paul_5

Same as anything in this life: buy cheap, buy twice.

100%

I used to play the mandolin, but my kids broke it years ago and I haven’t bought a replacement. Maybe one day I’ll get back into it. I’m quite handy on the recorder too. Not that that’s any use to anyone ☹️

The Brown Album - Primus

$500 for bringing a fretless, then dismissed for playing above the first octave. On second thoughts I’d just stay in bed.

That’s very altruistic of you, what a nice guy!!

Tough crowd!

Calling Adam Clayton...

Have we had Guy Pratt’s output on Pink Floyd’s “Pulse” yet? A master class in supportive playing, and choosing a tone/bass to suit the song.

Extended range basses are perfect for certain situations; doubling synth bass lines in the 80s would have been much more difficult without being able to go lower than E. Horses for courses.

Scott Thunes on Zappa’s ‘Broadway the Hardway’ album. Great, meaty tone that cuts through the mix and nice, tight playing too.

Eurgh! Don’t fancy yours much!

Doesn’t matter how crap it was, I’m still jealous.

I’m a sucker for ash, but yeah, it can be heavy.

I take issue with Iron Maiden repeatedly informing me that it’s “2 minutes to midnight”. It’s not, it’s twenty past two n the afternoon. come on ‘arry, have a word with yourself.

FWIW I’ve had Boss, Aguilar, EBS, EHX etc... In the past and have settled on the Valeton; it sounds and behaves just like an OC2, is a fraction of the size and less than half the price of a used OC2. You might be surprised if you try one.

Oi, Cornershop, Nooo! Not everybody needs a bosom for a pillow! Actually, it’s much more comfortable to use a real pillow, why would they be so cavalier about sleep health? why??

Touché

Joey Ramone should have been brought to task for his claim that post ‘teenage lobotomy’ he was bereft of a cerebellum; any fool knows that to lobotomise a patient involves severance of prefrontal cortex connections, whereas the cerebellum is found in the posterior of the brain. flipwit.

Playing mostly fretless, do I say yes or no?!?

Change your volume pot to a 500k log instead of a standard 250k log - that’ll brighten ‘er up.

At least it’s true bypass.

Yeas, NOBODY looks good playing a Steinberger.

Yup, I’d connect the hot and ground to the 2 input lugs. What I’d do is to use the wires from the header connector and attach them to your pickup wires instead of soldering to the connector pins. Alternatively you can desolder the connector pins on the volume board and solder your pickup wires there instead. I’d also check for continuity with a multimeter between the ground connection and the 2 solder points that you’re using - easiest way to find out which one goes where.