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Euphonic Audio crop up used from time to time.. I have a CXL110 - 1x10 with concentric tweeter. Remarkable for its size!

I know for sure that too slack is when the hair can be trapped between strings and stick - possible damage to hair. Too tight? Maybe too bouncy or some such. If the bow snaps, [u]definitely[/u] too tight! I have mine so about half a dozen twizzles takes me from slack for storage to tight for playing. Honestly? Not a clue!

This isn't just a drummer thing, in fact I'm pleased as anything to say that I play with a few drummers who can do both excellent quality AND volume to suit the moment - both high and low! I [u]used[/u] to play with a tasty guitarist, nice chap too, who would put earplugs in then turn up to ear-splitting levels to counter the earplugs.. why? Glad to say even the louder bands I play with tend to be more sensible when it comes to practice rooms. The whole point of practicing is you can differentiate between the good stuff and the bits that need work. It's always a major step to leave (or cause major ructions in) a band you like, but your ears will still be thanking you in 10 years time!

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1436590523' post='2819347'] BassDirect tend to be at the highest end of the market but find somewhere else as well stocked in Europe. [/quote] I think this means you'll be very lucky to find anywhere else as well stocked.. Depending how stuck on a specific make or model you are, fish around the specialist shops in UK and makers, too. Also keep your eyes on the Marketplace on BC.. With a £1300 budget there'll most likely be something good on sale either now or in the near future. Put up a Wanted ad on here, and state your likes and dislikes. BC is a fantastic (or terrible, depending how you look at it) place for folks changing basses!

Any Fish man dealers should be able to get the clips for you. I used to have one yonks back , and had to get a spare pair!

That suggests a tube pre rather than an actual drive pedal. There's a thing that valves do which is just going creamy without fizz. What amp are you using?

This all sounds like a fun experiment! It strikes me that the feedback loop thing will be frequency-dependent, as only certain notes actually give you acoustic string feedback. Of course, the exact notes depend on so many factors.. distance, cab, angle, reflective/absorbent surfaces etc.

[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1436192372' post='2815779'] Testicle shaking volume is all you need here! [/quote] But surely that is the answer to almost ANY query on here?

I think there's a perception that a zero fret is the mark of a 'cheaper' instrument, but since Fylde use it on their stuff that seems to be inaccurate reasoning. Dunno really, seems practical to me. Just get a fretless - no zero fret either way!

I remember walking in to Wakefield Jazz a few years back, to see a singer I'd not heard of but about whom (naturally) the club flyer had raved. Liane Carroll I had to suppress a pang of disappointment at seeing an electric bass - a fretted one, at that - propped up at the back of the stage, but well, Wakefield Jazz always get decent people on.. Turned out to be Roger Carey, husband of said Liane Carroll, and it turned out to be one of the best gigs I'd been to in years. Take the bass you're comfortable with, and you'll play as well as you can. This vid is simply joyous! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH4x6ijy4fQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH4x6ijy4fQ[/url]

I've not had a Trace with a fan.. are/were they particularly noisy? A heatsink is quite silent in its running! That AH250SMX heatsink certainly does its work, mind, as by the end of even a short set I can't hold my hand on it. Hot, hot, hot.

If that's what 'winnowed down' looks like, thank feck they didn't get going with the serious power tools!

I was browsing the StewMac catalogue recently, and the may be such a thing there. Just now I can't think where the catalogue is to be found. .

Just saw this crop up on Facebook.. GTR guitars in Huddersfield is closed now, but last couple of bits up for grabs include a Mag 410T with cover for £99! https://www.facebook.com/gtrguitars?fref=ts Nothing to do with me, Marcus' mobile is on the FB post.

It strikes me that, as each string only passes over one coil rather than two as with a humbucker, the P pickup gives a single coil tone but with hum cancelling. Widet coils so more P-90 style fat with bite. Just my tupporth, not necessarily the truth. .

Yup, slides and vibrato are there as an expression. Get the intonation right and, well, play bass. Steve Bailey said a great comment he got was 'Oh, I didn't realise it was a fretless'. Enjoy! The first bass I picked up was a defretted, and I fell in love. :-)

[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1434782559' post='2802729'] I've done it. It's really not too difficult, just take your time and go slowly with it. Put tape in between the frets so if you do get tear out it can easily be replaced. I did it on a maple fretboard and used some rosewood veneer to put in the gaps. What are you planning to fill them with? Oh and be prepared to do a lot of sanding. [/quote] +1 to this. Just take it steady. [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1434784602' post='2802740'] The thing that scares me about it is reports that if you're not careful, some of the fingerboard may come off with the frets. [/quote] Take it steady. [quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1434784691' post='2802741'] There are proper pincers for lifting frets so I'd get those. Also, from what I've seen, briefly heating the frets with something like a soldering iron, is the way to go before you pull them; it softens the glue (which these days seems to be a liquid cyanoacrylate - you'd use that if gluing in wood veneers in the slots left behind). [/quote] You can make the pincers yourself by filing/grinding flat the nose of some standard end cutters or small pincers. The first time I did a defret, I went in at speed with a chisel.. not recommended! Unless they've been problematic and repaired, the frets shouldn't be glued in to start with. Take it steady and they will wobble out in stages. Firstly pincer under the fret at one end, middle, other end so it just lifts a whisker. Next, grab with the pincers and just give a gentle wobble, end, middle, end. Repeat until it lifts GENTLY out, and you'll lose little or no wood from the fingerboard. Take it steady. [quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1434788985' post='2802791'] It's pretty straightforward, I've done a couple. It's all about the prep. ... Wood glue and sawdust makes a paste the same colour as the fingerboard wood if there are any chips etc. [/quote] +1 for prep, also don't rush it. Take it steady. I'd use epoxy (Araldite-a-like) as it's verry durable, considering the duty it will be expected to perform. On that first one I used car filler - it was crap!

I have a BTB600 with the Bartolini licenced pups.. nice pickups as they go, but while performing various experiments on this bass I had a set of EMG J in there (the only thing I had which would fit in that size pocket) and that was brilliant! May even go down the road of USA Barts or I think Aguilar do some that would fit. If you get the SR600, a pickup upgrade would be both easy and productive.

Right, that's me listening to Jethro Tull for today! :-)

Big +1 to pretty much everything above. John Glascock had a brilliant feel in his basslines, and even revisiting such era Tull albums 30+ years after first listening to them I'm finding new bits to hear today. (Actually that's true of alot of things I got into in teenage years!) Definitely one of my bass influences before I even considered playing bass. Wasn't he something of a party animal, to boot?

'Sfunny.. the original question was 'should I get a new bass?'.. not one reply suggesting to just wait for the container to land!

Probably worth having a good read here: http://looperpedalreviews.com/ as each pedal has its particular strengths and features. It might help you decide just what you want from such a thing. I bought one at random via the Bay, and actually use it more for some of its non-looping features!

... or do we just need to seek out Mk.6 Trace gear? ;-)