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I think the issue was that Flea was endorsing the pink stack knob but playing a Modulus live so the natural thing to do was for Fender to make him something the same shape as the bass with his name on it but more suited for live work. I believe that the reason Flea never used the stack knob live was because it didn't cut through enough

worst case scenario if it's completely unplayable is remove the strings and frets and you have yourself a £349 ironing board

Depending on whether or not it's an agency gig it's sometimes in the contract but the first thing we try to do before we've even brought anything inside is to chat to the bride & groom to let them know that they can relax knowing that the evening's entertainment is sorted etc. This not only puts their minds at ease but also gives them the opportunity to invite us to beast into the buffet later on I think last year was to be the year of the hog roast. This year has been the year of cheese. Luckily I love cheese and there have been many wedding cakes made out of various cheeses Unfortunately the traditional fruit wedding cake seems to have vanished which is a shame I considered myself to be quite a connoisseur of them Coffee varies from tasty to pretty ropey We've never had any issues with joining in the buffet queue with the other guests as we always like to have a laugh with them in the queue so they're happy for us to be firing into the potted hough and vol au vents or whatever that night's culinary treats are

I would still talk it through as a first option. If that doesn't get anywhere then you can decide whether or not to leave. Alternatively you could try to drive your guitarist mad by replacing the strings in his packet of spares with cooked spaghetti or adjusting his guitar tuner up or down from concert pitch

I have to agree with this. We all know how soul destroying it can be to find a new band that everyone gets along and play the music we enjoy playing. And at the end of the day why would you have to be the one that had to leave? it's not you that is dictating what everyone should be playing. I nearly left my current band a couple of years ago when the drummer decided to have a mid-life crisis and fall out with everyone. We had been friends for 20 years and I know that I will never speak to him again after the way he behaved but I spoke with the other guys in the band and they all agreed that he had become more of a knob than he always had been but had tolerated him for. When we eventually got our replacement we realised that he wasn't that good after all and we went back to having a good time playing again

Now you come to mention it, it's been a while - are they blue?

3 gigs in I'm convinced that these are either EXL165s or are that close as to not be able to tell the difference. The reason that I think this is that I only use the A, D & G from this set with a 110 E D'addario EXL and they all feel and sound consistent and each string as smooth as each other. I've just put a set of the Fender flats on my Rickenbacker and they feel similar to Chromes but have green silks as opposed to none on the Chromes. I'm going to try it out on Saturday night's gig

Interparcel cover up to £2000 but it's 4% of the value so £2000 = £96.60. Might be worth investing in some courier company bomb proof packaging, although you'd still be boned if it went missing

Didn't John Deacon use the same Precision for a good number of years, albeit with different finishes?

I actually think that this has been the problem that I have had with effects pedals - I love the sounds that they give but would prefer to still have my core bass sound being heard at the same time. It's only taken me 31 years to work this out

It does sound like a good piece of equipment but my pedals at the moment are Behringer BDI21, Octave & Phaser that cost me £17 each brand new and a Line 6 space echo that I had. The BDI is on all the time with the Rickenbacker but the others are only used occasionally so 235 Euros might be a bit overkill for my requirements.

Thanks Just need to find one now

Fantastic. That is exactly what I need to know. The internet is a bit vague when it comes to telling you what it can do. I assume that if I set the pedal like this then I can adjust the clean and affected levels using the two level controls?

I'm thinking that this is what I am looking for but I can't get my head around if it is or not. I am finding that some of my effects sound ropey on their own so want to mix the effected sound with the dry sound from the bass in order to retain the basic tone of my bass in with the effect. I think that I should plug my bass into the main input and run a loop into A which will have my effects in it then out of the main output into the amp. I can't see a setting that mixes the main input with loop A but if I plug my bass into A and have the effects running through B then I can mix A & B together and adjust the levels for each - does that sound right? Or do I plug my bass into return A, effects into loop B and output using the main output? My brain hurts

I love music as a whole but actually find most bass players boring to listen to on their own, regardless of how widdly they get. I don't like solo instruments at all really, I much prefer a whole band playing I actually get more enjoyment listening to drummers which is odd in itself but not so odd in the fact that my drummer prefers to listen to bass players than drummers

Winking?

Most bass string gauges are pretty unbalanced anyway - especially 40-100 sets with heavier A & D strings and a fairly limp E. I have mine pretty close with D'addario EXL165 strings but I substitute the 105 for a 110 E string. It also comes in handy when I drop it to B The perfect solution is something like 45, 62, 80, 110. Certainly with D'addario

Anything that you put on your fingers to make them slippery is going to shorten the life of your strings. I'm a bit OCD about having clean hands when I am playing plus I point a fan at my fingers so they don't sweat in the first place and keep a clean microfibre towel nearby to give my hands a periodic wipe inbetween tunes

Off the top of my head - Billy Idol, Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton & Peter Gabriel. I love their music from the bands they were famous for but associate them more with their solo work

Although technically not a combo, my Barefaced One10 & GK MB500 are small & great for rock (in fact any style really). I have the amp attached with ultra high bond tape to the cab so that they come out of the cajon bag as 1. Bonus is a top hat fitting so I can put it on a standard speaker stand to have it at ear level. I think with the amp, cab and the wireless unit stuck on top it comes in at less than 10kg

I've decided to go for it and order a set of the licenced ones. Worst case scenario is that I will need to wrap a drill bit in sandpaper to make the tuner holes slightly larger for which I will be taking my time to do.

Occasionally I have to learn songs that I don't like for wedding gigs so I always have something ready at the end that I enjoy playing. At the moment it is this version of What Is Hip - I find it easier to play than the original despite being a lot faster

Hipshot have just got back to me to say 13.8mm for the US ones.

I am looking at a set of ultralites for my RIckenbacker. Everything fits the bill with the HB6 tuners except the mounting hole of 14mm. The diameter of the hole on the Rick is only 13mm. The same 1/2" version recommend a 17.5mm hole but the tuner is only 16mm at the widest point of the nut part that screws in from the front. Does anyone have a 3/8" licenced HB6 that they could measure for me as I'm hoping that they will fit my existing 13mm tuner hole. The reason for licenced is that I have read that they are ever so slightly smaller than the US versions