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I'm not surprised.... they never stopped moving! 🤣 I was to the left of the top of the stairs...

I have a PRS Silver Sky that had terrible static problems as soon as the central heating went on. Pick guard and neck were full of loud static which rendered it totally unplayable. i tried all sorts of stuff, including commercial anti static sprays, diluted fabric conditioner etc. all they did was leave some degree of residue on the guitar which worked for about 5 minutes. in the end i took the neck off and place a single piece of silver foil in the neck pocket, to which I soldered (tricky but possible) a ground wire that went to one of the ground wires, any one will do. I made certain that the neck screws contacted the silver foil when reassembling so that the neck plate and therefore the surface of the neck were grounded. This solved the neck problem. I did the same for the scratchplate, rather than shielding the whole thing which can be bad for tone, i did strips making sure the pickup adjusting screws and rear of scratch plate were connected then wired that to ground. sometimes I get the odd crackle now and again still from the scratchplate, when this happens I rub the scratchplate with a fabric conditioner tumble drier dry sheet, and that solves what the earthing cannot for a long time. strange because I had another Silver Sky with a maple neck and fingerboard rather than rosewood and a satin finish on neck not gloss, and it never had the same problems. if you get caught out on a gig, a bit of spit rubbed on the area of the scratchplate that is static will work for a while. good luck.

In both directions it would seem! Drummers it's time for payback!

Indeed... Though I know hifi buffs who reject entire genres of music because it's not recorded in a sufficiently high fidelity way. As a result when you go to shows you tend to hear mainly wet ECM (or worse!) type jazz, or breathy female vocal stuff - it's mainly about listening to the soundstage, or bass extension, or air'n'space and "inky black silences". It's the hifi they're into, not the music! * *Though I'm a fine one to talk, I happened to look up my power amp recently and they're £13k now!!!

Yeah, I thought it funny when the girls said their bodies couldn't take any more songs 😀 Where were you standing? We were to the left (looking at the stage) of the mixer.

Surely that's a minefield, as it has now been sold (which was illegal) but is now owned (which is legal) as the process of forming a contract of sale has been completed.

Bend Me, Shape Me - The American Breed

@rwillett I have a Gnome i Pro. I wonder if we can work something out here?

I was there too! It was fantastic! Such great, energetic performers.... Many a band could learn a thing or two from them about live performance!

Using the effects return in many amps will defeat the amp's master volume control. Our Deluxe pedals have no global master volume control so it will be necessary to edit the Level for each preset and immediately save it. If that doesn't work for you I would suggest plugging it into the front input of the amp and set your amp for an undistorted clean and neutral sound.

Well I'll be bringing two I have also worked out how to biamp them (if only I had another Warwick Gnome to use). Rob

I just saw a clip and she says she wrote favourite mistake on the bass, lovely tasteful part too. I think many of her band have been around with her for a long time and like her play most instruments, I do wonder who plays what on the records but I wouldn't be surprised if everyone does a bit of everything.

Yes! It’s still slightly outside my planning window at the moment but I’m watching the topic and will confirm or deny when able. I wonder how many BC 8" cabs we can assemble in one place?

Obviously im comparing an Apple to a Bowel of marks and sparks fruit .... but i've previously A/B it against the pitchshifter in my Anagram .. Its quite bad ...

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I've been following this thread and contributing, I did not pick up on any negativity at all. Lots of healthy discussion around the topic and some connected bits too. If Limelight or the person who commissioned the bass think I have contributed to wishing anything other than the bass not being delivered to its rightful owner then I apologise as this was never my intention. Jonny

The system has to be able to reproduce the music too

Fingers crossed for a happy ending. 👍 Dave

I think such discussions are very helpful. I would hope that, in similar circumstances (derails) I have provided some useful information on VAT etc. We come from diverse backgrounds, with expertise beyond bass playing. It's helpful to provide some relevant information (with a suitably qualified background) to other people.

Just curious, has anyone of you have tried Vision Ears? It is a brand from Germany that I think they made all custom molded up until now.