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Great work - I spied the drolo in the for sale, and figured it would be an easy fix - but would have boarded space for it!! It will work, but for next time replacing the links between the boards with the longer cables isn’t best idea… there’s the aim to keep tracks to the minimum you can to fit it all in, and also in some cases thr circuitry that the cables are looped over might cause noise in the signal. Nice work though! Tayda are a legit cheap supplier, a lot of parts are generic so you could have found any pot the same size and value.

It’s a Flattley Bass Nirvana delay pedal. Looks bonkers doesn’t it? https://ivormairants.co.uk/products/flattley-bass-nirvana-bass-analogue-delay?srsltid=AfmBOoqAnU7LZ119asgDOJlSVaYcsEPRDxYkIs9VkkRS-GmaRTyc6cNz I bought it on here as it was recommended by a friend. It works amazing well for double bass (after the signal has gone through the compressor)

Yamaha's bass division might be a bit slow, but the guitar side is diabolical for getting models out. There are some vaunted basses in the Yamaha line, there's virtually nothing on the guitar side. No models, no endorsements, no marketing, no sales. I'm sure the guitars are actually really good for the price, but nobody knows they exist. In comparison, the bass side of the business is booming. Some big names, some great models that really are premium quality, up there with the best type stuff. You could argue perhaps that Yamaha aren't targeting new players, I suppose. Sheehan, Patitucci and East are big names but they've all been around a while. As those big names age, you need new, younger players showing your brand off to attract younger buyers. Fender understands this and has aggressively pursued Gen Z through their artist signings and models, using Fender, Charvel and Jackson to reach different market areas. Obviously, Yamaha are not going to be competing on that scale, but as good as Yamahas are, I don't think many younger players gravitate towards the brand so maybe it would be worth Yamaha trying to change that. However, I expect for a corp the size of Yamaha, it's small fry and budgets will be set accordingly, so perhaps there is only so much the guitar and bass divisions can. 'We are poised to deliver results but will need a bigger budget' 'Budgets will remain the same, please deliver aforementioned results' I've always wanted a Yamaha BB with a maple fretboard so I could have it refinished in a light purple / pearl / pink sparkle like Billy Sheehan used with DLR in the 80s. It's one of the basses I regret not owning before moving back to electric guitar. I still own a modified Attitude LTD II that is just a cracking bass. It's not worth a tonne as a result of being modified and I keep meaning to sell it but it's just such a fantastic rock bass and the seafoam green LTD II is a special instrument to me, as that is what he played with Steve Vai when he and Steve were at the peak of their powers.

A doom band not influenced by Candlemass? 😱 😉 Nah, seriously, good stuff! 😈

It would be nice to move away from headphones for home practice, so one of these could be ideal. How could I play along to songs I'm learning with it?

Easiest to do with a Ubass. Pukka tone too. Fingerings on a 34" in 5ths not fun.

Or this But with Or most any other distortion pedal + crossover blend will also need phase inversion when it is on. Without minding phase a returned distortion pedal signal is 180° out. The lower mid fraction remaining collides with its clean other half and the crossover frequency gets chopped.

Nearly 25 years out getting married, having a daughter. Getting back into music helped me cope with divorce. I'm only an amateur but I identify more with being a bass player than my various work identities.

This is a nice combo for a pretty good price.

Hmmm, do I like a Yamaha bass? I currently have a BB424x, BBPH, BB734a, BB1100s fretless, Attitude Ltd II, and a pair of BEX4s. They're alright I spouse. 😁

Snapdragon folding bass guitar. 29" scale neck.

Thanks for the replies, think I'll give doing it a miss then!

I hope everyone keeps buying new bass gear from shops. Then I can continue to buy used when they race after the next purchase.

Nuns Of The Tundra in Frome tonight. Absolutely brilliant performance, solid desert metal riffs and a mountain of groove. I booked tickets as soon as it was announced and then my daughters band Butane Skies were booked to support and they went down really well.

No im still here! GAS still persists but all the boring stuff is robbing me blind.

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The picture of the 1153T that you found online is probably a mark 5 or 6 cab, so at least ten years older than yours (or more). If they have carpeting they are from the late 1990s (my favourites), and as mentioned the riveted on logo started being a thing when manufacturing moved abroad. I haven't seen the carpeting AND the riveted logo before which makes me suspicious that this was one of the very last UK made cabs that was probably sold with the new logo between the beginning of the Gibson ('98) then Peavey ('05) eras.

Here's cover I recorded of Chaka Khan's Move Me No Mountain, poignant for me as this was a week or so before AJ (a huge influence for me) passed away (may you rest in peace Maestro). For anyone interested, I've also posted a complete transcription here - https://www.benwalkerbass.com/p/move-me-no-mountain

How do these compare to the old Status replacement necks?

I stopped playing bass completely between about 2002-2005 after a really acrimonious parting with my band which just took all the enjoyment out of things. I was also quite bored and burnt out by it all. Focused on enjoying my guitar playing for a bit instead, eventually gigged a few times with a local band on guitar, and then that folded shortly before I moved city anyway. I wasn’t looking to play bass in a band but it was an easy way to get to know people in my new home city and I fell back into it eventually. Certainly that break for a few years gave me breathing space to get out of old habits and come back with a fresh pair of ears and some new ideas too.