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Sounds familiar. It takes a lot of persuasion to get in, and then quite a bit more to get it out.

Best for a speedy recovery.

This '77 beastie dropped down the chimney.

Your description is spot on. I couldn't of put it better. I simply can't turn mine off.

Well done sir. 'Nuff said.

I wonder if they use cheap hardware? I had to trim 1mm off the end of the speaker jack socket on my Elf head as jacks wouldn't engage properly and vibrated out when I played it! They now 'click' in place.

It's definitely a good purchase if you're into Ric's.

Have a great Christmas folks

Sweet Like Chocolate (Orange) - Shanks & Bigfoot

Hammond MIDI pedalboard. Gives me the scope to become Geddy Lee, or a great Organ player .....or the more likely outcome: just playing drone synth notes while I practice noodling bass guitar over the top.

It sounds remarkably like my Westone Thunder 1 - which is a compliment, I always say it sounds more like a Precision than a Precision.

Double gig bag. Fancy strings. Plus my present to myself - a couple of SBL courses that I bought back in November. Time to bite the bullet and make a conscious effort to improve.

That does sound pretty amazing.

Not good, fingers crossed it’s just a touch of seasonal lurgie, Chris

One is silver with black writing. The other is black with yellow writing.

Typically, now I've ordered my American Professional Classic Precision from the Bass Gallery, I spot these - Listen to the demo on the last frame in the list of pictures... Don't know what strings he's putting on these, but his timber choices and how he makes/winds the pickups sound sublime. https://reverb.com/uk/item/92759611-alnus-bass-precision-bass-2025-aged-dakota-red

100%. You can't necessarily hear a huge difference, but you can feel it when you play it. He did another video of "beginner with expensive Vs pro with cheap", and obviously the difference was in their playing. But the pro pointed out that he spent a lot of his energy fighting the instrument, rather than allowing it to be an extension of his body

Firstly get well soon to your partner, it’s a bad time to be laid up. The art of speaker design is still an art. You have tools and those tools get better every year but crossover design is still an art, especially passive crossover designs. Sometimes even the experts don’t get it right. I once auditioned two pairs of speakers from the same maker. (DALI) One a small bookshelf and the other a medium sized bookshelf. Although the larger speakers were above my initial budget, I persuaded myself that if they were better, I would take them. To my surprise, the larger pair did not sound as good in the mids. It was as though the crossover had been designed ion paper but never listened to. I can home with the smaller ones, as I originally intended. To me they had no vices, smooth all the way from bottom to top. Your ears may not be able to tell you everything and ears have no memory. However if something is obviously wrong, you ears will know.

I printed off four cylinder puzzles for Xmas and put various Xmas presents in. I have managed to keep four people amused for two hours as they have had to crack their locks. I'm sure that constantly saying "Do you need any help?" was well received by one and all.