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With regards to the Tye Zamora bass, it wasn't strictly a signature bass, it was a one-off custom made by one of the Masterbuild team. You couldn't buy it as a model, they won't make you one etc etc. But still, certainly one of the stranger instruments to have 'Fender' on the headstock. I've owned a couple of signature basses, a Fodera Matt Garrison standard, which was amazing, and a Lakland Skyline Darryl Jones, which was also excellent. Both of those players had a hand in the engineering of those basses (design, shape, specs etc), although Darryl's was essentially done with A basses first, then Lakland effectively just licensed the shape when Albey started getting more busy as a player. Si

I doubt he'll have a stand (doesn't need to), but he's usually there just for the hang. Si

Almost forgot, no-one beats Mega Ran if you like your Rap with a tinge of 8bit video games: Si

Ozomatli, whilst not strictly a hip-hop act, have some excellent 'rap' tunes with guests usually, their best is probably with Chali 2na: Listener's first album is also great, very different from their recent stuff, much more hip-hop and less grunge-poetry as it is now (which is still great): Jonwayne also writes some great stuff:

Very cool, yeah he's a good guy! And definitely a cool bass. It's a good idea to have the mess of a rout tidied up to actually accommodate a Precision pickup. But if it were me, I wouldn't do this until I thought I might sell it, just so you could then use it as a 'feature'. As it is now, enjoy it, can't see it under the scratch plate, and actually probably makes the bass that little bit lighter haha. Si

What?........Fender? Si

It's not going to affect the bass, still a sweet bass, but could affect resale value. He'll likely say that he didn't check under the scratch plate.....I always find that a difficult line to follow for a vintage specialist. If it's not true, it's not honest, if it is true (most likely as I think Andy is a nice guy), then why isn't that happening at a vintage specialist?! Si

As has been said, Flat's won't ever be 'clanky'. I use Chromes on a Precision, and they have some mid character, which is nice, means you don't get lost in the mix, but in no way resemble the Roto 66 sets you reference. If you want a bit of a curve ball, perhaps check out the La Bella White Gold sets, they're golden Alloy (80/20 Brass apparently), wrapped in white tape. So basically metal strings, tape-wound. I've not tested them, but they seem like they'd be somewhere between brass (acoustic) strings and flats. Si

Might have been added perhaps, but because the routing around the mustang pickup is so shoddy, I'd probably suggest that the mustang routing and plate are original.....could be wrong though. Yeah, it's still listed on his website lol Si

Looks like an original Mustang routing to me, especially considering that plate on the bottom, but someone has done a really awful job of perhaps trying to fit a standard Precision pickup in there at some point. If this routing wasn't on the original product description from Mr Baxter, I'd perhaps be having a quiet word, because if I'd known about that at point of purchase, I'd want a few extra quid off. Si

Lovely lovely progress, this should definitely give away more spec points haha: Si

It's amazing what some people consider to be 'deserved'......because these men and women had their multi-million dollar careers handed to them on a plate?! Just because they don't play jazz a million miles an hour, doesn't mean they haven't grafted as hard, or harder, than some bedroom prodigy. the internet has changed that a little and put the emphasis back on ability a little bit, but there are still those grafters, who started out in toilet venues, on $5 a day, 10 years ago who equally deserve some recognition for their craft. Si

It's a shame that people judge Scott for his free & 'fun' YouTube content, and not the actual educational content within SBL, which on the most-part, is excellent. What he's created there is very cool! Si

OC-2 does not have +1, just -1 & -2. Si

Yeah, there's a Sub'n'Up on one of my boards (which also has an OC-2), I only use it for the +1 octave. I also have a COG T-16 and a Line6 M5 (which models the EBS Octave) that I could have thrown into the fray, but this is the OC-2 party really ;). I did have 9 at one point, but it's ultimately a bit silly right, so now I just have one of every iteration, boxed etc, with a couple of extras....which of course is completely not silly. Si

*Don't worry, there is a video below* For as long as I've had my little collection of Boss OC-2s, people have asked the inevitable; "what do they sound like all together?". Up to this point I'd never tried because, well, that's silly right?! Well here it is, a very quick hit of my 7 OC-2s together. The looped bass 'riff' had to start high on the bass neck to accommodate the stacked low octaves as best as possible. We ignore the -2 octave control, and so each pedal starts with no direct signal and 100% -1 level. Once all on, we start to introduce the clean blend on each pedal. I have to ride the Input gain of the recording device a bit, simply because of the sheer amount of signal going on, but once we get to OC-2 number 5 & onwards, they start to overload each other. So the distortion that you're hearing is not a clipped signal into the iTrack Pocket, but OC-2 pedal 5, 6 & 7 themselves clipping. Helpful? No Silly? Yes Have fun. *USE HEADPHONES OR DECENT SPEAKERS". For the geeks who get this far, bass is a US Lakland 44-94 passive P/J, and the OC-2s are one of each iteration of the pedal, as follows: - Black Label Japan Octaver - Black Label Japan Octaver - Black Label Japan Octave (lighter paint) - Black Label Taiwan Octave (darker paint) --Silver Label Taiwan Octave - plus two extra un-boxed Octavers. I tend to gig these two. Si

This is fundamentally untrue on a number of levels (and I think you probably know that). The only time this might apply, is if you consider it in the context of the music industry prior to the internet (why would anyone do that, it's silly), or whilst having an incredibly blinkered/narrow view of YouTube contributors......and indeed the number of very talented artists today who very much earn a healthy living. Richard Bona recently did an interview where he admitted that he made $2million dollars in publishing since leaving his recording/publishing company (the old system)....go figure huh. Si

I've always loved the Mocha/Maple late 70's Precision.....and I don't like Maple boards....so must be the Mocha making it cool Si

I imagine it would go something like: "I enjoy playing bass, i'm alright at it, I made some videos, list them with a title that fairly accurately relates to the content, some people watch them". I'm almost certain that he doesn't have the time or inclination to defend himself against those in his extended community (bass players). He's happy, he's helping infinitely more people than he's hurting. Again, good luck to him. Si

I'd also argue that Davie isn't clickbait.......most of his video titles are pretty representative of the content. Some people just choose to watch, and THEN complain Si