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Interesting those who have replied so far believe there is a difference and that the string length is longer with high action. I would question if this is the reason, unless you are confusing action with regard to bridge height or action by changing the relief in the neck by adjusting the truss rod. With a forward bow you are shortening the string length, when I adjust my set up I usually check if the relief is right first and have found that adjusting the neck back so increasing string length actually improves tension and sound and makes octave tuning easier and correct. (Open - 12th fret). Those of you above do you prefer high action due to a lot of relief forward bow. And or bridge height Summing up what I have said above I find minimal relief is best, then adjust action bridge saddle height to suit playing style, then pickups to maintain maximum volume This one should run Homer

Nice venue Alan, Hope all goes well for the future, what ever the musical path. One door closes another Opens Hows the Ray going sorry to hear the 6 string didn't win you over, was a nice bass though. What were you playing through looks like an Epi 4x10 whats the amp ? Good luck Paul.

Not bad at all really, early start leave home 16.15pm got back 02.30am 70 miles each way Masonic Ladies night in Hotel south coast usual format started playing 9.30. So lots of sitting around. Played a lot of new numbers for the first time. Price Tag, Pack up your troubles, Mayhem, Hollywood, Woolly Bully they all went very well considering it was two weeks ago we ran them at a one of rehearsal. Feel like I have been run over by a team of horses this morning but other than that I feeling fine. Decided to use my two EA cabs and the EA amp it sounded nice at home this week, struggled with the acoustics for a while but got there with mucho tweaking. A difficult audience to judge they seemed to like the up tempo rockier numbers last night. Sets attached for your amusement.

How much is it worth ? could join the Musicians union and get free insurance plus public liability, but it will cost you about £150 / year but would get loads of free advice inc contracts etc. or try www.victorcknight.com they have low rate / £ value for a few items would be cheaper option

Nuff said, I'll consider myself fortunate and avoid Pedal GAS

What is it about OC-2 I have one by chance, bought it second hand 15 years ago, I have always thought i should get a new one soon, but a dep guitarist a few Gigs ago said wow you've got an OC-2. and various threads on here i have seen people going on about them.

I think the general opinion across the music industry is that all instruments can improve. Due to sound being generated from vibrations, and so how well the instrument vibrates will add to the ease that each tone is produced. Brass players believe this also and as an ex Trombone player, the thought is that you need to expose the instrument to the notes you play in the range the instrument covers so lining up the molecular structure within the instrument to be more sympathetic to those frequencies. This is where I believe dead spots come from. No one piece of wood will grow the same or be cut the same so it is quite likely to find certain frequencies will not vibrate or talk as well as others. Some may also be over emphasised which may not be nice. I think the first thing to take on board is there are good and bad instruments and seek those out. You may want the sunburst P bass in the shop but the blue one sounds best. There are probably a lot of classical musicians out there that will agree a well made instrument will probably improve with age, and a dog will probably always be a dog.

Love my 5 string Steamer stage 1 But not happy with the control layout or the stacked Volume /blend and find the mid a bit wishy-washy John East said the Warwick shafts are larger Diameter than his. Has anyone retro fitted any different arrangement or managed to re-arrange the knobs and still fit the cavity. I fancy a change, so any pioneers who have tackled the Streamer control layout Please let me know what you managed to do.

Think Dans on the right track. I'd be suprised if that is a Bass, so a Synth using an octave effect with some sort of inverted saw tooth waveform. So I would agree an Octaver, I use a OC2 but the clip is much cleaner than a pedal and the inverted Wah type of effect would probably have to go infront because it probably would not handle the lower octave the other way. Need to experiment with an Octaver and a synth pedal or Wah. a multi effects pedal may get you closer with more editing available. Have fun trying

You need help son. It can happen to anyone at a moment of weakness Samaritans may be able to help or try the Salvation Army they can save your sole and there are not that many different kinds of tambourine to start re-offending. I have found where you you are going wrong:- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his [b]Bass[/b], nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's. You can always buy a Conklin 6 string and join a gospel band and you will be forgiven

I did the same used Velcro strip and pads under each pedal. It holds fine but when you want to change things around, can be an issue with EBS pedals with soft rubber foam underneath as it rips the foam off your pedals. Boss Ok also Aphex with metal bottoms. Velcro was so tough that it also pulled the velcro strip off the board I have now stappled and super glued it on

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I'm Not into Ibenez but the the ATK range are a good honest work horse with that Precision MM feel. These come up regular and at good prices. I think they are under rated

Bump for any help Cheers

Try this from the former British Bass Mag Don't know if this is possible, hope it works for you, if no good send me your e-mail and I'll attach it there. Cant think how you will get a good printable version off this ??

Are you using the PA head in Mono and the other channel for foldback, That would be a good match a keep everything ticking over nicely. and will not strain anything I used an old Peavey 8 channel mono amp for the first ten years of our band. Drummer would still prefer it. You don't need stereo just because you have an ear each side of ya head. The industry have pushed us that way. have to sign off now the nurse has come to take me back to my room.

Don't start on Synths DX7 and Juno8 couldn’t give um away then, well had to sell them while not making the wrong sort of funny noises. My first rig was a Guitar amp 4x12" marshal with 100w valve top, second hand from a guitarist in a bedsit in Oxford. All he had left was his guitar and the mattress on the floor. Paid him £80 My bass sounded great through it. This would be a good storey if I had sold it years later for hundreds, but no, I sold it to the girlfriend’s sister’s boy friend on instalments. Think I got £40 up until they split.

2 or 5 for me can’t stand my Streamer knob layout. And as the present custodian of Old Git's Shuker, the LED slide switch on the back works just fine, no need to take it off. Since Homer modified it with an East preamp it also has a kill switch, which used to be the coil change I find this handy too. LED slide switch in picture is under the 2007 just use your nail, you don't accidently knock it on or off Just realised Rich said OldGits P5, well this is his other bass which shows it works to have the same thing done twice. When i do get round to a custom order I may get brave and have all the knobs in a line up the top horn, ( providing the cavity isn't already drilled at the bottom !!)

Sound city amps, always thought they looked very Woolworths. But what do I know I traded my 77 Olypic white fender P bass for £325 15 years ago.

Glad you have sorted it, I own our PA and there are so many things that can go a miss. I wondered if yours was a cable short to the speakers that can sound odd and of course do damage to your amp. The other thing to watch for is insert jacks. I use a sterio exciter /enhancer on ballanced jacks so like stereo to two monos (send -Return) jack sockets can get tired and these need to make contact again internally when not in use. I periodically use a professional contact cleaner and spray a jack with it, then run the sprayed jack in and out of all the jacks on the mixer to clean them up. same with you sliders each gig slide them all up and down whilst off their full travel. these two things should avoid any poor quality or scratchy sound. It is amazing how much dust and sh..t gets thrown up by dancers over a mixer. I also keep spare everything just in case, but not speakers !! All the best

Just wanted to add, bought one for my first bass 77 Fender precision. I thought it did make a noticable difference to the quality of the tone. I did not know about cutting slots until i traded it in at the Gallery and MP pointed it out, but it seemed ok as it was.

Thanks Tom you got me on it now, but i'm not getting up at 5.30 am to play this stuff

Anyone have the Bass part written or Tab worked out for Mayhem, I just can't pick it out and have a load of others to get through. Any help appreciated Cheers Paul.