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I've gone and done it and bought a Viscount Legend One 73 and after day of use I'm really impressed with it. It feels excellent to play and almost every preset sounds more than just usable - they sound great. Editing is all relatively intuitive (haven't needed to open the manual, which is always a good sign). It feels like a solid premium but of kit (apart from the knobs all having a bit of sideways give - I assume that's intentional though), feels like something that'll still be working and relevant in 20 years. Lots of connectivity (disappointingly no option of audio out via USB though). Playing this vs other keyboards I've owned (MPC Keys, CK-61, P45, ES-60) is a bit like the difference between watching a film on a phone vs imax: its difficult to explain as you still basically get the same thing but it's an all together better experience. My main negative is: Spot the display.... it's tricky!). You know how just about every other stage keyboard has a decent sized screen and main controller in the middle?... Well, it turns out that's for good reason! A piddly little screen over to one side is difficult to see and doesn't show enough info (it needs to provide a lot on drawbar positions, 4x mixed sound levels, split zones, dual keyboards, fx types etc. but not all can be displayed at once and what level of limited info is displayed is often difficult to read), and you need to use your right hand to make changes whereas in the middle would give option of whatever hand is free. Another small annoyance is constantly flashing lights for fx zones to tell you the fx is on if you're viewing the others zones e.g if you're on master view then fx 1 & 2 buttons flash to tell you they're on (or not if they're off) ... I know I've set the fx for my synth sound to have an amp on, I don't need flashing lights to constantly remind me (even when the synth is turned off). It's like Homer Simpson's 'everything's okay alarm' . Anyway, other than those small gripes I do think it's great and am really pleased with it. Time will tell, but I think I'll keep it and be happy with it for many years. Now for the ever so slightly trickier part - getting good at playing it! Lessons booked from January.

I don't think there are any... most 'free' ones are limited to 6-10 seconds due to how ridiculously compute intensive it is to create an AI video from images. I'd also raise the question (my personal opinion) of the point of doing so? Why have your original music that YOU created superceded in people's memory by a video AI created? Don't diminish your work by tarnishing it with AI.

Lovely looking bass, especially in that colour. Where did you get the replacement pick guard if you don't mind me asking?

As you can see, I’m a fan too. Handles my active and passive basses well.

Greetings everyone, I would like to create a shirt 1.5 mins music videos song is done. I'm looking for a free AI app where I can upload photos that then converts it onto a video. Any suggestions please, something that works and is decent (ISH)? Thank you

My 3rd ever amp was an Ohm GA140 combo. It replaced an HH Bass Baby combo and sounded much better.

For an ancient like me who learnt imperial in 1953 and moved on to metric in the 1970's, what does the ^2 mean? Metric numbers and volumes etc are OK, but these weird "new maths expressions" are just confusing. They look like a change for the sake of change!

Ditto.

Every time I hear E. R. Stanley Jordan starts to play in my head.

There is no way for users to delete posts, and unless there is some privacy related reason that is very pressing we almost never do that. Especially for problem posts as maybe someone else has a problem and it would be a shame to get rid of a body of info. If there is some really pressing personal reasons that you don't want some of the info publem, just do a support request on it asking for that data to be deleted.

I have been talking about the family of OD/dist/fuzz pedals with manufacturers, players, and some boutique makers. All recommend the same: try before you buy. And with your own bass, not any other. One of the most complicated effects is the OD/dist/fuzz family, because their behaviour, sound, and adjustments are affected by the bass, or the effect before them. I've seen and heard that some compressors have a very different behaviour depending on the bass. That's why I have fx boards for hi-Z and lo-Z basses. Different beasts. I thought that output impedance does not matter at all. On paper there shouldn't be a big difference, but ears don't lie. Try a few side by side to compare them against each other.

20 hour flight from Perth back to Brum last night ...Emirates have a surprisingly good music library on which I found this: I'd never heard of Dieter Ilg...ok so it has a trumpet on it too, but boy do I wish I could play like him.

We won’t play with TVs on in the same room. If they want music, then off they go. Beats me as to why anyone would want both at the same time TBH.

Bought a nice preamp from Tony, brilliant seller! Fast / detailed postage! Thanks again man!

They stay at home now but I like them far too much to sell them.

Looking to replace the electrics on my yamaha rbx360, standard pots aren't long enough to fit through the body and tighten the nut in place. Pot(s) shaft is too short. Anyone know where I can get a harness VVT which'll fit?

Hello Basschatters I had been looking for a fretless for a while and there have been several on the forum that I nearly went for but in the end decided to build one for myself. The plan is for a fretless four string, with a single Bartolini MMC pup coupled to an East filter preamp. I used to do a few builds, some of which I posted on a previous incarnation of this site, but I haven't done one for ten years or so now so it will be interesting to see how much I remember. Anyhow the idea is to keep the budget down to the cost of what I was going to spend on buying a fretless so a notional budget of ca. £400. This will mostly go on parts as I have an unused mahogany body blank, maple neck blank and a wenge fretboard left over from when I last built a bass, although I will splash out on a nice walnut top for it. Here is a pic of the last fretted bass I made, the plan is for the fretless to be the same shape and style if i can find the old template and hopefully source a similar grade walnut top.

All The Time In Airports — The Handsome Family