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1. Rich - Trace Elliot TE-1200 amp, Barefaced Super 12T cab, earplugs , Shuker custom 5, Tanglewood TRB-CE acoustic bass gtr. 2. Woody - Rickenbacker 4004-L5, maybe Sei Flamboyant, Same old basschat 12" with some amp, other stuff TBC 3. Pinball (tbc) - some interesting basses 4. Stubsy - Joyo BadASS, GRBASS AT212 slim - only 50W but that should give 120dB at one metre 😇. (or I bring my TE 1110 combo). Some fun pedals. Perhaps the AVII 1960 precision, the Sire P10 and maybe the Fender Performer and something unexpected... 5. Sean - Mesa 400+, Laney Nexus Tube 400 [oh jeez], MJW Taranis 200 (Filthbox Matamp clone with extra channel and EQ), GK MBF500, GK Fusion 550, 2 x LFSys Monaco, 2 x Japanese Market Spector Euros with LHZ-03 preamps, Valenti #005 Super P, Yamaha BB1300, my small but well-appointed pedal-board (Origin Cali 76, Origin DCX, Aguilar Chorusaurus, etc) plus a mini walk-in bass surgery if interested. Plus whatever I might be selling at the time. 6. Rosie - likely I'll bring my upright, set up for bluegrass/folk/jazz if anyone's not played upright before and fancies a go 7. Phil - BassChat cabs, maybe some sort of shootout? 8. MikeD - Laney Digbeth, Zilla 212, Dingwall Combusion, Revelation PJ, pedals, try to finish home made bass🤞🤞🤞🤞 9. neepheid - G&L CLF L-1000, Yamaha BB1200, Sire D5, Sire Z7, Greco LGB-700, Reverend Triad, Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard, Epiphone Thunderbird '64, Squier Jaguar H (with Ibanez CAP double humbucker from ATK200/800 etc), Gear4Music rat bass (with Lace Aluma-P), £150 giggable bass challenge, 1 or 2 amps depending upon space... Edited Monday at 15:17 by Rich 10. Jabba_the_gut - Status 3000, Status 4000, Stingray 4, USA Sub 5, Markbass Tube, some pedally bits inc Valeton GP5 cheaply thing 11. Japanaxe Precision(s) & Dingwall(s) DIY 100W Bassman head if finished by then(!) as people seemed to like my B15 clone At least 1 other amp (see sig) Updated my planned gear

Actually, after giving out all this sage advice and great wisdom, I think we deserve some vintage ‘ray porn 📸

You could give them it as a loan with no end date, provided they keep it in good condition, don't swap parts, keep it well set up etc. Then when it's worth ten grand take it back and sell it.

Not a fair comparison once you get a few anagrams int he second hand market it’ll be a £500 difference. Its basically a £700 new difference and really you have to upgrade the power supply to a Cioks DC7 or you get the grounding issues I had which made me send my QC back in a few days. If you can stand the footprint and you have some amazing pedals that you just have to capture without a computer involved then sure. But you can do the capture process using the Anagram you just need a computer attached. My final point on this is, capturing is really overrated, you’ll do it a bit and then you’ll realise most of it is already available for you in the cloud, or you just did it a few times several months ago. I’m annoyed now I preordered mine the other week and don’t have it, don’t even have a shipping notification.

I start a new job soon and it’s a lot of driving. If I can make that work, maybe I can make this trip work 🤞

This. Just take the battery out and put some silicon sachets in the case

CRUMBLE!!!! YUM!!!

These look like quality cables, but they use some of the same claims that snake oil audiophile cable makers. Copper cables are not directional, Also on one or more cables they have used heat-shrink over the end of one plug. There is no need to use heat-shrink on a decent plug. There are few cables that are really low loss (although the loss in HF is usually not crucial for Bass). These include Sommer Spirit LLX, Klotz AC110, Van Damme Silver Series Lo Cap all have very low capacitance hence low loss. The most expensive of these is the Van Damme at just short of £11 per metre. I cannot see where the extra cost comes from, as they proudly say they do not use gold. Those must be some special jack plugs.

