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I've increased the relief, the necks looks pretty straight to me, stopped the rattle up to fret 5 but it's worse after that, I suppose everything's a compromise, maybe I'm just being too picky, I asked the original question because I wondered whether any other pick players had this issue, that is, pick players need a higher action, I use a 1mm pick by the way, I only paid £135 for the bass so it's not worth spending money on it

don't think it's unlevel frets, rattle is consistent all the way down the board, I'm not too concerned about measuring it, like some others I just keep raising it till it's stops rattling, or at least is not too bad, I measured my MIA P and found that at 4mm as well but that doesn't rattle as much as the Squire (could it be because it's a maple neck?). As for neck relief I adjust it till frett rattle is the same all the way down the board Lozz, I imagine you must hit the strings not very hard or like a lot of fret rattle, I had mine at about 2.5mm once but I soon as I got in a gig situation, where I can get carried away it was too low, I thought my tone suffered. When the action is at 4mm it does look high though, but I very rarely get higher than the 5th fret so I don't suppose it matters much

melody line for me, I've sang along to songs numerous times and never understood the lyrics, or even sang the wrong lyrics, however, since I've been singing at open mics and had to learn the lyrics properly I do understand and appreciate them a lot more, funny thing is all the songs I like have decent lyrics, or perhaps I like the lyrics because I like the song. Never understood Mrs Robinson though, the lyrics made no sense until I found out it was written a bout the USA presidents wife Mrs Roosevelt and Paul Simon just changed the name to get it into the Graduate film. Crap lyrics do put me off a song

just been messing about with the action on a Squier VM Jazz I've just bought, now I play with a pick and give it some welly but the bottom E is still rattling somewhat with the action at 4mm on the 12 fret. What height do other pick players have to set their height at? I read somewhere the likes of Dee Dee Ramone had their heights very high, wonder how high very high is?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1453025400' post='2955534'] Because a hard case isn't much use if you have a 30 minute walk to your rehearsal or you travel a lot with your bass on public transport. It's all about having the right case for the job. Sometimes you need a gig bag, sometimes a hard case and sometimes only a full flight case will do. [/quote]I thought about that after I posted, I always use a car, so there's my answer

you can get a hard case for £30 - £40, would offer better protection, is there a reason people go for gig bags instead?

isolate the guitarist's sound, turn his cab away or something, or position your cab right next to him, so it's mostly just you the drummer can hear, then see what happens, having said that it's better the drummer is speeding up, I've played with a couple that slowed down, bloody awful

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1452879115' post='2954421'] Shouldn't be, I have exactly that myself. Love the VM necks EDIT: Just check the shape of the end of the neck against the cavity on the body, they should be the same shape but there were a few variations (on the Fender body side) depending on what you have. [/quote]cheers, I'll have a look, didn't want to mess about with it if there was no chance of it fitting

yes I think that's the yardstick I would use, if there's no chance of seeing the original band, the Bootleg Beatles for instance, I've no problem at all with them, but I do feel a little uneasy about Green Day tributes

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1452866718' post='2954241'] They could also - and I appreciate this is a radical concept - arrange their own festival, only featuring bands that play original material. [/quote]chances are that not as many people would turn up though, festivals are organised to make money, we're slaves to the paying public

is it any worse than Fender or Rickenbacker copies or whatever, you're getting an inferior product cheaper than the real thing, you pays your money you take your choice, and occasionally you'll get a bargain, nearly as good as the real thing for less money

just bought a Squier VM Jazz (lefty) and I have to say I'm very impressed, but I still think I'll prefer the thump of my MIA P but I do like the narrow maple neck of the Jazz, any problems I'll run into if I swap them over?

never really got Bowie when he split with Mick Ronson

just got a B1on and having played around with it for about a week, I only use the distortion, amp sim and EQ effects and I still prefer my old Zoom 506II, it seems to have a clearer sound to my ears. Am I over simplifying things to say that basically these pedals are distortion, EQ and delay the rest is just presets?apart from the drum machine, looper etc

has anybody mentioned How Long by Ace? well I always recognise it

he's still got 100% feedback, his descriptions may be flowery but they don't contain any untruths, I do wonder if his day job is an Estate Agent

I just use bloody great washers on my existing buttons and never take the strap off, but I've only got 2 basses and 2 straps

yeah, I don't know how much he played or composed the bass lines on the Clash records, bass lines like Guns of Brixton make you realise that a simple repetitive bassline can make a song, and I still can't play London Calling properly, I have to cheat, sliding up to the E on the A string then playing the fast on off triplet on the G is beyond me

[url="https://www.facebook.com/coverbandcentral/photos/a.321423671341565.1073741828.306947782789154/543427442474519/?type=3&theater"]https://www.facebook...?type=3[/url] agree? our new drummers a tad to busy for me, but I'm getting used to it, always thought our old drummer was just right, when we tried to get a gig recently at a venue we'd played before the owner said "have you got rid of the crap drummer then?" just goes to show, what do I know?

the only story I've got about the body effecting sound is the case of J J Burnels famous green P with which he got the early Stranglers bass sound, it split when he was banging it to get feedback at a gig, he had it repaired and it was never the same again, he's since tried hundreds of P's and never found another one that got that 'sound', so presumable it was a fault in the wood that made it sound like that.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1451845597' post='2943970'] Too many pubs and bands doing music anyway...which is what keeps the price down. The market is saturated and I've always said doing away with the license was a short sighted move.. There is no premium for it... when music is so cheap and plentiful. [/quote]I think we may have had this discussion before, we'll have to agree to differ on this one

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1451843737' post='2943944'] Some pubs are too small for music... and bands should accept that and so should the pub itself. I'd say something like 50mtr2 is a minimum..for the room, not including bar...so they either shouldn't get a license...(which is a good reason for having them back, IMO) and they can't really afford bands anyway..in any sense..!! [/quote]then we wouldn't have hardly anywhere to gig, plus it's a lot more fun playing to a crowded small room than a half empty big one

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1451842091' post='2943915'] As has been said many times on this forum, a good drummer can moderate his own levels and can always play with hotrods or whatever, but in the real world the majority of bands do not have a drummer with the necessary skills to do this. So generally yes, the levels are set according to the level of acoustic drums - which is reasonable, as long as the drummer isn't a shed-builder. What I don't get are pub bands who insist on micing up the drums as if at a large club, which means the whole band is way over the top volume-wise. What the hell is that all about? [/quote]agreed, our drummer and a lot others enjoy hitting things hard, it's what they do, saw a band last night where the drummer miced up the kit in a pub, the prominent sound was a thudding bass drum, totally unnecessary

you have to set levels according to the drummer, our drummer is fairly loud (he's not miced up) then the rest of us set volumes accordingly, which means in a small pub venue we are loud, but hey it's rock and roll

I can see the logic here, I always set mine and the bands volume without ear plugs then put them in, it certainly tempting to fiddle with the eq and volume with ear plugs in. but just take them out for a second and hear the difference, and yes I have got custom ear plugs at £125