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Most of the basses I take to gigs are irreplaceable. I just try not to treat them like Fenders.

But think of the money, money, money. Damn, beaten to it. SOS - I need an ABBA pun quickly.

As I said on page 1, a DVM has a very high impedance and so you'll finish up with a potential divider between the preamp and the DVM. The lower the drain current of the preamp, the higher its effective resistance so the lower the DVM will read for the same battery voltage. If it has reverse voltage protection, that would just be a diode, so drops 0.6V as it would be forward biased. And that 0.6V would be lost to the preamp anyway IYSWIM.

I like the way you’re thinking…

I saw what you did there 😎

Primarily I’m not much of a fan of compression. I really liked the eq circuit. I’m interested to try the Lusithand Rosa in the hope its the same eq just in an overdrive. It’s the feel of it really, possibly due to lack of knowledge. I love compression in the studio but I’ve never found one I like on a pedalboard. I could really hear the envelope of attack on the Diamond with how I play. I prefer a more subtle limiting but tonally what it does just being in path is really nice. Also I must point out I feel like I’m operating in the top 1% of pedals, there are no bad pedals here, everything is great, just something suit me a little more than others and I just didn’t see where it would fit with the Punchline. Mostly though @Sibob wanted it and I’m a sucker for an easy sale.

I've had a hankering for one of these (in natural) for a while, but had decided to give up as I've probably got nearly enough basses now. However, I had a little search on FB Marketplace today and saw one that the owner just wanted to swap for a 4-string. Well, it so happens that I had a 4-string in the spare room wardrobe which had been there since 2011 - got it as a backup and then stuck with 5-strings so it was redundant. A little discussion with the seller and I threw in a bit of cash, a (adequate but not great) strap, and a (decent) lead, and headed 90 miles up to Stockport to collect it. Got a slight shock when he texted me and said he'd decided to keep it as I was in Stockport by then, but it turned out he was texting someone else who wanted it and was still doing the swap with me. So home it came with me. Very effective 3-band preamp. The neck is a little deeper than my preferred depth but narrow enough to compensate for that - I think it's a little deeper than the SBMM SUB Ray5 that's sitting patiently awaiting a preamp, certainly deeper than my Antoniotsai, but it feels OK. I think the pickup needs raising a bit. Setup is generally good. The strings seem a little odd, they certainly look like a matched set but they're approximately 40-60-85-100-120 (I think the 60 is actually more like 58). I think it will be getting a set of Elites, 40-125. There's a few very minor dings but nothing of any note. And this is the bass I swapped for it: An Aston, which I've never encountered apart from this one. Passive, VVTT, neck-through. The seller was happy with it, I was happy with the OLP and with the knowledge that the Aston was going to get used rather than sitting in a wardrobe for ever.

You're Laughing At Me - Ella Fitzgerald

This is so true. I've had tinnitus for nearly 20 years now, good earplugs are an absolute necessity for managing it. Even wearing headphones is enough to set it off, so when I've done recording sessions, I need to wear earplugs, so IEM's are out for me. Always tell my lad and his band-mates to wear them, hopefully they will listen.

I don't know if it previously wore flats before BD got hold of it, but those frets are very flat considering it's had a refret 🤔 Also, is it just me or is a recessed truss nut always a bit of a red flag for anyone else? I know the wood can compress over time, but it always suggests a potential unstable neck/truss issue, like the truss rod's needed a lot of adjustment and/or it's run out of adjustment room and started burrowing into the wood...

I remember seeing them at the Garage in the mid 2000s. At one point I was surprised to see Jeff Beck squeeze past in the audience

Only on a circuit with no reverse voltage protection or anything.

what didn't you like about the Diamond Comp? I'm a tragic fan boy of the BCP-1 since 2009 and now the SGFX upgrade

Great band. I shall watch it later. I miss Muzz.

You must have been writing that at the same moment!

William Calhoun is world class. their "Stain" album is good - Wimbish replaces Muzz my youngest son said they played Wrestlemania this year as well.

Shiftline Olympic Mk3s Absolutely love this pedal, immediately sold it in a post gig rage. But it’s very very similar to the Punchline yet less versatile and since I didn’t like the Diamond Comp or DCX the Punchline remains undefeated. This would be my go to preamp/di on a small board, I have it planned in my head and as soon as the right gig comes along for it I’ll buy one again 😅 Anyway enjoy, few more vids coming this week.

A very high input resistance voltage probe would do the job.

Point of order. if you want a bass that sounds how it did when it left the factory, you seriously want a 2025 modrl not a 1966 one...

I didn’t think Royal Mail tracking worked beyond our borders? It certainly didn’t 15 or so years ago when I was booking couriers regularly.

Thinking about this more, I would be looking at the arctic pearl finish Fender used for the 60th anniversary. The sparkle would definitely add to the ABBA glam.

We are human beings. Talk. Face to face.

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.