OliverBlackman

It reduces studio time and therefore costs. Gone are the days when a record label would pay for the band to have weeks in a recording studio to get a decent take. Ive only ever quantised on MIDI but that’s because my controller is crap and there’s little consistency.

I’ve tried flats/ tapewound but prefer the round wound sound. I use nickel over steel because they tend to be a little smoother so my theory is it will wear the fingerboard less.

I am in the top .5% of Tower of Power listeners apparently. I was learning 16 of their songs though this summer. Clearly needed a few listens 😅

Get yourself to bass direct

Normal for a professional studio? No normal for Stoke? Absolutely

That neck would need sanding down for me. I’ve played a few with bumps and scrapes on the neck and find it off putting when playing.

Big movements for the fretting hand down the neck usually take me the most time to get accurate.

Stick to standard gauges for now. Thomastik are the most popular flatwounds. Ernie Ball slinky’s were a good round when I started. My string of choice now though are Markbass

P bass looks skinny at the nut, is it A or B neck or just looks that way because it’s behind the jazzes? I have a B width neck on my p bass and don’t think I could manage a C now.

I was asking more for myself 🤣

Just so you know for future, they’re all round wounds. Flats are completely smooth. it’s not uncommon for the strings to all be the same length but because the E string machine head is closer to the bridge than A or D, and there are less rotations than the G string it probably didn’t need the silk. you will know if you need new strings or not by the difference in sound when you put new strings on.

If you had bought a Wal 10 years ago and now sold it, you’d be the proud owner of two new boilers

Old Ken Smith, currently on sale via reverb. I prefer the modern ones though

“You’re a no good red neck trump supporting hillbilly” oh no wait that’s Talkbass 😁

Practice enough so you don’t have to think about playing the instrument. Live playing should be purely the interaction between the band and the audience

Is 1990 old enough to be considered vintage? It feels that way for me 😂 there’s also basses such as Wal, Ken Smith but yes all boutique stuff. Nobody wants a ‘90 Fender

Is it any good for metal

What a time to pay him a visit!

For some the 70s era specs are more desirable. Bridge pickup, extended G string saddle, 3vs 4 bolt ect.

As has been discussed before, it’s all relative. Top 1% in UK alone could afford this after two months pay on average. I wouldn’t be surprised if it went abroad either. If it doesn’t get played then it will be really nice for the following owner, if it does then im sure the current owner is going to have fun doing so.

Yep, looks odd with the bright s/p but not the first I’ve seen like it.

Holy grail? https://www.andybaxterbass.com/collections/bass-guitars/products/1960-fender-stack-knob-jazz-bass-sunburst

Depends on what the buyer qualifies as necessary. Some just want a nice playing and sounding instrument rather than an investment, or aren’t clued up on what to look for themselves.

Regret not paying more attention to rhythmic placement in my earlier years. I’ve got it down now but I would have secured a lot more gigs by having better time.

I have one and had no idea it also works as an interface. Only issue is the battery life!