hiram.k.hackenbacker

As @BruceBass3901 suggests, I’d start with that so you can see where the adjustments need to be made. I have basses that handle the Eb tuning exceptionally well and others that don’t. It could well be solved with a different set of strings and no adjustment, it’s hard to say. I have one bass that actually sounds and plays better a half step down, so I just leave in Eb which is handy as one of my bands plays everything tuned down a half step.

I had a big order come through from them the other day with no problems at all. I even rang them to change/add a few items and they were super helpful.

Mick bought my Stingray Smoothie which was delivered to him yesterday. I’ve just got off the phone from him and he’s very happy with it. It was a perfect transaction with one of Baschat’s finest and I’m very pleased the Bass has found a very good home. Thanks again @marleaux62. May the Smoothie provide you much enjoyment.

Love the look on the dogs face. ‘Mum, this one again? Seriously?”. Well done Sarah. Not an easy song to master and you’re pretty much there 👏👏👏👏

Think whatever you like about the bass/video, but back off on Marathon Man 🤨 One of my all time favourites, usually watched with Three Days of The Condor, I think Hoffman was absolutely spot on in his prep for that role. His physicality of being 'out of breath' just works so well and he is acting on top of being that hot sweaty mess. Olivier did give me nightmares about going to the dentist for years afterwards though, in much the same way as Jaws did about swimming in the sea. Slight diversion, but since we're here anyway - I'd just got over the swimming in the sea thing and we went on holiday to Egypt. We went snorkelling and it was stunning. By the time we got back to England a woman had been attacked by a shark exactly where we had been diving 😮.

Someone on 'Basschat USA' has ordered one and it's already shipped. I will read what he has to say about it with interest. They're not selling as fast as I thought they would. Still 74 of Ltd Ed colour left. I guess they are aimed at a specific corner of the market though. I'm kind of coming round to the Granite Stone colour. I just think they could have done some a little more inspiring for a Ltd Ed version. Just have to stop myself clicking 'Buy'.

Just put one in my basket. £2576.67 all in. Not as bad as I thought. Mmm. Probably won’t keep it, but would be interested in trying one. 88 left and counting.

The Line 6 does have the ability to switch channels, but as far as I know, it's manual, not automatic, which sounds like the only advantage that the Shure system has over the Line 6. I'm still confused as to what the best wireless system is 🤷‍♂️

I thought the advantage of the Shure system above other similar ones was this: Solid signal LINKFREQ Automatic Frequency Management continuously scans for open frequencies and seamlessly switches before dropouts can stall the show.

Which probably translates into £3499 🙄

If I was still playing Stingrays regularly, I might be interested, but since I’m not, I’ll be able to save myself who knows how many £1000’s by avoiding these. If I was in the market for one, I certainly wouldn’t be going for the Granite Stone colour (limited to 100 pieces worldwide apparently) and why doesn’t the Obsidian Black version have a MHS? https://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/darkray

I really need to update the firmware on mine. I'm going to try and find where I've hidden the lead tomorrow 🥴

That’s knot acceptable. Return.

I would go as far as to say that in a solid colour body bass, which I presume yours is, that’s a unique marker that makes it distinguishable as yours. I like it.

Yeah, both are more than acceptable for me and I’m also extremely fussy 👍

I can see the practicality of it given the directions those struts are coming in from, but yeah, someone should have picked up on that 🙄.

I don’t know what’s been going on in the background, but my items are starting to sell again after a long drought. The transfer of funds is not like it used to be with PayPal, but it’s reasonably quick averaging at 1-2 days into my bank account at the moment.

The Bowie band I’m in got caught out once with a second encore. We finished the main set, which wasn’t short by any gig standard and we then went off. It was a cracking gig on home turf and we knew the crowd wouldn’t leave it at that, so we duly came back on after they invited us and did the three song encore we had pencilled in finishing with a rousing Suffragette City to rapturous applause. We left stage again and that’s where we should have left it. The crowd once again went nuts and the band wanted to go back on for one more. I objected, but was outvoted. I was so busy objecting that I missed the argument about what song we were going to do and before I knew it they were heading back out to perform Five Years which I hadnt played for probably about that long. We squeaked by, but that final song wasn’t enjoyable. Luckily the audience didn’t care and lapped it up. For this reason we have since always programmed on one emergency encore song which we rehearse but almost always never use. In fact, I don’t think we’ve ever had to use it since, but it’s always there, never on a set list, but everyone knows what it is.

So, here's a thing. The above CD arrived yesterday and jolly good it is too, however.... I thought the whole Ahmet/Dweezil thing had been resolved and maybe it has, I don't know, but this CD makes me think maybe not. There are two song substitutions on this 'whole gig' double CD of the performance at Nassau Coliseum on 25/3/88. One of them is 'Stairway to Heaven' (replaced by the Towson performance on 23/3/88) and the other is 'Whipping Post' (replaced by the Providence performance on 16/3/88). Both of the Nassau versions of these songs featured performances by Dweezil. Coincidence? Towson and Providence do not. I'm fairly sure I have nearly all of the USA '88 gigs on a drive somewhere, so I'm going to have to dig them out, but I don't recall any sub standard performances by Dweezil. It just seems very odd that the only two subs were songs that Dweezil was on. If it is the case that Dweezil has blocked ZFT's use of them, I really wish they would get their sh!t together. Frank would not be happy.

I think they’re kind of expected these days. Not saying they’re wrong or right, it just seems to be the done thing.