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Been a while... any updates @MichaelDean

Not the usual lightweight Eich rig last weekend; played a festival in Leipzig (Germany) and the organisation provided an amp. But I did bring the Eich head It was LOUD.

There's also a didactic purpose behind the suites which I think Bach had. The first four suites increase in difficulty, the fifth introduces a scordatura, and the sixth adds another string in the treble! By the way, here's my favourite Bach performance. It's on the 5-string piccolo cello by a student:

Thanks, that's very reassuring to hear, and I know how well you know Spector basses! . Especially considering that, generally speaking, I tend to leave conventional boost and cut active EQ circuits flat anyway, I will probably go for another Euro, maybe a Doug Wimbish. That has got a rosewood board, maple body and different pickups to the CST, so might be audibly different in tone. I'll have a think about that.

This, entirely.

I spotted this: https://www.thefoamshop.co.uk/Polyester-fiber-Dacron/POLYESTER-FIBRE-DACRON Looks similar to this Barefaced Cab: Do the job do you think?

Mo Foster played the Bergerac theme.

Did you buy it?

Well, theres two sides of the same coin! 🤣

If we’re asking a mythical figure for unobtainable things can I have a 1959 Jazz Bass?

Richard bought an MXR M87 compressor from me. Friendly comms, quick payment and an all round pleasure to deal with! Highly recommended!

Ooooooh. I've got plenty of ideas! 1. Darkglass Anagram 2. Mortrix MIDI controller 3. Boss FV-1W 4. Harley Benton Spaceship 40 (to fit the above on!) 5. Dingwall D-Roc 5 string I'm sure that'd all fit under the tree 😂

My cousin (bass player) has got his too. He’s massively excited by the whole thing and that makes me happy.

I could do with a new wheelbarrow

Nowadays the bass market is flooded with active Jazz-style basses. Back in the mid-1990's when the T-Bass came out that certainly wasn't the case here in the UK. An boutique Jazz Bass with a preamp in it was quite a novelty and highly desirable for British bass players who didn't have easy access to brands like Sadowsky who had popularised that style of bass. The T-Bass was aimed at that niche, but in retrospect maybe it was just a touch too innovative to have a wide enough appeal to most bass players. I think the angled tuners probably put more people off than they won over.

I know. I'm not keen on large venues either, but it's either see them there or not at all, and the whole family want to go

And you do a sterling job of it Mike. Best thing you ever did. On that day you doubled your IQ. 😂 Dave

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