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Adjust your intonation using your normal fingering at the octave, using a tuner to compare the harmonic with the fretted note. Get it right for your normal finger placement and this will help across the neck. As you get your ear in, you will start to rely on the lines less... but with the long neck on an electric bass it's much harder to hit the right spot when jumping to a note without some yardstick to guide you). It can help to aim slightly flat, as it's easier and sounds better to roll your fingertip up to the correct pitch than to drop down. EDIT: Whoops sorry if that's egg-sucking stuff, I thought this was another thread...

I just got a Ali Express rechargeable clip on fan, to blow air up the back of my shirt. £7. I wish I'd had it earlier in the summer!

Decent rehearsal tonight. Cut a bit short as drummer is waiting for an mri on a rotator cuff injury. "Did you do it drumming?" "No I fell over when I was pïssed." Six new songs went well. Also jammed Midnight Specialn which I'm not familiar with. Just listened to it, and my line wasn't that far off. My new earplugs worked excellently. Used the Sire P10. Got told I was a bit quiet. Did a lot of subtle fiddling with eq to no great effect - eventually realised I was in passive mode with two songs to go...

Sounds like Nightwish with a harmonic minor scale (not a criticism).

You could add some water to the titebond if it's too thick to run into the crack, maybe a little "pumping" with the headstock to let the glue run into the crack. Edited 22 minutes ago by RonC Pretty much what these guys are saying. Personally, I would not use typical luthier adhesives (they are for joints you want to open up again in future). I would get hold of a top quality aliphatic adhesive like Super 'Phatic. This a super thin, super strong adhesive with excellent penetrating powers. Open up the crack as much as you can with safety and allow lots of Super 'Phatic in - it will wick right into the joint. Leave it for about a minute, then clamp the joint closed (have all your clamps and weights ready before you start). It's NOT a superglue so won't haze the finish and you can clean up with a damp cloth as soon as the crack is closed. The set adhesive is utterly waterproof - I have repaired ceramic plates with it, and they have survived years of use and even going through the dishwasher afterwards. https://deluxematerials.co.uk/products/super-phatic

Jazz basses are innately lower output. I never have any problems as I adjust the gain to compensate almost without thinking.

Safer than using AI:

So many excellent takes on this Howlin' Wolf classic, but this is one of my favourites.

Probably time for an electrician to get involved.

Today I got a WhatsApp message: Myself and F---- had a good talk a few nights back when we were out and we came up with what we thought were some really nice ideas for some staging for the show on the 19th. It us relatively minor stuff but will give it a but of a coherent thread and will make us quite different to many other bands. I'm sure hw will run them by you on Wednesday for your thoughts and opinions. 😃 I await Wednesday with interest!

This. I've tried explaining to my bandmates that when the audience recognise a song, they get a little rush of serotonin (like solving a crossword clue or getting a zero in pointless!) Waddling out the riff or introducing every song both underestimates the intelligence of your audience and throws away such an easy way to help build appreciation.

Sadly I was only 13, only got into going to gigs at about 16/17 and not many 😞

If it gets red and hot, see the doctor about serious antibiotics. That's what I needed.

Is the fuse on the high side (i.e. mains side of the transformer) or between the PSU and the amp or speaker outputs?

I finally (after ages!) tried out my M-vave Cube Baby. I put it through a small 8-inch HH powered speaker (no tone controls) to simulate a 'worst case' di situation. Switching in the IR cabs does change the sound to feel much bigger and more like bass amp. The compressor seems to do a decent job. The tuner is a bit clunky to use but works. Boost seems to add some gentle overdrive. The reverb/ modulation effects are a bit odd, some seem to lack a clean component (maybe bad choice of settings) so a few moments delay before getting an ethereal echo. For price/size it seems a good thing to have in a gig bag as emergency di or to let you use a monitor as a bass amp.

So... you have some jazz chords too?

I've seen tapered ones that look more usable - those look 'strum only'.

Just found an interesting comment from myself! Four more years' experience in tone shaping and a HPF at 30Hz seem to have addressed the fab issue. I wonder how many good/bad low b tones are mostly down to settings signal chain.

*best sounding bass I ever heard. Plays like butter. Selling as I only play ukulele since the injuries.

The opposite of this thread would be 'defend the indefensible' where someone shares a North-Korean reliced, refinished Bert Weedon signature nine-string Encore headless doublecut Precision extra-short-scale lined fingerboard fan fretless with neck heel truss adjuster, fake hipshot ultrazlights, high mass bent bit of tin bridge, fifteen control knob active for four original pickups, a transparent pickguard (with unpeeled film) on the tortoiseshell effect ornate burl antigua burst basswood body with brand new Olympic flatwounds, two ramps, a mute, neck wrap, straplocks, Ricky sticker, Fender branded strip. And a plectrum holder held to the front of the body with an industrial strength sticky pad.

Bloody hell. One acoustic for each chord.

A very good point. I notice at Hawkwind gigs, where they use very powerful rgb lasers, great care has clearly been taken to keep them well above the heads of the audience and to make sure they "land" safely.

I can do coloured or black decals, on transparent or white backgrounds, but not white on clear.

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