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  1. brucehum

    3rd string (A) in my Rickenbacker 4003 has started touching the pickguard.

    Hello all. After... not sure, but more than 15 years of playing it, today for the first time my Rickenbacker 4003 had its A string touch against the pickup cover. The strings are not new, have been there for something like 6 months... It is intonated (fret 0 and fret 12 are both tuned)... can...
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    practice amp...

    Hello, I have a GK 800RB that I use for gigging, for now with a Fender 1X18 box which really houses a Peavey Black Shadow. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/gallien-krueger-official-club-thread-part-ii.444225/post-6725442 (the GK 4x12 cabinet was stolen from the singer's van years ago). I...
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    Which bass is this

    Watching Madness play "Our House" in the Young Ones... which bass is this one? Probably a cheap one, due to the end of the scene... I have done a quick internet search, and found even how they recorded the album, but nothing on this bass...
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    jumping to active 5 strings... multi scale or normal?

    So I play in a hard rock / metal band. I play passive 4 strings. I have a few basses, but the two 'jewels' are my Fender P Bass Deluxe Special (my first bass) and my Rickenbacker 4003, the one I play live (but we haven't played live since before COVID. COVID killed the band, then we came...
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    How close to P-bass tone can you get with G&L

    Until my shop gets my G&L L2500 USA, in 2-3 months, I am playing in my band my current #1 bass, a Fender passive P-bass deluxe special, and sometimes my Epiphone Thunderbird IV Goth. We play classic hard rock (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Judas Priest, with some Saxon, UFO...) My band clearly prefers...
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    Nazareth- Expect no Mercy

    Does anyone has or knows where to find the tab for Nazareth's "Expect no mercy". A Guitar Pro file would be good too. Thanks.
  7. brucehum

    Help choosing between USA and Tribute G&L

    Hello all, I'm thinking about getting a G&L. Almost surely the 2000. I read that the difference between the Tribute and USA is mainly: *USA are hand made, Tribute are more industrial. *USA finishes are better. Even so, Tribute finishes are great. *USA woods are better. But they are...
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    DIY bass kit: counsels?

    Hello, Tomorrow I'm ordering (from Europe) a Carvin bass kit. It will take anything between 4-12 weeks to get here. So I'll have time to read stuff and prepare. This will be my first DIY project in ages (since school, back 20+ years ago when we were innocent and had dreams about the...
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    Hello from Spain.

    Hello, I'm Bruce Humphrey, a newbie bass player :bassist: from near Barcelona, Spain. Best wishes to all, and glad to meet you.