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I wonder if this is the work of @agedhorse ?

My experience of IEM is positive and I use it all the time for my main band. However, it took me a while to get it 'tuned' to my liking and also it took a while to get used to the isolation (compared to wedge monitors) when pretty much all you can hear is what's in your ears. Some bands mates can't/won't get used to it and have gone back to wedges. So my advice would be to start out with something cheap (Behringer P1 or P2) and a relatively simple wired approach, using decent but sound blocking MP3 player ear buds (I have a pair of £10 Sony ones which are now my back-ups) to get a feel for the whole experience. If it's to your liking, there are plenty of wireless options and earpieces and a dedicated thread on BC with all the info and opinion you'll ever need. And your cheap wired system will act as a back up or even a home silent practice outfit. I'm currently using a G4M WPM 200 transmitter/receiver kit plus Linsoul KZ ZS10 earbuds. For the main band, as we use a Behringer X32 desk, I have a Behringer P16m personal mixer which links to that desk (and the X18, I believe) via 'Ultranet' (their proprietary system) which allows me to create my own personal monitor mix from 16 channels on the desk. For dep gigs, I can use my Behringer P1 to take a feed from the DI so that at the very least I can hear my own bass playing. As it has two inputs, I could also take a feed from an aux out or headphone out of the main mixing desk for an overall monitor sound. The added bonus of good IEM is that it manages the volume and can protect your ears from silly on stage sound levels.

Having just spent a few days playing around with my vintage Fender Bassman 50, my interest in valve heads has increased, and I'm being drawn to the PF-50T specifically, as it just seems to tick all my boxes. But, I have never even seen one, let alone tried one! I'm listening to whatever I can find, and have spent too much time dreaming about vintage B15's, which may in fact turn out to be an expensive minefield. My Bassman is ok, but it's HEAVY. I expect it's actually heavier than the V-4B Reissue, and I can't envisage me actually gigging it regularly. My band isn't overly loud, not relative to my experience anyway, and at the moment a GK 400RB is doing a great job, whilst just barely ticking over. Having said that, we do seem to be in a constant negotiation with the drummer about acceptable levels regarding his drums. He does love to hit them when he thinks he can get away with it. I would be running it, if I got one, through a Barefaced Three10, with a P bass with flats, playing blues and more funky/greasy 70's blues too. Fire away! Cheers, Rob

How Basschat should be! Bought the pedal Sunday, arrived Tuesday. Great transaction nice and smooth. Thanks Dave 🙏🏻

Thanks for that @warwickhunt . I’ll take bass to him/ her without purchasing a new just a nut. Not sure what a string stud is for a 5 string is though 😬 If I go lower than regular tuning , it goes floppy ,so it seems I do need to adjust it . When the bass is reset , would it be a pack of 4 strings or 5 strings ?

I've played this one and it's great! https://motomusic.co.uk/products/wandre-davoli-mini-bass-1960s-red?_pos=2&_psq=wandre&_ss=e&_v=1.0

Thanks. I need to remember this. I decided that the EXL170-12 strings it came with are good for a while, they've been on there a while but they’ve never been played. Interesting it was tuned to Eb Standard but I’ve now tuned to E standard and that has raised the action as you might expect. Truss-roddery will have to happen now. There was corrosion in the bottom of the battery box causing a bit of crackly noise, so I’ve swapped it out this morning for a clean/new one I had here. It’s all untouched inside the cavity and there’s not a scratch on it. I think it’s just lived in its case under a bed since the 90s.

Similar functionality from the Behringer Xenyx 802S, £63 + postage from Thomann. An Xlr feed from the desk into one channel, bass into a second channel. Send the bass back to the console from the Fx Send, and listen to the mix you want from the headphone socket. Job done.

Enjoyed the song and video... very much a 90's vibe and something I would picture coming on MTV or The Box back in those days. Well done to them!

Hm. A 5mm hex is loose, sloppy fit in the socket. A 4mm will probably not even touch the sides. I definitely don't need to go smaller. Wondering if Hohner have ever used 13/64" or anything else exotic.

If you have the adjustable brass nut, any self respecting luthier should be able to take a file to broaden the shoulders of the slots OR see if you can source just the B string stud for a 5 string and then simply utilise your existing E A D but move them up 1 string. Don't buy the plastic adjuster nut as they are cack, you'd do better to get the luthier/tech to simply file you a new blank nut (do you really need to adjust it?).

That could be lovely with a refin

Us "heads" called each other "man" all the time. Till we grew up.

Its been endlessly debated. Jagger wanted to tell the story of the horror. Yes the lyrics are crude but clever and written as we know by a pair of total Blues nuts who hung out with the best. I suppose being such a great upbeat tune is the weird part, but its art without the awful gratuitous language we hear so often nowdays. I think its a song that cannot be played anymore except by the guy who wrote it, and he wont do it anymore so its effectively gone forever.

Lovely, really! 😍

Turned out pretty good for free hand, but I will clean up the curves and add the bevel on the spindle sander next time I visit my folks Also the placeholder cheapo pickups I had in my spares box are total junk..

Next week I intend to take my Warwick corvette standard 4 string to a tech , to get it setup to B-E-A-D . The nut is Brass . I think it’s best to let the tech put a new set of strings on it also . Is it advisable to purchase a just a nut plastic nut ,and take that with me? ( not sure if they can do the string adjustment otherwise ) Also ,will the setup be for thicker strings ( a 5 string set for example ,without the need for a G string )? I notice that the shop do D’adarrio strings which are great , but not Warwick strings . I do prefer lighter strings . Basically I’d like to keep a light feel with the low sound ! Thanking you in advance

Smooth‑rock/pop from the early‑70s, tight vocal harmonies and a Jersey Shore/yacht‑rock vibe. Looking Glass - Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne | Pieter Sweval

Oh, I like the look of that.....and switchable impedance down to 2 ohms.

Of course I was. It's always seemed ridicuous to me. Not entirely sure what point you make here?

Falling Upon Deaf Ears - As I Lay Dying

Go on mate………..

Really cool! Enjoy your new purchase. I'd hate to think how much a string change sets you back. Hopefully you like the sound of worn in rounds 😃