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Ok, settee adjacent!

I have been taught by several teachers. I would suggest a young student that is at the end of her/his studies. Knows a lot, is eager to spread all the information, and isn't just playing dimished chords up and down the neck. For you @Useless Eustace, I would suggest you to sit down and write on a paper the stuff you are interested in. With that you would have the chance to tell the teacher about your ambitions as well as give a good vision of your wishes.

Scott’s lessons?

Guitar - pitch pipes!

Gorgeous! Million dollar question, what was the difference between your sale price and the price you paid to get it back?

In person lessons are great with a good teacher that inspires you. Otherwise they’re a waste of money and you won’t see much improvement. I wish I had Scott’s bass lessons when I was younger, the breadth of classes is quite astonishing.

I wouldn't think so because you're still learning the same instrument and the same techniques. If anything it will probably make you more flexible in being able to adjust.

My point is that, never mind ten years from now, it's already not worth twenty grand to a sensible person of any generation. It probably never was. Who is so emotionally invested in the summer of 1981 that that are willing to fork out that much money for what wasn't even Horace Panter's main bass? Does anyone actually believe that this refinished P Bass was in fact Excalibur in the war against Thatcher? Is anyone that daft?

Well as I learned on a short scale bass, though didn’t know it at the time, I can’t see any problems in doing so.

I have used - tuning forks (A, C) - records - other instruments - various electronic (quartz) tuners from a watch to bigger units (KORG Master tuner for double bass, Peterson SAMS at home) My all time favourite is an inexpensive Ibanez MU40 (tuner metronome). A small, gold coloured package. I have one in a mono single, and another in a mono dual case. My basses stay well in tune. I don't need (or even like) pedal metronomes.

Is it a bad idea to practice on a short scale bass? I bought a little guitar & bass years ago when the kids were little. The bass is a Stagg, probably Chinese. I always thought it was a toy. Since reading this forum I now know it’s a short scale bass. It’s 30”. It’s actually quite nice to play. I’m planning to get a cheap bass that’s a bit bashed that I can leave round the house, but for now I’m practicing on the little stagg.

Ok after some back and forth with the seller i got shipping down to just £30 for DPD economy, so £110 of his listed shipping cost! NBD incoming....

I think that if you want to get creative you can separate the Maui columns from the bass speakers with 4core speaker cable. You obvs need stands for the columns but it gives a lot of flexibility to the stage setup and allows best use of the column sound dispersion.

I don't see any basses on that settee. 😂 Mark

Bloomin luvverly. Your recent posts are re-igniting my inner Ric, Clarky.

I have a couple of LD systems amps for PA use - they are fine in that context, but I’d find the fan noise too much for use as an instrument amp

I meant I couldn’t find it before you told me where it was! Thanks for the help.

They must be a bunch of fine musicians to play Steely Dan numbers 👍

“ Panter repurchased the instrument and integrated it back into his rig for the remainder of The Specials’ celebrated reunion era (2008–2022).” Bollix. He was playing a Jazz when I saw him on the Encore tour.

Not been our experience: e.g. we all immediately noticed greater articulation through our IEMs when we upgraded our desk (albeit from Soundcraft-> A&H) and the better quality preamps were a big chunk of that improvement I would hazard?

Makes sense. Thanks!

That looks the absolute mutt’s nuts!

Guess all we’re going to do is to confuse matters! I shall wait to see what the consensus is.