Recent content by rorofosho

that black pickguard looks really good!

wanted to say: great comment and thank you for the movie recommendation!

not super important, once it's in the computer it's digital anyways. Sure because a pedal is changing the sound before it gets amplified there might be small differences, but imperceptible stuff really, especially if EQing in the box gets rid of hissing/noise. Definitely try the pedal with the...

good news is that's a mental block - you just gotta get out of your head space. Feeling guilty when you pick up your nice bass sounds like the problem, not the skills you've accumulated thus far in your playing. Instead of a feeling of guilt and dread, you want to feel gratitude for the...

EQ pedals are always useful! Playing live or if you wanted to mic up your amp for instance. I have no idea how good that brand is, but an EQ pedal has tons of utility.

could be the nut too - how are the flats fitting into the slots there? Also perhaps the neck relief - how straight is the neck, any bow or backbow to it? If there's wild changes to temperature and humidity where you live that could have something to do with it as well. Guitars also take a second...

very cool guitar, enjoy! I've always loved the look of a firebird body

are you recording to a DAW? I use Ableton but have been producing long before I even owned a bass, so probably wouldn't recommend if you have no experience recording computer music. I hear really good things about Reaper and apparently it has a generous free trial. It's as simple as setting a...

hey all - hope you and your JPJCJBs are doing well! Wanted to extend my thanks to the club here for cluing me into them discontinuing these guitars - found a used one (it was actually mint with the cellophane still on pickups and pickguard) on eBay for a good price and had to snag. Thankfully...

hmm so it's not there when you bypass the pedal? You can always EQ after it's gone into the computer. If you need the pedal, maybe try it with a battery so that part of the chain is isolated. I hate using batteries in pedals but it can really cut down on ground interference. I've never used a...

an external pre-amp is going to do wonders. Lower end interfaces with the hi-z gain all the way up get really noisy - even so, getting some pre-amp gain before you go into the front end of your audio interface lets you dial in the gain staging. I have a mono tube preamp I got for $300 on...

Sorry if I missed seeing you mention, but is this a hissing you hear when you turn the preamp knob up when plugging into the hi-z input on the front? If it's anything like my old gen 1 scarlett 6i6, that's just the low quality preamp being driven hotter than it should... they quote that it has a...

dang I don't particularly need to drop the cash but I might have to pick up another - been loving this bass; have some tape wounds coming today excited to string those up. Guessing the tension will be different so will probably need a neck adjustment?

also - worked out a fair discount with the seller, and at least temporarily mitigated the ding and finish chipping with some stickers I had... it's really difficult to get a sticker to stick flush/smoothly on a curved surface, but with enough I was able to get it good. Figured I'll just make it...

I want to get another one in pink just so I can swap a maple neck on, ngl, but that's just me loving these JJCJB's so much! Got some good jamming and recording done with the boyz this past weekend, my one friend was just telling me he got new callouses and tore up his fingers from all the power...