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Do the Aguilar pick ups make a difference. ? Nice wee family going on there. I'd quite like another VM4 just for a change of colour. Dave

Is that your actual bass in the photo? If so it looks as though you have already tried a taper wound B-string. If not try one. IME The extra inch of a 35" scale bass makes little difference to the clarity of low B. What I have found that works are all the following: 1. A heavier string. 130 is the MINIMUM I would consider for a low B. If you look at string tension figures for those manufacturers that publish them, the standard 125 low B has a much lower tension than the other strings. 130-135 is a good compromise between getting a more balanced tension and for the string to not be too thick to make playing uncomfortable. 2. Taper-wound string. 3. Moving the pickups away from the lower strings. I'd drop it a couple of mm more from the low B compared with the height away from the G string 4. If the bass has a bolt-on neck making sure it is as tight in the neck pocket as possible. With the bass about a tone way from standard pitch slacken off the neck bolts about a turn. Then bring the strings up to pitch and once this is stable tighten up the neck bolts. This method uses the string tension the pull the neck as tightly as possible into the pocket. IME getting the best sound and feel out of the low B is all about neck stiffness and neck joint construction. You can't do much about the neck stiffness but you can make sure any bolt-on joint between neck and body is as tight as it can go.

Part of this comes down to how you view relationships online and with Basschat members. As part of a community here I’d consider people to be friends and expect them to treat me that way. (I remember when my band started. York5stringer gave me a £500 PA and told me to send him the money when I had it. That’s from a person I’d never met and had only ever interacted with virtually.) If you consider us all as individuals with a virtual relationship and no moral responsibilities to one another, then it’s fair game. Each opinion is valid. I subscribe to the former if I’m honest, but I’m knowingly quite naive.

This is true. It was my first time using this rehearsal space and when I entered and saw it I rolled my eyes before even plugging in. Big difference to the 90s era 50 watt Peavey I've used in similar situations that weighed an absolute ton. I think for amps that remain static for long periods (rehearsal rooms for example) more solid amps are the way to go.

I have the same experience, upgraded from 2x110 bf cabs to one Monaco. Because the 110’s struggled outdoors in the way the Monaco doesn’t

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IME if you were paying fees just to list an item you were either a business seller or you were doing something wrong. As @neepheid has said eBay used to dish out free listing offers all the time. IIRC, I would get 100 of these every month. I think I had one month when I had a lot of things that I was interested in selling and I had to hold back a couple of items until the following month. If that is a different experience to others on here I don't know why. As for complaining about stuff being too expensive second-hand, it's pointless. There are lots of things that I would like to own new and second hand that are selling for more than I am prepared to pay. I just shrug and move on. If it's something I really want I'm prepared to wait until one comes up at a price that I am prepared to pay. I'm currently in the market for a second Eastwood Hooky 6-string bass. When they do come up on eBay and other sites they are only slightly less expensive than a new one, so I'll pass until I can either afford a new one or one comes up at a price that makes buying used worthwhile for me.

Hello to you from non-American Scotland. Hope you enjoy this site. You are most welcome.

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I was discussing this with my partner yesterday - we're both in our fifties and the point has come where regular exercise is compulsory not optional if we want to continue doing the things we enjoy for a decent amount of time. I personally intend to continue to enjoy the pleasures of an active life well into my eighties so I'm trying hard to eat well and do daily exercise that includes cardio, strength, mobility and flexibility over the course of each week. I personally find that exercise is as important for my mental health as for my physical health, or perhaps that mental and physical health are really just aspects of the same thing.

@TorturedSaints I suspect that’s mine you're talking about. It is priced based on a valuation (which was considerably more than it’s offered for) by Bowspeed who also did the work. The valuation came as a great surprise to me when I’d dropped it in for the work to be done. I’d assumed it was just a cheapy which would be good as a backup. I’m a hack on DB so I thought a decent pernambuco bow in excellent condition for less than someone might pay new might be of interest to better players than me, but what do I know. I haven’t advertised it here because frankly I didn’t want to rub it in the seller’s face, but then, they could have had it repaired etc themselves had they wanted to.

This is pretty much me too. I walk every day, although not as much as I used to when I didn't work from home. The band has ditched all our backline but we still have a couple of weighty items notably the flightcase that holds the gear which replaces having a drummer, and the synth player's 2-tier stand. Our rehearsal space is a fair walk from where it is possible to park the car for unloading and involves a flight of stairs if the lift isn't working, so carrying the gear for that and for gigs tends to be a decent work-out. I used to be a member of a gym but once the novelty wore off I found it pretty boring and after Covid I didn't bother re-joining. Despite being the oldest in the band by about 15 years I'm probably the fittest and most healthy. Musically I play 3 times a week once for writing, once for a rehearsal with my band and once for a gig. If I have a week when we're not rehearsing and/or gigging I'll get extra writing or recording sessions in. I've never practiced for the sake of it, it's always been because I have something specific that I need to play and my fingers aren't up to speed.

To be fair though, the Rumble 100V3 wasn’t really designed to take on such loud situations. I’ve used mine with a quiet drummer, keys and guitarist and it coped fine for what was needed. The Rumble 500 combo is an excellent thing IMO, loud / lightweight and sounds ace! Having been a ‘heavy’ cab user for decades, I’ve been amazed by how good the lightweight stuff can be. Barefaced cabs have been a game changer for me, and still got my Compact which I’m going to use at a festival gig on Friday.