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Tim Skaggs reacted to Gluvhand's post in the thread NBD 2026 Alembic John McVie #27 Replica with
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I can't tell if you're being serious here or not but I'll bite. It's made by Alembic. A counterfeit would need to be made by a different... -
Tim Skaggs replied to the thread Does the truss rods engagement add stability to the neck?.If the neck is stable "as is", about the only thing an engaged truss rod would possibly do is prevent the neck from changing as much...
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Tim Skaggs replied to the thread A Vintage Fodera.The bass / tone kinda’ defines articulate, but I have to agree, there is too much “articulation” being used here. It’s fine for having...
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Tim Skaggs replied to the thread NBD 2026 Alembic John McVie #27 Replica.That's a really nice bass, and if it will help you emulate even a minor percent of McVie's style, your band will love it… McVie has the...
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Tim Skaggs reacted to Turnaround's post in the thread Action and intonation: which order? with Like.
That’s a reasonable starting position from a theoretical point of view. But it’s only a starting point.
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Tim Skaggs replied to the thread Action and intonation: which order?.In general, the last adjustment should be the intonation. Adjusting the intonation should not change the action any significant amount...
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Tim Skaggs replied to the thread Hartke Kickback 12, w/ Rock Band....The owner’s manual shows the rated max power of 120 watts is into an 8 ohm impedance and it does not show a 4 ohm impedance output...
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Tim Skaggs replied to the thread Electric shock from my bass on stage â - looking for technical advice and prevention tips.Well, 1. the mixer is a widow maker or 2. just provided a quality ground when you touched something else that was energized. I lean...
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Tim Skaggs replied to the thread Double Bass Juzek Explodes! Film at 11!.I’ve never had it happen to my bass, but I have had it happen to my violin. Same result on a much smaller scale…
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Tim Skaggs replied to the thread Electric shock from my bass on stage â - looking for technical advice and prevention tips.To experience an electric shock as you describe and others have said (more than a static electric discharge), you had to be in the path...
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Tim Skaggs reacted to sunbeast's post in the thread Electric shock from my bass on stage â - looking for technical advice and prevention tips with Like.
You must have been touching something else at the same time to have made your body the path for voltage to go through- and the voltage...
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Tim Skaggs reacted to Wasnex's post in the thread Electric shock from my bass on stage â - looking for technical advice and prevention tips with Like.
What else where you touching? On most basses, the bridge is grounded; so the strings are grounded. The case of the jack plate should...
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Tim Skaggs replied to the thread Bassists who play "modern" basses in rootsy contexts..I play in two rock / blues bands and one bluegrass band. I’ve been doing the rock thing about 4.6 decades. I’ve found the only people...
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Tim Skaggs reacted to ImTheOnlyOne's post in the thread Do stainless steel strings loose there sound quicker than other material with Like.
Username includes "Dr" User Joined today. First post is commenting on DR strings with conspicuous spelling errors. Referred to TB'er as...
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Tim Skaggs replied to the thread Dolly Parton died today - RIP.Legendary human & I don’t know anything else to say.