Thunderpaws

Alberta Cross, Songs of Patience. Love the album, love the opening track ...

Here’s a hoppus on eBay... https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/192640270736?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=192640270736&targetid=602114963966&device=m&adtype=pla&googleloc=1007305&poi=&campaignid=1669190315&adgroupid=67214009920&rlsatarget=pla-602114963966&abcId=1063846&merchantid=6995734&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw7OvzLyL4wIVCbLtCh05dA5AEAQYASABEgJe0_D_BwE

What about a Nate Mendel P? Similar pickups I think to the Mark Hoppus and has a slim neck too.

It’s not a lesson. It’ll be him demonstrating different techniques and possibly doing a meet and greet at the end.

Saw Feeder last night at the inaugural Vibrations Festival in Falkirk. As always they were excellent. Taka played brilliantly all night, full of energy and his sound was great. The Rickenbacker sounded grindy but with too much bottom to start. Sound guy sorted that. He also played a cool looking gretschy shaped bass that sounded killer. Have to say, for a wee event in Falkirk, dubbed as a family festival, Feeder really turned it on. It was great seeing some of the kids first experience at a gig with a band like Feeder🤪🤟 I missed all the other acts due to family stuff but The Coral were there as were Alabama 3 even though their front man, Jake Black, passed away only a day or so before.

I had exactly the same problem when I had a G&L L2000. Pretty deep neck. Width at the nut wasn’t the problem. I sold it and bought an American Special Pbass from the same era as the Ps you love. I chose the American Special over the American Standard as the neck was a bit less deep and never looked back. It also had a much better (to me) feeling satin finish. About two weeks later and I didn’t get pain anymore from playing and never had since.

Was helping my brother fix something at his house. He got a phone call from someone at work who’s dad was having a clear out. It was a bass cab needing gone as it was in the way. I agreed to take it without knowing what it was. I have the guy a bottle of wine for it. It was a very old Marshall 4x12 and had Hendrix era drivers in it. Gave the cab to a custom amp builder and he sold the drivers for me for £1300!!! Couldn’t believe it. It was well worth the bottle of Tesco’s Finest!! Used it to buy a custom cab and a new PC.

Then he got a signature guitar from Chapman called the Cap10.

The new one is supposed to do clean much more effectively.

My American Special from 2012 is 8lb 5.

Red Dog music in the Grassmarket too.

This is my non educated view...though i do have a materials engineering related background so it makes sense to me... Strings vibrate when you pick, strum, etc... They vibrate at a frequency and are held between the nut/fret and bridge. Everything else in the instrument acts as a mass damper absorbing some of the frequencies produced by the vibrating string. This in turn affects the vibrating frequency of the string to affect the tone of the instrument. Simply put, the materials that make up the instrument take away from what’s Beijing produced and remaining vibrations is what’s heard through the pickups.

Is there a pedal that does something like the EHX bass soul food but with an XLR and Cab sin that would make it suitable for recording?

You might have luck here.... https://agreatread.co.uk/geddy-lees-big-beautiful-book-of-bass-9780062747839/

There are a couple on amazon marketplace right now.

Thanks Lozz. I’ll give that a shot this evening.

Used the Geddy Lee in rehearsal for the first time. Noisy guitar band and lots of overdriven sounds to compete with. I had to turn my amp up a fair bit compared to my p bass as the pup output is pretty low. Sounds amazing though. Love the tone through my Streamliner. A wee bit of grind but all clear. I found that dropping a bit off the neck pup helped it cut through a bit. One observation that I need some help with. The E string is noticeably louder than the other strings. So when it comes to parts of the song with bottom string it overwhelmed compared to the other strings. Do I tighten the pup screws at the end of the pup below the e string, will that help or give me other issues?

I had the BSF always on with my Streamliner and p bass. Sounded great as it boosted the mids in a good way, adding clarity and helping my being heard with three guitars in our mildly loud rock band. Then it blew up!! so, bought a Scrambler. To me it is poor. Hissy when switched on and the drive sound seems poor, to me anyway.

My degree is in Polymer Engineering. UV is indeed a very common factor for yellowing to happen. After a while it was discovered that UV stabilisers could be used in the plastic to help fend(er) off the long term effects. It’s usually not just the colour that changes, often the plastic in question can become more brittle or less strong. Take care of your old vintage scratch plates.

That’s interesting about Keith Richards guitar spawning the relic movement. I’ll go and have a look for it online. Just wondering, do any companies relic amps / cabs too?

Sorry, didn’t mean any offence. Just a genuine question. I get it, as you say you want a look that isn’t available off the shelf any more.