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I've noticed quite a while ago that Les Claypool has been using some sort of effect on his pedalboard, during specific sections of songs, where his bass signal sounds like it's turned into a lofi version of itself. It sounds like a very heavy EQ curve is being applied, or potentially some other...

I just saw the new video on Primus youtube channel, which is the first part of the drum audition documentary they've been working on. I noticed a couple of things, but one thing stuck out to me quite a bit more than everything else. Les put super glue on his fingertips before they started...

I'm not asking because I have trouble tuning my instruments, I'm asking because I've never thought about how much out of tune an instrument has to be, to be noticably bad sounding. Of course this depends on the instruments range, and the purpose of the instrument in the song, and so on. So let's...

Something that I've found to be more or less difficult, but always be on my mind, in my time enjoying music, is trying to separate the art from the artist. There is a lot that can be said about this, and the reality is, the world ISN'T black and white. It's endless amounts of shades of gray...

I've been looking for an old Ampeg pr410h, and haven't had any real luck. Most of these don't exist near where I live, and those that do, are usually horribly overpriced for the condition that they're in. So now I thought about just making my own based on the design of one of those. I understand...

So I've recently been using my Sire jazz a bit more, and for the first time with my current pedalboard. The very first effect in the chain is my Q-Tron, which of course is very gain sensitive. I noticed that my Sire is considerably weaker on the output, compared to pretty much any other bass...

I'll be building a new pedalboard around christmas, and I've been planning on putting as many of my pedals on there as possible. My collection isn't huge, but I got some pedals that take quite a bit of space, and with my current board I've never been able to put more than 6 of them on there at a...

A couple weeks back I sent one of my two Adam Audio T8V back to Thomann, where I purchased them both, because it made an ugly whistling noise. I did contact the Adam Audio support before that and after the usual "did you try to plug it into a different outlet?", the support actually told me that...

I know we all learned the instrument slightly differently, and I've been wondering how that afffects how difficult we perceive songs to be to learn and play. Ideally, I would like to hear/read maybe three different examples of songs that you would rate as easy, medium, and hard. If you want, you...

I hate marketing in the music world. I understand that marketing does actually work, and when I like a brand, I would obviously want them to succeed. But somehow the marketing we have in the music industry is really awful. Besides all the appeal to emotion, paid promotions from superstars...

I'm planning on building a new bass, and fixing my first one, and was going through some ideas in my head. I have always loved the way tree rings look, and was thinking of how I could make this work for a body. One part of that thought process was about structual integrity. It would be cool to...

I have a list of basses that I would like to own, that are generally all distinctly different from one another. One of those basses is a Wal bass. A genuine Wal bass isn't totally unobtainium, but it's pretty high up there. With basses like that, I simply try to build a clone myself. That of...

Hey there, I've been having this issue for probably over two years now, where I have a sharp pain in my left hand ring finger. It's only when I fret a note, and doesn't happen when I push on it for example. I didn't have this for the longest time, and only in the past like two years have I...

I'm a huge fan of slide guitar, and I generally like the few instances where bass players do a little bit of slide playing, but I've never quite got it to work correctly. I don't really know what the problem is. I feel like I have to apply way more pressure on bass with a slide, compared to...

The only actual guitar amp I have is a semi broken Peavey Vypyr VIP2, which I haven't played in about 7 years. I've been for the most part playing guitar through guitar amp plugins on my PC, until today. I've heard the tale of the SVT being developed for guitar use, before it then became the...

When I look at pictures of bands from the ~60s, I often see bass players playing through small (but probably really heavy) combo amps. I understand that Fender and Vox and such are very famous for these old combo amps from back then. And I know that Fender currently produces a signature Adam...

I'm going to work a bit on my bass soon, and I just wanted to do a sanity check by asking here if my methods would be okay, or if I'm forgetting something obvious. First I have to do a complete refret, because I wanted to put a radius on the fretboard. My to do list would look something like...

I've seen this plenty of time before, but I never really thought about it much, until now. What are potential reasons to wanna put tape over the logos/names of amplifier brands or such? I got reminded of this from this video: I read on gearspace that supposedly you're not allowed to show...

I'm sure this has been discussed plenty of times, but I'm lazy, I like to get current information, and the search functions don't always work as expected. Now that Mesa is making a grand return to Europe, I will hopefully soon be getting my TT-800. I have not yet ordered a cab specifically for...

I have a couple basses, and I usually play one for a few weeks / months, based on what I currently like, and then I switch to one of the other ones. I just picked up my Rockbass (chinese) Warwick Corvette for the first time in literal months. I don't think I've played it once in 2024. Turns out...

