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Me too. I think he tends to waffle on a bit about SBL in general during his seminars. It probably made sense live, people give him 100s of questions, but on a replay it's not good. Where is this workshop though, i don't really remember it. Is it a seminar or on one of the courses?

Superb. I bet even the Ox would be proud of that one. Now - how does it sound?

My Stingray only does one thing. I tried it as a toaster, a car jack, a ladder, a cheese slicer and a hammer... but it was totally useless so now I only use it to play bass.

That's a big jump! Cheaper to bang it on a credit card and pay that off instead.

Terrible news. He was a great guy and super helpful, even when i was just asking him about a used pedal i bought. Sad loss.

Further to that, for me and many others, meeting up with a teacher regularly is just impossible. SBL and the others like it are bass training on flexitime. The next best thing to a (good!) teacher. And yes, on SBL you can get almost one on one with Scott by submitting videos for review. Although I've only managed it once so far! Others have touched on it, but SBL isnt just Scott, i think he's been very forward thinking in getting other players and teachers in to deliver complimentary courses, spreading his success around if you like.

If it was passive surely it wasn't a Ray?

On Scott's there is a lot of theory. A reading course has just started, 2 modules added so far, taught by Phil Mann. Starts at zero, my level! And moves onwards.

You have to join to find the answer😁

There are 3 sides to SBL - 1. The Social Media (youtube), 2. The Campus (bass forum). 3. The Courses (academy). 1. Scott's social media has become really atrocious, really horrible clickbait stuff and as has been said, often doesn't even reveal what the answer to the click bait title is. Avoid unless you can win something. I don't know if there is some formula out there that makes it compulsory to treat the entire public like tools, but the majority do it so it must work. To my mind youtube really undersells the academy, the academy really is the opposite of the latter day youtube material. 2. The campus (bass forum). Yes, there are fan boys in there but in the main it works for what it is for - helping each other learn - not so much chat about the minutia of bass gear etc - that's what basschat is great for. There are women, men, teenagers, children, all nationalities, all religions, many different first languages (but English is mostly used) so yes politeness and staying on topic are the order of the day. 3. The Courses! This is what you actually pay for! I'm constantly amazed at how many people pay good money and then only ever do numbers 1 and 2 above, its odd! Then again an equal number join and then just get into the courses not wasting time on the clickbait or the forum - probably the best way to go if you can be that disciplined, I can't and I find the forum does help to keep me moving. The courses I've done so far have been extremely high quality and useful and not at all like the youtube stuff. In my first year there I had a bit of time (30 min a day approx) to do some practice and I found I made a lot of technique and theory gains in that first year. Since then I just haven't had the time to apply myself properly but I'm happy to know I can get straight back onto the courses when time and inclination allow. If you are doing a free trial, make sure you start it when you have enough time to really dig into the courses and get a good feel for all the different instructors and the courses in the pipeline. Avoid getting lost in the free content and forum in the first days - I didn't post anything in the forum there until 2 months after I joined.

Looking very nice indeed. Got any pics of the pickup routs. I'm interested in how the carbon body was made. Is there a solid block running from the bridge to the neck? How thick is the outer carbon laminate?

Congrats Andy. With a body that light, how do you avoid neck dive? Just lightweight tuners or is there more to it?

Rancid. Album: and out come the wolves. Some very fine Matt Freeman basslines.

Standby for the knob jokes.... TC electronic website has a customer/tech support page, you email them through there and they tell you what to do and where to go. At least they did with my *ahem* cracked knob problem. It'll probably be a rip off price and you'll be tracking down an independent amp tech, but it might be better with the change of ownership.

I would use a new body to do it. Not so much because you could rebuild the AVRI if you wanted to, although that would be a bonus, more because the cost will be negligible compared to the pickups and other components. Most of all, I think it would be easier to rout into a blank rather that mod an existing body. Also i would want the TB position like Pino, because if you are going to do it, go all the way! Also I might be inclined to finish the bass in TB colours too.

Don't forget Maruszczyk make straps too. I'd go for that British made one, but i really like 4 inch wide. I winder how much they'd charge for something the same spec as the onestrap? https://public-peace.de/accessories/straps/maruszczyk-instruments

Ten strings sell but who's buying? 💀

I remember him playing an 8 string on something but i can't remember which track.

What you are describing sounds exactly like Ernie Ball Extra Slinky. I've tried a lot of nickel strings and i keep coming back to these for the growl and feel. I use them on a stingray and i cannot find a better string for that bass. I had a 5 string set on a Jazz and again, nothing better for me. Also had them them on a P for a little while, super aggressive on a P. I find string choice really bass specific, what works on one may sound or feel terrible on another. But at least EB strings are cheap enough to try out.

Andy, what's your method of dealing with staining the end grain so it's an even colour with the rest of the piece?

Thanks, that's it - just a different setup to what I'm used to.

I can't find a PRO tab. Check out this screenshot - for instance the only amp sim I have is 'TH3'. Is there anywhere else I should be looking?

Thanks - I can't see all those in the plugin manager on the bandlab version, I'll have to check if there is another download or maybe all the included plugins for sonar aren't in cakewalk.