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Cant vouch for the flexibility but having heard one in action in a jazz fusion setting, I can attest to their great phat sound. I'd love one... (in a 5...)

Sighs... sign of the times. A musical instrument designed to be click-bait... Enjoy looking at it 'cause you're sure as hell never going to hear it in a good piece of music (that you'd pay for, rather than click on).

Good thread with some really great observations... My take: you compromise for a good band mix in a functional setting but you get more personal and distinctive when getting creative - but risking polarizing your audience... Enjoyed a cracking function band last night with the blandest of bass tones who had everyone up dancing... I'll go home to my Two Notes acid-spitting cobra bass tone and please no-one except myself...

I have to say it appears not to the bass' fault but your reaction to it. To sell it without playing it is a very weird response to a musical instrument. (An investment maybe less so.) Play it... it could be 'the one' for you. You also shouldn't be spending £1k+ sums when you're obviously prone to fickle, possibly arbitrary decisions, "a week after purchase I discovered I should be playing a short scale"...

Erm.... Gary Barlow Then King Crimson... (I don't mean 'then King Crimson' one after the other on the same bill)

Bet it was sounding good though...

Mr Squire indulging in multi-string goodness. Would love to know what song he was playing... That headstock is a bit of a fruity proposition!

Man! Just heard this in action in a couple of vids.... It sounds cavernous!!! How much?

Andertons seem to be first to go through them... some goodies here:

Do this four in a five....

Fad. Will be an un-played curio in the music room in the click of the next Internet gear search. ** Cries - surprisingly good double-bass/fretless sound... yes and you'll look and feel like a Richard playing it**

Look pretty good to me... would like that FF in a 5... They'll have to go some to beat out Ibanez's range currently.

I think they have to to align with the string response at corresponding lengths over the compound scale. If they were straight, you'd risk uneven response. My guess?

Oh well that's not quite so exciting.... keep walking, nothing to see here

This could be good... Or you could buy a B7K and an NG3

Sad. A great man in a difficult situation. Not just his struggles for black rights and playing jazz in SA, in more humble circumstances he was the support act the first time I saw Stanley at the Manchester Apollo who promptly blew him off stage with a great Clarke/Duke show.

Golly! Looks like a high F? Is it wound? Does it sound ok?

Depends on your use then. I've not done a direct comparison so take this advice as a start point but from what I recall when researching my purchase, popular opinion had it that whilst fairly evenly matched as direct competitors, the Zoom beat out the Boss for live use and on-the-fly editing. So stick with your Zoom if you're happy with it. From what I heard on YouTube - It certainly does a good Darkglass impression...

Not sure you'd justify a GT-1B and a Zoom B3n but it's a good unit. Regarding the fiddly editing.. that's all resolved with a USB cable and Boss Studio app. Dead easy and hugely in-depth. Disappointing then that to date, there's no artist patches or indeed any uploads on Tone Central other than the two starter libraries - which are a bit 'random'?

For dog-housers here:

It's a really great album... one of the most triumphant bass intros ever! Not to mention Bill Bruford absolutely killing throughout. All helped along by an absence of guitars... Andrew Pryce Jackman's contributions were overlooked I think but rightfully acknowledged by CS on his commentary.

Yeah sad... wasn't intimately familiar with their songs but I enjoyed their big singles

Wait! They were miming!? All those years and they were miming!? Arghghg the humanity...

Every venue has a similar legend... Queen at the Manchester Apollo... Anyway saw Fast Eddie and the boys in the classic Motorhead line-up on the 'Ace of Spades' tour but they were still using the Bomber lighting rig... very impressive. Less so Vardis & Girlschool supporting. Vardis sporting the old talc in the hair routine.

Chris Squire not to impressed at Noel's skills here at 1:45