Frank Blank

...spare him his life from this monstrosity.

👆👆👆 very much this. My first fretless, acquired in my early twenties, was awful and put me off fretless for decades. If you can, try a few. Don't be swayed by lined/unlined zealots either, sure, listen to advice, but in the end use whichever you feel comfortable with

That rig has swagger.

I bought an ACG that absolutely reeked of cig smoke, it took over a year to deodorize, sunlight helped, bit I think time is the only way. Funnily enough as soon as it no longer honked I sold it.

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I am currently changing my basses to this configuration, whoever did that is a pioneer, a revolutionary pioneer.* * Yes, I am off my mash on ecstasy pipes btw as will be detailed in my forthcoming book of rock n roll ephemera, All Aboard The 86b: The Story of The Chigwell to Hackney Bus Route 1945-1973.

Just purchased a Nordstrand Acinonyx from @castlemaine22. He was kind enough to put the bass hold for me for two weeks until I could get up to meet him. Great comms and easy payment for a lovely bass in superb condition. The perfect transaction. Not only do I deem him a gentleman and a scholar but I also have no hesitation whatsoever in awarding him the Frank Blank Seal of Approval...

Understandable as Ronnie Pou was a made up name of a bass player in a made up band, purely for the purposes of pointing out that saying bassist a. is better or worse than bassist b. is subjective. You may think Gary Willis is a better bassist than Ronnie Pou, I may think Ronnie Pou is a better bassist than Gary Willis, what we are saying is neither of us is right per se. It is only, at best, a subjective expressed opinion and therefore, in analysis, as utterly pointless as any other unmeasurable unquantifiable opinion.

Ronny Pou was a better bassist than Gary Willis even after he exploded on stage.

The manner of his death was enough to earn him a million accolades.

Watch it, you'll be a convert! Since trying out my QSC K12.2 in PMT with a Fishman preamp I haven't used a traditional amp/cab setup since. Bass > preamp > QSC > desk If there's PA support then I use the QSC as a monitor, if not then I use it as backline. Never going back to amp/cabs. Thinking about the EBS SC as the two channels would be good between fretted and fretless acoustic basses.

Just purchased a QSC powered speaker from @Bridgehouse, perfectly smooth deal, a delight to deal with, still haven't had a go on his ride-on mower and no, that is not a euphonium. Deal with confidence, an absolute gent, therefore I happily award the Frank Blank Seal of Approval...

Welcome @Wellsyboy

You are right. I just spent a couple of hours with @Osiris yesterday because I couldn't get my head around compression and I knew he was the man to explain it to me. It's really a very subtle and complex thing, but yes, compression, when understood and used correctly can, amongst other things, even out unequal string tone/volumes.

But you just did and he doesn't.

I use a footstool, any of the several offered on Amazon will do the trick. This was the one I went with, does the job perfectly well.

Welcome @Woolly

Superb series so far.

That's only when 'un-inflated'. It has hollow chambers that, once filled with helium, reduce the weight to just under seven tonnes.

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