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trout fishing · Jun 29, 2026

rcmbass said:
That might be Rocco Palladino, Pino’s son. If so, see a version of his pedalboard below from two years ago.

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Yes, it is Rocco, and the board looks similar to the one he had when I saw him (IIRC, he had another Darkglass pedal instead of the Vintage Microtubes, the one with the big X).

Either way, I was also under the impression during the show that he was using both octavers simultaneously. But also, the BOD in the picture is also set with the dry all the way off. So I assume it's not the BOD in the video?

trevorpell0 · Jun 29, 2026

Tim is awesome.
I just saw him recently playing with Kate Olson on Saxophone who just released a new album that's worth checking out. His playing is fantastic on that, too.

I don't have his number and I only see him every once in a while but I'll mention this to him next time I see him.

SharpCat · Jun 29, 2026

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Fonkamex · Jun 29, 2026

MadJack said:
The R40 would likely just barely do the job, with little to no headroom to spare. The same can be said about the other two amps you listed. I have a Rumble 40 and it's a great practice amp or used with acoustic only strings and percussion. (Barely enough with regular drums and modest drummer.) If you're looking to run into the FOH, using the DI, and only using it for a monitor, it will do fine.

If you're running with no PA/FOH, then the Rumble 100 V3 would likely stand up a little better. It's 2 inches taller and deeper, and 4 lbs heavier than the R40. It's footprint is still smaller than the BG250-15, but it's 12 lbs lighter. R100 is 10 inches shorter, 1-1/2 inches shollower [front to rear] and 3-1/4 inches narrower, so it's noticeably smaller and lighter than the BG.

Thanks for your advice!!! Smaller and lighter but higher watts. Makes sense. I didn’t even thought about the rumble 100.

Major Seven · Jun 29, 2026

macteacher said:
Anyone?

In small mom and pop places I have heard coming from the lesson rooms;
Funk 49
Little Wing
Baby I want You Back
Chick Corea Light as a Feather (I was really surprised at this one)

In GC its usually Sweet Child of Mine (seems Stairway has been retired) or one power chord incessantly through 12 different amps with
16 different pedals each. And way too much bass slapping.

I would guess that those with mentors look to the roots whereas the cool kids just want to be cool for one show (or girl).

mapleglo · Jun 29, 2026

I made one for the 2025 build-off contest.

agedhorse · Jun 29, 2026

porkynuggets said:
Tube amplifiers tend to have asymmetric saturation producing even ordered harmonic distortion, which sounds smoother than the edgey odd ordered harmonic distortion you get with solid state.

They can, but they also may not, it depends entirely on the circuits being used. Most tube power amps used in bass amps tend to clip pretty symmetrically actually.

Billyzoom · Jun 29, 2026

nixdad said:
Thanks for posting!

However, I really hope Will is OK. There's a twitchiness which is very evident from the beginning of this interview that I've never seen with him before. I've seen several interviews with Lee over the years (and met him at NAMM several years ago,) so this was unsettling. I even reviewed interviews and performances with him from within the past year, and don't see any such behavior.

Sincerely wishing him well.

I noticed that as well.

Bob_Ross · Jun 29, 2026

Good choice for a travel bass!

I’ve had an original Steinberger L-2 since 1982, and it has *always* been the easiest instrument to fly with. No dicking around with ATA flight cases, or gate checks, or air freight, or shipping it ahead to your destination via FedEx, etc etc (all things that I’ve had to do when flying with other basses I own). Just bring the Steinberger into the cabin as your carry-on luggage, pop it into the overhead compartment, and Bob’s Yer Uncle.

bassbrad · Jun 29, 2026

Coolness. I love the records that GG and DC made with John Scofield, would love to see them together again.

Here is the live record from that collaboration: 'Pick Hits Live'
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OldManNewBass · Jun 29, 2026

Use cardboard / foam core / poster board to mock up your desired pickguard, then use that as a template for your lasercut...?

zero2 · Jun 29, 2026

This Bass is super easy: i’ll take Another one for drop tuning

jazzenfunk · Jun 29, 2026

Graham Lear! One of my favorite Gino drummers.

