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SteveXFR

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  1. 23 hours ago, Shiveringbass said:

    Hello,

     

    Looking for a good and affordable fretless.

     

    My two contenders are :

    - EHB1005f : not conventionnal in its look but realy good tone from what I've hard in you tube clips

    - And the new SRD905 still quite unknown and not so exciting wit its 2 bands EQ.

     

    Have you got an opinion on those two basses ?

     

    Thanks

     

    The EHB has the same Bartolini pickups as my SRMS805. They're pretty weak and lack punch. You can make it sound good if you have a really nice amp but through a normal amp (like my Ashdown ABM600) it just sounds a bit flat and lifeless. I use so much overdrive that it doesn't matter 

  2. Since I left the band in December, I haven't played my SRMS805. I've only played my old Squier P Bass, until tonight.

    The Ibanez plays so nicely and sounds nasty. I tuned it up to C to play some Kyuss. Bloody lovely. 

     

    This was the last time I played it in my old stoner/sludge metal band. 

    P1160854

     

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  3. My daughter needs a 5 string for her new metal band and there's a TMB 105 for sale locally for £150. Are they actually any good? Not expecting amazing things but is it nice to play and does it make a decent noise?

  4. My B3K overdrive works fine with the effect engaged but when I turn it off, there's no signal getting through the pedal and out to the amp. It was fine until today.

    Is this something that could be repaired? Who repairs pedals?

  5. I'm struggling with my P bass in C so I tried using my multi scale XL 37" scale length 5 and it plays and sounds great. I'm only using 3 strings so slackening off the other two to try to avoid over stressing the neck. Should it be OK or am I risking a broken neck?

  6. I've been learning Even Flow by Pearl Jam and it's not too difficult except for the descending scale runs. Is it just me or is it actually difficult to play it clean? Any tips?

     

    Its 8 seconds in, ending with the harmonic

     

     

  7. Guitarist insisted I needed to buy a Ampeg SVT Classic plus 8x10 and an active sub. A reasonable request if we were a headlining, touring band playing big stages to big crowds. This was in preparation for our first gig which wasn't yet booked. I told him to get stuffed and the drummer said "wot he said" and followed me out

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  8. The entire bicycle industry for making 27.5" wheels obsolete and messing up production so badly last year that now all bikes are extremely heavily discounted.

    These two factors combined mean my top spec, incredibly good enduro mountain bike is now worth half of bugger all. The whole bike is now worth less than I could have sold the frame for last year.

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