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It sucks. But if you are reading this and you do not have it, then get some proper earplugs now when you "don't need them". The only thing that it will stop you doing is writing about how much it sucks on internet forums. Because it truly does suck, and it is avoidable. £140 odd.

The signal and safety earth should be the same thing as the amps will use the normal earth. Possibly an over-simplification. As an example if you run two extension leads from a generator, and one powers digital equipment and the other powers old school amps, the current dumped in each earth wire, caused by the equipments' interference suppression circuits, will be different. This means that the voltage on each earth wire will be different, and if your bass amp is on one circuit and your mic is on the other, that voltage difference might be the cause of the shock tingle you get. If you can't run from one extension lead, so all your gear is connected to the same local earth point, you probably need some professional advice / installation. David

Yup, I have it too. For about 5 years. 9.45kHz and 870Hz. A pure tone. Sometimes one is louder than the other. I remember the exact time I got it. In a rehearsal room when the guitar was way too loud. I asked him to turn down and his reply was "I can't really hear it" as he was standing at the side of the 4x10 cab! My was reply was "come and stand here and you f'ing will". After 30 years in pro audio, I've listened to a lot of very loud music (as a studio assistant, you are at the mercy of the engineer), but always kept below the pain threshold. I still play with the guitarist in our band, but I'm still angry with him for inflicting tinnitus on me. As an aside, it was very bad over Christmas. I sat my wife down (who has perfect hearing, but is very understanding), and, using a PA tone generator app, played her the tone I was hearing. She couldn't believe I was hearing this all the time. We had a long talk about it and the problems it causes. It has helped her understand the difficulty dealing with it and how it can effect my mood.

Fellow sufferer. I can often tune it out, but I find that if I'm in a room with a lot of folks talking I find it really hard to tune into the conversation I'm having. Quite frustrating as a part of my job is to do events/public speaking etc.

There are a good few threads on here about them, all very positive.

Absolutely, thanks for your input. Unfortunately your sound remedial suggestions are wasted on me 😕 I had factored a bridge replacement into the price and have since sold a load of dusty old gear to the lady that I bought the bass from, which eases the pain somewhat 😅. I'm in communication with a guy in Beverley, North Yorkshire that can sort it out for me 👍

I'm currently borrowing my Dad's lovely EB Stingray. I'm a bit scared to gig it lest anything happened to it as it's over 20 years old and immaculate, but my Dad's keen for me get some use out of it. 😐 For my current band my Sire V7 is just perfect and I can't dial in a better tone with the Ray. That's probably a topic for a different forum though....

Cheers for sorting this out @neepheid!

Money, money, money?

I know that they're in other bands, presumably as permanent members, whereas with your band, they're temps. Just asking them to be members on a more permanent basis might be a motivator, whether they accept or not.

Really enjoyed that.

Used mine on Sunday with the two 1x10 matching cabs that I acquired from @fleabag Outdoors, drums, guitar, vox, keys and, a surprise late addition of a harp player with (loud) amp. Kept up easily and sounded super with my Flea Jazz. All easily packed on the back seat of my 62 year old Morris 1100 which gets to take me to gigs when the weather is nice and the venue is local. Love it.

Same here - in fact, just reading the subject heading brought it to the forefront of my consciousness. I think I've had it over 30 years - it was when I started wearing earplugs to ride bikes [1] that I suddenly noticed there was a background noise that didn't go away, like the line frequency whistle of a CRT TV which we were all able to ignore. [1] It wasn't the loudness of the bikes, it was the wind noise from the helmet that was (and is) the issue

Sorry, it’s a long thread, but the basis is that they have other bands they are members of. It depends what you describe as permanent… as it stands they get their fair share of any gig proceeds, so they wouldn’t earn more.

Assuming that they're as close an approximation to responsible adults as musicians can get, it's really up to them to provide their own motivation. Although they're going to be more motivated to work on permanent bands than temp ones - have you considered asking them to join on a permanent basis?

Water isn't that great a conductor of electricity. Large bags of water with lots of electrolytes in are much better at conducting electricity, and that's what humans are. So we provide a preferential conductivity path for electricity (which is why dropping an electrical appliance into the bath will do unpleasant things to any occupant).

A while back I sold an Origin Cali76 mk2 on here. All going smoothly, dropped off with Royal Mail and paid extra to make sure it was fully covered. Once it got to Gatwick the tracking stopped updating. Days went by with no word and there wasn't anything I could do until a full week had gone by. I logged a complaint and provided a screen shot of the PayPal payment details and the sale DMs in the hope itd constitute sufficient proof. Thankfully a mysterious package arrived at the buyers house with I “sufficient postage” so he had to spend another £7 to receive it. So he got the pedal, RM still had no idea that it had been received but I left it to see what happened. 3 months later I got a letter apologising for any inconvenience and these which it said we're the appropriate compensation: The pedal thankfully arrived so no loss, it does show how much that Royal Mail cover is actually worth in practice when selling on peer to peer marketplaces sites such as this. I'd have been out of pocket £250 along with £15 postage. Very unimpressed.

Turn That Frown Upside Down - Roy Acuff, Jr.

Something really special - no chops, just beautiful bass playing on a beautiful tune. This is the complete Jay Anderson bass part to the stunning 'Walking By Flashlight' from the 2015 Maria Schneider Orchestra album, 'The Thompson Fields'. I saw this band at Cadogan Hall some years ago and it sticks with me as one of the most exceptional evenings of music that I have ever witnessed. Thanks to my old friend Paul Hornsby for turning my on to this lady's work. It's not hard to play but I challenge anyone to match this performance. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/walking-by-flashlight-maria-schneider/

Thanks for posting! I've loved them since hearing "Type" on the radio in 1990, and a "Stain Tour" gig I went to still ranks among the best I've attended across all genres.