I've noticed that there's quite a lot of products from the past, that rarely get mentioned today (probably for good reasons), but I'm a curious guy. I also keep forgetting the names of certain products and would like to have some overview (preferably sorted by years). This might be a bit much to...

I was redoing my pedalboard (as I do way too often) and found something interesting when I removed my C4 from the board. At first it looked like there was a huge white piece of lint inside the second output, but upon further inspection, I realized that a spider moved in. She had some of her food...

Hey guys, I've been using a Voodoo Lab PP2+ with the included cables for years now. Usually I simply coil the cables up a bit, so that the length matches how much I actually need, but I'm sort of getting tired of it now. How do I get started with custom cabling for my power supply on my...

I've been thinking about these gold strings for a while. From what I could gather, these were the ones that Entwistle used towards the end of his life. I first took an interest in them because of him, but now I'm just kinda fascinated by the looks. I wanted to hear some more recent opinions on...

First of all, I have no idea if this is the correct forum for my request, but I didn't know where else to put it. So if this post is in the wrong place, I'm sorry. Yesterday I started to toy with the idea of installing a string mute. I took a piece of very firm foam from some pickup packaging I...

I've been using a focusrite 2i2 (gen2) for practice at home, and a little recording for a while now. I'm currently running my pedal board into the focusrite, to get the same tonal options I get when I play through an amp, or on stage. The last pedal on my board is the Tech21 VTBass DI. I...

So I've been thinking about getting a bass with 50s P style single coil. However, I don't like any of the options on the market, and I would rather build an entirely new bass, before I buy one from a big brand. However, a different thought just occured to me. As far as I'm concerned, the single...

TLDR: Does sanding block length matter when sanding a radius into a fretboard? Should I recut some crooked fretslots, even though you can barely tell they are crooked, and you can't really hear it? And whats the best way to refill fretslots? How do I fill in woodscrew holes, when the wood...

I've been looking for a good synth pedal for a long time. Actually I was looking into getting an actual full fledged synth, but those tend to be expensive and I'm not sure I could use it musically, while also playing bass. So now I'm back at looking into synth pedals. I love EHX stuff, but all...

Not entirely sure if this fits the best in the effects forum, but this seems like something one could maybe recreate with effects. I'm talking about the whistle you hear in Les Claypools You Can't Tell Errol Anything. I'm certain he played this on his NS upright, and you can hear there's a sort...

I recently installed a 7410 bass bridge, and I noticed that the whammy bar is a bit loose. I expected it to be a bit loose, but there's quite some play in it. Can it be that it'll become even looser over time? I googled for about half an hour and found nothing. Maybe someone here has a Kahler...

I know it's a bit of a clickbaity title, but that's what came to mind. I've read quite a few comments on TB, where people will say that they use only a bass and an amp for gigs, and even home usage. Furthermore, I've read plenty of people say that they don't adjust their EQ, don't buy any...

Very recently Primus performed with members of Tool and Troy Van Leeuwen at a benefits concert for Jimmy Hayward. Through a video posted on Instagram, you can get a peek at Claypools newest iteration of his pedalboard. Besides the obvious (DM4, AX300B, BOOMERANG), there's also some new things...

Sometimes I'm a bit sad about how few people actually post their own random playing here. So I want to see some of your crazy stuff! No judging, and I'm not looking for anything amazingly musical. Just do whatever comes to mind and have some fun with it. Another idea would be to make the worst...

I feel like I've asked this before at some point, but I can't remember if I actually did. So here I go potentially again, besides all the times this has been asked before by someone else. Do you use rack gear for your tone shaping, when playing gigs? I don't mean just simply a rack mounted...

Still building a bass and I'm getting closer to the hardware installation. Now, my question is, where do I put the bridge? On the Stewmac fretslot calculator it gives you the position of a Fender style bridge, but it goes from the rearward screws. So that won't help me. My first instinct was...

I know that this has been asked before, but I'm not sure if it has been asked in my sort of context before. I'm building a CT style instrument and I know that the more modern CT basses are quite thin. But how thin are they actually? Since I'm planning to add a Kahler tremolo, I want to make sure...

I was wondering if someone here has experience with an EMG 35P4. How much does it sound like a normal split P pickup? I understand that that pickup basically has the magnets arranged in such a way as a split P would have it, just with a soap bar housing. So can I expect a 35P4 to sound like an...

Hey, I'm in the process of building a CT style instrument. That's not what this post is about though. I am going to put an EMG 35DC into the sort of bridge position. I say sort of, because the bass won't really have a neck position with the small spacing between the 29th fret and the bridge. My...

I'm in the process of building a Carl Thompson style instrument and I've done quite a bit of research. However some specifics I'm still trying to figure out. Either way, I've cut all the wood roughly to length, leaving some wiggle room for mistakes. Today I have planed the fretboard to the best...