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jeremyb wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:30 pm This is stirring my gentlemans parts, thankfully the price has shrunk my balls.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... 4283429154

It has a small nut so shrinking balls are appropriate

jeremyb wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 11:27 am

I have a 35kg Gallien Kruger combo and that's bad enough! Looking a replacement and weight comes a very close second to tone!

Joys of getting old, or soft. Or both.

I just learned Vultures by John Mayer and played bass on it for two gigs on the weekend. I find the song really challenging to my ear. The bass line is doing F#(m) A B , and the guitar riff is E major based. It does work, but when you start it sounds like you're playing in different keys (to me). Bu...

Not sure I'd use the word interesting, but I've just realised some Bob Marley songs have structures that feel unnatural to me. Been a long time since I played songs that catch me out regularly with an unexpected change. I feel like I have a mental block for 'Could you be loved"

You could think outside the box and rewire your brain instead. Convince yourself that a plate reverb actually sounds like a reverse and so on.
This method would be effective as long as you never plan on using a different reverb ever. Let me know if you want any more practical tips.

Also Dan Roberts from Crash Test Dummies. God Shuffled His Feet has beautiful lines, but I can't any info on his equipment. On this clip of Mmmm you can see his bass at about 2:19 - Warwick? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkxlAIcq54E Look like really fat strings, but that might be just an illusion...

Amps with PCBs can GTFOML, Especially the ones with double sided PCB tracks. Bet you AI won't be able to repair these. Although it might help diagnose the fault. To the landfill with them I say :wink: AI will analyse the circuit and figure out a way better way to produce it and then a robot and pro...

A little bit tangential, but I played for a while in a U2 tribute, and learning the songs it was surprising how often their bass mix/tone is pretty average. A few standouts like Bullet the Blue Sky, and With or Without You etc, but quite often struggled to pick out lines in other U2 songs. Not to me...

Wow, great work!

jeremyb wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 8:37 pm

foal30 wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 6:47 pm Anyone used the Trun Tone 1 Spot voltage doubler Cable?

Is it active or just a Y cable? If the latter you will need to use two Isolated outputs, a daisy chain won’t work.

I think the technical description is: one 9v input, into a little magical barrel, one 18v output.

foal30 wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 6:47 pm Anyone used the Trun Tone 1 Spot voltage doubler Cable?

Yes I use one with an MXR eq that needs 18v. Nothing to report apart from the fact it works.

jeremyb wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 8:25 am

Not sure that sells the pedal that well (to me at least), but the playing is amazing. I'll have to spend some time trying to figure out how these guys to that super quick percussive popping.

On a guitar forum you have to trick us into actual playing. Start a thread saying "do you think rosewood or maple fretboard sound better?", and then invite the most vocal local to bring their gear to your practice venue to settle the argument. From there it's just peer pressure to stay and...

foal30 wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 3:09 pmIbanez? 35”?

Yes ibanez, but 34”. Hoping the b is not too floppy

My Greenstone of Doom is covered in leather. Looks awesome, but is a lot more susceptible to damage than tolex, one of my old cats thought it would make a great scratch post, I suspect it wouldn't have shown up anywhere near as much on tolex (if at all). So do you have something covered in catskin ...