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Scott's Bathysphere Lessons For those "deep dives" (God, I hate that phrase)

An adenoidbucker ? All rather nasal, I'd imagine

I've converted my Spector basses to run at 18v rather than the stock 9v. Any excuse to switch on the soldering iron

Version 2. It's black. 'Nuff said.

Robert Robinson voice on/ "Would that it were, would that it were.."

Sadly, that's very likely to cause grounding issues.

I'd not say it was an uncommon problem. Unless you can check out the schematic of the pedal you're trying to use it can be a bit of a crap shoot as to whether the phase is preserved or inverted. I have an LPB-1 in my effects box which I've had to use a few times over the years to correct phase issues in my LS-2 loop with noise pedals. Most recent one that springs to mind is the 'boutique' version of the Blueberry Bass Overdive which inverts phase. YMMV, of course.

Watch the video and then flush your cache and cookies ? I've found this most useful when watching other....um....content.

Hey, nice work ! Well played that Clarky !

There was a band called Rothko who had three bassists.

Indeed. No great music was ever made without cross-pollination.

If I liked a couple of the bands mentioned, I'd get in touch. It's an advert, not a manifesto.

As has even said above, you're probrably hearing some 'studio magic' on the bass so emulating it exactly could be tough. If it were me, I'd try and get something similar to get the vibe, but not sweat copying it exactly. Some kind of blended distortion would suffice IMHO. At an audition I'd be focusing on my playing (and showing the charming, erudite and stunningly good looking chap I am )...not so much on getting the exact tone. Good luck - hope it goes well ! Do let us know how it goes.

I might like the look of a bass, but unless it pleases me ergonomically I'm not interested. Any neck dive is usually a complete no-no to me, as is a nut wider than about 40mm. Pretty basses are pretty basses, but if I find it hard to play, I really see no point in them.

It seems everybody got mixed feelings about the function and the form.

I'd advise getting onto Gumtree, JoinMyBand, Facebook groups and so on. such places often get short shrift on this forum but I've had success finding people to play with through them. In fact one band I found through Gumtree was exactly the 'Mum & Dad' set-up the OP mentioned ! Good luck @How1, keep at it and something will come along...you may need to kiss a few frogs along the way, but such is #basslife

It uses a a transformer, old school The three position switch changes what impedance the pickup feeds into - tapping the transformer at different places on the coil gives three different sounds. HTH

My solvent of choice also.

Ooh, sorry - not trying to 'put you right' - just a warning it may not be an option as I believe it once was. Apologies if I seemed a bit blunt !

I tried a few months ago and was told they're too busy.

It's not really on to ship an instrument in such a state, but I'm not sure I'd send it back. Give them a shout and tell them it's not on, but go through all the hassle of returning it ? Perhaps not.

Nice to see a Wounded Paw in there

What's the string spacing at the bridge ?

That is a bit low, but I think you'll have to give them a listen to see if you like the sound when it's wired passive. You could just lash up some wires straight to the output jack to give them a rough and ready audition. I would

Double post, just like my eyesight