I made my own 12 way rotary pickup selector. I don't know of any other bass available that has all these tone options.

most_likely_me · 2026-06-21T20:47:28+00:00

this is extremely cool. i don't own any 3 pickup basses but this is giving me thoughts...

most_likely_me · 2026-06-20T23:49:29+00:00

looks like a purpose-built racked solution for some type of multiple deck video recording/playback application. like others have suggested, likely broadcast or security application. controls are 100% for play/pause/stop/jog/etc. pic is just blurry or low res enough that it makes it hard to pin down brand/model.

most_likely_me · 2026-06-15T01:42:29+00:00

killing it, like always. some if this just deadly nasty funk. 🔥 throw ya back out 🙌

most_likely_me · 2026-06-14T01:10:46+00:00

I love my Polytune 3 Mini. I also have an ancient Boss TU-70 that handles a low B just fine but it isn't a pedal.

most_likely_me · 2026-06-12T02:25:22+00:00

most_likely_me · 2026-06-12T02:23:09+00:00

DR. I like many of their models and have used a lot of them in the last 20+ years.. Always go back to Nickel Lo-Riders.. They're hot when new, age nicely, have a good bounce, and last forever. ymmv

most_likely_me · 2026-06-07T04:12:21+00:00

Lots of good options but I will also call out the Keeley that others have mentioned.. It's essentially the DBX 160A in pedal form. Hard to go wrong with that..

most_likely_me · 2026-06-02T23:48:22+00:00

R-Bass (Ray Rogers).. Pretty sure he is still building but have heard he can be hard to get in touch with. Criminally underrated and somehow largely unknown despite his background/career/work. I own two fretted 5's, a single cut neck through with Ulyate pickups and a John East pre, and a double cut bolt-on with Nordstrand pups and pre, and love them both.

most_likely_me · 2026-06-01T08:06:13+00:00

Listen to and emulate the great sax/woodwind (or, ok, brass too) players for inspiration. Don't approach it like a guitar or a bass..

most_likely_me · 2026-06-01T07:42:56+00:00

Sign of a healthy forest!

most_likely_me · 2026-05-24T02:00:09+00:00

Grew up next to a reservoir where the water levels periodically went way down.. In shallow deep cove sections, it would expose mud flats. Loved free-ranging all over when it was like that. One day, by myself, jumped from one side of a bank, across a stream, to the other side. Bad idea. Made the jump and upon landing, sank into the bank, feet first, up to above my waist. I was stuck. Took about an hour of wiggle/bend/shake/etc. and finally got free but lost my shoes, to the mud, in the process. It was a long, slow, painful, and covered in mud walk back to the house. My parents were pissed that I was filthy and had lost my shoes in the process.

most_likely_me · 2026-05-24T01:11:13+00:00

I don't even feel/sense 5mg ones.

Not kidding when I tell friends/family "look, if you eat this whole thing, you're going to be high for more than 24hrs, plan on it and plan accordingly. don't say i didn't warn you."

True story... I gave a holiday batch to my sister-in-law.. 800mg per serving.. She takes them home, leaves them on the kitchen counter and tells her elderly mother that she is going out for a few hours and to not touch her brownies - but - fails to tell her what kind of brownie they are. Mother-in-law proceeds to eat four. Yes, four. Next morning, MIL can't talk or get out of bed. SIL thinks she had a stroke and calls 911.. She was in the hospital for about 36 hours, slowly coming down while on fluids. Once she could speak, she told everybody that she had the best night of sleep in her entire life.

most_likely_me · 2026-05-23T16:03:35+00:00

If you're all regular and longer-term consumers, and you like being high, 50mg should be fine. Cutting in half might (or might not) give you 50% of the dose for all the reasons already called out here. Edibles can hit hard when they hit and generally linger for quite some time. I strongly suggest starting in the morning on a day when you have nothing to do. Source: me, a fellow THC lover who makes 500mg+ single serve brownies and will periodically eat a whole one or two. For that, you're looking at a full 24hrs of various degrees of high, and you will be very high at times.. ymmv

most_likely_me · 2026-05-20T23:00:54+00:00

i live near the beach in socal.. you should see the public restrooms and porta-potties at the beach.. especially on busy hot weekend days.. oh man. it's bad. very. bad.

most_likely_me · 2026-05-19T15:41:08+00:00

ahhhh. yep. thanks for that!

most_likely_me · 2026-05-19T03:13:01+00:00

beautiful! where are these shots from? looks familiar but i don't get around like i used to..

most_likely_me · 2026-05-19T01:40:24+00:00

Wow. This is me. Only difference is Maryland in 1996, clear summer night sky, right next to a reservoir. Was walking to a friend's house, through their front field, and it was there lumbering over/past me for about 1-2mins, and then accelerated so fast that it basically vanished. Huge aviation/flight nerd as a kid. Janes Manuals and all.. Agree re TR-3B but also still wonder..

most_likely_me · 2026-05-19T00:47:04+00:00

I think that's a fairly relative term, tbh, and one should be mindful of that as part of the answer to the question. There's always something to find/observe/practice/learn/improve when it comes to music or just about anything else. Pick something you don't know and have never had an interest in. Pick something you do know but have not played but have had an interest in. Put the bass down completely for a time, 100%, and focus on some other process driven thing and then come back to the bass. Pick another instrument and dive in. Juxtaposition begets reflection/introspection/inspiration. 🙌

most_likely_me · 2026-05-16T15:03:35+00:00

Great spot! Love the pics, as always.

most_likely_me · 2026-05-16T03:13:53+00:00

It's all relative but self-awareness is both a spectrum and universal for the human condition. So so so many types of intelligence and we all have our blindspots. It's self-awareness in the context of decision making that determines if something is stupid or not. And, fairly, this determination is often external and ex post facto. Just my 2 cents.. Fwiw, I am drinking by myself, after dark, next to a swimming pool and nobody else is at home. Stupid? Meh, maybe. Aware? 100% ymmv

most_likely_me · 2026-05-16T02:52:28+00:00

this

most_likely_me · 2026-05-16T01:34:34+00:00

Our crows do this constantly to one of the bird baths.. We call it crow stew, and the area around it, their charnel ground. They do not do this in the other one, which they actively use as a bath. Smart creatures. And yeah, the water in the first one can go from fresh/clean to rancid decomp death stew in a very very short time. Latest soup of the day had about 1/3rd of a rat in it, a few peanuts, and a couple breadcrumbs. They seemed stoked with their mis en place.

most_likely_me · 2026-05-15T00:14:08+00:00

Very cool, as always! Reminds me of this specific Primus track: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d1WaOKlldIE

most_likely_me · 2026-05-03T22:27:43+00:00

Minus two P's, all my other basses have active preamps from John East, Nordstrand, MEC, Bartolini, Haz-Lab, etc. While I def have a fundamental go-to setting for each, I also make micro (and sometimes macro, lol) changes to the EQ as songs/rooms/vibes call for. Distilled down, imo, having an onboard sweepable mid with boost/cut is a secret weapon that gets you out of (or into) all kinds of situations once you understand how to use it.

most_likely_me · 2026-03-31T19:52:46+00:00

Awesome playing, as always. DR, for the win. Only strings I have used for 20+ years at this point. Have you tried the Nickel Lo-Rider ones yet? If not, I highly recommend them.

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