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Clockwork Angels is rather good. I went to a hi-fi shop with it and the chap there said "Rush: there'll be no deep bass in that"; put it on and some of the bass pedals work made his eyes pop!

Ritchie Blackmore George Harrison John Lennon Paul Gilbert Eddie Van Halen Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Page Keith Richards Brian May Dave Grohl

I bought an SB-700 new back in the day; I liked it but it was rather large. I don't remember when I sold it. I bought an SB-600 (a 700 with a set neck) last year and occasionally pick it up.

The Rickenbacker way is to press the neck to position and use the truss-rod to hold it in place. This is someone who knows using that approach on a vintage Fender bass. NB. don't push/pull on the headstock to do it - press down on the 1st fret.

It’s a really good workout!

Helter Skelter is another Macca good 'un. The thing about his bass lines in The Beatles is to get the feel of them rather than learn them note-for-note, as I think he did them on the fly and would (or could) never play them exactly the same again.

Does a '94 have replaceable truss-rods (ie. without requiring fingerboard removal)?

Minimoog bass (not a Taurus).

Did anybody pay the full price?

We used to play Detroit Rock City in my school band. I've not got that one but do have a couple of other Steven Wilson DVD Audio releases, including Thick As A Brick which I bought yesterday. I rip them to FLAC 96/24 so I can stream them to my hi-fi. (Unfortunately my hi-fi amp is off for a service, so it'll be a week or so before I can have a proper listen.)

I like the bass on Electric Funeral.

The list looks right. It then says "the total output power must not exceed 55.4 W"; by the formula P=IV, I make it 34W: 34.11

Cheers - it's a Chinese something like a 'berger. I acquired it off someone who had lost patience and given up trying to repair the hardware. It's surprisingly nice to play and doesn't sound bad either. I've got to do a little more setup and get round to replacing the guitar pickups.

🙂 My rules of thumb: If the pedal is labelled 9V then don't plug in a 12V supply or it might be damaged. If the pedal is labelled 1A and you plug in a 300mA (ie. 0.3A) power supply then it might not work, or the power supply could trip (if it has protection), or the power supply could be damaged. In summary: a. make sure the voltages match, and b. make sure the PSU can supply at least the required current. Other things to be aware of: Some PSUs have discrete outputs, meaning they can be combined to give higher voltages or currents, but some do not and if you try and combine outputs of those, they will be damaged. Most pedals have the Boss standard power: 9V DC 300mA, centre -ve, but not all do, so be sure to check. (Incidentally, centre -ve was a bizarre choice; most electrical equipment uses centre +ve, so I've no idea why they did what they did.)

The production on Sabbath's early albums was pretty grim: vocals way too forward and drums & bass hidden in the background. When Dio joined, Geezer got a lot more prominence, but Bill Ward (possibly my favourite drummer) didn't like the band and left. I'm just learning War Pigs and the bass lines are really just mucking about (not in a bad way!) in the pocket. I saw Heaven & Hell live and the bass sound was really good; I have a set of GZR pickups to put on a bass some time, but I actually like the current sound of my Precisions so I'm not sure when that'll happen.

The point about looking at the power requirements is indeed something to clarify before choosing the product: is 300mA OK or are there higher-draw pedals, are they all 9V, and so-on. Some power supplies give a mix of 9V/12V outputs and low/hi current capabilities: I've had situations where I'm daisy-chaining 9V pedals and leaving 12V outputs unused. CIOKS do some which have all the angles covered (switchable outputs, even USB), but they aren't cheap; however, every time I look at my second board I end up thinking I wish I had a DC-7 for that too... An option is to look for used rather than new. On the plus side, most supplies will fit under a PT Classic Jr, so size should not be a particular issue.

My go-to strings are Rotosound Swing Bass 40-60-80-100, but I've got Fender flats on a couple of fretless basses, Status or TE double-ball ones on my headless basses, various ones on some, and wehatever they came with on others.

Headless hardware can be very expensive, but don't be tempted to go for the Chinese "Overlord of Music" kit because it is utterly awful. Also two "ick"s for me are: Headless basses with normal tuners at the other end (eg. the Kramer one) - what's the point of that then? Headless bases with a headstock anyway - you might as well just have the normal tuners in the first place. I've done two headless projects from parts: The Rickenberger (based on a Steinberger Spirit) - yep, those are real Ric pickups, Treble surround, and knobs; I made the pickguard. A doubleneck whose hardware had failed and electrics were rubbish, so I replaced them (guitar pickups still pending fitting). The guitar's bridge is from a chap in Ireland called Matthew James Bean; it cost more than the entire rest of the instrument.

I've got an SB-600 which I happened across when I wandered into a shop.

I sometimes get a buzzing if I'm at the (in)correct angle and my Lutron dimmer is on. It was particularly pronounced when I tried a Darkglass pedal, to the point that I returned it. I haven't noticed it of late (but probably will next time, because of this thread!).

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Me three - I was just going to post that.

A great synth for almost pocket money.