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Although I use a vide variety of finger "plucking" techniques, including 3 finger technique, I do sometimes just use 1 finger, depending on the pieces I play, however not exactly the hook, which is pretty far from how I relatively gently stroke or flick the strings, depending, with the outmost tip of my fingers/quite specifically trimmed nails.

Everything Mike Suggerbarf and El Ron Muff touch. Mircosoft and Gill Baits ought to be dead too, but can't be assed to go through the inconvenience of Linux. And can't live without Gööggels, but that ought to die as well. Politics Inc. for most parts too. Most big corporate business is a parasitic scam really, and sadly that includes politicians for most parts as well. Heck, the whole so called "Civilization" is a scam, as far as I am concerned. No wonder Trump and his associated conspiracist got such a hold on people, though they are a scam too, just lucrating on the fact that people have been lied to for basically thousands of years.

Also, which mainly studio musician did that at that time, let alone studio bass player?

I aim to make the audience cry at every single gig!

Anyone know what the average expected lifespan of a 12AX7 preamp tube is in approximate hours of operation? Also does this change depending on the kind of plate voltage they run at, like is there a notable difference in lifespan of a tube that runs at proper 300V plate voltage, and then a starved 70V plate voltage? Also does it shorten a tubes life significantly if it is turned on and then off for shorter periods of time frequently compared to instead less frequently being turned on for longer periods of time (but as in same average operating time)? Also does it shorten the life of a tube if is left turned on for several hours?

Cool! Well, it worked/works for Höfner. This!

I was just trying to be funny, but I see not very successfully, perhaps it would have made it funnier if I had indicated my jokes with emotes.

Yes, that was the joke.

Yes, and that is exactly why my reply in the same line of thoughts was a humorous comment to that as well. Insinuating that you were of the younger generation who are not familiar with any of the bass players I listed in my first comment, but only of YouTube celebrities. Are you aware that you don't have to use emotes to be funny, or that not every comment not followed by an emote is genuine, and that not every comment followed by an emote isn't genuine? And that sometimes jokes can be very genuine too. Also sometimes explaining that you are joking takes away from the genuineness of the joke?

Davie504? Charles Berthoud?

And: Cliff Burton Victor Wooten Stanley Clarke Justin Chancellor Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen (NHØP) ?

From the position of standing in front of the sage: Drummer at the back in the middle, singer at the front in the middle? And then somewhere between the drummer and singer, or in line with the drummer, depending on the depth of the stage: 1 guitarist to the left, bass player to the right, together with keyboard player/2nd guitarist beside him/her on his/her right? Or whatever makes most sense according to the specific line up of instruments and individual roles of the involved musicians in the band, as well as size of the stage in question, and if playing on backgear: sound.

Couldn't agree more. I have one pickup of all my basses wired directly to the output jack socket. All additional control of the tone/sound of my bass happens off board, and when just playing regular traditional bass, that is basically just my trusted EHX Black Finger, tube driven optical compressor, which though I use with minimal compression dialed in, more as a tube preamp stage, and then directly into an amp with pretty much flat EQ controls and a single 15" cabinet. When I was younger I was obsessed with the idea of getting a bass with as many pickups, controls and tonal options as possible, the more, in my mind, the better instrument, which was stupid since even back then I also just used one fixed setting for everything.

More than anything getting in the zone where everything just happens and is in perfect flow, being absorbed in the process of playing and the band playing as one connected unit/entity. Doesn't happen too often for an entire show, sadly, but when it does it's divine. In fact I think I've only experienced this once at a gig. The last gig I played with my old, hardcore and noise rock influenced math rock, band "Menfolk", together with our friends and label mates "The Unit", a hard rocking garage rock band, before I quit the band a couple of months later (which I still regret to this day), in a small brimming full music bar in Copenhagen called "Lades Kælder".

The perfect bass for those "no money above the 5th fret" people, who doesn't want to pay for too many extra frets. Only thing even better for those people I imagine would be if they had made the body even longer and cut the neck at the 7th fret.

