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The one with the microscope? 😂

I’ll measure it later

Yeah I’ve heard it’s quite ‘big’ on bass!! Apparently the Daddy-O is quite good too. I believe Marcus Miller uses one.

Then you get the sound changing again when there are people in it! I try not to worry and just go with it - but I much prefer the controlled environment in a studio or using a headphone rig.

@disssa I think it was a review you wrote that I saw? I just tried it on my fretted P with flats, and something about the way it sounds with the clunk of the P really makes it sound fretless. I mean not exactly of course but really convincing. I'll try to record something. Interestingly, the only pedal I really like with the P bass is my old Bassballs pedal (which sounds horrible with all of my other basses) - running it after the Cool Cat seems to suck the low end out of the Bassballs... whilst when it's in front there's no problem. Kinda weird? Is it because the Bassballs prefers a passive input and going after the Cool Cat does something with the whatdyamacallit?

Tinder

I think there’s more to it than that - and I’m sure we’ll all benefit from the trickle down to consumer goods. I’m all for it! Smarter more efficient weapons and targeting sounds like the way forward if you ask me 👍🏼 A 3000lb bomb that keeps telling you to listen to that band you hate until it takes your face off

What’s wrong with investing in military AI research?

I don’t know that I’d like to own a bass so clearly linked with someone else, someone I never met or knowingly listened to. It wouldn’t feel like mine (investment argument aside of course)

Basschat was officially born at Henry Box School on Church Green. I believe there’s a blue plaque now 😂

It’s a lovely town - I always like going back and complaining about how it’s changed!

Absolutely - but not my point, never mind just a joke

As the article earlier shows, a bad shim and oversight bolts can destroy a neck. I doubt many are done ‘properly’

Oh god here we go!! The famous audience who we should run all purchases past first 😂

That’s the problem! My parents live in Witney where they make police helmets using vacuum forming so maybe they’d let you use their machine. Some schools have them too (my secondary did).

I’d get a transparent acrylic cover vacuum formed over the finished board 😂

Lovely bass. The SB shape is so neat, it’s a really nice evolution of the fender design. Looks great in black. Enjoy 😊

I’ve had a triple case for my basses for ages - it’s great and really easy to wheel around, even carry short distances! Mostly it’s used as a nice compact stand for three basses at home. I’ve started taking one bass at a time to practice but my gig bags are too bulky and I don’t need to ‘wear’ them very often. My hard cases are original vintage ones that came with basses and have broken latches. Also they’re a bit bulky. I decided a single Scott Dixon style case should be pretty neat - they’re light, super sturdy and they look nice. They’re very expensive though and it looks like they only do rectangular ones now. I did a check on eBay and reverb but didn’t find anything. Whilst looking on gumtree for bike things I saw there was a coffin shaped Dixon case just down the road!! Couldn’t believe it. Called the seller (double bass player with a nice Hamer P bass and a Bacchus P which is for sale (in Beverly, Yorks) and picked it up! Couldn’t believe my luck!

Flats can sound really bright, just a different sort of timbre. On a ray you get a nice sound, with some rich detail. Lots of the stingrays you hear in 70s funk are on flats.

Always loved the look of the SR5. That’s a beaut.

Yeah I think so, I remember seeing someone else doing it

https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/accessories-c2/string-muters-c63/musicman-stingray-4-string-mute-set-includes-springs-thumb-screws-m05502-p13442

You could probably install the old fashioned mutes on that bridge which would look pretty cool

I prefer to file down the groove in the saddle normally. I like an action so low that often it’s too high on the G with the saddle on the floor (especially on neck thru basses with ‘high mass’ bridges). Shims aren’t an option on those and with bolt on basses I don’t like the look of the fretboard not being parallel with the body along the section where it’s level with the body. On modern basses saddles are easy to replace and on a vintage one I buy new saddles to file. Although 99% of the time it’s an invisible mod. Also it’s more accurate as you can file slightly more than you need using abrasive cord and then use the saddles to perfect the action.