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Likewise.

Take it to a local ironmongers and see if they can help find what you need. You roughly know the size. Dave

I’ll ask my electrician mate…. good shout

Our church halls would be perfect, plenty of space and separate rooms, but the load in/out would be utterly dreadful as there isn't a dedicated car park. I keep intending to check out Bently Heath Villlage hall, which is near me, not far off the M42 and looks ideal. https://bentleyheathhall.co.uk/

The remote had a spare battery and that also did not work. I connected the light to my DMX controller and it works fine. I had to re-learn DMX too, as I had forgotten that the addresses go up in 16s.

Do you have a multimeter you could check across the BF cab to see what ohms you are getting. If its shorted it may have caused a problem in the amps. No expert here but its what i'd do if my amp packed in. Dave

What a cracking venue. So much character. Dave

Having arranged on of the very distant previous bass bash events… I’d rather just show up and enjoy the day

Derby is an ideal location, set one up.

Definitely up for attending, but not in a position to organise this year, as I work variable shifts. Any takers?

Any whispers of another midlands bass bash in the future?

I am selling off all my basses except for three, two of which are 32" scale - I just find them so comfy. But it has to be said that I dwell down in the depths of the budget end of the market. That said my budget basses have kept me gigging for the past couple of decades. Aria Pro II CSB range are medium scale with models at different price points. They are all good. I have the top end of the range model CSB 450 Black n Gold for sale in the classifieds for a giveaway £300 but, perhaps, not after tomorrow as someone is coming to look at it. Hondo II H1015 are medium scale. Necks on these are utterly superb lumps of maple. Heavy basses, mind. Known for the 3-point bridges to lift but that is an easy fix, often fitted with DiMarzio pickups as stock. Some Westone Concords are medium scale, some long scale. They are excellent and go for very little money, pickups in these are tremendous, very powerful. I believe there are one or two medium scale Westone Thunder basses, too. Fender do medium scale Precisions and Jazzes, usually MIJ for the domestic market, but they pop up fairly regularly. MIJ Squiers, also. I've had several over the years, notably an A series Squier Precision that was one of the best basses I've owned. Should never have sold it. The best of all the 32" scale basses I have tried/owned is the Yamaha SB-15. Superb. Rare, though, but you never know. Any of the above are pretty straight forward things and not scary to take a punt at second hand. There isn't much to go wrong and, if it does, it is usually easily and inexpensively corrected. I've not tried one but Ibanez Mezzo also gets a lot of love on here.

That could certainly work, especially if combined with the cauls to distribute the pressure. The existing bridge could be used as a template to mark the holes you'd need to drill in those pieces.

In my experience, Alan at ACG makes some of the best medium scale basses in the world. For your £1000 ‘new’ budget, you can pick up a pretty decent spec ACG 2nd hand. In fact, there is one for sale on BC right now…

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Oi, I'll have you know we dont live in the arse end of civilisation.....but we can certainly see it from here! 🤣🤣

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We talk a lot about Spector basses but don’t share the sounds very often, so hopefully this’ll make a change. I’ve been editing the recording of the cover band’s last gig and thought I’d just post these snippets of my gigging basses. Depending on the song, it’s either the Bahama Blue (Jap Import) Euro 4 LX with the maple board and black blocks or the Amber Euro 4). Both have EMGs and an LHZ-03 dimed going through a GK Fusion 550 with an Origin Cali 76 comp. FoH is taking a DI from the 550 postEQ+FX. The 550 is going through an LFSys Monaco on stage. Recorded with a Zoom H2n mounted above the mixing booth at the back of the venue. These clips should give you an idea of what it sounds like both up and down in the mix. You can hear some of the top end sizzle and clank cutting through in places. One trick pony? Yep. But it’s the best trick in the World and it’s a golden winged pony. YFKI! 😀 RDVictoria 240825 Zombie Ending.mp3 RDVictoria 240825 UPressureIntro.mp3 RDVictoria 240825 LoaPsection.mp3 RDVictoria 240825 DSBsection.mp3 RDVictoria 240825 HLTWsection.mp3