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Does buying a bass for someone else count? But you must not come to acquire it later on in the year...

Not really. I was replying to your reply to Tauzero who said that there was too much thinking going in. Looks like there still is...

Looing forward to finding out if Santa has got anything up his sleeve that's going to make the cut into any of your "best of 2025"?! Have a fab Christmas all!

I would return it as it seems like it's faulty.

My question would be, why wouldn't you? I'm guessing that you could afford it and if you had a better instrument then it might make you play better / sound better / enjoy the experience more. Add to that, other musos might take note of your improved sound and more professional quality gear and start to consider you for other projects when they need a bass player, some of which might possibly be a step up from only playing pubs.

I’m pretty much done in terms of my own gear. If Ive survived this long without something I probably don’t need it. But with both my kids now learning to play, my plans for an acquisition-free 2026 are already perilously holed below the water line….

SC or split?

Yes, brandnew 😉

I guess I should have made it clear that I was only talking about my own personal situation, where I'm not talented enough/too lazy to spin that many plates. I'm in two bands which haven't changed in years, and I don't do deps (because I'm a lazy, mediocre player at best and can't/won't learn a swathe of songs at the drop of a hat or be able to busk through them surfing along on my limited powers of improvisation and intuitive foresight). So it really doesn't matter what bass I play at my gigs, because I make the rules, neither of them are tribute acts (where I agree with you, you have to look the part as well as sound it) and the genre never changes. Also, I'm the kind of contrarian who would *love* to play a T-bird or an Ironbird or something pointy at a country gig, just to mix things up/generate tuts.

Referring once again to Paul Boyers excellent book 'The Rickenbacker Bass, 50 years as Rocks Bottom'. He states in the chapter dedicated to finishes that Montezuma Brown was only available between 2003 and 2006 (it first appeared as a Colour Of The Year in '03 and was the only colour programme to be extended). Therefore the OP's bass, being a 82, can't be Montezuma Brown. Pics from the book attached- 2 Monte Browns and an Autumnglo & Walnut comparison. The latter are very close in colour, however the accompanying text states that Autumnglo disappeared from RIC price lists in 1980 but Walnut continued until early '85 although it was described as 'shaded brown' from '81. I'd still be inclined to say the OP's bass is Walnut.

Hard to tell from the clip but wouldn’t surprise me, it appears on so many early-mid 70’s clips. It always seemed an odd choice for a house bass given I suspect Charlie Tumahai was the only even vaguely famous player who routinely used one at the time 🤔

All the very best @Greg Edwards69.

Thanks Myke, yeah the sax is great isn’t it, I went through a lot of her stuff and there’s 2 I really like, one is the one above and the other is Bad Guy

Is the app expecting by default to operate wirelessly? Is there anything in the app settings to make it use a wired connection? And which app are you using?

I will choose the bass based on the type of gig - i.e. I wouldn't have played my headless bass at a recent C&W themed gig (Squire PJ). And an Eagles tribute night looked better (in my opinion) with me playing my Precision than my Sterling Stingray. And as they are performances, looks are important. Sadly, nothing can make me look particularly fancy. 🙂

I'll probably do that for the gig, and carry hand sanitiser. I'm trying to get people at work to mask up if they come in to work with a cold, or at least keep their distance.

I remember staring at that cover for hours while tripping. Yeah it was snowing then, too.

Thanks for that Tony. Great on so many levels, not just the bass playing. Great video, vocals are fantastic, especially the double tracked bits, and that sax solo!!!

I think I'll last a lot longer this year, as all my purchases are done. Last thing was the Neural John Meyer plugin. I did go a bit nuts this Black Friday with software though

Has anybody ever managed to get the M-Vave Chocolate footswitch to connect to a Mod Dwarf using the MS1 wireless/Bluetooth USB adapter please? One of my Xmas projects was to get this working. I can get the foot switch to work if I use a USB cable, but I brought the MS1 adaptor as this thread suggested it would work https://forum.mod.audio/t/midi-chocolate-controller-with-the-mod-dwarf-an-introduction/7003 It turns out that in 225 posts in the above thread, not a single one talks with any detail about how they connected using the MS1. Also searching the internet gives zero information. Connect to a PC or Mac, yes, but not to the Dwarf. Any help or advice welcome Rob

I have found the circuit diagram for this speaker, and it uses fairly conventional analogue circuitry. It is not a high-powered speaker, using three LM3886 amplifier chips, two for the LF and one for the HF. I have to say that Mackie run this chip very close to its maximum voltage unless the LF speaker is 16 ohms. Happy to have a look at it if you like. IMHO, useful as a monitor, but not FOH.

Is there a piano equivalent? Tone ivory?

I much prefer series to parallel in a side by side comparison. 😱😖 Ain't that the truth?