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Its already refinished, there is no value to lose even if that mattered to him.

I can see the convenience but as you have an actual battery compartment on those, its hardly that much of an issue, it takes less than a minute and it only has to be done every few months.

I've tried today to check the voltage when previous stop of working. I took old batteries, the same of last Saturday, and I was been playing. As the batteries recover, they work at first, even though they sound bad. After a while, the bass stopped playing when active. I removed the batteries and they showed about 8 V (together, like 4V each one), but the voltage gradually increases. With the batteries connected, it showed 0 V. What a sh..., I wanted to test them without opening the tap.

Got it too and I can remember the exact moment it kicked in. Funny thing is my hearing has actually become more sensitive...I can hear stuff no one else can, the downside being tho I simply cannot risk playing live anymore even with the purple industrial strength earplugs. Even quietly practising my P bass will set it off....

I think it is very easy to speak out against the paying practices of the Glastonbury Festival for bands when the vast majority of us are never going to find ourselves in the situation where we have to choose between sticking to our principles about getting paid, or sucking it up and playing for the "vibe" or "exposure" or whatever other reason works. It would be interesting and enlightening if @Linus27 could report back after the weekend with how it went financially for his band. Did it cost them overall to play the festival? I notice that they appeared to be playing 4 times - was that required to make it financially viable? How did merch sales go? Were there any and does the festival take a cut? And then maybe come back at the end of the year and let us know if playing Glastonbury got them any more gigs or other opportunities, or did it end up just being another gig in a tent in a field (albeit one that most people have heard of).

Hi guys! I made full review of this pedal, so if you are interested, you can check it out. There is some informations about this effect, sound test and playing with this pedal throught some music styles and bass techniques This video is in Czech language but I made English subtitles 😄

That works for me, see you there. Props to @neepheid for this.

We're going to Ibiza - Vengaboys

These basses are almost free when you consider the performance-to-price ratio versus the vintage Fender market. I purchased a new Squier (Affinity I might add) Active Jazz V before Christmas after picking one up to try in PMT (RIP) ONLY because it was the only fiver they had.I thought it was that good. I'm not knocking the vintage Fender market but I'll confess to not understanding the prices whatsoever.

I think sometimes musicians have a very blinkered or naive view of what it is like for other bands (especially originals bands), regarding the use of deps. There are some great musicians out there but, IME once you step outside of conventional blue-based rock, soul and jazz, finding ones that understand the specifics of the music are few and far between. It's not just about playing the right notes in the right order. For instance it would nearly impossible to replace any of my current band with deps. Firstly if we turned up with a different singer (no matter how technically good they may be) half the audience would want their money back. Any dep for our synth player would either need to have the same synthesisers with the same custom patches or they would need to spend some serious time with the recordings working out suitable facsimiles of the sounds. My dep would need a Bass VI with the same non-standard tuning as many of the songs are completely impossible to play using normal Bass VI tuning and a Helix or pedal board capable of producing all the bass and guitar sounds I use. And all of that is before we even consider band image...

Holidays In The Sun - The Sex Pistols

I've found the easiest thing is to just weigh the bass from time to time. As the battery charge gets used up it gets lighter. Only a fraction of a gramme but kitchen scales are good enough.

Holiday In Waikiki - Kinks

Holiday Head - Screaming Blue Messiahs

Holy Diver - Dio

Nightswimming - REM

Thanks @JPJ my current plan, created with the help of ChatGPT and to be validated by the lovely people of this forum is to fill the cavities with wood blocks and wood glue, then epoxy glue a veneer over the entire front. (Using epoxy because it’ll glue both wood and polyurethane) I was wondering how to deal with the edges without either dulling my nice chisels, or sanding ineffectively at it and potentially sanding the existing body because it’s possibly softer than the epoxied veneer edge. I also hadn’t considered cracking though I’d hope that as this would be a thin glue layer that might be mitigated. This is pure speculation though

Bomber - Motörhead

Poor Doug, would have had the 'Stones gig if it wasn't for Vernon. Looks like he hasn't borne a grudge.