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A good setup and perhaps some lighter strings might help? I find HMWYRS a whole lot easier to play on a bass that I've set up to my preference, irrespective of the quality of the bass itself 👍

Nicely put @BigRedX 👍

This is the truth of it, I’ve spent a lot of money on a lot of gear most of which I don’t need, but If I had to sell the lot tomorrow I’d get all that money back, there or thereabouts 👍

It's not a hobby or even a way of life, it's so much more, it's a calling. On reflection - and given that from the age of about 5-years i could always hum the bass part of songs to which i could remember neither the words or the melody - I was called to play bass, and I still feel better after an hour playing bass than I do after an hour of just about anything else (especially my new Enfield many thanks @Shaggy) 👍

Good taste 👍

I assumed when i read it that they we early 20s but at 37, well.............. 🤔

Hi @Whomesee, thanks for the message. I got it working eventually, but 6-hours to get software and hardware made for each other by the same manufacturer is a little frustrating (and I get the impression it might have taken longer had I reached out to Softube support). And you're right, it's good gear, allows me to mix and edit like them old days - I'd long forgotten just how hard work using a mouse can be - and it's been trouble-free since. Now if Softube could get it, and the fader, to talk properly to Pro Tools I'd be very happy, but having said that I'm so impressed by the hardware that I'm considering switching to one of the DAWs that work fully with Softube, there's partial integration with Luna that I'm going to explore soon as I work within the UAD universe so to speak. Cheers. Chris 👍

Wise words @Lozz196 👍

Copied me mate 👍

I used to play guitar five strings only without the top E, found I preferred the chord shapes and tuning, got used to it and found it very hard tp go back to six

Can’t believe this is still live 😕

Might be illusory but neck seems misaligned?

Great technique, awful tone 😕

This is reflected in the comment above re Rainey’s playing being so out of time, perhaps posted by someone who records multitrack in the digital domain, who is used to being able to line individual tracks up in time, and who believes that’s what good timing sounds like. More often than not it’ll simply sound sterile. I wish I knew what is the perfect algorithm for bass and drum timing, but I know that precise synchrony is hugely overrated 👍

Hell yes 👍

It affects tone a tiny but yes, but as so many have said, in an entirely unpredictable way. Even if the builder has access to extremely consistent timber, in which case variation within a batch is reduced, there will be variations between batches. You wouldn’t expect the same variation within, for example, one brand/model of PUP, bridge, even strings. The idea that one type of wood sounds consistently different to another type of wood when used as the board on a fretted electric bass is not supported by any hard evidence, all points are based on personal experience and opinion, no matter how well known and apparently qualified the source 👍

Now that's what I call bass playing, the timing, and the restraint, are extraordinary 👍

On iPhone it's apparent, on desktop fine BTW

Hey @Woodinblack, when i hit 'Submit Reply' it hangs, might just be me, appear to have made a couple of double posts because of it 👍

This And this

And courtesy Radio 6 I was introduced to this version this morning, and once again, the bass came across beautifully

Absolutely, and feel different, and both are important for many players and builders 👍