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On YouTube there are loads of grade 1-4 jazz big band ensemble pieces by the Hal Leonard publishers, and the scores are shown on the screen. Many tunes start pretty much as the source material and then go for a walk as they build to the end. If you can read and have a big enough screen you can sight read them right off the PC.

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EMG pickup set.

@SteveXFR There you go. Cracking job they did of it too.

Black.

Sell it on thefretboard.Co.uk and then spend the money on whatever you like.

Could a small company like Darkglass actually be able to sell them for £100? It's not like they are Boss who have now sold nearly 20 million pedals! DG don't have access to those economies of scale.

I'm thinking of that option too. I have no funds at the moment though and 2022 will be (hopefully) when eldest goes to uni so I think I'm going to be broke for a few years now.

I don't think vegans are against eating human liver. Just a thought....

I think black would look perfect on that. White pearl a close second

Scan are fine - well known PC company and they do other electricals these days too. I'd have no probs buying from them.

No. Might as well put it on a pizza next to the pineapple and go 100% deviant.

My eldest spawn is going to uni next year to study Aerospace Engineering (gawd knows where she gets that talent from!!! It's not me!) so maybe I'll ask her to do a side project when she's got access to all manner of lab kit!

Anyone got any clips of an ABM with a Super Twin? I’d like to hear that.

It's tiny!! I do like a phaser. It's about the only modulation I really like.

I'd love to try a Wooten sig. Not the YY, the one that looks proper shagged now. I could never afford one but I'd like to have a play and see what the fuss is about.

There are basses with 5 strings, and 5 string basses and they are not the same thing. I like 5 strings. Played them for a long time. I've had cheap ones and expensive ones (£3K+) In all that time I've only had 2 basses without those overtones. Marleaux Consat Custom 34 inch scale Ibanez Mezzo 5 string 32 scale. All the others - The Stingrays (2 of them), the 37inch Dingwalls, the Sandberg TT5, other Ibanez etc have all had them. Some very mild, some very obvious. I can only assume there is something in the construction of those 2 that solves the issue, and that it's a cheap fix as the Mezzo was under 10% of the cost of the Marleaux! They also had very different pickups / bridges / preamps / woods. I've had all manner of strings on those 2. Steels / TI Flats / White Nylon La Bellas (amazing on the Marleaux) and even with the very brightest steels I never had the overtones. So I believe the answer is in your bass, not in the strings.

How does it work? It goes beyond steel rounds = bright; flats = dull. There is a measurable EQ difference in very similar strings made with different materials. TI Flats - quite a lot of mids Dunlop Flats - Far more bass than the Ti Flats, lower mids, quite bright at the top. La Bella Flats - very mellow top end. Round steels - bright zingy Round Nickels - not nearly as zingy. What is the process for designing a string? I'm curious as to actual details, not just "well, steel just is zingier, ain't it!?" - is it something in construction that affects the pickup magnetic field? How does a flatwound cause less treble than a round? Does being a flatwound actually attenuate treble that is still there, or does it not generate that treble in the first place? What are the differences in the EMF that cause the different sound? That sort of thing! ta

I know I already said Sandberg - but they also do an option of a 32.5 medium scale on all their basses. So if you try a regular Sandberg (the next shapes are the same on P and J types) and you like it, you could make the stretches a little easier again by going for the medium scale. The additional cost for the medium scale is the same as the extra for a 35 scale. The medium scale isn't shown on their online configurator but if you add the 35 scale and whatever else you want it will give you a good idea of the money. If you order, just remember to NOT use the code that the configurator generates!

No - it's 41.3mm - same as a modern Precision.

At the height of my addiction I think I had about 25. Cheap stuff, stupid expensive stuff, in between. I've now got my Spectrum, FX25, Hotone mini thingy, and the BSW. The guy from Lovetone is now working with ThorpyFX and I believe there will be an updated Meatball at some point. That is going to cost me money!

Or... just buy a neck https://www.fender.com/en-GB/parts/electric-bass-parts/necks/ Lots of official options as well as the Warmoth if you are not worried about the logo.

I was just about to say that. Should be a Pinned Thread for people wanting that to match up. Plan in advance and even get the fretboard wood you want.

Sandberg VS4. Job done.

Boss EQ-200 is excellent. Very quiet in use. 4 memories. Top mounted jacks so actually doesn't really take any more space up than a smaller pedal with side jacks.