Fuzzbass · Jun 29, 2026

Almost a year later, this is still my favorite gig cabinet ever.

Caveat: I never did a direct A/B with my beloved NV610 -- this would be too logistically difficult to do at a gig, or even in gig conditions (I'm a condo dweller). But the NV410T gives me NV610 magic in a MUCH more gig-friendly package: it's just as tall, and the reduced weight is invaluable. Just as importantly, the narrow footprint allows me to bring it to every gig, even when it's more cab than I need (I know how to operate a volume knob)!

So far the 410 has easily provided all the volume I need even in loud conditions. The acid test will be this Saturday, as I have an outdoor gig with my "stoopid loud rock band" where I'd normally bring the NV610. The NV410 should be sufficient, but the bottom line is that after 20 years I'm finally done competing with those idiots (drummer and guitarist): if they don't care about bass in the mix then I won't either. They went from being my busiest band to my least busy band in part because of their volume. Post-pandemic, bars seem to have less tolerance for that nonsense.

Complaining aside: the NV410T is perfect for me. I'm sure I'd also love the NV312T, but I preferred NV610 to NV412 so I'm glad I jumped on the 410.

Alex-Thompson · Jun 29, 2026

Hey there low Enders. I bought a DLS regular pedal and absolutely love it on a certain setting: Tr 9 o’clock, Mid 1 o’clock , Bass 9 o’clock and pre 1 o’clock. It seems to do some magic that I can only really describe as “more” but with a bit of grit.

I loved it so much that I got the Deluxe version thinking that it’d be even better. I figured I’d start with the same settings / tone as the regular DLS. I just can’t see to get parity in that punchy tone. I reached out to the manufacturer and they said its more or less the same circuit.

Just wondered if anyone had experience / thoughts

Bassinthemudd · Jun 29, 2026

This one has Poly Vox pups into two Lusithand NFP Single preamps, each with their own output.

I've had this bass for 2 months now. I've played my other basses very little since. Each time I do play a different bass, I think: oh yeah, I like this bass too. But when I switch back, I start to think I can sell all the others.

Last Thursday, for the first time since I've had it, I didn't bring it to rehearsal (as an intentional experiment.) That won't happen again. It just sits perfectly in the mix. And with the dual filter preamps the range of tones available is incredible.

Saetia · Jun 29, 2026

devnulljp said:
Callasfied?

I read it as

"beautiful" or "good"

Or perhaps we were having a plant sale:

The plural form of Calla Lilly.

Stingray5 · Jun 29, 2026

I've got a whole album to recommend - Devin Townsend - The Moth!

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dazmond · Jun 29, 2026

Bonkersville said:
Perfect execution. That's a goal. But rarely reality.

Dirk Diggler said:
Well perfection as a goal for the first build is not a wise target.

I don't I really mean that... except it's an actual real problem in my life. Not starting projects that I know will be functional but not perfect. Or finishing projects and then living with a lingering fear that somewhere down the line it will fail and then I won't know how to fix it.

Thanks for sharing this story, I appreciate it.

Bonkersville said:
Perfect execution. That's a goal. But rarely reality.

My first ever build was a neck through guitar that was designed around a double cut lp. As a confident engineering student I designed and made a double acting truss rod myself. I was surprised how well the instrument turned out. Not perfect, but nice for a first try.

Well, after 2 months or so the welds in the truss rod gave in and I had to blow up the neck. I was certain that a heated knife was a great way to remove the fingerboard. Back then the internet wasn't filled with the wealth of information we have today.

Anyways the board removal went less than ideal and I ended up removing a lot of wood from the neck shaft. I got it back together with a thick new 9 mm fingerboard, some maple strips to widen the neck shaft, an off the shelf truss rod and some carbon strengtheners. The guitar is somewhat playable, but the neck is too narrow and definitely not as pretty as the original was.

