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  1. ezbass
    I' have this coming up next weekend, except that after meeting up and doing a run through, we're streaming live 😬. However, band members (well at least me and the drummer) have been practising along to the originals ('80s covers) to make sure our chops are up to snuff.
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    I have to say, I play less when I'm depressed and is often an indicator that I'm in a downswing if I hadn't already noticed it. Funny thing is, once I make the effort to pick an instrument up, it brightens my spirits, if only a little bit and I'll take any lift I can get. The section highlighted in bold is key. Once I figured out that I have cyclothymia (bi-polar lite) and talked about it with anyone, not just professionals, it helped. Prior to this, I just thought I was a miserable git and that work was getting me down; not so much it seems in retrospect.
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    Trying a different genre is a great idea. Ennui with playing the same old, same old is a common affliction, I certainly suffer from it. This year I decided that, where possible, I would only play fretless. This resulted in me seeing if it would actually be practical and work with the set list for every song in my '80s band (some tunes are already fretless) and it did. However, because I was technically re-learning the sets, I found a new joy in them. So a new instrument might help, but what I would say is, a new genre and a different style of instrument (a hollowbody perhaps?) might be just the double whammy, kick up the musical butt you're looking for. Good luck.
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    My thoughts exactly.
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    I'd be interested in this. GuitarGuitar, GAK, Anderton's, etc all have the nut width as 38mm, but the Fender website says wider at 41.3mm. I'm sure Fender know best, but it'd be good to have a definitive answer (why on Earth the retailers are quoting narrower is beyond me; lazy cut and paste?)
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    This ^^^.
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    I've just listened again but this time with headphones. This time I could hear the difference in the open tone position, but only just barely. The difference with the tone closed was still there, but more pronounced. For the record, I have tinnitus and high end loss in both ears, more so in the left. Given this, a nice passive bass is literally music to my ears .
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    TBH, they all look great, I'd be interested to try any of them.
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    I just used the speaker in my tablet to remove any notion of hifi reproduction. Tone open: I couldn’t tell the difference, even knowing where the change was and playing that section over and over. Tone closed: the Moolon is darker and reminds me of my old ‘63 P (same colour way by coincidence). Both most definitely P basses, both very, very nice.
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    Preamp straight away? What’s it not doing that you wish it did?
  11. ezbass
    I had a good feeling about this installation and, for once, it was totally valid.
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    These look like the doggie’s dangly bits. I really like to try one. Maybe a trip to Anderton’s when normality and stock return is on the cards.
  13. ezbass
    Hubba, hubba 😍.
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    Especially on the B string, it having so much mass. The pickup height might need to be raised on the G, but I reckon that’s going to work fine without over compensating with adjustments.
  15. ezbass
    Final details worked out last night over a band, Zoom meeting. We’re going to play an hour’s, ‘unplugged’ set in the drummer’s garden and stream it on FB a week Saturday.
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    Looking good. I really hope that these work out.
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    Get 'em in, get it going! Ooh, I'm as excited as you probably are. Vicarious GAS is often as good as the real thing.
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    I prefer shorter scale (32/33”), 4 stringers. But, thanks to BC, I had continuous Sadowsky 5 string GAS. Conversely, I also have real short GAS, but this time thanks to a YT video someone shared on FB where the bass player was using a Serek. However, this has led to Wilcock GAS. I ‘need’ none of these things.
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    I’m not sure what I just watched . Interesting ‘bass’ rigs.
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    The truth, right there.
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    Guy's recent video had me look into the latest version of the Roland Dimension D, the Boss Dimension C Waza. Lovely for guitar players who want to get their Prince on, but this demo also shows, in places, it being used with a bass.
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    Mwah, ha, ha! One of the harsh mistress that is GAS's many ingenious and seemingly innocuous ploys. It is too late for you I fear. 😂
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    What a pocket! That had me bobbing my head from the get go and those simple, yet perfectly placed fills made me grin from ear to ear. Quality.
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    I like my external preamp (Sadowsky) as it offers frequencies my amp doesn't and, as a side benefit, it buffers my signal. By not having it in my bass, I only need one preamp, not one for each bass. The downside is having to have my pedalboard available, but as I also use a compressor, chorus, octave and pedal tuner, I'd probably be taking it anyway. If I only had one bass, I'd probably fit an Aguilar OPB1 as that does the same job as the pedal and free up some room on the board. EDIT: Holy thread resurrection, Batman!
  25. ezbass
    Burn the witch! 🧙‍♂️🔥😂 To be honest, I'm sure I could managed with just one (maybe two) but I'm afraid of the mob with burning torches and pitchforks.
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