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I don't think a ramp will help you develop a lighter touch, it will just prevent your fingertips going too far into the strings if you dig in hard. I found the right-hand position shown in the following technique, made me play with a much lighter touch: [media]http://youtu.be/PPVMBPmrblU[/media]

Interparcel/UPS for me, but only after I've explored all the possibilities of a personal hand-over.

Anyone with a Custom Shop Strat is going to be wishing they'd saved their money. Not.

[quote name='Reverend' timestamp='1453416609' post='2959444'] Just thought I'd chime in to a class-D thread and say the word 'heft' a lot. Thanks. [/quote] Don't forget 'proper power amp' and 'big iron'.

Just got wind of these via a PMT email - seems to be based on the OB1 but with active 4-band EQ and compression:

'Once you play you'll buy'! Just like 'First to see will buy' in car ads - there can be few greater pleasures than walking away from one of those, preferably shaking your head and grimacing slightly. Seriously, I remember the brand from Guitarist mag, probably early 90s. I have no recollection of how they fared at the time, but at that price you can afford to do what you want with the instrument.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1453403334' post='2959262'] Not tried one of these specific ones but I did have an MIJ 62 Reissue Precision a while back which had a really nice neck on it. The MIJs are famed for having really decent necks, I`ve had a few different ones over the years and have to agree with that. [/quote] I had one too, wish I still had it!

[quote name='12stringbassist' timestamp='1452641707' post='2952045'] I once covered for a bassist's sick absence from a band. At the audition to do so, I remarked that they were playing some of the songs a bit wrong. Lofty egos were a bit bruised when I showed them the right chord sequences and I was basically told that I would have to learn to play the songs wrong. Which I did. [/quote] I have had to do this for a couple of the bands I dep with. It grinds my gears but I smile, do the job, and take the money!

750V? Wow!

The civil law principle is known as [i]nemo dat quod non habet[/i], meaning nobody can give what he does not have. In this case, if the boy or the shop did not have title to the instrument, then they can't pass that title to you, i.e. you never own the bass. Returning it for a full refund is the way to go.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1453325279' post='2958543'] The TV show didn't examine it in depth. Women are genetically pre-disposed to not like low bass effects. In the wild low frequency vibrations tended to be harbingers of nastiness, like earthquakes and stampedes. Men are the opposite, as said stampedes were a sign of lunch approaching on the hoof. This to a great extent explains male fascination with big subwoofers, explosive effects and loud cars and motorcycles, whereas women could care less. What explains the female infatuation with shoes is anyone's guess. [/quote] Very true. My toddler grand-daughter will happily sit on my knee and bash away at notes in the middle of my keyboard, but if I play low notes on the bass she backs off and clings to her mum's leg.

Also worth considering that a frequency of 19Hz has been found to cause feelings of fear and anxiety. I got this from a TV programme about how natural phenomena give rise to 'supernatural' effects.

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1453244772' post='2957883'] I'm in St Austell, if anyone wants an eyeball report! [/quote] Perhaps try to arrange a viewing and see what excuses come up?

It's rare, it's red, it's roadworn!

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1453048112' post='2955919'] Although it is subjective. What sounds shocking to you may be another players tonal aspiration. It really is wide and varied. [/quote] True enough, but it was a tone I very much did [i]not[/i] envy!

Not always by any means. Some players I hear sound great, some don't. At a recent jam, I let a guy play my bass ('73P) through my rig (Demeter head + BF Midget cab). I love my sound when playing through this, but he sounded shocking! The reason? I play with a light touch, over or behind the pickup; he played with an upright-player's attack, right up by the neck.

[quote name='crward77' timestamp='1453039630' post='2955808'] I had a look for an Op Amp. But i couldn't see anything that looks like this... which is an op amp on wikipedia. [/quote] Er... that's a 'vintage' op amp!

It was last night - see link in post above. It would have been a bit nonsensical to insist on double bass when the pianist was playing an electronic keyboard!

The band leader had only ever seen me play a P bass, and in discussing technique I had made it clear that I didn't play upright, so no it wasn't a problem.

Last summer I depped in a covers band at a local 'Party in the Park' type of event. We went on after a One Direction tribute (backing tracks) and were followed by a Pink tribute (backing tracks). The headliner was a Robbie Williams tribute (full band plus dancers). I enjoyed the experience and would do it again. I quite like tribute acts to my favourite artists, because I can get to hear my favourite music played live without all the horrors that accompany the real thing (see another thread somewhere). I have no time for backing tracks though, and I have to say the Pink tribute seemed to make no effort to engage with the audience. As has been said above in so many words, vote with your feet and/or wallet. EDIT: Forgot to mention, we received quite a few compliments (including one from the chap who booked the acts) on being a 'proper band'.

I'd suggest a set of Chromes on your Stingray. I have them on my G&L, which is not a million miles from a 'Ray in terms of pickup design and placement, and the bass sounds as big as a rhino.

Music. The exception would be the work of the late Mr Bowie, maybe because his songs' lyrical content is so open to the imagination. Like bubinga5, I am often surprised to learn what a song is 'about'!