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I'm 'only' 46, but recently had my first proper health scare and these things tend to focus the mind on what to do with your life. I've come to the conclusion that everything is a balancing act and if it was completely 'live for the moment' I doubt the moments would could carry on being good and the living would probably get cut short! Many of the best things in life have to be worked at and have delayed gratification, playing music/being in a band included. With band stuff I did consider if it is actually worth my time and effort, the life balancing act means that is time I could spend with family, friends, fitness, career etc. My conclusion has been that it is worthwhile while it is fun and fulfilling as it isn't a £ earner to pay for other things in life. It doesn't always have to be the most fun ever though, sometimes it needs effort and pressure, highs and lows. Likewise with things that initially seems very worthwhile e.g. Commit to 1hr of Piano a day, or 1hr of learning French, but really is it really the best use of time? The delayed gratification of stuff like learning Piano is usually worthwhile in the long-run, it is impressive that people have perservered with that long-term commitment but every time you see a great musician there is a real time cost and that time available is a finite thing. I have to say though, having mentally done this time audit, I don't think I'll ever look back and think 'I wish I watched more telly alone', or 'I wish I spent more time on Basschat when I could have been working' (sorry!). So I think both will get a bit of a cut-back, relaxing though they are, but if I have spare time I should spend it on career development, exercise, bass, piano etc. I don't think that is something I'd look back on and regret (apart from missing out on a Bass bargain on Basschat!).

Ah, see, I'm definitely not a fan of super bright strings. It's always been dark and mellow for me. Why I've never liked steels. Thanks for the help there

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott Heron

Revolution 9 - Beatles

Did you find anything on this? Interested.

I'm using an LFSys.co.uk Monaco. 60 litres, 14kg, 600w. It goes very loud and you get plenty of low end. There are other spec LFSys cabs available and using a pair of 10" Monza or Goodwood cabs would give a very versatile rig. Remember that these aren't "normal spec" drivers and the cabs and x-overs are high end and designed specifically for delivering what we need as bassists. We're rapidly moving away from the 10" drivers sound like this, 12" drivers sound like that mentality of the past. Some of us attended a blind comparison of speakers/drivers recently and the results were very eye-opening. My amps are barely ticking over at stupid volumes through the Monaco in decent sized venues but the most important factor with these is that you can hear yourself beautifully from any angle because the dispersion is so wide and high.

Overkill? Pfft, have you started modding this bass yet?

You Spin Me Right Round - Dead Or Alive

There's loads of good players I don't like because I heard about them so looked them up and said no thanks . Like someone else said, people who " never heard of them " are saying more about themselves than the player

The tuners aren't genuine MM ones, but that period used Schaller BM tuners. So I bought some Schaller BM tuners in black, everything lined up and they were direct replacements. It's just they have a schaller branding on the rear rather than musicman. I can live with that!

Dizzy Miss Lizzy - Beatles

Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold

Twentieth Century Foxtrot - The Doors

"Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think. Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink. The years go by, as quickly as you wink. Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think"

Test For Echo - Rush

You can spend a lot of time looking up all the bass players mentioned on here! I, for instance have no clue about many 70s US or even British rock bassists, and I haven't really got much interest because I tend not to like most of the music wot they have Dunn.. I spose you could call that wilful ignorance! However, there's a whole genre of music (and by extension, bass players) that is just completely dismissed on BC - jazz! So there's amazing players that the majority on BC would have no clue about (too many notes, sounds like a typewriter falling down the stairs, it's unmusical etc) such as Shahzad Ismaily, or Fima Ephron, or Kim Baker, or Erik Sanko, or Paul "Tubbs" Williams...

Easy @FlyStraight99, modding quickly becomes addictive! Nice work 👍

Love this board! How do you find the octabvbre and Fifteen play together? I've always found cab sims take away everything I love from my Octave pedals...

Thanks for the help all. That's at least two votes for the passive di, two votes for the Behringer ADI, no votes at all for any kind of amp, several mentions of soundhole covers and even a recommendation for a piece of gear I already own and specifically ruled out in the OP. Seriously, there is a consensus and I really appreciate it. I think the direction is to stick with a passive di for now and see if a cheap preamp comes up or maybe have him buy the Behringer further down the line. Oh well. I am surprised the inbuilt preamps and tuners are actually useful on gigging stages, but hey, that's why I asked! Possible side quest for a sound hole cover but I know he is not interested in buying gear and I'll bet this is one those "don't need it until you do" things that people won't be convinced on until it's too late.