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That'll be a capo, so off to the accessories sub-forum

No. You'll be wanting a sub-forum. The one for Multi-scale basses. 😄

One drummer I played with used a click live. As stated earlier, can make a bassist's life easier as we don't have to try to pull unruly percussionists back into line! Saw Alfredo Henandez (drums) use one live on QOTSA's first live tour. He was awesome. Absolutely metronomically accurate, which, in turn kept the rest of the band in check.

I raised a question a while ago about recordings using non-standard pitch. @BigRedX came up with one of the most satisfactory explanations; Recordings (particularly analogue ones) were often sped up or slowed down for pacing reasons (the song sounded too slow) or for timing reasons (to fit on given side of an LP, for example), leading to the off- sounding tuning. Played live, it's all back to normal. Good example- Hammer to Fall (Queen) in its original form. Its back at standard pitch in live versions.

Exactly where in the ~25 minutes of "Supper's Ready" is it? Before or after "A Flower 🌼?" 😄

Just something that popped into my head yesterday when the need arose. In the absence of any kind of tuner, how does one tune up? I was using a Nux Mighty Plug (at work during lunch), which, you guessed it, doesn't have a tuner. It accepts a (music) signal streamed via Bluetooth to play along to. The bass guitar side comes from it being directly plugged into the bass itself. I downloaded a sine wave generator app onto my phone, finding that it had precise settings for each note from C⁰ to A¹⁰ (16Hz to 22kHz!). I simply selected the note that corresponds to the 12th fret harmonic for the desired pitch of the string and tuned by ear via headphones. (I was in BEADG) Repeated the process at home and checked the results against a Korg DTR1000. Found it to be pretty accurate. Pros- "Free" if you have the right equipment to hand Requires no more than Bluetooth audio to connect OR a 3.5mm stereo lead to physically connect to devices that allow connection of bass + device (usually via "aux in") No need for phone interfaces or strange cables. Trendier than pitch pipes and easier to use. Cons- Takes a bit longer to tune accurately. Not quite as good a an actual tuner, but very close And before anyone says clip-on tuner.. It's a headless bass! (And I don't own one!) Hope this may be of use to someone out there at some point.

I have found a way to tune-up via the Mighty Plug without a tuner or extra cables. You do need a mobile phone, though. Simply download one of the many apps that generate sine waves. Some even let you use corresponding note names rather than values in Hz. Select a value, Bluetooth the output the the Mighty Plug, and tune to it by ear. Not the quickest, but convenient, quite accurate and useful when there's no alternative.

I use a capo on the second fret of a bass tuned to D standard to raise it to E standard. Works a treat once you get used to it. I've even started to use it for F standard on some Smiths songs and "Crime of the Century" because I'm lazy! * unless you regularly use frets 19 & 20 or use loads of harmonics- they all move up by 2 positions with the capo on (as do the fretted notes, obviously) but they're not "on the dots" anymore

As has my S3. The only Vigiers I've seen without are the Delta Metal fretless. Which is not to say that I think a wooden board on a graphite neck is a bad idea. I'm sure an Ebony (fretted or fretless) board would sound great.

In the past, I've tried to use the bass that would fit best in the musical environment I was in at the time, but not because of criticism from other band members. There's no point in taking a pointy BC Rich to a folk gig. That said, surely the most important aspect of being in a band is your ability to perform, both individually and as part of a unit. As long as your sonic footprint isn't wholly out of step with the rest of the band (wild distortion during the mandolin solo) then the rest of the band has little basis for criticism. Beyond that, it's down to your preference/s in terms of gear and , to an extent, tone.

Most monorail designs (exemplified by the photo example) don't have the range of travel in their saddles that single-piece bridge has. This leads to having staggered bridge pieces as the correct placement for the lighter strings would be too far forward for the heavier ones to be able to achieve correct intonation. In the case of mass-produced instruments, I'd fully expect the bass manufacturers to have got the measurements correct for a broad variety of strings during prototyping. For purchased components, I'd hope the manufacturers provide clear measuring and fitting guidance. Similarly, for custom instruments, I'd expect the luthier to follow said guidance. I've two basses where this layout is used; An Ibanez with individual piezo-saddled monorails. A Vigier with a Kahler (2400?) bridge with individual "blocks" that mount into a parallelogram- shaped plate on the body. Neither are fan-fretted. Both seem to work without any issues.

Aircon!

I like lyrics. Help me to know where I am in a (repetitive) song...

Nutshell- AIC WMA- Pearl Jam Mailman- Soundgarden Room a thousand years wide-Soundgarden Jessie- PAW Stain- Nirvana Unwound- Helmet Throat Locust- Tad Creep- Stone Temple pilots

Fiat. Multipla. Fugly. But you can get a pallet board in one, and the diesel ones (like my old one) can do nigh on 700 miles on a tank driven carefully. If you're a power trio, you can all sit 3 abreast on the front and all of everyone's gear will go in the back ( with the rear seats out. Yes. They come right out.) Everyone used to mock mine. Until they wanted something big moving. Everyone would mock mine. But, as a wise man never said; "Revenge is a dish best served in an IKEA car park"

When clearing out a lot of stuff during the divorce, I actually had two really good Gumtree buyers turn up, without hassle, for two separate transactions! One lovely chap bought my partially-modded Squier VMJ for his wife and paid the (sensible) amount I'd asked for it without question. A second came to buy my Rega Planar 3 turntable, and paid the asking price. He then proceeded to buy my MXR M-80 and Hartke VXL Bass Attack pedals too (!) They're not all numpties out there. Just mostly.

Moot point given the recent news re: Vigier shutting up shop next year 😔 I have a Series III, and love the whole way it attacks, decays and sustains. I also have a (deep) set-neck Warwick Infinity. That's different again, as are the bolt-ons I own. None are better than the others because they're all very different in their own way. That the construction serves to augment the instrument is a testament to the people that designed and made it.

Frequently this. Though I seem to work around it. I just can't wear a watch and play my Ibanez EDC.. FWIW, I just hit the 21st fret (of 21). I love a big glissando.. work through the (extended) scale up to it, then all the way back down E³ to E¹..

Not much to stop anyone buying a Status neck, electronics to suit, some decent hardware and make/get a body made. Might not come out too expensive vs. A US 'Ray. I would, but I've got a 4 and 5 string Warwick that both cover the same territory. Plus the Ibanez EDC715.

DR Strings..

Lee Sklar; Dingwall, Warwick, ? Yamaha, ? EA... others may know more..

It seems a shame that there was no-one who shares Patrice's vision for him to hand the business over to. I wonder what will become of Status and other similar-sized enterprises when the original owners retire; Do you sell up and risk diluting the brand? Find like-minded individuals to continue the business in a similar vein? Shut up shop and allow new manufacturers to fill the niche that now exists?

I'm not sure that's something you can fix with the USB-Lightning cable. AFAIK, it's only there for charging purposes..

I don't experience any latency- it should be undetectable, as you're playing along with an (audio) signal that's already arrived at the Nux. Is there latency when you compare it to the video images on the iPad?

I've never played golf (a good walk ruined!) So I've no basis for comparison. I don't object to people being ideologically different, it's more about scruples, work ethic and the inability to reach a compromise in a band setting. During C19 I we worked like crazy, and had to put up with Joe Public at the same time in the same environment. Perhaps if I were in a more isolated job, and had more money and time, it'd be better. For the foreseeable future, I think I'll stick to playing at home.