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So the lesson is - if I could play as well as @knicknack I could play through anything and still sound good?!

I had one of these for a while, ticking both the headless and single cut boxes. 32" scale very comfy and got a lot of comments from peeps in the audience when I used to gig it. ACG Border Reiver.

We regrouped at Bela Lugosi’s Shed for a final pre-production rehearsal, ahead of our studio session tomorrow. We have three songs left to finish the next album and I felt they were sufficiently whipped into shape. Bass aside, I was actually quite pleased with my vocals. It’s always been a challenge for me but I have pushed myself in recent years.

Anyone who can message me the titles of the three songs I used in the video gets to know what the mystery box is…

Fodera didn't invent the single it bass, but they did popularise them. The Emperor single cut came out in 1989, and Anthony Jackson was one of the first players to embrace the single cut aesthetic. Fodera bring the totemic bass builders they are, single cuts became a trend, particularly for "advanced-level" bass players. Playing a single cut has become a bit of a statement of identity for a certain strata of bass players. My own personal take on them is, in most cases, "Crikey, this thing weighs a ton, it's like playing my front door with strings on, no wonder Anthony Jackson looks so miserable most of the time!" To me it's mostly a lot of lutherie looking for a reason to justify itself. I'm sure in certain instances a singlecut is a valid part of a design, but there's plenty of basses on the market that are single cuts just for the sake of having that option available for potential customers. If Fodera were looking to solve specific issues and improve tone and found a singlecut design achieved those goals, fair enough. However, lots of other manufacturers jumped on the bandwagon, made a singlecut and tried to make out that they were solving a problem by doing so, despite the reality being that most bass players were completely unaware of and untroubled by the problems that were being solved for them by the singlecut design.

Either one of the larger Fender Rumbles or I’d also suggest you have a look at Laney’s Digbeth range, perhaps their DBF200 combo.

Yes. I've started a build diary for one, including how to chop up a 1220 x 610 sheet with a circular saw should you not have a proper table saw. On a hiatus awaiting better weather at the moment so I can repair the latest cock-up.

A brilliant seller - friendly communication, took extra photos for me, cleaned everything up, packaged well and arrived very quickly. A very smooth transaction! Cheers, Oli!

I use a VTDI straight into my Phil Jones rig, sounds good to me and I’ve also had compliments from others.

For my tastes and questionable hearing, the Bassrig 15 was the winner. The Linden into the Luce was pretty good too. Like krispn, I’m intrigued as to the mystery box, as it sounds pretty good too.

@krispn Not £21, but very affordable and something I have a bunch of and use regularly!

Heaven Talking Heads

I hope the mystery box is a cheap £21 temp purchase. I liked the Bassrig as it has none of the low mid weight of some of the others but something a little more pleasing high end which might just become more prominent in a mix.

I’ve been playing about with a valvecaster circuit recently. I’m running it at 18v with an internal 12v regulator for the plates on the ecc83. Pretty nice but still playing about with a blend circuit on it too!

It must have something to do with the forum software, because Basschat is the only forum which enables this feature in my browser.

Mantle vs the rest of the world... for anyone who may find it useful!

Finally got around to editing my shootout... took way longer than expected so I hope it helps someone out there! The Linden/Luce combo is always a pleasant surprise to my ear.... and the LUCE holds it own here anyway!