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Seems rather odd as when I bought mine (second-hand), the new prices were identical for green and black.

Ublock Origin is now obsolete but there's Ublock Origin Lite which I use (in my case, with Chrome, and I also use Ghostery and Stands adblocker).

If I wanted super bright zingy strings I’d be a guitar player. 🙂

I received a reply to my query from G4M today , stating that while it’s not typical, the costs of paints and finishes differ. It’s not something I desperately need , so I just asked if the price drops again to please let me know . It would’ve been a birthday present to myself in December ,or today being Black Friday etc .The black is nice too , but I’ll see what gives.

You're welcome. It only takes about 5 to 10 minutes and saves a fortune unless you have to start each gig with super bright zingy strings.

That is about the length on the prototype.

So following on from the Morrisey hate expressed on here a by quite a lot of members who clearly dislike the guy.May i ask why that is ?What has he actually done or said to curry this hate. I genuinely don't know so i thought id ask.

Fixed it

Just bought a Gator bag from James, aka @JGSpector. Super easy transaction, fast delivery and the bag is exactly as described.. 🙏 James is, without doubt, a'Trusted Basschatter' as already mentioned above! Thanks James and here's to the next one.. Cheers, Nik

Not really necessary if you're not putting cab corners on, although I suspect that rounding the edges would make them a little less prone to damage. If you are putting cab corners on, they need to be flush with the faces so rounded edges are a must.

Nah, you want Lexan. If it's good enough for the Robot Wars arena, it'll stand up to anything.

Years. Twerp Thank you. He'd wave back I'm sure if he was here. He's very keen on waving at everybody at the moment.

FTFY

Ahem! (Sorry Tauzer.)

PS. Mani puts in a few appearances.

Square window every time. But then I would say that, as the toy under it is the same as my Chinese zodiac sign - a cock.

Two and a half months? I'm so sorry. I didn't realise you would be short of spare time, spare cash and sleep in general. Carry on. Oh, and belated con-flippin'-gratulations to you and Mrs 600! (Coo-ee Lickle 600!)

Just watched the first episode. Would have been better titled "A history of Peter Hook with occasional talk about other bassists, and other bassists talking about Peter Hook." The bit with Glenn Matlock talking about Anarchy in the UK, which was in fact split into two bits so the second part could be shoehorned into a bit on James Jamerson (he must have got all of two minutes), was interesting. There were a few other interesting bits, but it was 45 minutes about Hooky going on about his personal history and Love will tear us apart, and 15 minutes about basslines. Where a bit of analysis was squeezed in, by people like Glenn Matlock, Guy Pratt, and Adam Clayton, it was rather more revealing, but there wasn't a lot of that. I'd wait for the highlights programme to come out.

Any tonal enhancement is, as far as I understand it, down to the design of the circuit being used, it's very much a personal choice as to whether you like what any particular compressor is doing. And there are those that are transparent too, for my tastes I find them a bit bland and clinical, but many swear by them. I wouldn't really think in terms of the circuit type at this stage but if possible, try to play through as many different ones as you can can to see which, if any, you like. As a very sweeping generalisation you have optical compressors at one end which tend to be slow, warm and vintage sounding, and FET based units at the other end which tend to be faster and more aggressive. My preference is for the latter as I tend to play quite hard and slower attack times as you typically get with optical units can become a bit spitty or grabby for me. So maybe thinking along the lines of whether you want something retro like the Ampeg Optocomp, or something faster, more precise like the various Origin types would be a good starting point. And just to consuse matters further, I briefly played with a Sansamp VT a few years ago and as much as I loved the tone, I found it too inherently compressed for my tastes even without any additional compression. So it might be that you don't find compression beneficial with your current gear. I'm not knocking the VT, it just didn't work for me with the band.