One final addition to my old squier jazz bass from a few pages back - replaced the shaller copy machine-heads with Hipshot HB7's. Close enough to be a drop in replacement regarding mounting and screw holes etc.
Not really much to see, they're machine-heads...
Tuning is more stable due to the finer pitch on the worm gear and sprocket, finer adjustment and all of that.
Worth the money? Eh, sure, build quality is quite a bit above the original tuners and they're a bit lighter too.
Our bands rehearsals are moving along. No gigs yet though.
One great tip for improving your playing is to record yourself. We use a digital recorder to collect the ambient sound during rehearsals; it's good for spotting where we make mistakes as a group. But for a few of our covers (judas priest - breaking the law, iron maiden - the trooper and hole -celebrity skin) we have tracked the individual parts so we can listen back with any combination of guitars, bass, drums, vocals.
It really does shine a light on your playing; where you're good ....aaand where you're not so good. I repeatedly fluff the intro to the trooper on my bass - it sounds ok along with everything else, but it doesn't stand up to the scrutiny of an isolated track. Result? Change how I'm playing that riff. Alter the RH fingering and introduce hammer-ons and pull-offs to the LH.
I look forward to recording metallicas creeping death to see how close we are to getting it right.
Must say it's funny how all of a sudden the pressure is on when you are trying to record. Even if only for the purpose of dialing in the sound and ironing out some little mistakes.
Not really much to see, they're machine-heads...
Tuning is more stable due to the finer pitch on the worm gear and sprocket, finer adjustment and all of that.
Worth the money? Eh, sure, build quality is quite a bit above the original tuners and they're a bit lighter too.
Our bands rehearsals are moving along. No gigs yet though.
One great tip for improving your playing is to record yourself. We use a digital recorder to collect the ambient sound during rehearsals; it's good for spotting where we make mistakes as a group. But for a few of our covers (judas priest - breaking the law, iron maiden - the trooper and hole -celebrity skin) we have tracked the individual parts so we can listen back with any combination of guitars, bass, drums, vocals.
It really does shine a light on your playing; where you're good ....aaand where you're not so good. I repeatedly fluff the intro to the trooper on my bass - it sounds ok along with everything else, but it doesn't stand up to the scrutiny of an isolated track. Result? Change how I'm playing that riff. Alter the RH fingering and introduce hammer-ons and pull-offs to the LH.
I look forward to recording metallicas creeping death to see how close we are to getting it right.
Must say it's funny how all of a sudden the pressure is on when you are trying to record. Even if only for the purpose of dialing in the sound and ironing out some little mistakes.
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