That was 20 something years ago. And I have yet to reach perfect execution in anything I do. Maybe one day...

Louis Salanson · Jun 29, 2026

UPDATE*
Ive tried running one tuner into the other and had some results.
Bass - Tuner (engaged) - Tuner (engaged) - Interface = No plugging in noise
Bass - Tuner (engaged) - Tuner (off) - Interface = Plugging in noise

lala · Jun 29, 2026

alack · Jun 29, 2026

Dr. Cheese said:
The four needs a set up really badly. The five is a $700 bass. I thought it was good for the money, but my Sadowsky definitely nicer.

My only point was given your current stable, I wouldn’t think any of those would be GAS inducing. Nice demos!

godofthunder59 · Jun 29, 2026

I was nearly 40 years into my playing career before I got my first Fender, I'm a Thunderbird player through and through. Having said that I've acquired quite a few FSOs and in particular find the shear simplicity of the Precision Bass very appealing.

evan_phi · Jun 29, 2026

Hi all,

I've been working on this for a little bit, and I think I may have a solution, using a 5PDT switch. Please see my attached wiring layout made in DIYLC, and the corresponding wiring analysis output. FWIW, the wiring output is the exact same as the output for the previous version of this I had made but it had separate blend knobs, one for the parallel side and one for the series side, as wired as indicated in post here: Working blend pot with series/parallel switch? | Page 2 | TalkBass.com I have run the ungrounded parallel blend as configured on my jazz bass.

I'm planning on testing this in the future, but if anyone gives it a go I'm happy to hear your results.

Feel free to ignore the series/parallel switches for the humbuckers. I'm just planning ahead for my next build.

Wiring Analysis Output:

Code:

[HEADING=1]Switch configuration: [Bridge S/P.ON1:Master S/P.ON1:Neck S/P.ON1][/HEADING]


                                             ┌─ BRIDGE.North<- ─┐     
                         ┌─ SM-BRIDGE.2-3 ───┤                  ├─┐   
                         │                   └─ BRIDGE.South<- ─┘ │   
 ┌─ Master Volume.1-2 ───┤                                        ├─┐ 
 │                       │                   ┌─ NECK.North<- ─┐   │ │ 
─┤                       └─── SN-NECK.1-2 ───┤                ├───┘ ├─
 │                                           └─ NECK.South<- ─┘     │ 
 │                                                                  │ 
 ├──────────────────────── TONE.2-3 ─── C1 ─────────────────────────┤ 
 │                                                                  │ 
 └─────────────────────── Master Volume.2-3 ────────────────────────┘ 

'BRIDGE' pickup wired in humbucking mode with parallel coils
'Master Volume' potentiometer acts as a volume control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
'NECK' and 'BRIDGE' pickups engaged, wired in parallel
'NECK' pickup wired in humbucking mode with parallel coils
'TONE' potentiometer acts as a tone control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
All pickup coils are wired in-phase
This configuration is hum-cancelling

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[HEADING=1]Switch configuration: [Bridge S/P.ON1:Master S/P.ON1:Neck S/P.ON2][/HEADING]


                                                 ┌─ BRIDGE.North<- ─┐          
                         ┌───── SM-BRIDGE.2-3 ───┤                  ├──────┐   
 ┌─ Master Volume.1-2 ───┤                       └─ BRIDGE.South<- ─┘      ├─┐ 
 │                       │                                                 │ │ 
─┤                       └─ SN-NECK.1-2 ─── NECK.North<- ─── NECK.South<- ─┘ ├─
 │                                                                           │ 
 ├───────────────────────────── TONE.2-3 ─── C1 ─────────────────────────────┤ 
 │                                                                           │ 
 └──────────────────────────── Master Volume.2-3 ────────────────────────────┘ 

