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I play in a metal covers band and a rock covers band these days. I used to play in a black metal band back in the days, think Cradle of Filth minus the keys and the female vocals. They were fun days

I haven't had a chance to pick up the VI for a while so I haven't been able to address this yet. Any suggestions are very welcome.

Gotta love a Gus! I have a possible answer for the pits and pocks in that finish. Today's flip-paints are much better than they were. The original chameleon shifts were suitable for car bodies where we tended to see them used first: Hard, metal surfaces, but, due to the way that those pigments 'crystalise' in the same direction in order to make the flip work, it ended up being a really brittle finish. This is further compounded by luthiers wanting to keep finishes thin to hang on to those 'tonewood' properties. My 7 string has an early flip paint on it that isn't dissimilar to the one pictured and it has succumbed to the same. Its not that the bass ever got bashed hard, it's just that the finish wasn't up to the job. My 6 string has had its flip refinished, arguably done twice as many gigs and received a good few bashes on the way, shows not even a scratch.

Hi, have you fixed this? i have a lot of experience with this if you still need help.

Take a look at these threads.

Iron Out The Rough Spots - Paul Young

I have nothing to add to which is format is better, or which turntable drive system is best (other than they all have their shortcomings) and my shot hearing probably couldn’t tell anyway (no probably about it). However, I watched a video the other day about vinyl ownership. There were some statistics mentioned (they might have been complete BS of course) said that only about 50% of new vinyl purchasers actually an own a deck to play the medium on. For some, it seems, it’s about ownership of the latest cool thing, or displaying the sleeves as artwork (I can get my head around the latter, it’s what I really miss about vinyl, not displaying it, but interacting with it, whilst the album played. I gave all mine away).

Thank you for taking my response with the humour intended and for your thoughtful reply. Yeah, its a pain when upgrading systems. My current machine can no longer accept OS updates and therefore no updates to Logic. When I do finally upgrade, although my existing Logic install will work for now, it is recommended to buy the latest version to make use of all the newer functions in the curent version of Logic (and the new ones in the Creator suite announced t'other day). So, even Logic will want me to move with the times and enjoy its in-built tech in exchange for the mighty dollar. Totally up to the individual and, one thing that occured to me whilst reading your reply, is that we're both offering a route to cost effectivity. You on one hand have responded to the OP in getting the best use out of Logic's own plugins first thus saving money. As the OP had suggested they wanted to get directly in to music, I'd suggested getting to grips with Logic straight away rather than learning Garageband first. So, saving the cost of time. - and then not wasting hours doom scrolling the sites I mentioned when tech-fomo kicks in!

Absolutely yes. Love her and her music.

@Dood I did wonder after I posted my reply if it was a brand new finish rather than trying to fix an existing one. I own the bass that used to look like this: I don't know how it got in this state, but it was pock-marked all over on both the flip finish and the chrome work when I bought it, which is why it was (relatively) cheap and I didn't have any serious competition when bidding on eBay. This how I discovered that successfully retouching the damage to the finish would be impossible, and as a result since I wasn't totally in love with the colour I had it redone in CAR. However it does mean that Simon at Gus Guitars should be able to refinish your instruments with flip paint depending on his availability.

Yeah, ive just edited, didnt notice you said Set list mode. I'll let you know later. Just not sure it will cycle back to the start. You could certainly use the big knob to cycle between the patches, and use the foot switch to turn on and off the transpose, so that would bring it down to only needing two patches. You can also hold the foot switch down to get to the tuner while in control mode.

Maybe 40 years ago! A bottom end Rega RB220 is £265. If you want the top Rega it's £1500. My favourite tonearm, the Moerch DP6, is £2815 (I haven't got one!). An SME V will set you back five grand! And if you want a high end cartridge, a DS Audio Grand Master Extreme is £18995... Personally, I've got a slightly lower range SME arm on my very heavy acrylic Clear audio turntable with Audio Note cartridge through an EAR valve phono stage, and it sounds awesome. Though now that I've been reminded that I'm in denial I realise that it couldn't possibly sound any good, and will take it straight down to the charity shop...

Well, I've never heard a digital system that hands-down beats a top-flight vinyl one; there's just something slightly detached about its performance. As you wander up the performance chain you tend to find that some albums sound distinctly worse than others. With something like a WiiM Ultra you can do room-modelling eq. Some digital transcodings do have tweaks done to the levels which can come across as being more dynamic. In general, a lot of the loss in fidelity of any reproduction is down to a cloth-eared engineer or producer in the studio or mixing room.

There's an Elf 110 combo in the classifieds for £340: Bassbros have a 110 extension cab for £199: https://bassbros.co.uk/product/trace-elliot-elf-1x10/ Great little modular, tiny and lightweight rig you can gig with for under your budget.

This would just be a backup solution for me. I have a board with a quad cortex and power supply, wireless, tuner, everything. Just wondering what I would do if that went down or I lost the whole thing or whatever. At the moment I take a passive DI box, but I wouldn't have a tuner and I have started being lazy, using the digital transpose for three songs on the set list. It occurred to me that transposing whilst already stressed by an equipment failure, or detuning without a tuner aren't good plans. I have looked at taking another pedal (I own a GP100) for instance but they're actually quite big and they also need a power supply. The GP5 appealed because I could put it my bag and run it off one of the many phone chargers that can be found in any space inhabited by humans in 2026. I even take one in my gig bag already. It looks to me like you can just assign a,b,c to three patches but to be fair that's not crucial, I can always scroll back. Thanks both!

Direct drive has many advantages for DJs. The near instant torque is more important to scratching rather than just mixing (try scratching on a belt drive deck, after the scratch, when you release to play the track it gives a warble that many lofi buffs would love 😂). Another advantage is the stable bpm. If you’re DJing with a belt drive, then you’re not guaranteed a consistent speed, especially if you’re doing a little scratching. Back in the 80s I had a pair of Citronics (pronounced Shitronics) belt drive decks, they were not fun & took a lot of patience to get a mix to work. 😂

So to try to clear up any confusion, a 2 pole SpeakOn cable connector will mate with either a 2 or 4 pole chassis connector. A 4pole cable connector will ONLY mate with a 4 pole chassis connector. So rule of thumb, 2 pole on cable and 4 pole on the chassis.

What a treasure trove! This is fan service unlike anything I've seen before, thank you!

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Can I just say.. this thread started with a request from a fellow BC’er to help out a well respected UK luthier and a fellow bass player to find a stolen bass which it now appears ‘we’ have done. That is what a bass player community is all about, and if the bass is recovered successfully we should be proud. A small minority have chosen not to do that and to pile in with other views when they could have spent that time helping a fellow bassist. I think they’ve let themselves down by doing that.

Ive never used that mode, but I'll give it a try tonight and let you know if it cycles back to the first. It should.

I very much doubt that Fender would be okay with basses they don't build being sold with the Fender logo on. I would imagine that limelight is very much flying below Fender's radar.