JapanAxe

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1452295414' post='2948748'] Realised actually using correct length strings helps for correct tension. Going to be ordering new strings Monday. [/quote] If your Mustang is strung through the body you will need 32in scale strings to accommodate the extra length of string running through to the back of the bass. With short scale (30in) strings you could find the silk comes over the nut.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1452081984' post='2946159'] Where's Kirsty ? [/quote] Here she is:

The Mustang needs a 32in set to allow for the extra length passing through the body.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1452067822' post='2945965'] Is the short scale baron sold that he taken I kid not an angle grinder to the bridge..... [/quote] Twincam, you are starting to talk like the Google translation in your signature!

4 - see signature. It's the Precisions that see most of the action!

I find [url="http://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/"]Capo[/url] (Mac only) incredibly useful as a transcribing and practice tool. I've been transcribing in one form or another since my first year of guitar playing. I sometimes pull out transcriptions I have done years ago and realise how much better my ear has become.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1451830354' post='2943744'] Alembicized Guild Starfire, and, I'm guessing, probably Pyramid Gold strings, Versatone Pan-O-Flex combo, Fender Dual Showman with 2x15 ... [media]http://youtu.be/2bKsCOD32Tk[/media] [/quote] I worry that there aren't enough controls on that bass...

Definitely try boosting the mids a bit, or indeed a lot - the bass guitar's 'voice' actually lies somewhere in the mid range. Boosting the treble may not be so effective, as you can't boost what isn't there - depends a lot on the string, and I haven't tried La Bellas (yet).

When I ran my own band, we never played so loud that I had to put earplugs in. I believe that is the optimum setup at which the OP is hinting. When I dep with other bands, I set my levels to work with the band and [i]then[/i] make a decision about earplugs. Sometimes they don't go in until after a couple of numbers, or even the second set.

Mrs Axe got this for Christmas. I liked the 'Hello' single but the album grates - I just want it to stop!

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It may help if you draw out a 'route map' of the song. It doesn't have to be fully written in music notation or tab. Maybe rough out the chords for the first verse and chorus, and note down any variations that come later, plus stops and repeats. This can work particularly well if you have the kind of memory that operates visually.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1451657031' post='2942139'] The PF800's are not as unreliable [/quote] A ringing endorsement of Ampeg Class D amps there!

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1451676201' post='2942393'] Have you tried putting a different neck on it? [/quote] And then change the body.

[quote name='chickenjames' timestamp='1451517746' post='2941266'] bassdirect has a few 90s MIJ or CIJ at around £650. [/quote] Get along to Bass Direct and try them all. While you're there, try some Sandbergs.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1451586367' post='2941714'] What is a 'life hack'? [/quote] [b]Life hacking[/b][color=#252525][font=sans-serif] refers to any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency, in all walks of life. -[i]Wikipedia[/i][/font][/color]

I refer the learned gentleman to [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/164794-half-rack-size-tuner/"]this thread[/url] from 2102.

Toilet Man(TM) has communicated his preference to you. That is all.

Despite being a musical tart, I decline to play [i]Agadoo[/i] or [i]The Birdy Son[/i]g. If you are unfamiliar with these tunes, do yourself a favour and [b]don't[/b] search them out on YouTube!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1451475247' post='2940731'] I agree with the above, but unfortunately there are songs I just will [i]not [/i]play and so I don't 'do' covers bands. They include, but are not limited to: Sex On Fire, All Right Now, Mustang Sally, Mr Brightside, Brown Eyed Girl, Sweet Home Alabama, All The Small Things, Get Lucky, Honky Tonk Woman, Brown Sugar, Play That Funky Music, Creep, Smoke On The Water, Hotel California, Superstition, Proud Mary, Wonderful Tonight, Born To Be Wild, Wonderwall, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Moves Like Jagger... and yes, bleeding Summer of Fecking 69. There you have it. There are lots more but I can't think of them right now... [/quote] Well that's a set list that would go down well in any pub in the land!