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Chiseled Roman numerals. Accept no substitute!

On these threads, nobody asks what sound you're after or what music you play. People just want their preferences validated I guess. I'm no different but I'll give a little background at least. I play thrash metal, use steel round wound strings and change them every year when I give my bass a good clean, oil the fretboard and change the 9v batteries in the preamp. I use Dr Strings DDT heavies. Iron Maiden's Steve Harris changes his flats before every gig apparently.

My mate got married to this My wife however choose this one: Yes she's a redhead 😏

If their isotopes are now active for thousands of years they lengthened their lives, not shortened.

I used Schallers for a good while but invariably they started squeezing and showing signs of wear in the cup part. Now using Loxx on my electric basses for 5 years and couldn't be happier! The hollow body has Grolsch locks. Free bonus with the pilsner The only straplock that fell apart on me were Ernie Ball.

If they touch your eardrums you'll feel it I promise. That would be too deep.

Metal is NOT rock music, although they are both popular (pop) music

A computer hooked up to the Scarlet would do the processing right? Still, use the normal outputs to connect to the FX return on your amp.

Illegal file sharing is as good as dead thanks to Spotify/SoundCloud/Deezer etc. Who pay out all but naught per play. Record sales have never contributed more than a quid a piece in the best of circumstances, unless sold by directly at a live show. Credits from radio play, ticket sales and merchandise are the main earners iirc.

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Does wrapping it in cling film count?

Why would you expect a shop to pay for your error? Sales via internet would grind to a halt within two months or products would increase in price with the postage factored in.

Play the bass you like most, no punters will know the difference. A Peavey or Kustom type amp set to cut through, and then the gain cranked to just before clipping. HH, hartke 3500, SWR, Gallien Kreuger all get close enough. A smidge of overdrive if the result is too clean for the song.

What differentiates humans from animals is the making and use of tools 😉 Now let's stop the nonsense and keep the fanboi stuff in their appropriate threads.

If as per the first post, all things are equal, the plectrum looks better and can be used as a business card. Pick

Disagree. It would suggest they've protected your hearing well from noise attrition. However there seems to be another cause in play. Could be unlucky genetics, could be past or current medications. Could be the loudness of the signal you are perceiving is objectively mild but is circumventing all of the brain's natural filters. If the hearing test shows no decline, all that's left is to attack the issue psychologically. Playing music responsibly as you've shown you do won't make it worse, and quitting won't make it better.

The noise load may not be the major issue. Can you talk to someone regarding CBT or tinnitus related mindfulness therapy? Maybe you can get a better grip on how much it gets to disrupt you.

.88 mm IntuneGP gripX tri-tip. We have 1 song I use fingers on, because it has 8 seconds of slap in it.

Dr. duck's axe wax, is basically liquid fast fret. One drop on a cloth that you'd use for cleaning spectacles and the strings are smooth as anything. Doesn't build up either.

Even if you play music where it's expected to be at harmful level in the audience, there's no need for that on stage. Eliminate cabs on stage. See if you can get transparent screens around the drums or get the drummer to use quieter materials. As musicians we are at the root of improving quality everywhere we play.

Bit dramatic. Fret placement makes it impossible to get 100% intonation, trying to get full bass notes on a short scale makes it even less likely. Also see Warwick's compensated fret system. I've not heard of anyone tuning at other locations than open string and 12th fret. Why would you want to do that? Sure you could check the flageolet at 5th and 7th if you want to, but the positions in between are next to meaningless (Close Enough) in most music. The tuner is a good indication of where one instrument should be calibrated. If you want to be in tune with eachother that means a lot of work tuning by ear. And that's fine if the music allows for it but in most contemporary music it's hardly required. The fretted system many of us take for granted is flawed. We have enjoyed 60-70 years of popular music using it now, and it's fine. One can do better, but not using mass produced assembly line type fretted instruments. The tuners are not the problem. They are tools to be used for specific purpose and nothing more.

I literally would not look like I look, know who I know or do what I do if I hadn't heard the few albums that influenced my life choices as a teen.

Camo dip. No burst.

Add to this a good dose of town hall reverb and it's a recipe for an annoying evening for both audience and band.