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You forgot “wicked….”

That’s not actually saying much alternatively you could be saying that we are mostly older than God.:)

How does one “gently lambast”? it’s like “lightly deep-fried”

@Bluewine @dclaassen @Mustangbass87 amongst many others

I get that. One small step at a time

Ok but he is clearly on top of the fret. @lvrossem hold the note down for as long as you want it to sound / it sounds naturally before dying and then release it faster. I keep my finger on it a moment longer to stop it ringing.

I agree that styles differ but Let’s just keep it simple, he’s watching lots of beginner vids, they’ll all say “just behind the fret”.

Just put your fingers right behind the fret rather than on it, and practice using as little pressure as possible with your right** hand to press the string - a light touch when playing will tire your hand less. The idea is that the string is held down just enough that it vibrates between the metal fret and the metal saddle at the other end. ** since you’re a leftie

You’re welcome here we have lots of US members and it’s much nicer here than TalkBass

They don’t. Try what @Stub Mandrel says above all will become clear - this is just a phase. All of this will be second nature in the very near future - I promise that No one is born able to play bass guitar just like no one is able to drive instantly

Back bow or a high fret are common causes Or poor technique possibly but maybe make a video and upload it so we can help you better ?

No, nothing will break just undo what you did, then re-evaluate And always mark your start point using a sharpie I advise you to talk to @Hellzero or @RonC and work it through slowly, or take their very gracious offer to assist you. this is one task that’s actually quite simple to do when you understand it

Regular dust will do but it has to be seasoned and blessed by Fender pixies

Still v expensive 4k for a telecaster 🫨

Wales is famous for its rain frequency, Daryl

Hell no… this young padawan is different. Perhaps he will be a champion of gear abstinence 2026? 🤷‍♂️ #asif

Doesn’t mean they should cost you your hearing

I believe he was teasing about the typo… “cangle”

I bought my vintage est96a there in moulsham street c 2007

Just go with anti-clockwise and keep it simple

Just get a suitable Allen key and give it successive quarter turns anti clock wise, retuning after each quarter turn I had exactly this problem in my acoustic bass. plenty of videos on the net but if you hold the thickest string at first and last fret and cannot see a small gap between the string and the 9th fret you have too much backbow

Does anyone remember James Dace music in Chelmsford?

Only really an intense dislike of rickenbackers, however the topic says “irrational” and that prejudice is not irrational, so I’m out for a duck

We’ll see how it goes down with the coal-villeins. They say coalvillians, I think my name is nearer the truth @Count Bassy

This transcription inspired me to call this bass-heavy Gary Moore tune on my next jam session @ConstantineIsslamow