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You Keep on Moving is still one of my favourite Purple tracks

check out some of the really supercheap pickups on Ebay from China etc. Most of the jazz ones I've seen have been ceramic so there's a chance they'll have P ones as well

That's everyone at the moment surely? 😀 There are some things that you are practically guaranteed: Hofner Violin bass - always played with a plectrum Fretless - weird chordy noise involving lots of harmonics rather than playing an actual tune or making a sound that the average bass player would make at a gig Fender Videos - Really crooked right hand wrist action Rickenbacker - either muffled and indistinct to sound like McCartney or a ton of overdrive and played with a plectrum to sound like Geddy, Chrirs Squire or Lemmy 99% percent of the rest - slap fest that sounds like someone pushing a drum kit down a flight of stairs. These are easy to spot as the thumbnail for the video has the player with his thumb hovering over the end of the fretboard and I know to steer clear Once you know this and accept this then you've less of a chance of getting annoyed.

I've been using channel B on the HI-Z setting. Channel C outputs at line level but there's no mention of whether it is balanced or not. I'm guessing that since it is a PA speaker then there wouldn't be a balanced output on it. I have decided to plug into my old Korg DT10 which also saves me turning down 2 volumes on the bass to tune silently between songs and it has a buffer built in. This then goes into my passive Art Z-Direct box with the balanced output going to the mixer. I might dig my BDI21 out for next week but I'll just use the DI this weekend

The block diagram on the instruction manual makes no reference to a buffer so I'm guessing that what goes in will be at exactly the same level coming back out again. DI time methinks 🤔

I read that as well but it doesn't state if it has a buffer like plugging into a tuner before going into the amp or if the signal is literally split between the amp and what goes to the through connector. I'd ideally like to get away from using anything else as I've already ditched my outboard preamp and like to keep it as simple as possible by plugging my bass directly into the amp

I have decided to ditch the wireless and plug straight into my QSC K12.2. The receiver I was using had a DI output to take my signal to the desk but I was thinking about using the DI through on Channel B which according to QSC is an unaffected signal but doesn't state if there is any buffering going on. I would like to find out if I plug my Geddy Jazz directly into channel B and send a DI from the loop-through to the desk, will the output be great enough or do I need to get myself an active DI box? I can't find any specs online which say if there's anything going on or not to buffer the signal

His brother Ricky use to water Robert Plant's plants in his pants, true story.

My first gig at 17 was in a big band. I was the youngest by about 40 years but they were the guys who had been there at the time so to speak and had some amazing stories. It's a very different gig to playing in rock bands & doing weddings. Much more relaxed and usually a great laugh. The band leader was always telling me to turn down but the sax players would always turn round to me and tell me to turn back up I was in that band for a couple of years and learnt a great deal in that time.

I had this problem too but used paper cut to the required width and wound it around the outside of the bit that goes through the back until it felt tight in the hole then taped it on. Not ideal but it worked

Just ignore me, pilot error 🤪

I posted earlier in a for sale thread quoting another member's post. I've gone back in and my post isn't there. How queer

I remember a thread from a year or so ago regarding using various lubes such as nose grease on your fingers but I thought at the time and still do that surely that's going to deposit more gunk in between the windings of your strings making them go dead quicker? For me it was a matter of finding the correct strings and string height. I use D'addario EXL nickels as they are the smoothest roundwound strings I have found after years of using flats. String gauge is also crucial - too light and the strings feel like rubber bands, too heavy and it can become a real effort to play. A case in point is that I use 45, 65, 85, 110. I tried the balanced tension strings either side of this. EXL220BT are 40, 55, 70, 95 and EXL160BT are 50, 67, 90, 120. They both felt wrong so I went back to the ones that I normally use Unfortunately everyone is different so it is up to you to find the correct balance that matches your playing. A second issue is that it can also depend on your bass so if you find yourself changes basses regularly then you can soon find yourself going through lots of strings to get the right ones for each bass

With very little pressure I tighten the screw until it stops moving - correctly or incorrectly I think that if I tighten it any further then I'll be tightening it further than it was originally

I have my Musicman Sterling and a Geddy Lee Jazz which I keep meaning to get around to selling. Personally I only need 1 bass for everything. I would have to be doing something pretty specialised (like playing in a Kiss tribute band) to warrant getting anything else

I've also discovered that the ones I enjoy listening to can often be the ones I don't enjoy playing - eg Le Freak. That should be my song as a bass player but I find it incredibly dull to play, even the bass solo bit later on There will always be songs that you don't like within a band unless you are the one that decides the set. I enjoy playing Crazy In Love and Uptown Funk but can't stand listening to either one of them.

Not rare or valuable in the grand scheme of things but I actually sold my 30th Anniversary Musicman Stingray 4 string because it was such a thing of beauty that I was terrified of damaging it or even using it.

The serial number dates this bass to between 2007 to 2010. During this time there was a transition from CIJ to MIJ. The first part of the stamp on the neck suggest a 2008 but I can't confirm if the rest of the stamp means 03/12/08 or if it means something else The "JB-GL" stamp on both neck and body confirm that it is a Geddy Lee body and neck and it is possible to get the action ridiculously low on these. I have one of the early models with the "Limited Edition" neck plate that I will be putting up for sale shortly. It has a B serial number so I had to do a lot of digging to get the correct date. Most websites were telling me 1985-6 despite the Geddy not going into production until 1998

I had already set up the on board EQ on the QSC so at the beginning of a gig before we sound check I make whatever slight adjustments I need to on the bass. I love simple so this suits me perfectly. Plus it's a great sound so I don't feel the need to add anything else

I began by buying various pedals but got bored so I've gone for the most basic setup and loving the sound. I have a Line6 receiver with DI out so I go straight from the transmitter on my bass to the receiver and into the QSC with DI from the receiver going to the desk. I figured that I already have a 3 band EQ on my Sterling so I have what I need without going for any external processors.

"Due to Ebay rules and regulations, I cannot say what this Bass is without the listing being removed." Allow me: "it's a piece of stinky poo"