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Hey short scalers ! (Especially those who play Ibanez EHB1000S) I share a post i've made in my NBD EHB1000S topic (to not repeat it here) cause i've had an idea about neck edge inlay that could help those ones who have taken the adhesive dots road to replace the non-working-kind-of-luminlays https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/522029-nbd-ibanez-ehb-1000s/#findComment-5621679 Enjoy !

Hello again ! Some improving details I continue to make this bass perfect to me, by correcting a stock “defect” (kind of): neck edge inlays. This problem is now well known and a lot discussed for this EHB family: neck edge inlays (even on fretboard sometimes) are difficult to see, and close to impossible when light is low. This is the case on mine and her roasted maple neck. The luminescent function is not really working after 15 minutes, and become completely invisible. So no 36000 solutions : - Make it changed by clearer ones by a luthier. Too much money for me. - Make it myself: too risky. I don’t have enough tools to make it precise and don’t want to have to perform varnish on neck in case I damage it by replacing the inlays. - Add some adhesive inlays over originals. Cheap and easy. But how many time little adhesive dots will stay on the neck before falling ? Then I had an idea inspired from my day-job work: in aeronautic world, when we glue a label on a part or assy, we are adding some varnish on top and around to make it strong and avoid the label to peel off. So after a short search about tooling to use in this case, I’ve found eyeball stickers perfect for the job. Let’s go ! So I bought some edge inlays and put it over originals ones Then masking around these new inlays with eyeball stickers and tape, to protect neck. Then with a small brush, varnish application on the inlays and areas between inlays and eyeball stickers. Then after one minute wait, eyeball stickers removing to avoid varnish to dry on it. And here we are. We’ll see if it’s efficient. To finish it, a small magnet glued with double-side tape as picks home; like on all my basses. Next and final episode: the ramp. But Ibanez didn’t replied yet to my request about the paint RAL they are using on their instrument for Seafoam green color. As I’ve found a lot of different shade of seafoam green, I would like to be sure to have the closer one. (If someone here know this Seafoam green paint RAL used by Ibanez, it would be greatly appreciated) To be followed ..

We play an excerpt of the title track in our set, the bit after the drum break grafted onto another song. Great to play, absolute masterpiece

Madness numbers, 'Lovestruck' and 'Wings of a Dove' and 'A Message to you, Rudy' by The Specials I play in what's mainly a Madness tribute band called Cairo East but we also include numbers by The Specials, The Beat, Bad Manners and so it's becoming more of a Ska tribute -

Isn't voltage headroom more important, as when it counts is driving transients into largely inductive loads?

More voltage headroom, less current headroom. There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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I'm that shape now. I struggle when I go out on windy days.

Same thing rebranded. Reform are just Snickers to the tory Marathon. Either way, they need a warning to say they contain nuts.

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I sold a Zero Mod thumb rest to Mark and he was great to deal with throughout. A very easy and pleasant transaction all round due to fast payment, great communication and him being a good guy. Many thanks Mark! 👍😁

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Hi, and thanks for the info, I will certainly check out some of the venues you've mentioned, although it probably won't be until the summer at the earliest the way things are going.

That's good news. There's a fair old walk from your place to the town centre and I think there's some up and down as well. The soft tissues are always the issues, at least to me. I've never broken anything too serious but lots of ligament, tendon and soft tissue damage sadly. One slight good thing about the physio work on soft tissues is you can do a lot at home, for me, lots of small exercises did me the world of good and don't require expensive equipment, I had small blocks of wood to do heel raises and sitting on the floor with rubber bands stretching things out. You can do this in your own time and at your pace. I look forward to hearing of your entry in the London Marathon for next year

In practice a 4 ohm cab means you turn down a little and get a bit more headroom.

Leg is doing OK. I stopped taking pain killers several weeks ago and stopped wearing the boot two weeks ago. I've walked into town three times in the last ten days and yesterday did that without a walking stick. Main issue is the tendons, ligaments, and soft tissue of the ankle which got mangled. That's still sore and not fully functional. Saw physio for first time today at local cottage hospital in town. They're happy with progress and I'll be put into a weekly gym class for 6 or 8 weeks which is supervised by physios. That's at the hospital as well.

That can be virtually nothing or the difference between acceptable and unbearable, depending on the amp!

I use the Basschat 8" speaker with a Gnome Warwick amp, a Mod Dwarf and a Strat. I turn the EQ to what is supposed to be flattish (10:00 Bass 3:30 Middle 10:00 Treble) and it sounds great to me. I turn the EQ back to normal for bass and it sounds great there as well. I;m amazed at the flexibility of the cabinet. Rob