually noticed.

How about this piece I wrote: Purple Poem - A poetic purple suit to the color purple I got purple pants and purple gloves on my hands I got a purple mind, of a different kind I would have a purple hat, if it was not black I got a purple soul, or so I was told. Purple, purple, purple... Pour the purple, purple stream, waterfall of purple dreams, Gleams of purple haze when smoking, Don't you think I'd just been joking! Purple is the color purple, sometimes hue in red or blue, most of times it's simply purple, purple, purple time, purple rhyme, this is it: A purple sign! Nothing purple left behind, purple as a violet, violet, nothing purple is a hurdle, shining red and blue as true, mix it up or differentiate it, purple is what purple made it, understand! don't misconceive, simply make it make believe, purple is the greatest color, everything else is just a tad more duller I think I here have made my point: Not pink, not grey, nor green or yellow Purple is the color of this fella'!

I don't disagree, and I admit to having a bad habit with posting before I have actually made 100% sure that I actually said what I really wanted to say and how I really wanted to say it. Me suffering from ADHD, while not really being a valid excuse, does at least to some degree explain this. The alternative is people keeping to reply and commenting on something I never actually meant/intended filled with grammatical errors. In this case you kind of got what you ask for though, if you look at the replies following close after, where my original unedited replies have been quoted.

What I really wanted to say: And I think that really should have been obvious for someone less eager to insist on me being wrong. That might be a narrow generalization, whatever that oxymoron is supposed to mean, but also it happens to be the truth.

I never said that all new music is poo, just that certain general popular tendencies/trends most widespread in certain musical genres is.

I like my subtle, and not quite as subtle, vibratos, thank you. Adds to the organic expression. This is stupid and one step closer to make your bass sound like a programed midi bass rather than a real played one. But I am sure it'll appeal to people who are more perfectionists than is for their own good, or are of the misconception that all music should ideally sound as if a machine was playing it, looking at you modern metal people, I mean what's the point of playing it even then, if you are going to quantize everything anyway why not just program it to start with (applies to modern pop music as well where everything is pitch corrected)? Should have been named Analtune.

KOOP (featuring Ane Brun) - "KOOP ISLAND BLUES"

Sure, some at least, but with the size of the body and placement of the bridge on the Blackstar compared to the Mikro not as much as it otherwise could have been, also the shorter scale length comes with other disadvantages, such as tone and string tension, and in that aspect string gauge in relation to string inflexibility (caused by the shorter active vibrating length of the strings, which again affects tone and sustain). The Mikro also comes with more frets (22 vs. just 18), and less cramped upper frets fretting, if that is important to you. Question here I guess is if you are really going for absolutely smallest possible at any cost or just small enough.

The string action on my Mikro Bass is about 1.8mm from top of 12th fret to bottom of low E string, about 1.4mm high G string, without any fret buzz whatsoever. Truss rod cover on the Mikro is a small lid you can slide off to the side without any need of screwdriver, so all you need to do to adjust neck relief is the Allen key that it comes with. How a bass comes set up from stock factory is in my opinion irrelevant as you will need to do a proper setup pretty much regardless of price point of the instrument to get it to your personal preferred settings anyway.

This!

Which gives me another brilliant idea! Ever noticed how the notes you fret doesn't actually a perfectly clean smooth sinus curve? Well how about inventing a device that can be build into the control cavity that'll turn all notes into a nice perfectly clean and smooth sinus curve... I am sure that would be what every bass player really would want when they play bass... This device would get rid of all those nasty extra harmonic content that blurs your pure fundamentals... Now add a compressor that keep heck on all of those annoying dynamics fluctuations, making everything absolutely perfectly even, and you'll have the perfect bass tone... Who thinks this stuff up? If you can nod in agreement to all 3 "improvements" mentioned above perhaps what you really want rather than playing bass is a sinus wave generator...

I think you missed my edit: Locking washer, as suggested in the above post, was what I actually meant.

I would think what you fear is exactly what is at risk at happening if tightening the jack nut just on one side without holding on to the jack socket on the other side, preventing it from twisting around as you turn. Also if there is not already one using a shim with "teeth" on the inside side of the jack socket and then tightening properly should prevent the jack socket from loosening in the future.

I love the sound of a middle position P pickup, and that there does sound awesome, however personally I am partial to roundwound strings. I guess I can partially accept this videos premise though and call it the ultimate P Bass tone with flatwounds tone.

The answer is yes! However for your specific application you might be better off considering an equalizer pedal of some form, or the EHX Steel Leather attack expander pedal, which was made with this exact purpose in mind.

It does have 25 frets, with really great upper frets access, which would make the neck actually longer, but also seem longer, say compared to the only 19 frets of a Fender Mustang, which have pretty poor upper frets access. Then add to that the bridge placement, further from the edge of the body, with more body behind it, which adds to the overall length of the bass, but not to the actual scale length. Also looking at the length of string space between bridge/saddles to where the neck ends short scale does seem right.

And yet those two bassists played the exact same respective bass with the exact same setup through most of their career (and they are far from the only examples of that among acclaimed professional bass players either). I do realize that music is not sports, but there is a reason why elite sports people are picky about their equipment. And there's a reason why there is not just one bass model on the market with one set of definite ultimate specs, and trust me it is not because most people think it is a great idea to waste time and energy on learning to know each of them to the point where they might very well be feeling decently, but never perfectly, and definitely not equally, familiar and at home with all of them when they actually got a choice. People have personal preference, different playing styles, and playing different styles of music, and on a very basic practical level different people are simply born with different physics, and I bet that even you do actually feel more comfortable, at home, and play better on some basses over others. I know for certain that I do at least. Why settle for less than optimal and ideal when you actually got the choice?

I would have a custom one made. You can get a custom MARUSZCZYK or MESNINGER 5 string for that price. Personally I would go for a 30" scale Cazpar made to my prefered specs.