JamesPrestonUK

Many thanks DGBass - this solved my issue too. I recently bought a 2002 Stingray and when I plugged it in, it was as though it needed to warm up before I got anything out of it. The sound would fade in after about 30 seconds, then go quiet then suddenly go really loud. Dousing the jack plug with contact cleaner then pushing it into the bass and taking it out again on repeat for about 20 seconds fixed it. It is sounding like an absolute beast now.

This almost broke my heart. What you have given us here so far Neil is gold dust. I write bass-only custom content for Rocksmith (anyone who isn't familiar with it, think Guitar Hero but for real instruments). When putting together a custom, I need a Guitar Pro file. This gives me two choices - I can either use a GP file found online, or I can spend an hour or two putting together my own file note by note. Given the quality of the GP files which are online, the second option applies 99% of the time. I've made customs of many Whitesnake tracks over the years and they're a lot more complicated to chart than your average bass line, so when I saw that you'd posted your own transcriptions of what you'd played on the recordings, it was like my birthday, Easter, Christmas and a Lottery win had all come at once. I could go back and fix all the parts I'd struggled to pick out. Some time ago, there was a request for a bassline on another bass forum. By chance, I'd previously produced a GP file for the song, so i posted it. I was torn to shreds by the Music Police there who said I'd got the time signature wrong (12/8 not 4/4) and I'd made the cardinal sin of not displaying the notes properly just as you did. I wasn't best pleased, as I thought I was doing someone a favour. At the end of the day, the guys and girls I produce the Rocksmith customs for don't give a toss about key signatures, time signatures or whether it's a single note or two tied together. All they want to know is where to put their finger and for how long. I guess quite a few people here feel the same way too. For what you've done so far, I really cannot thank you enough, and if you don't feel like posting any other scores then I think you have been more than generous enough to the bass playing community.

We've got another gig coming up at the end of July, with the possibility of a short set at a birthday party in early July. We're coming on in leaps and bounds 🙂

Hello missis sumner - fancy seeing you here 😃