Hvide Mænd Spiller Afrobeat (White Men Playing Afrobeat) - Smag På Dig Selv (Taste Yourself)

I am pondering on maybe upgrading my NUX Melvin Lee Davis Preamp + DI, and to me it seems that either the Two Notes Opus or the bit more expensive Boss IR-200 would be the way to go, for my "amp-less" setup, but I am unsure which would be best. I really only need one single amazing tone, so being able to switch between several settings is not really important to me, flexibility of customization of that one tone and the quality of it is however. So with that in mind, which would you chose if you were me? Does any of these two allow for parallel mixing of amps and/or cabinets?

I enjoy to listen to old fashioned radio too. Danish National Radio's (DR) "P8 Jazz" channel, which is accessed either from streaming online or via DAB radio, and I have discovered a lot of great music through that. As the name says it is mostly somewhat Jazz related, but they play a good mix of classic, mainstream, but also a fair deal of more "alternative"/periphery jazz, and even some pretty niche "underground" jazz from time to time, though not exactly much of the avantgarde/free jazz variety. I have "P8 Jazz" running most day. The program "Aftenland" ("Eveningland") on "P8 Jazz" that sends each Sunday evening also features a fair deal of folk and other music in of the more calm and soothing variant. Sometimes I listen to "P6 Beat" too, which is their rock oriented channel, and I discovered some great music through that as well, they play a lot alternative and indie rock, though predominantly of the more modern/current kind. And then there is the "Natsværmeren" ("The Moth") program, that sends every night on DR's "P2 Classic", classical music, channel, which sends on old fashioned FM radio as well, where all kind of calm and soothing music is featured, from classical music pieces, to folk, to ambient, e.t.c, and a lot of less commercial stuff as well, love that program. "Natsværmeren" is probably my favorite radio program. Of course the talk in between tracks is in Danish though, but you can find it all here: https://www.dr.dk/lyd And a lot of archived programs too, so you can actually listen to the mentioned programs, even if not currently sending.

Subtle reverb into drive with clean blend or drive + Boss LS-2 (or similar).

So I finally got yo try these two pedals out. And The Cool Cat Metal sounded absolutely terrible, and not in any possibly good way, like someone cranked the bass control of their amp and the speaker blew, and to add to that the stacked knobs are near impossible to operate as they will turn together, and the way the are located doesn't help that fact, just an all together horribly bad and absolutely useless pedal in every possible way, to such a degree that I wonder if mine actually works as it is supposed to. Not exaggerating when I say this is possibly the worst pedal I ever had the displeasure of playing through. The Cool Cat Metal II however is an entirely other beast and it sounds pretty f***ing amazing! As you can read above allegedly the Cool Cat Metal II, unlike the Cool Cat Metal, is based on a Metal Zone, but heavily modded, and with the entire tonestack scrapped and replaced for just a Hi/Lo mids switch, which though can also be turned Off completely, and this is where this pedal really shine, like a much tighter, ballsier and punchier Metal Zone, non of the signature fizz and buzz that the Metal Zone is otherwise infamous for, just sounds absolutely incredible, and works extremely well for bass.

Yes, why does it always has to be the guy who has the responsibility for holding down the beat throughout the songs that gets to count in the tempo? Why can't everybody do their own count in? No one needs to tell me which tempo to play in! Polyrhythmics for the way!

Love how these basses look, though not that particular finish, but a black one is a beauty, and it sounds great as well. I still regret being stupid enough to sell the Jerry Jones Neptune Longhorn Bass I once owned, which was sort of a high end boutique clone of the Danelectro one, that unfortunately is not made anymore. Easily the best bass I ever owned. Was such a joy to play, and sounded amazing as well.

That's a classic Fender bass feature, just about that exact spot too. It comes from the neck and body vibrating, that is resonating, at the same frequency as the tone you fret and absorbing the energy from the string, and thereby sound. Of course there are those people who doesn't believe in resonance, but that doesn't stop it from being a real physical phenomena that influences on the tone of an electrical instrument regardless.

Jeff Berlin does not approve!

I for one love this new finish.