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I bought a scratchplate and pup cover for my MM Sterling from Dave. Arrived in quick time, as new and superbly packaged. Great price too. Thanks Dave.

I’m really interested to hear more reviews on this, and thanks for those who have shared. I’ll likely hold off until I get more of a sense of other’s opinions. I ended up moving my Black Panel on. I always preferred the tone out of the 1/4” rather than the DI as the non-defeatable cab sim just killed the dynamic range and feel, meaning that my JF Capo easily supplanted it on my board. Two years on and the Capo for me is still the very best preamp I’ve owned so it’ll take something special to swap it out. Given Origin seem to have paid attention to their target market feeling the same and have introduced a proper switch to address the cab-sim, I’m very tempted by this one. I happened to really love the squashy compression of the Black Panel so it’s also interesting to hear from feedback that this sounds a lot ‘quicker’ with less of that natural compression.

As one who does both commercial and DIY designs I have to disagree. One major advantage to DIY is being able to build designs that are labor intensive without concern for the cost of the labor. There's a reason why high end outfits like Danley Sound Labs get top dollar/quid for their products, and it's not just the cost of the components, it's also the cost of the labor to build them. A DIY build of a sophisticated design can easily match the performance of a high end speaker costing $5k at a fifth that price or less. Where commercial has the advantage of economy of scale is in the low to midrange price range, but even there DIY can still be the better route. You can buy a simple ported or vented box or you can build one for the same price but loaded with premium drivers, whereas buying a commercial one with premium drivers would raise the cost considerably. Now that's not to say that all DIY designs are gems by any means, I see cringe worthy junk all the time. But to be fair I see plenty of cringe worthy commercial junk too. Maybe not in the $5k range but certainly in the $500 range.

Some beautiful stuff here.

Hiromi' sonic Wonder. Starting in 40 minuts 😎

whereas some folk play a double bass tuned in fifths! Before I acquired any basses, I used to try plucking bass lines on my 'cello ... inlcuding in a singing band at school that always got good applause. Possibly due to the row of sweet 17 year old girlies in their tight white blouses and mini-skirts....but I reckon it was my bass-on-the-cello that was the clincher 🙂 TBH having acquired a bass (or few) I wouldn't bother playing anything but classical on my cello .. just feels odd somehow. David Darling is worth a listen though (very ECM).

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So, its finished, and it works. After a long WhatsApp with the estimable Andyjr1515 I decided to at least postpone my original plan of shaving down the heel and do what Andy was suggesting, file down the frets where the strings are bottoming out. He reasoned that in filing down the frets, I'd not be doing anything as drastic as removing material from the heel of the neck, plus of course its easily reversible. After messing about with the bass a bit I decided that every fret from 21-24 would have to be lowered, so I pretty much ground them down as far as I could. Its wasn't too bad a job only being the top few frets. Anyhow, I put the bass back together and its all pretty good. There are two buzzes on the neck now, but I that's more to do with my shoddy refret than anything else. It plays pretty nicely although the neck is a bit of a cricket bat- and thats after me slimming it down. I decided to simply ignore the slope on the neck where it stands a couple of mil proud of the body just in front of the pickup. You have to look closely to see it and even when you do it looks like it could just be a raised centre block á la a Gibson T bird. I'm delighted that this lovely and interesting old bass has been saved from the scrapheap. It will now sit in the corner of my living room as my noodling instrument. Thanks everyone for the comments, advice and encouragement. Special thanks to Andy for the idea. Top quality basschatting! A picture of the finished article below.

It’s been updated again however it remains Notafender. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116887559091?_skw=bass&itmmeta=01KAEP9M9006WTNS0GDZVC7Y9F&hash=item1b370a9bb3%3Ag%3A4NoAAeSwK5FpHXmv&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAAwFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dK7DP9CwjUPx1cNFRJqnOTq0UVmUpEQEek6mJmuBur%2BjJ4KB44%2BWg5XOZof3P4%2FiLHQfQv17ny9JHr9vV8Hp1THSCY%2F1zwoSrAOGYsIOwykbEJ9TGEfOgtGrfHpL8WaPCxfrM%2BOIY%2FGxcX7mks0%2BHyLInqf5bhUOClhIDDO0k9YYjknei519YORyXxse%2F2eZlxRBGFzCRR38Q4e%2Feamf2Pe3ZGbx1704juMmccs7CSew%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_7EptbTZg&LH_ItemCondition=3000

Thanks for the initial reviews. I have found that I don't particularly like the squishiness (my Walkabout had it) so to hear the BassRig isn't super squishy is a positive for me. It's probably going to be a used BassRig for me - just in case. I agree that they do have a nice feel and bounce when played.

Great guy to deal with, good coms and fast payment. Pleasure doing business with, thanks Magnus!

Fusion!!!!

I've had mine for about an hour now. My first impressions..... where have all the bass and treble frequencies gone.? My signal chain. Passive Serek Midwestern 2 five string. Dunlop flat wound strings. AEA active DI. Midas MR18 Presonus Air10 & Air15 sub. I've tried so many preamp di pedals that I've almost given up. I prefer going straight into the mixer with a high quality transparent active DI. I usually use an AEA active DI with just a little eq boost ( 3-4db ) around 80hz and 2khz. Also HPF around 50hz. The Presonus PA is an entry level system with a defused sound that is just ok. No matter what I did the Fifteen just sounded wrong. Bass was lacking and the treble was dull. Of course that is exactly what the B15 sounds like. I took a break and came back with fresh ears. This time I used headphones connected to the Midas MR18 and I finally got the idea. It sounds like you are playing through the Ampeg B15, a fabulous vintage sound. The pedal feels very responsive and the sound reacts to how hard you play just like a real amp. I think through my Presonus PA the sound is a little lost. But with a better PA or while recording or using headphones the sound is very amp like. I'm going to spend all of tomorrow morning playing with the pedal with backing tracks of our set. This should give a better idea how it sits in a mix. I'm sure it will sound great. If not it's going back to Andertons.

Bought an amp cover from Matt. Everything was nice and smooth and item exactly as described. Thanks Gerry

Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson