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It seems to be working now, but I had the same issue yesterday.

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That will be the old Ashdown ‘blanket over the speakers’ effect 😎

All wired up - now to get the setup and intonation sorted

Face Down - Prince

Fair point, although I did think of that a while back but it causes some some back PUP placement problems I am pondering though, I might look for a short-scale FL neck and do some experimenting with a rather interesting test-bed body I have 👍

Yeh, there are rare occasions when every moderator I need to ask a question of isn't instantly available, sorry about that. Anyway, it should work now.

Will post something when it materialises and I get time 🙂

Will post something when it materialises and I get time 🙂

Seeing as on a fretless you don't really need to change the frets for scale length, if you want one of these as a fretless you just have to get a normal one and move the bridge 2.5" up the body

Laurence and I were the main bass players for Jeff Hooper's Swing Easy Big Band and for the BBC Strictly Tour. He's a nice guy and a monster player, especially on Fretless.

This is an important aspect of band performance. Personally I dislike the gaps between songs, particularly during the second set when punters are on the dancefloor. They don't want the music to keep stopping every 3 minutes or so. But effective banter between the front person and the audience/ rest of the band can make the difference between a half decent gig and a memorable one. A live band is a 'show' first and foremost. A previous band I was a member of was mediocre but adequate technically, however the actual 'show' they put on was brilliant because of the p*ss taking between the guitarist and other members, and the laughs from the crowd. My wife has not forgiven me for leaving that band for other more musically satisfying projects 😂

Surely scaling the bass down to build something with similar metrics to retrovibe's l'il Richard would be so much better, but of course it would cost more for RIC to tool up for that.

We should see some slightly cheaper prices here between Andertons, Bass Direct, GuitarGuitar and a few others....

Remember it's a two-way street, you are auditioning the band. You don't have to join.

This is from my status update: I've programmed some patches that sound great through headphones on my multi FX. I just hope they won't take too much tweaking at band practice tomorrow when going through an amp. And after rehearsal on Wednesday: And the result from last night's rehearsal - inconclusive. I went through an old Ashdown head through an old Ashdown cab. The synthy patches needed more fuzz, nothing cut through quite right, and levels were not consistent between patches. All issues I did not have with headphones (a cheap Behringer pair). Should have taken my own gear. Next time I'll at least take one of my own amps.