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Hmmm... She stated on her response she had no intention to withdraw and then waved a red cloth to the bull-lawyers "feel free to file a lawsuit"... While the whole thing seemed silly, it looks like she brought it on herself. I find it hard to have sympathy for her, no matter how much I may dislike Clapton.

Another pedal that while being different still overlaps a lot with the Spark Booster, is the Valeton Tube Refiner. It has more gain on tap, but it is able to do very good low gain sounds as well. I got one 2-3 years ago out of curiosity and I liked it so much that I bought a second: I use both for two different settings. They replaced the Spark Booster on my board, although I still keep it.

Very common in MusicMan at least. I'm sure a lot of people have instruments with shims but they don't know it because most people don't ever remove the necks.

Joyo American Sound is such a great overdrive pedal. Its built-in speaker simulation may be basic but it works very well. I love it for guitar, but it's great on bass as well. The Joyo Ultimate Drive is also veyr good, for those higher gain moments, although it does low gain nicely too.

Indeed, that can be a nice 'trick': bump the bass EQ a bit, and then turn up the filter cutoff frequency removing the lowest lows until... well, until it sounds right. It allows you to get a nice and fat low end without the mud. I 'discovered' that by chance, using the Mesa D800+'s built-in adjustable HPF. I thought I was so clever... then I saw I had just invented the wheel a few thousand years after the original

That's it. It's not so much what they say, but how.

This is what was usually found at my grandparents'. Trust me: it looks better than it felt

Oh, yes! And then there was the toilet paper they used... I'm pretty sure if you folded it a couple of times it could stop bullets. If we went to visit for a weekend I'd often hold it in until we were back home

My grandparents survived just fine without central heating, and for a while without drinking water on tap (a small village, drinking water was collected from a public fountain). But they embraced the modern ways when they arrived. Similarly, I can do without a tuner, there's always alternatives... but why would I?

I thought it would bother me more than it did. One of the things that I've always found getting in the way of my being comfortable with a 5 string was the spacing. I prefer 19mm spacing on 5 strings, so this one did feel rather narrow to start with. I have gotten used to it now, but for a while I considered replacing the bridge or perhaps just the saddles. The fingerboard is wide enough to allow a wider spacing (check the pictures), probably not quite 19mm but certainly wider than it is.

So sad My condolences to her friends and family. So very sad.

I was briefly in a band where the main guy (it was clearly HIS band, there was no doubt about it) was a bit like that. Not so much just complaining, but would spend the first 3-4 songs asking for changes to the monitors several times per song, and not precisely with a nice tone of voice (I don't think he meant to sound like an adult male chicken, I think he just gets very tense onstage wanting everything perfect)... That was not very nice, but what annoyed me the most was that he never wanted to show up early for soundchecks... which brought the issues he would complain about. If we had a soundcheck, even a short one, things would run much more smoothly. Great music (originals, fusion of funk and hip hop), I loved that, but he sucked the joy out of it and I quit after a few weeks during a rehearsal. He started giving us a lecture and complaining about the backing vocalist having missed a cue about a part where she'd take over the lead... but the rest of the band kept it going, we repeated the section smoothly and she picked it up correctly the second time around. She had been saying from the start that she could not hear the main vocals or the guitar and she was struggling. That was the last drop for me and I packed and left for good. The only band I quit when I was sad to quit, as musically it was very good. The guy is now a solo act. I wonder why.

I came across this guy's youtube channel by chance and liked his approach and then realised he had an album out. Some cool tracks in there. These are two of my favourite ones. A nice if a bit generic 'soaring guitars' type of track... butit works for me. Love the bass in it too. This other one is probably my favourite "Seance". Especially when it gets to teh 2:30 mark or so.

@owen There's 64mm between the centre of the slot on the B and G saddles = 16mm spacing. @PaulThePlug's guess was correct.

That's horrific! I hope she recovers.

Nope. I love Morphine but I never tried to emulate that kind of sound.

That was my approach too when I was in a RHCP tribute band. The main bits are all there, but I'd incorporate fills and higher/lower octaves as I felt like. Nobody threw their shoes at us and people seemed to have fun, so I guess it was ok

Last Dance With Mary Jane, eh? In my head I often start one and morph into the other

If nobody tells you before Monday, I'll do it (away for the weekend).

Do try harder

If other builders did it like you, I would not have the strong preference I have for maple fingerboards. I find dark dots on a pale background a lot easier to see on stage when I need it. Excellent solution, it looks great and it's very functional.

Just in case: I meant it, thank you. I was just having a bit of fun with the CAPS issue

Thank you for posting these clips... what? Thank you for p... oh, wait THANK YOU FOR POSTING THESE CLIPS!

I agree. I like him, in general. He does some things that make me go 'urgh' at times, but I enjoy his style. That national anthem... I can live without, 'though.