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Oh my, absolute, flamin', god! The actual one?? Have you got any videos of playing it? Do you want to sell it (I have three buttons and a toy unicorn to swap!)?

only to be disappointed!

Help needed! I've just been watching R+B on the BBC (BBC 4 - just now at 7pm Friday 15th Oct '21) and whilst watching paul young do his 'wherever I lay my hat' I noticed the great looking, and even tighter sounding, Stingray bass in action. I gorgeous tobacco sunburst lust-worthy version with a really tight, growly, sound. I never realised that Pino Palladino was the bassit for Mr Young and his playing was super slick. Now I *need* a Stingray, but my other half would kill me if I bought another bass. I know that if I just bought one I'd be Pino Palladino reincarnated. Help me to feel good about not ordering one right now!

I played bass in a band where the lead singer was the ex girlfriend of hot chocolate’s bass player! What a twisted claim to fame

i think I recognize your drummer - is this Mr Fry?

It's been a while since I was gigging with bass (mostly drums in the last few years) so I'm reduced to noodling at home

Billy Bragg - Between the Wars... strangely prescient!

Rotosound 77's - they're my 'go to' strings. I keep going back to them

It turns out that it *is* all in the volume knob! If it turn it right down, to about 1mm off zero(!) then I can match the output of the pedal when it's on to when it's off. It's *very* close though, even a tiny bit of movement and it blows the amp with a loud output! It's *hot*!

I'll go back and look at this - I may be being a spanner!

Ah, ok, this might be what I need - I'll try to find out about this

Yes, but that doesn't help because the volume knob only adjusts the volume that is over and above 'normal' i.e. zero on the volume knob is the same as turning the pedal off.

My Pork and Pickle is becoming a staple in my setup, but.... When it's in the signal path it boosts the volume, when it's out the volume goes back to the 'normal' level. This means I have to fiddle with the volume on the bass when I turn it on and off. Is this normal for effects pedals? (this is my one and only) - how do you deal with a pedal adding volume, especially mid-song?

This is a little like the original 45 recording of ‘Stand By Me’ which sounds like an upright but is about 1/8th tone out of tune the whole way through. I always wondered whether it was an issue with the master tape...

Tuner clipped to headstock

EADG then pull on each string hard, then EADG again. Then tune again in the morning of the following day. some basses seem to keep their tuning with new strings (my Vigier) and some lose it quite quickly (my old Thumb BO 4). The Warwick always needed tuning once a day for about a week until the new strings settled down...

thanks - great advice

I have a capo from my guitar days

that's where I'll start then thanks

Do I need a feeler gauge to test the neck relief?

For years now I've been playing a Vigier bass with a graphite neck and no truss rod. Late last year (2018!) I bought a Spector and it's 'traditional' and has a truss rod. It also came with 45-100 gauge strings from the factory. I'd like to put my favourite strings on which happen to be 45-105. If I replace the strings with a slightly heavier gauge will I need to adjust the truss rod or not? I know it's a noobie question but it's a *very* long time since I had to worry about truss rods!

Maybe this answers why it’s not just a metronome with buttons. With onboard ADC so you can sample from analogue instruments into the device, full midi synchronisation, full sequencing and live sound editing, onboard LFO, and various filters, you can’t do this with a metronome with buttons

good setup - I can see how having the separate drum machine *visible* all the time would encourage you to use it more...

*doh* - missed that! Maybe I could get one and not bother learning to mute?