mcnach

gotta be aliens...

I can't unsee that as "snot yellow"...

Maybe it'll work out better if you practiced along the songs you're supposed to have learnt, instead?

Repeat repeat repeat. Repeat until you don't have to think. Learning a song is only the beginning, if you want to remember it you need to repeat it. Lots. At least I do. When I've had a lot of songs to learn in short time I make a playlist with them and listen to them constantly: at work, in the car... It's a good way to remember things 'passively', for me.

I'm seriously considering a Z7-5. I like the MM/J configuration, the semiparametric mids and a passive tone control. The Z3-5 looks like it has a narrow string spacing at the bridge (likely 16mm by the look of it), while the Z7-5 looks wider, much like a Stingray, so 17.5mm or maybe even 18mm, which rules out the Z3-5 for me anyway. Natural, or Burgundy Mist? Hmmm...

They used to make some with a slimmer neck, lookout for "SLO" versions, those have the slim neck. rare, 'though. Alternatively there's the Sterling (the EBMM model, not the overseas "Sterling by MusicMan" brand), slightly smaller body and the preamp/pickup is not exactly the same, but it's not that far from a Stingray.

She seems to be using a Boss OC-5 for the octave, so that might be one reason the tracking is cleaner (the Zoom's octavers are passable at best). And of course, the fretless helps with the flow.

Excellent post 👏

Cool idea and

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I bought a guitar hanger from Gareth. Smooth and easy Thank you Gareth!

oh, so now you're taking the P...

My 2022 Ray35 is fine. I was going to replace the preamp with a John East MMSR that I've got in a drawer somewhere, but I ended up liking the stock one enough. It sounds great. So... I don't know.

Paragraphs are so 20th century...

Summer? What Summer?

I thought I was the only one!

I've had a Line6 G30 since 2009, it just works with any bass I had.

If that box came from Amazon, I would have said a plectrum.

I wish we had Harley Benton years ago! ButI'm doing my best to catch up, with 2 guitars and 3 basses so far

They all act the same way, just with higher or lower peaks. There's a period, relatively short, where the emission is brightest, and then it settles at a lower level. It's just physics :shrug:. That lower level does last quite a bit, but I didn't see (no pun intended ) much use for it, as I never play in total darkness. Maybe I was wanting brighter than it is reasonable? Sure, it still glows an hour later, but for me it's not a useful glow. I charged them for a few seconds (each dot) just before going in with a UV torch. A blue torch also worked. The places where it was great is where there were UV lights on stage. This is one of the ones I had done, before they had the version with the black pipe surround. A few min after charging they're still bright to be seen indoors with natural light. But that level of brightness is not where it settles. Mine were the blue ones, by the way, which are not quite as bright as the green ones anyway. I can't find their emission graphs anymore, but their FAQ tracks with my experience: