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Or better still none at all...

I’ve never hankered after the series option, in fact I rarely use it on my Dingwall NG2. I’d be interested to see how the two volume controls interact in series mode.

I'm also going to go for two used options first, mainly because they're the two I own and regularly use professionally. First for that authentic 60s feel is the American Original 60's Jazz. The smell of the Nitro Cellulose varnish when you open the case is intoxicating, and those Pure Vintage 64 pickups are hard to beat. Clay dots and a proper red-based sunburst finish the job off. Excellent bass all-round. To this end, I'd highly recommend the current American Vintage II 66 Jazz. It's not much different to mine and a friend of mine in the States recently bought a new one - he's chuffed to bits with it. Second is the American Elite (2016-2020). Basically, these are the Swiss army knife of the 'American Deluxe' Jazz range with all the best hardware, a great preamp and just an all round great sounding active Jazz bass. Avoid the current American Ultra II. The spec smacks of cost cutting and they've ruined the noiseless pickups! I played a nearly new 2025 build Japanese Hybrid II the other week. It was a lovely looking bass (the flamed red one), but the Hybrid II pickups sounded too bottom-endy, and the highs weren't particularly clear, but maybe that was the strings it had on it at the time. I haven't played an American Professional II yet, but love the 'Dark Night' colour scheme. From what I've heard, they dumbed down the pickups from the previous version, so that wouldn't be my choice - the Am.Pro II is also the basis for the Mod Shop basses, so make sure you've at least played the Pro II model before you order your mod shop dream bass. I'd also have a serious look at the new American Professional Classic series - I've just ordered the faded Sherwood Green Precision for myself this week. The pickups in this series are based on the Pure Vintage series from the American Vintage II, and sound lovely and warm on the bottom end, but with crystal clear highs that aren't at all harsh. By all accounts, they're really high quality too. Enjoy your foray into the Fender Jazz

I see we have that Rotosound advert back. If paying members have to put up with adverts, could we not have static ones instead of blinky ones?

LM-2 seems to do what you want - plug the 2 channels into A and B returns and use the A+B setting.

New pedal board and pedal day. Thunderstorm is a bargain at £33 and Stritch board £69 with built in power. I’m looking to get a lovely compressor for start of chain and maybe a Pork & Pickle for OD. But as it stands: Polytune Hot wax (hot tubes constantly on, wax for dirt) Thunderstorm battalion (dist always on and Pre EQ)

Very stealth. 👍 If it wasn’t for the battery angle, I’d have said Sadowsky, a used, Japanese Metro, if you could find one, to be precise.

Or this - the MIJ 'Noir' at 1/3 of the price :

I think I've found what I want but at £4,800 it's a bit steep Limited Edition '60s Jazz Bass® DLX Closet Classic Model #: 9235700120

Nice one, centurion!

Bigger is better?

FB now always seems to ask for a login if you're either on a VPN or a cloud hosted virtual PC. Presumably to "confirm you are a real person, enhance your online experience and harvest your kidneys. Sorry should have said data"

I love "Down By The Jetty". I had no idea it was done in mono after all these years. Shows how much I know. Wonderful album.

Some Damien Marley today

Any excuse to re-post this ...

The poly finish I tried to remove from my 70s Kramer was very thick and well bonded to the wood. It was a solid colour finish so just a clear coat might not be quite so difficult to remove... Having said that, none of the chemical strippers available to the general public 10-15 years ago when I was doing mine were successful in doing much to the finish other than making it look slightly worse after a couple of applications. I didn't want to use a heat gun because I was hoping to preserve the look of the natural wood beneath the colour without burning it. I ended up spending about an hour a day for 2-3 weeks - an hour being the maximum amount of time I could stand holding the power sander, getting the finish off and then sanding the underlying wood smooth. If I was in the same situation again I would either live with the dents in the existing finish or pay a professional to do the job. Not trying to put you off, but just ensuring that you are realistic with your expectations.

That's a great version - think I prefer it to Marillion's 7+ minute take!

Won't let me play which is odd. Says I have to sign in which I've never done before., is this adult fretless content 🤣 Quite relieved really as a) Ped'll just be another bloke who plays FL better than me and b) I'll have short-scale FL GAS

I'm also going to be stripping this soon (think it's also walnut), although it appears to be a very thin finish luckily. There is virtually no grain to speak of but I hope to bring out what's there as much as possible before finishing 👍

Does it go mwahahahahaha with sustain?