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Lovely. The Chapparall weighs less than the regular B12 that I own.

Downstrokes with a pick get the very best out of a 12er when the drones are uppermost. Fingerstyle tends to / can be muddy. It loses the attack and clarity, but then again you do get a nice thick sound. Basses with the fundamental bass string on top are awkward, as you may not hit the drone strings when playing.

Bass Direct have two used 5 string Maruszczyk basses @£950 each currently. Guess which two colours each pickguard is? 🤣

Onboard patch management is now working!

A jam night PA playlist

Sold Paul an Adam Clayton Jazz - met up halfway and was great to deal with - quick at replying and by looks of it one happy customer - the jazz wasnt for me bit seems it's found its home.

Although I regularly use Helix for headphone practice, I found the bass amps/cabs to be more quality over quantity when i started recording with them.

Done.

I re-ripped a load of Smashing Pumpkins stuff to FLAC over the last few days, so am working through the back catalogue. Oddly cohesive, to be honest, even the wife hasn't bellyached about it.

A rationalist is a person or philosopher who believes that reason is the primary source of knowledge and the best test for truth, rather than emotion or sensory experience.

In that case you will have to remove my comments about pins and needles with EUB! Sorry.

Nice one. I've now bought one of them. I was considering being cheap and buying a big storage bag, but can't get the right size and it wouldn't be that much cheaper anyway.

Why take two basses when you only need one?

Charcoal frost - phwoar! Puts head in hands and repeats - '2 p basses is enough, 2 p basses is enough, 2 p basses is enough'

Saw them live on Saturday night, alongside Spread Eagle (whose bass player is also in UFO).

Does anyone know if the string tension of Harley benton 40-95 rounds are similar to Thomastik flats 43-100? I currently have HB rounds on my bass, fancy a change from rounds to flats, but don't want to adjust the truss rod if possible, as it's accessed at the heel on my fender, making it a bit of a fuss to mess around with.

Okay, I’ve taken strings out ( well done 👏) ,and had a look at the saddles etc. I also put strings in the relevant nut slots ( leaving the G and E strings off the bass). From what I can see , it looks like I’d be able to have a 5 string set on there omitting the G . Putting the strings back on is a pita , so they are left off . I’ve left a message with a tech at my nearest shop ,asking if it’s possible for them to fit a 5 string set on the bass. I await their reply by phone . The shop don’t do Warwick strings , but I’d assume that with the techs filing and endurance and experience they will be able to fit a set of dadarrios on there .