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Quick shoutout for Ashley & the peeps at Bass Direct! Had a problem with the lining to a Mono Vertigo I bought 18 mths ago. Not only agreed a replacement after I sent a few photos but sent me a replacement BEFORE expecting the return so I wouldn’t be without it! Great service 👏👏. Much thanks…

And what an awful flappy tone it was... A mystery as Wal's can sound absolutely great, and Geddy can sound great, c.f. Moving Pictures bass tones on Rick and Fender but Ged + Wal + 80s production = flap!

Was it 2K? Blimey. Not sure where I'd got the different impression. Sorry if I raised hopes there.

Just be aware you may get interference for other sources. Ive got the next ones up and had to stop using them as they would pick up RF interference. They worked great most of the time, but put them near anything that was emitting RF etc and they would buzz.

If something doesn't sell, it's either not desirable (which is not the case for a quality P bass neck), or the price is too high.

Its a nice looking bass, two grand is quite a lot of cash though. But then again, look what they are charging for real Rickenbackers....sigh... Interesting. This has six knobs. My one only has five.

Is it a shitbox bass? That's what I'm after. lol

My first bass-specific pedal was a Humphrey-modded Bad Monkey. I later sold it to get an Xotic Bass BB Preamp, which sounded similar, but ultimately not as good. Wish I’d kept it!

I found it helpful to focus on connecting with just one friendly face in the crowd, it made the whole thing feel more like a conversation than a performance.

I could have sworn that I watched this series on Netflix.

Well, it said 2 at some point, I am pretty certain he changed that later to 3, also that means someone only voted for 2. And yes, that is great, however not in terms of having to make a decision, only allowed to choosing 3 of them.

This sounds amazing

Big update to QC - mostly in the free devices department. Lots of bass stuff in the update which is nice to see, inlcluding: New SVT Captures New Markbass Captures Aguilar Octamizer Mono Synth More bass cab IRs Big change in the way the captures work too (V2). A bit like the Helix Stadium, these are done in the cloud on a bigger machine and apparently appear to allow the capture of things like compressors(?!). Included in the capture list are the Cali76 (32 captures) and the DarkGlass Super Symmetry (7 captures) https://neuraldsp.com/quad-cortex-updates/coros-3-3-0-and-cortex-control-1-4-0-are-now-available

Those are important considerations and I find the off-axis response is a big deal working live - one reason I find the Shure cardioids easy to work from both sides of the mixing desk is that their off-axis behaviour is relatively consistent with the on-axis. Re the personal choice and learning curve, I've done sound a couple of times at tiny, intimate gigs for a very good 'name' singer who favours the Beta 58. She really knows that mic and uses the proximity effect well. She makes that mic sound expensive! The downside at the desk is that such technique requires better, more transparent compression than the tiny gig rig provides and I have to ride her fader to tame the dynamics - better inbuilt compression is another thing drawing me towards a small digital mixer. The EV mics are intriguing - iirc the Shure dual diaphragm mics like the KSM8 are supposed to have greatly reduced proximity effect, I'd like to try them but they're pretty spend-y!

"Sing us a song, you're Piano Man!" OP: Wandering into a bar and hearing Billy "The Tool" Joel yammering away on the keys...

id rather have B who is possibly loyal and solid albeit sometimes may not be a virtuoso rather then A who is a troublemaker

For me, I need a compact solution, to fit on a desk just 120cm wide. I need a weighted 88-key keyboard too, and the Kawai ES60 was highly rated It also fits on (or over) my desk, as is is just under 130cm wide. The only issue is that the ES-60 has only USB midi and I have already invested a tenner in three 5-pin DIN midi cables . . .