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So if I’m understanding properly - your thoughts at the moment are that the SV has more fullness etc. in the bottom end and also more range at the top? Are you running one into t’other?

Vapors of Morphine in Coventry last night. I didn’t get the chance to see Morphine back in the 90s, and I’ll take this as the nearest to it I’ll get. Great intimate gig in a record shop, with someone live painting it! Excellent stuff!

A recital of piano music by Anthony Burgess, played on Anthony Burgess’s piano at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. A musicologist sat next to us warned us to expect ‘second-rate Walton’ and I think he was being harsh, but Burgess definitely a great writer who could also compose rather than (as he apparently wished to be) a great composer who could also write. Pleased to report I didn’t viddy any ultraviolence and also slooshied no Ludwig Van, although there was some Ravel in between the Burgess.

Thanks for posting, what a a stunning bass....... Makes me wonder whether I could also fabricate a crude repair that by incorporating soundholes makes it look less like a badly behaved acoustic panel and more like a design feature.....?

Hey Tony @Hellzero any further info or pics you could provide would be hugely appreciated. I have a friend who is a violin maker who I imagine would be able to do the work (I worry that if I try it it's going to make things a whole lot worse), but I suspect even he would be more comfortable with some reference points. Strangely enough, Chuck Traeger doesn't seem to have a chapter on introducing new soundholes Really quite excited about this 👍

You're lucky to have such a good Tech you can turn too. Unfortunately I'm not so lucky where I live. Great Techs are worth their weight in gold 🤗💛

Just got one. Always previously nervous to gig a wireless due to fear of interference and dropouts, but the reviews on here and elsewhere led me to take the plunge on the A58. Not gigged it yet but I can confirm that it preserves the full tonal range of the bass and I can’t detect the latency. Total background silence playing it through a Fender Rumble placed 3ft away from our home broadband router and Hive central heating remote unit. Fingers crossed it works out this well on stage.

Yes this is him. I couldn’t find his credit on the flyer. thanks for sharing. I'm still amazed at the clarity. Was really a great night. I thought they was going to an encore and do one more song but they didn’t. I wanted to go and speak to paul. Sadly didn’t have a chance. support act was ace also. Great night man.

I've just snagged a used one for cheap off ebay. Drab green unfortunately - would much rather have had the fandango purple. Hope I get a good one ! will update on findings later.

Google it, I dare you..

That name though. Anus Basses. Just can't stop thinking it...

Thats very good value for a handmade neck, IMHO.

@steviedee have you got it yet or are you still havering?

Yeah, my '78 one is as heavy as a small planet. They have a sound all their own, with shades of Thunderbird but brighter somehow. Noticed your comments about the differences in frets - mine needed replacing a couple of years ago, but can't complain for an instrument that's well over 40 years old. Considering putting some Cobalt flats on for a change. Have always used rounds on all my basses (explains why the frets wore out!) but some flats are nearly as bright as played in rounds so will see how it goes. I really like the RD but there are always naysayers as you point out. Put a Hipshot bridge on mine as it's easier to intonate than the three point Gibson version. nice set of basses you have there mate, just the problem of which one when you gig!

Couple of gigs.. Last Saturday was an all day festival with 7 bands playing various different styles of metal - mostly the more tuneful variety. I've been depping for the last year with the band that organises the day but wasn't expecting to play this one, so it was a surprise when they informed me that they'd eventually parted company with their bassist and asked me to cover. It was a long day from turning up at 10am to get everything ready for doors at 2pm, then generally meandering round smiling at people and drinking a lot of alcohol-free Guinness until our 8pm co-headline slot. An hour on stage went pretty fast, and the four new songs (two originals and two covers) were well enough planted in my head. No screw-ups, a pleased band, and home before midnight... though predictably knackered. Warwick RB Streamer LX 5 -> L6 G30 wireless -> [SFX m-Thumpinator -> Boss XS-1 -> Boss BC1-X -> T21 VT Bass v2 -> T21 Sansamp BDDI v2] -> Markbass Nano 2 -> Blackstar house cab (?) Last night was back to the same venue but a different room for a tribute to Ozzy that another local band had put on as a charity event. We'd tentatively agreed to be support, but the tentative bit didn't quite make it across so the posters were printed before we knew our singer would be out of the country at a conference. We're all for keeping our implied/inferred word, though, so we borrowed the two singers (and the keyboardist for one song) from the depping band, and they took a couple of songs each solo then a couple of songs together. The rule was that there were no repeats throughout the evening, which is totally reasonable, but once the headline and main support had taken their pick, we had to be a bit creative to come up with a set that wouldn't leave people scratching their heads. In the end, though, I think we got it right and played a half hour set which seemed genuinely well received as far as I could tell. No screw-ups, and because I was able to get my gear disco-loaded-out and driven away, I got to stay and enjoy the headline set with a few beers as well. Warwick RB Streamer LX 5 -> Fender Telepath wireless -> T21 Bass Fly Rig v2 -> Markbass Nano 2 -> Blackstar house cab (?) Sadly no photos have emerged of either gig just yet, but there were enough cameras out and about at both so I'm sure there'll be some eventually to prove it all happened. No time to let that spark an existential crisis, though, as it's off to a first open-mic with a side project tomorrow, and then last gig of the year with the dep band mid-December. I realise it's nothing compared to the schedules of some round these parts, but I've not played out so much since the enforced break of covid, and I'm enjoying it; my gear is all condensed down to the smallest, lightest and most efficient versions I can manage, the DI sound keeps getting general thumbs-ups from sound techs, and my main gigging pair of Streamer LX 5s are feeling comfortable.

Like a lot of pros, too.

And mine....

Mine is relic'd after a hot curry.

Someone who does an advert without saying they are doing an advert.

So, is relicing one equivalent to scratching your ass?

Thanks! With luck I will not need to make an emergency trip to Knutsford in the big car this lunchtime then.

I think, unless someone is honest and mentions they are effectively paid to advertise, that these posts should be removed - certainly not in the BC spirit of things and frankly disappointing to see.