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No channels to prevent side movements? That’s partly why I use Gotoh

Another vote for the Eich T-900, I've only had a couple of hours of practice with mine but it's impressive and will be seeing my Markbass out of the door. Matt

That's great 👍 Thank you for that

The German Masterbuilt Sadowsky basses are lush, I'm tempted, but it's just too much money to make good sense. As you rightly point out, you can get a nice Fodera for that. I would also point out that a Fodera will have a better resale value than a German-made Sadowsky, generally speaking. The thing about a Masterbuilt, though, is that you can cash and carry it rather than have to wait a year (Spector)or two (Fodera)have a custom order built. Sei, Overwater, Shuker make very good quality instruments, for sure, but none of them have anything like the cache or romantic appeal of a Sadowsky, whether it's made in Germany or NYC. Most people who buy high-end basses are not looking to make a practical purchase. They are looking to fulfil their longing for something they've always wanted. And a lot of bassists want Sadowsky's, even if they've never actually played one. So many builders try to make what is obviously a Sadowsky-inspired design. The people that buy them would have probably rather had a Sadowsky, given the choice. Roger has created an aspirational brand, and for the kind of basses he offers, no one can get close to him. That's just how it is.

Just been playing with my pedalboard and the more I look at this new beast, the more I want to try it. If the comp works the way I like it and I can run it off my Volto, I reckon I'm in.

Well it's arrived, the, build quality is fantastic, I'm very impressed, what do you think?

90125 by Yes. One of those rare albums that doesn't have a duff/meh track on it (IMO of course).

This one?

Here's my current go-to. When my graphite neck arrives I'll be putting it on this one to make it fully monochrome, and this Fender neck will go on another bitsa. It has EMGs and an LHZ preamp as it was originally going to be a back-up for my Spector, but this one's so much more comfortable and easy to play that it's my no.1 for the time being. The body is from All Parts I think. It's very white indeed - I expected it to be a bit more cream/off-white, but I'm kind of digging the 80s Robert Palmer vibe - not what one expects to see in a death metal band.

The PBM looks good. Interestingly the description suggests there's a line input but I can only see an instrument input in the pictures.

😄 that would do it!

Put in an hour or so on this bass earlier and it really lifted my week long crabby mood. Whilst my Sandbergs play and sound great, plus being lightweight suit my back nicely, the above will always be my dream bass.

Nice. And already seems to be available and on sale! (one of those 'sales' where it's the actual price?!) £279 https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/251215451631027--ashdown-pbm-200-200-watt-portable-bass-head Personally, I'd go: Elf (£230) for backup and ultra-portability. Ant (£279) for a small gigging amp - not as ideal for being pocket sized backup as the Elf but with a few additional useful live features like mute button, Speakon cable connector would seal the deal for me. Or I'd go Gnome v2 (£215) if I wanted to have things like aux in and USB for home use (but isn't as small as the Elf as a backup, and doesn't have the live features of the Ant like the mute).

The recently departed Scott Adams coined a word for the avoidance of multiple tasks at the same time: multishirking.

Having been on a bit of a jazz bender for months, I've just been shaken out of it by Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs!

Burying a post at the end of an unrelated zombie thread tends to be unproductive. You should start a new thread.

Multifailing

if the frets and strings aren’t gold, why did they even bother?