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Not sure on the typos. I was surprised it states 18v active as the control layout looks like the passive or a least a 2EQ rather than the 3EQ on the normal Ray Special. There’s no rear picture so you can’t check for a battery box

I going to dye my fretboard as dark as I can get it, as black as a Raven, I have a few dyes to try, and a Masking liquid called Maskosol, it's fantastic for those pearl inlays, paint it on, peel if off. Any tips on the dark side?

Found some old tracks on my computer and thought I’d release them to the ether! On almost all streaming platforms except Spotify (on moral grounds!) Not really bass-specific as such, but has bass in it (mostly programmed). Here’s an Apple Music link: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/twothousands/1876848564

£380 ish! Bargain!

There's one on Digimart

I've bought 2 basses from Japan, both from Miki Bass Side. I'd recommend to take a look at their site every now and then. Both deals went without any trouble. They happily answer in English and are very friendly. In both cases prices were negotiable, and I got about 15% off if I recall right. Shipping went fast on both occasions.

I'm probably late to the party on this, but iPad with GarageBand and an audio interface seems to actually works well for live monitoring and adding some effects, can do some in-depth EQ visual analysis and adjusting. Stock effects aren't great but third party ones are decent. And it has tuner/mute. I think this could be quite a portable and useful setup to take to rehearsals: Some basic 'always on' effects and tuner, but the option for metronome/drum loops, recording. etc. This stuff seems to have almost got to the point of replacing multi fx for me, especially reliability is really good and latency is low (both were real issues just a couple of years ago). It just needs needs footswitches for live stuff. like the idea of wireless options. I like the look of the Ampero as I think 4x switches is what I'd need, although the Boss FS-1-WL also looks good and can be battery powered (nice to fully get rid of cables) and has 'HID mode' which is new to me but I assume something that could be useful one day (basically a different way or remotely 'pressing' buttons on software, stuff like page turning music sheets), hte Boss only 3x footswitches but others can be added. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ufVfwwaxI

And it says nut width is 38.1mm. I wonder if it’s just a typo on the ‘Governor’ one.

please mean latest not last !

I was at one time thinking I must have a combination of cabs to achieve 4ohms so i can get max watts from amp ! Now I run an 8ohm MarkBass 122 cab with a 500w head and it’s very loud when it needs to be ! One cab solution and easy carry in I never thought to much about cabs but I now see a decent cab is more important than lots of watts 100w Ampeg V4B very loud amp ! not got it anymore as too heavy !

No, we don’t gig, just rehearse. and the rest of us know that we would be far too loud for a pub sized venue - we’d get halfway through a soundcheck and get thrown out, that kind of volume empties places. Plus the kit itself is bigger than most pub stages.

Does your band, with this drummer, play pub gigs..? Does that volume level work, in that context..?

Many thanks for the great advice and for sharing your wisdom and experience. It's much appreciated 🤗 Ishibashi keep coming up and so in line with your suggestion I'm going to test the water and drop them an email (in English, sadly) citing the very bass it is I'm looking to buy ( an Ibanez BTB845) and see how they respond. We'll see how I get on!....

I've had 2 basses from Japan, one from Ishibashi and another from a large ebay based outfit but I cannot remember their name. And a bunch of pedals. No problems with any order. The Ishibashi bass was a Japanese market Fender P bass (PB-62 or something?) and was actually in even better condition than the sales blurb claimed. Obviously like an idiot I sold it because at the time I didn't understand P basses. My most recent Japanese buy was from Effects Bakery - they make tiny budget pedals. I bought their "Japanese Butter Roll" vibe and it arrived in under a week, was under the import fee point and vat was dealt with so got to be for about £50 including the shipping.

The natural finish one is even more Ade.......