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I've had one,fine bass. If you're after a 5 string P bass with the same spacing (16.5mm) that might not happen unless you commission a build. My previous suggestion is all I have at the moment.

The normal (ie non-fanned) nut essentially negates the whole idea of multiscale? I'm wondering if the dark grey thing is not a nut but a string guide and the first, fanned fret is a zero fret, then it's all good....I'm confused 🙂 (if you zoom in you can see the cut slots for the strings on the "nut" )

Following this with interest.....

Where the Slime Live - Morbid Angel

The singer in one of my bands doesn't drive. She gets the bus to my house and we go together, and I drop her at her place afterwards. I usually give the drummer a lift when I'm playing on another band. He's local, gets me gigs and is very good so that's OK by me. In another band, we only gig in London so the keys player gets an Uber to the gig and I give him a lift (about 2 miles) home after. Everyone else drives.

Not many of my trousers have carriers for wearing a belt. I rely on their elasticity; it can be embarrassing if this starts to fail whilst I'm carrying something in both arms, for instance.

I always say the my Nana told me never to trust a man who doesn't wear a belt. It's not true but it sounds cool. How anyone can go belt-less is beyond me.

Well after all that fuss and bother I plugged it in and……. …….it sounds AMAZING. Like really really really good. The new stainless strings give it a lot of - well everything, and coupled with the “vintage” style pickup and electronics with a 1f capacitor to make it a bit darker (apparently) it absolutely kicks ass. Way better than my Fender (which had older strings on so not a fair comparison). It almost sounds like an active bass it just punches through in every frequency and connected up to my GK 400rb and gk 2x10 cab it just slams like crazy, proper low end growl and really clear top end too. Honestly I’m amazed by it!!

Don't say that!! I'm just about to try to sell mine with flight case as it sits on the floor in the study/studio and I have other options to use for recording (also I quite fancy, and selling might go a way towards funding, a Darkglass Anagram)

What might be the benefit of a wound third?

I have no idea - I left the band. But why should it need a patch to work properly?

That's me in about 65 minutes time...

I highly doubt you'll find one ready made off the shelf - I would just get the original copied. Either Brian Pillans (earlpilanz on ebay) or Tinytone will do this for you.

Some set up guides use a credit card thickness as a measure of relief. David

I've spent most of that afternoon playing with the Anagram and dialling in some nice sounds. I ended up using the Jim Bass amp and the California Bass 4x10. I've been favouring the SVT Brt amp on the helix for ages, pages with an 8x10 and 1x12 dual cab block. But I just didn't enjoy the Peggy amp and amp cabs on the anagram - it sounded too 'pillowy'. The combination I chose it much punchier. However, once I got it it sounding nice, I switched to my Helix - it's like night I day. My helix preset is so much more articulate with upper end detail. The Anagram sounds like it's got a blanket over it, even with this punchy and seemingly articulate amp and cab block choice. I'm going to to have to spend more time with this tomorrow and rig up a method to A/B on the fly. EDIT: according to chatgpt, the anagram has baked in high cuts on the cabs (and possibly elsewhere), whereas it's editable on the helix. This would account for why drives sound smooth without need to put a high cut block in the chain like I do with the helix.

A mirror one would have looked cool.

In my last band, I just happen to pass (sorta) a car-less band member's house enroute to the rehearsal room. I couldn't bring myself just to drive past.. It worked most of the time. I was driving a very long way, he was just crossing town and sometimes got "itchy" when I got stuck in traffic and not on his doorstep at the agreed time. 🙄 When it came to gigs, it would depend where it was, if I was passing I would pick the guy up, if not he would ask another band member. He would always offer ££, I tended not to take the £ as "I was going that way anyway". My current band, just at the last weekend I picked up our car-less singer. Again a long drive for me with an insane journey 2 miles across town after picking the guy up. He helped with town knowledge getting around the many "road closed" signs. And a band years ago, I would pick up the drummer as he had drink driving ban. Sadly, although being a nice chap, once the ban was over he got a car and no surprises for what happened next. 🤡 Maybe foolishly, I tend to see it as part of the team effort being in a band. It can go wrong, being mindful what is being said in the car matters. For me it was, be respectful and courteous. As in, don't make demands on the lift driver, be ready when the lift arrives. No smoking, drugs, faffing about, farting, politics in the car.. etc. ..and don't sit on my driving spex. Before -> 🤓... after->🧐