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Utterly pointless to try and grade art and artists. Just sit back and enjoy.

Me again, no real info to add unfortunately but if anyone's interested, I used mine in one of our band's music videos - gives an idea of the size of it at least! On Crash Sunday - Satellites

Many thanks for your views, Russ. Some food for thought. I have thought about one of the more premium SR's however I bought a 4 string one a few years back. I couldn't get on with it so moved it on. That's why I thought I might try a BTB

Another Holland tune, the beautiful 'Equality' from the 1996 Quartet album, 'Dream Of The Elders'. The tune features the moody vocals of Cassandra Wilson and the poetry of Maya Angelou. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/equality-vocal-version-dave-holland-quartet/

I sold Tom a bag, he was a pleasure to deal with all the way.

His playing on Jimmy Smith's Root Down live album is pretty damn great too. I would say for me Joseph 'Lucky' Scott from Curtis Mayfield's band and George Murray from Bowie's classic 70s era would just edge Wilton for two of my picks for greatest bassists of the 70s. That is if we're talking less well known, less acclaimed players of that decade. So, not the guys who would regularly top Bass Player magazine polls for best bassists - Geddy, Jaco, Anthony Jackson, John Paul Jones and the like.

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I spent the 80s, and 90s playing my XL2, and if it had 2 more strings, I still would be. This. Unless you're tying to do an aesthetically authentic tribute band for a group that you need to look like, eg KISS, Beatles, then no one in the audience will notice or care what you're playing providing it's not too out there, eg Bootsy star bass in the Beatles band.

Joel just sent me a case, all as he said it was, easy as you like. Thanks Joel

Hi, @W-1Pro - hope all good with you! It's been a long time Remember: - the truss rod is not there to change the action height. It's there to keep the neck straight. My strong advice is to loosen it back to where it was ASAP so it doesn't break something. When I get a moment tomorrow I'll post some simple instructions how to set the truss rod at the right tension - especially seeing that this is a sort of bolt-on-neck, almost certainly the neck needs a shim in the body side of the neck pocket. We are not talking anything of significant thickness...put in the right place, a thin shim can make a HUGE difference to action height

Doesn't Ca have a law in effect that unless property above $950 in value is stolen then the Police won't act on it? If it came from the dumpster then one could argue it was junk and of no value, even IF the Police were willing to do something. Which they won't be as they have far bigger issues on their plates. In the UK however, if the dumpster diver then made a FB post where someone's feelings were hurt... Remember what today's date is and what happened to Guido.

My view is that there are decent reasons for using wedges instead of a simple shim at the end of the pocket but: - it's not essential - it has nothing to do with ski-jumps The main decent reason that I might use wedges is that a wedge does provide a tighter contact between the neck and neck pocket - and the more rigid the neck fixing, then the less vibration loss. Whether anyone could hear the difference is, of course, a totally different matter! And so to ski jump. Ski jumps are real and not uncommon, but a single shim at the end of the neck pocket causing a ski jump is a 'challenge' to physics, materials science and, certainly in my case, practical observation: - Physics. The pair of screws at the shim end of the pocket is close to the shim. The pair of screws at the other end is close to the other contact point. The gap is in the middle - and on most basses (admittedly not all) there aren't additional screws there. So the screw forces are holding the two contact points tight - there is no bending force - Materials science. The heel of the neck has one of the largest aspect ratios (thickness: length) of most of the other wood components. Even in a hydraulic press, it would take some considerable force to bend that. I think the wood round the screw threads would fail first. - Practical observation. Those who have followed my build threads over the years will know that I exclusively build through-necks. And yes - you can and do get ski jumps with through-necks. Basically: the neck is pulled up by the string tension; the truss rod keeps the bendy bit straight but there remains a movement axis at the neck/body joint; the string tension wants to snap the neck at the joint for the neck and body to clap hands. There is some flex upwards even when new. And, over time, that continued tension can result in a set lift of the neck. It's one of the reasons that many builders add a 'fall-away' of the frets that sit over the body bulk near the heel. If you don't, then folks who like a super low action and play way up the dusty end will tend to get buzz of the upper frets.

Well mine turned up today, and it is certainly the best pitch shift pedal I have used but obviously not perfect. It is really good from just above low E, but my use case is doing Drop D and lowering it down to either drop B or drop C. The D has a slight delay, where it starts a little higher and comes down - its really subtle but you can tell the difference between playing a real B and a D dropped to a B, because of this initial drop. Maybe it is the bass I am using, I will try another one later, that one has a little knackered string. Actually i have a practice tomorrow with the group that I do the drop B/C songs with, so I will see how it goes then