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Echoing another couple of posters: Flatwounds - tried flats and don't get on with them, either the feel or the sound Fender Precisions - don't like the necks on Precisions (especially the 5s) and I'm exactly overwhelmed by the sound, especially with flats Helix LT - fantastically powerful multi-effects, bought as a step up from an HX Stomp, but for me it doesn't have any advantages over the HX Stomp and it's far bigger and heavier

A Bass. I wanted to be a bass player so figured that's a good thing to own......😂 Compressors -BC flavour of the month to blame. HPF - BC flavour of the month to blame. This to me was the biggest item of the Emperors new wardrobe. A Pedalboard - Didnt realise I needed one until I got a few pedals (see above). OD/ Fuzz / Synth - Made me forget I wanted to play bass parts. Tubes - Not sure why I even considered these. After an almost 4 year gap from bass, I now realise all I need from the above list is the Bass. Admittedly I have Drive and Comp in my Microbass 3, but these aren't required for me to enjoy playing bass.

I’m not overly familiar with the Ampeg B18 , I like this guy’s videos and it sounds really good here

@Beedster I haven't opened mine up, I've only got a shot of the cavity from when it was being spraying, but looking at the size and layout, I'm going to assume it takes some space!

Nah, yours is fine, they’d stopped using lacquer by then (around 1993 I think).

Like the Taylor bass, the Ibanez was designed to use that particular set of strings. I’ve had both basses, and they are great with the D’Addarios. Mine last years, even with regular gigs. As @lemmywinks says above, tension on strings is crucial here, it’s not just about the gauge. Also their unique construction means other varieties may affect the sound. I believe it is a false economy fitting unsuitable strings, and may even affect any warranty you have remaining.

NI pays for the state pension and various benefits, not the NHS, so that's not a good comparison. The NHS is funded from general taxation. OK, using current figures, a salary of £50,000 brings in £3,293 a month, or £39,521 a year after tax and NI. That's an effective tax rate of 20.95%. Using today's exchange rate, the equivalent US salary is about $67,800. So let's pick a state - let's say Virginia, that's a middle-of-the-road state in terms of state income tax. Adding up federal, state and FICA (basically NI) taxes, you end up with $52,728, an effective tax rate of 22.23%. In some states, it'll be a bit higher, in some a bit lower. So. not a great start for the US. That amount of tax only covers healthcare if you're a military veteran (the VA), so poor as to be indigent (Medicaid), or pension-age (Medicare - which has a whole different bunch of requirements). The way it generally works, assuming your employer provides health insurance, is your employer will pay a percentage of the total premium - typically 50%, leaving you on the hook for the other 50% which comes straight out of your pay cheque. Some employers pay more than that, but 50% is pretty standard. That number is subject to how many people the insurance is covering - might only be a couple of hundred if it's just you, up to well over $1k for a family, and, like I said above, the insurance premium is only one payment out of many that you have to make. There's also various levels of insurance, the availability of health savings accounts, and all sorts of other nonsense. The whole thing is a colossal cluster-fornication. And add in that the cost of living is probably about 50% higher than the UK... yeah. You see where I'm going with this.

Jazz Basses - I`ve learned to love them, but it took me a while (and a good few) Stingray Basses - The third member of the holy trinity, I love how they play, love how they sound when others play them, just not when I play them Flatwound strings - I love the playability, but can`t get on with the sound, though have heard plenty of other people sound great with them Compressors - no matter how they`re set, either by me or by someone who actually knows how to set them, to my ear they never sound as good as the bass without them

Turd Uncle - Bauhaus

I LOVE that pedal. Really nice tones, has 3 built in amp sims and 8 IR's, which to my ears are better than anything else ive used IR-wise. I sent my firs tone back as I wanted to try other things, but quickly realised I made a mistake. Recently got an EBS Microbass 3 to replace the Nux (this has drive and comp), but decide dot keep the Nux anyway, and find I use it more ay home than the EBS.

Unfortunately that may be the reality of it...

Now we're talking!

Thanks @Joe Nation, cavity will take it more a question of the plate I suspect, I've messaged John which is probably the best bet 👍

Huh, just you wait until the knob I have ordered arrives - Joe Dart will have nothing on me...

Nah, I'm not fussed for the tele headstock where it doesn't belong, but thank you for that document - it will come in very handy for me on one of my projects - got an idea of what to do to the front of the headstock, it's pretty regular F shaped so this'll help me lay out my ideas in Inkscape - cheers!

Still made in the UK according to Strings Direct so those posts are thrown out the window...

That's a nice and happy ending to the story, Neepheid. Imagine the new owners actually honoring the bankrupt company's previous orders?! Looks great too. Now all you need is a stupidly large Joe Dart-style rotary control... They're just so 😎👍

I'd be intrigued to know the average salary deductions from say 50k in England (and it's equivalent) in USA. When I say deductions I mean the mandatory deductions only....and then a comparison to USA deductions for med insurance vs the tax/NI element here for healthcare. I imagine the USA still works out ludicrously expensive. I have noticed how insanely priced some 'USA' products are in the UK...(are Sterling instrument checked in a USA facility?)

think a HX stomp or GT1000core might simply it? split when you want and use left/right for the two signals?

See you on eBay.

Welcome to the actual Amazon. The Western Amazon is Ali but at double the price. 😁

Love the rear route, single vol look of simplicity on these, often wonder, but have way too many. Page 6 if ya fancy teleheading... bass heads.pdf