Frank Ford wrote:Some players talk of "feeding" the unfinished surface of the fingerboard with oil. Fingerboards are not actually hungry and don't really need to be fed, but a light coating of oil gives them a finished and clean look. If you do choose to oil the fingerboard, do it with care. Use a tiny amount of lemon oil or mineral oil on the rag, wipe it on the fingerboard, and then wipe it all off. You don't want to saturate the fingerboard, and you don't want a lot of oil running down into the fret slots. If there are cracks in your fingerboard, consider having them filled professionally, and don't get oil in the cracks. Generally, you'll want to stay away from linseed and other natural vegetable oils, which become sticky and gummy over time:

This kind of fingerboard cleaning should be a once-a-year event, at the most. Too much scrubbing and oiling can easily do more damage than good.

ErikG wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:57 pm So, you ever do that thing where your drummer quits and you become a drum machine band, and everything is really cool, better even. Then gradually you bring in some synth sequencing, and it sounds great. But then you realize shit's gotten out of hand and you realize you now spend way more time managing machines and less time making music?

Just me?

bassdriver wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:12 am

ErikG wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:57 pm So, you ever do that thing where your drummer quits and you become a drum machine band, and everything is really cool, better even. Then gradually you bring in some synth sequencing, and it sounds great. But then you realize shit's gotten out of hand and you realize you now spend way more time managing machines and less time making music?

Just me?

I’m in the same boat. My band sounds way better than with any drummer we’ve ever played with. But yeah, it’s a lot work. I’ve always been the guy who records band practice and emails the mixes to all band members, so it doesn’t make a huge difference!
I program drums in Reaper so I can just bring new songs as Reaper files then record the band playing along to that and then I’m able to rearrange things at home and cut different parts together, since everything is synced up.
I pretty much gave up on trying to add synths or samples as this is something you can spent way too much time on.

cakes wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 12:25 pm

bassdriver wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:12 am

ErikG wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:57 pm So, you ever do that thing where your drummer quits and you become a drum machine band, and everything is really cool, better even. Then gradually you bring in some synth sequencing, and it sounds great. But then you realize shit's gotten out of hand and you realize you now spend way more time managing machines and less time making music?

Just me?

I’m in the same boat. My band sounds way better than with any drummer we’ve ever played with. But yeah, it’s a lot work. I’ve always been the guy who records band practice and emails the mixes to all band members, so it doesn’t make a huge difference!
I program drums in Reaper so I can just bring new songs as Reaper files then record the band playing along to that and then I’m able to rearrange things at home and cut different parts together, since everything is synced up.
I pretty much gave up on trying to add synths or samples as this is something you can spent way too much time on.

I was in a band years ago and we thought it would be cool to add a laptop for sequences, and then we added a keyboard, on top of that we had like 7 guitars between two guitarists. Anyway, our songs were getting dumber and we ditched all the computer stuff and paired down the guitars (I only had 1 bass, not my fault) and all of a sudden, we were writing good music again and have much less awkward moments playing live. After that I never wanted to incorporate laptops or sequencers into my music because you're absolutely right, you start managing machines instead of making music. It takes a certain kind of skill and musicianship to pull this off and I ain't got it.

bassdriver wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 10:59 am
I’d never bring a laptop or an interface to a stage,

W.L.Weller wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 12:11 pm Anybody have a HiFiEngine login? Apparently they are no longer accepting new members, and this is the only site I've seen with any reference to the schematic I'm after:

https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_libra ... 1106.shtml

Or maybe you have a schematic for a Realistic Stereo Parametric EQ for some reason. That's even fewer steps!