Well, I feel I am just chucking this out into the ether but I finally got round to doing the modifications to the Acinonyx that I described in my last post. It turned out to be quite challenging for me and Tony (the luthier) but it is finally done. Yeh! The challenge for Tony was getting hold of blanks large enough to accommodate the Acinonyx scratchplate in one piece. It took a couple of passes on the CNC machine because a bit slipped and caused a gouge in one plate. Prior to that there had been a scaling issue with the CAD/CAM software that caused a perfect but scaled down version of the scratchplate to be cut: about 90% of the full sized plate. 4 blanks later we finally got the finished plate but in a slightly thinner material, although still 3ply. It took me quite a long time to get round to wiring it up and at that point I discovered that the control cavity wasn’t quite deep enough to accommodate the depth of the Oak-Grigsby 4 position Tele switch, or the varitone. Eek! The original cavity is 30mm deep and the body is 40mm thick. I needed about 3mm more depth but I also had to allow for a layer of copper tape shielding, plus insulating tape on top of that to prevent the possibility of anything shorting out in contact with the shielding. I very carefully created a 5mm trench along the centre of the control cavity with a very sharp chisel. One slip and I could have gone through the back. Fortunately I didn’t and there is no give in the back: phew! I slo had to scallop some of the bracing in the body route to accommodate the edge of the volume pot. Again a sharp chisel and a steady hand required. Once that was done I was able to squeeze everything into the control cavity and screw the plate down flush with the top. The first time round squeezing all the wiring in caused a wire to come away and only the front pickup to work but after re-soldering, I was more careful second time round. Anyway the final article is below. I think the perl plate looks much better than the original. The chicken head knob is for the varitone switch that has 6 positions ranging from 0.010 to 0.01 uf. I am toying with the idea of putting the OEM chicken head knob back on the volume control. I am also considering making up a circular plate to go round the varitone with position markings on it. I would use one of the prototype plates for the material. The Tele switch has 4 positions: 1 bridge pickup, 2 both pickups in parallel, 3 neck pickup, 4 both pickups in series (“all-in”). I am pleased with finished article: it is much easier to get the “all-in” setting than messing with the original buttons. The varitone has more tone variations than the original buttons and they are easier to select. There are no buttons in the way of my picking arm. If anybody is interested in getting a custom plate, now the outline has been digitised, Tony can do one to your specs. https://tonyedwardsguitars.co.uk.

Yep, the ‘very little info out there’ really suits him IMO. I don’t know him well at all, but I’ve had enough direct and indirect contact to know he comes across as a really lovely man, super passionate about guitars, and is a guitar encyclopaedia as well as master restorer (best not ever use the word refinish around him 😬). All the top dealers know him, and he’s always appeared to have tons of work so has no need to advertise I guess, building Dwight guitars, doing custom work, or restoring. I imagine he must be winding down at some point as I guess him to be at that age, but then again from chatting to him I can easily imagine him working as long as he can. edit - one thing I found odd though was although he mostly puts little secret signs that he restored (refinished) a guitar (that most dealers know of), he once told me that some guitars don’t have that if it’s been requested. Make your own mind up…

I’m unemployed and on holiday! It’s not the best time to splash out. This looks like something I’d be massively excited about for five minutes, never find a practical use for and leave it to live on the wall. A beautifully made wall ornament to admire and then take back to cash generators!

Dismantle it, that way it can be classifieds of "bass parts", and thus circumvents the rule. In all seriousness, in this case: make an exception, and keep the 'Ray. You don't have to play it, you can lay it above a cupboard,...

Come on, Johnny. You said you wanted a little bass!

Still there!

Thanks guys! @AlexMUKInteresting. What was your goal in this change and how did it affect the tone, or did it?

Those little sliders on graphic eqs for acoustic instruments. Why do they always feel like they cost 5p and a fart from a mouse will knock them out of position? Arrrrrrgh.

That's strange. Must be a commission sale and the seller wants £2,000 for it.

Shouldn't this be on the "Guitars with faces" thread?

I have noticed his prices creep up and go down on certain items, the black Gibson Ripper was £2395 yesterday and £2595 today.

Or a compelte lack of earth. If a venue has different ring voltages on the earth, that's not good and implies a problem with the ring earth somewhere. The earths in a building should be common.