Recent content by Andy114

I spy a Fender Player Mustang Capri Orange in the just-released David Byrne Tiny Desk concert. Nice bass demo in "Nothing But Flowers". "Life During Wartime" isn't to shabby either. Enjoy!

Are you going to have an audience if it's 40 degrees? Can you ask the restaurant for a "rain date"?

I played a gig in a barn that had a WICKED resonance on my A string (or 5th fret E etc) - moving even a half-step off of A either up/down was better, a full step and the resonance was gone. Could the Para EQ have helped attenuate this narrow resonance? If so, what would be the on-the-fly steps...

... and also have the PJB D4 for small get togethers / rehearsals / travel. There is a parallel universe.

This is me. Go-to bass is the HB-30, I have it strung with GHS Short Scale Brite flats half rounds. Travel bass is the miKro (yep amazing for the $); it also sits by my desk wired into my PC to play along with anything on a whim. I throw the miKro in the car on long trips and for back-up if...

Hi all - Looking at using a HX Stomp to call up FI V4 presets. Any specifics on midi cables or other tips? Thanks!

A picture of Mike's pedal board from the Baseball Project August 2023 (courtesy me)! The secret to his unique sound finally cracked! Oh - the only connected pedal is the tuner. The "Frantone Electronics - The Sweet Germanium Transistorized Fuzztone" apparently relegated to not worth connecting...

BINGO! You win! A little egg-on-my-face as I've mucked with truss rods before - something about a new bass makes my brain not think of these things. Works great now. Keeper! Thank you for sparing me the whole return hassle (and they were out of stock).

The string buzzes when pressed down between the nut and the first fret (it's buzzing against the 2nd fret) - so, unless I'm missing something, I don't think the height of the nut slot will affect this.

Yes - the neighbors do not noticeably buzz on the first fret unless plucked hard. I consider them OK. It's the D first fret buzz that will bug me forever. Can I assume this quality is not typical for a new Mikro?

NBD - Mikro 4-string Walnut. Really like it but the first fret (Eb) on the D string has noticeable fret buzz (neighboring strings are not so bad). The "big internet store" I bought it from offered to reimburse if I had a local tech do a set-up. My question: Is this typical of the quality...

Thinking of (finally) changing out the stock rounds for something a tad more thuddy - but not mud thud. I have D'Addario ENR71S Half Rounds on my Mustang & like 'em, but short scale length is no longer made. Thinking of GHS 3070 Brite flats half wounds. Did some further searching & found this...

I don't know where it was made - there was no sticker - how to tell?

My HB-30 serial # is on the top surface of the headstock by the E tuner; bought it new March 2022. Has superseded my Mustang as my go-to, though some of that is the music genres I've been playing lately.

Old thread - but if wanna hear Freddie front and center in the Steely Dan live mix - give The Nightfly Live a listen. Wow.