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  1. velvetkevorkian
    Bought some headphones from Nick -- exactly as described and superbly packed. 🍻
  2. velvetkevorkian
    Can't be long until the letter from Neural DSP's lawyers arrives...
  3. velvetkevorkian
    Yep, love my KZ6
  4. velvetkevorkian
    Some others I've come across: - Some Corts (Elrick NJS5, GB Modern 5) - LTD F-series (the spiky looking one) - Schecter - Solar minor tangent, but whatever product manager named the Sterling Ray 35 needs their donkey kicked
  5. velvetkevorkian
    55-01 or 55-OS are more to my taste, the 55-02 pickup arrangement just looks wonky to me? A fair point, although I'm pretty unfussy in general. "Looks cool" and "won't lose too much value when reselling" are probably the other key factors...
  6. velvetkevorkian
    Yeah a used Skyline is pretty near the top of my list... quite taken with the 55-OS
  7. velvetkevorkian
    Strictly window shopping for now... 😇
  8. velvetkevorkian
    G&L are all 34", I think? I do have a Spector 6 (which is very nice, and what kicked off my 35" scale quest) although I'm not 100% sold on the body shape. Yamaha is a good shout, the BBs leave me cold aesthetically but a TRB would be a good option (although not the TRBx range which are all 34", oddly).
  9. velvetkevorkian
    Nice, I didn't realise those ones were 35".
  10. velvetkevorkian
    Yeah, I have a Bill Dickens sig which is huge and weighs a tonne, I can't imagine handling two stuck together.
  11. velvetkevorkian
    Idly window shopping to fill the hole in my collection: - fretted 5 string - ideally with a 35" or longer low B - under ~£800 new or used What's out there? I know some Spector models are 35", MTD Kingston, Ibanez BTB (or any of the long-scale fanned fret Ibanezes), Jackson JS, Lakland Skyline (maybe pushing the budget slightly)... any obvious ones I've missed in there?
  12. velvetkevorkian
    By finding a good chiropractor, ideally
  13. velvetkevorkian
    Was quite taken with this for a while when I started out (owned by a TB moderator)
  14. velvetkevorkian
    I'm still a bit sad I had to move my 5 string double bass on, but the reality is I don't have the time and space needed for it so it's better with someone who can use it.
  15. velvetkevorkian
    It's generally referred to as "not fretting cleanly" I think 😬 — beginner lessons always emphasise fretting behind the fret to avoid it. (As ever, if it works for you, go nuts)
  16. velvetkevorkian
    Absolutely this, unless you can be 100% confident they'll treat it as well as you would (spoiler: they won't).
  17. velvetkevorkian
    The A/D/G gauges here seem like you're tuning a BEAD set down?
  18. velvetkevorkian
    IME this is probably because they've adjusted to the regular position without realising how much twist that introduces -- straightening it out back feels like twisting the opposite way, rather than being ~neutral.
  19. velvetkevorkian
    I started using classical position relatively recently, to help combat my poor posture that was leading to back/knee pain -- it lets me keep my back straighter (when I'm mindful of it). For me it's actually closer to how my basses hang on a strap, as you say it's definitely easier to play in the higher registers.
  20. velvetkevorkian
    Yep, bare-bones...
  21. velvetkevorkian
    Nice, is the image printed directly on to the plate?
  22. velvetkevorkian
    I have an SSL2, I'm pretty sure the control panel is very bare-bones, no EQ other than the "vintage warmth" emulation on the preamps.
  23. velvetkevorkian
    Super clean playing and nice tone to my ear ( I do like a darker sound so this may well be a matter of taste) -- sounds like "tube warmth" to me through my monitors and through my MBP's speakers.
  24. velvetkevorkian
    More interfaces should have a "more dread" toggle imho
  25. velvetkevorkian
    The figured maple tops look uniformly lush -- very nice.
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