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. . . or Close to the Edge , or Drama , or 90125 , I say . . . Chris was the prime mover behind my taking up the bass guitar, and therefore, musicianship. It took me a long time to finally own a Rick, but the incentive to try to get (near to) that sound, to play like he did, was with me from the ...

Jet Black : Just found out recently about this band from Quebec, whose album "In Paradox" was released this past September. An early-'90s "shoegaze" influence is dominant, and while the guitars are apparently all of the Fendery persuasion, bassist Stéphanie Vézina offers the unmistakably ...

Awe and envy!
I'm from the Baltimore/D.C. area and I get back there often . . . where do you play in "Bal'mer"?

As to EADGC tuning -- I have that on my 4004cii convert, and I've found that I have to use extra-light gauge strings because the neck can't take anything heavier. My 4005s/5 is in standard 5-string tuning (albeit with a low A, not low B) but its neck has also proven to be very touchy, and I can't go ...

Music to my earbuds! Thanks for posting. "Limelight" was one of the first basslines I ever learned (thank you Guitar For the Practicing Musician , back in the day), and I learned much from it.

One thing that unsettled me many years later though was finding out that Geddy, in le studio up to that ...

Low C . . . with a bow . . .

/thus spake Zarusthustra or whoever

Well, I don't know what kind of amp he was using back then, but my guess would be the standard Rotosounds and both pickups on full vol, full treble. And if this clip is any indication, pick the strings just below the neck pickup; a fuller, "rounder" tone. Squire and Geddy I think favored, if not ...

That seems like a gnarly twist but not sure it would cause the problem you describe... and the strings look fine to me... Hm. I'm puzzled. Can you make sound clips of the open strings and first fret for each string?

Hi Rhys. Well to start off with -- mainly as a test to see if this lo-fi method ...

OK . . . here you go. Thanks guys!

Also included is a shot of sighting the neck; you can see the counterclockwise twist relative to the body-plane. However, this has not affected intonation or playability . . . this is, unless this has something to do with this new problem . . . :(

And erm ...

On my '97 4003s/5, the open E, and to a lesser extent, open A (i.e., 4th and 3rd strings) come off "choked" when sounded; their vibration is getting dampened somehow. They seem to be getting pulled to the bass side too much; if I manually nudge them trebleward behind the nut, they vibrate freely ...

Robert et al. -- oh, I agree re: Mills on early R.E.M.; too many choice cuts to choose from! "9-9", "Laughing" especially, indeed -- first impressions are the strongest though, which is why I cited 'Reckoning'; his little C-Major melodic line in "So. Central Rain" after the chorus was so effective ...

The inimitable (& sorely missed) Miki Berenyi, in her heydey with Lush in the early '90s . . . how many can claim to have had matching Fireglo hair:
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. . . and yes, Grey ; Jenny Lee Lindberg of Warpaint FTW! The tipping point that sent me to get a WHT/BT 4001 of my own. Seeing them ...

Kevin, did you not find the TI Jazz round five set that I installed satisfactory? I'm not an expert player, mind you, but I don't recall the bass having much of a bow with those relatively low-tension strings on it.

Paul -- I actually did like their feel, but AFAICT they currently don't make a ...

An update . . .

Though repetitively tightening the truss rod nuts would help cure the forward-bowing, I found that the next day it would be right back. The nuts are about as tight as they'll go now, though the treble-side one still has some purchase. I'm not going any further with them, though!

So ...

Congrats, and welcome . . . yes; the (aged) white/black trim style sure has a special allure to it.

It looks to be in really good shape, too -- true? How's the neck?