'BRIDGE' pickup wired in humbucking mode with parallel coils
'Master Volume' potentiometer acts as a volume control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
'NECK' and 'BRIDGE' pickups engaged, wired in parallel
'NECK' pickup wired in humbucking mode with series coils
'TONE' potentiometer acts as a tone control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
All pickup coils are wired in-phase
This configuration is hum-cancelling

[HR][/HR]
[HEADING=1]Switch configuration: [Bridge S/P.ON1:Master S/P.ON2:Neck S/P.ON1][/HEADING]


                           ┌─ NECK.North<- ─┐       ┌─ BRIDGE.North<- ─┐     
                         ┌─┤                ├─┐   ┌─┤                  ├─┐   
 ┌─ Master Volume.1-2 ───┤ └─ NECK.South<- ─┘ ├───┤ └─ BRIDGE.South<- ─┘ ├─┐ 
 │                       │                    │   │                      │ │ 
─┤                       └─── SN-NECK.1-2 ────┘   └─── SM-BRIDGE.2-3 ────┘ ├─
 │                                                                         │ 
 ├──────────────────────────── TONE.2-3 ─── C1 ────────────────────────────┤ 
 │                                                                         │ 
 └─────────────────────────── Master Volume.2-3 ───────────────────────────┘ 

'BRIDGE' pickup wired in humbucking mode with parallel coils
'Master Volume' potentiometer acts as a volume control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
'NECK' and 'BRIDGE' pickups engaged, wired in series
'NECK' pickup wired in humbucking mode with parallel coils
'TONE' potentiometer acts as a tone control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
All pickup coils are wired in-phase
This configuration is hum-cancelling

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[HEADING=1]Switch configuration: [Bridge S/P.ON1:Master S/P.ON2:Neck S/P.ON2][/HEADING]


                                                                 ┌─ BRIDGE.North<- ─┐     
                         ┌─ NECK.North<- ─── NECK.South<- ─┐   ┌─┤                  ├─┐   
 ┌─ Master Volume.1-2 ───┤                                 ├───┤ └─ BRIDGE.South<- ─┘ ├─┐ 
 │                       └────────── SN-NECK.1-2 ──────────┘   │                      │ │ 
─┤                                                             └─── SM-BRIDGE.2-3 ────┘ ├─
 │                                                                                      │ 
 ├────────────────────────────────── TONE.2-3 ─── C1 ───────────────────────────────────┤ 
 │                                                                                      │ 
 └───────────────────────────────── Master Volume.2-3 ──────────────────────────────────┘ 

'BRIDGE' pickup wired in humbucking mode with parallel coils
'Master Volume' potentiometer acts as a volume control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
'NECK' and 'BRIDGE' pickups engaged, wired in series
'NECK' pickup wired in humbucking mode with series coils
'TONE' potentiometer acts as a tone control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
All pickup coils are wired in-phase
This configuration is hum-cancelling

[HR][/HR]
[HEADING=1]Switch configuration: [Bridge S/P.ON2:Master S/P.ON1:Neck S/P.ON1][/HEADING]


                         ┌─ SM-BRIDGE.2-3 ─── BRIDGE.North<- ─── BRIDGE.South<- ─┐   
                         │                                                       │   
 ┌─ Master Volume.1-2 ───┤                          ┌─ NECK.North<- ─┐           ├─┐ 
 │                       └────────── SN-NECK.1-2 ───┤                ├───────────┘ │ 
─┤                                                  └─ NECK.South<- ─┘             ├─
 │                                                                                 │ 
 ├──────────────────────────────── TONE.2-3 ─── C1 ────────────────────────────────┤ 
 │                                                                                 │ 
 └─────────────────────────────── Master Volume.2-3 ───────────────────────────────┘ 

'BRIDGE' pickup wired in humbucking mode with series coils
'Master Volume' potentiometer acts as a volume control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
'NECK' and 'BRIDGE' pickups engaged, wired in parallel
'NECK' pickup wired in humbucking mode with parallel coils
'TONE' potentiometer acts as a tone control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
All pickup coils are wired in-phase
This configuration is hum-cancelling

[HR][/HR]
[HEADING=1]Switch configuration: [Bridge S/P.ON2:Master S/P.ON1:Neck S/P.ON2][/HEADING]


                         ┌─ SM-BRIDGE.2-3 ─── BRIDGE.North<- ─── BRIDGE.South<- ─┐   
 ┌─ Master Volume.1-2 ───┤                                                       ├─┐ 
 │                       └──── SN-NECK.1-2 ─── NECK.North<- ─── NECK.South<- ────┘ │ 
─┤                                                                                 ├─
 ├──────────────────────────────── TONE.2-3 ─── C1 ────────────────────────────────┤ 
 │                                                                                 │ 
 └─────────────────────────────── Master Volume.2-3 ───────────────────────────────┘ 

'BRIDGE' pickup wired in humbucking mode with series coils
'Master Volume' potentiometer acts as a volume control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
'NECK' and 'BRIDGE' pickups engaged, wired in parallel
'NECK' pickup wired in humbucking mode with series coils
'TONE' potentiometer acts as a tone control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
All pickup coils are wired in-phase
This configuration is hum-cancelling

[HR][/HR]
[HEADING=1]Switch configuration: [Bridge S/P.ON2:Master S/P.ON2:Neck S/P.ON1][/HEADING]


                           ┌─ NECK.North<- ─┐                                               
                         ┌─┤                ├─┐   ┌─ BRIDGE.North<- ─── BRIDGE.South<- ─┐   
 ┌─ Master Volume.1-2 ───┤ └─ NECK.South<- ─┘ ├───┤                                     ├─┐ 
 │                       │                    │   └─────────── SM-BRIDGE.2-3 ───────────┘ │ 
─┤                       └─── SN-NECK.1-2 ────┘                                           ├─
 │                                                                                        │ 
 ├─────────────────────────────────── TONE.2-3 ─── C1 ────────────────────────────────────┤ 
 │                                                                                        │ 
 └────────────────────────────────── Master Volume.2-3 ───────────────────────────────────┘ 

'BRIDGE' pickup wired in humbucking mode with series coils
'Master Volume' potentiometer acts as a volume control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
'NECK' and 'BRIDGE' pickups engaged, wired in series
'NECK' pickup wired in humbucking mode with parallel coils
'TONE' potentiometer acts as a tone control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
All pickup coils are wired in-phase
This configuration is hum-cancelling

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[HEADING=1]Switch configuration: [Bridge S/P.ON2:Master S/P.ON2:Neck S/P.ON2][/HEADING]


                         ┌─ NECK.North<- ─── NECK.South<- ─┐   ┌─ BRIDGE.North<- ─── BRIDGE.South<- ─┐   
 ┌─ Master Volume.1-2 ───┤                                 ├───┤                                     ├─┐ 
 │                       └────────── SN-NECK.1-2 ──────────┘   └─────────── SM-BRIDGE.2-3 ───────────┘ │ 
─┤                                                                                                     ├─
 ├────────────────────────────────────────── TONE.2-3 ─── C1 ──────────────────────────────────────────┤ 
 │                                                                                                     │ 
 └───────────────────────────────────────── Master Volume.2-3 ─────────────────────────────────────────┘ 

'BRIDGE' pickup wired in humbucking mode with series coils
'Master Volume' potentiometer acts as a volume control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
'NECK' and 'BRIDGE' pickups engaged, wired in series
'NECK' pickup wired in humbucking mode with series coils
'TONE' potentiometer acts as a tone control for 'BRIDGE' and 'NECK'
All pickup coils are wired in-phase
This configuration is hum-cancelling

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wonkles · Jun 29, 2026

I own a Excel p bass and it’s honestly a really nice sounding instrument, all the posts I’ve seen have a small different logo than the one i have, curious if anyone else has the fat logo variant

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