mcnach

I think that's going to be the next step, indeed. And failing that, find someone who wants the 4-string set and get a 5-string set. Or forget about colours and just carry on as usual

Of course, why would I want them otherwise? They're good, in my opinion, similar to the DR Sunbeams. They're not my absolute favourite but they're pretty good, and I fancied a bit of colour for this particular bass.

it does, doesn't it? strange!

Thank you for the suggestion . Unfortunately they don't sell them either 😭

Good call, I forgot about him. I had him work on a couple of guitars years ago, when Sound Control still existed.

My only problem with Chris is that he also builds some very tasty instruments, and he's very very happy to show them to you. Ufff, an exercise on strong will... Best to visit without credit cards and less than 200 in cash, just in case

love it! thank you for posting this!

Dang, the control cavity on the VM4 is tiiiiiiight! I bought a John East Uni-Pre de luxe preamp a few months ago to install on this bass... and I don't think I'll be able to fit it in. My original plan was to make it passive because I am liking much better its passive sound and the preamp is 'meh' for my liking. I thought I would just manage with it as it is, since in passive mode you still get a passive tone control, but its action is pretty limited. The Uni-Pre deluxe combines a 3-band EQ with semiparametric mids, and you can tweak the bass EQ points too, as well as having a passive tone control... agh, I'm going to have to buy a different bass now to fit that in Anyway, back to the original plan, fully passive: volume blend Tonestyler tone control additional control for the 'intenity' of the Tonestyler, as I have a spare hole... Watch this space...

whoa, blast from the past! I remember liking this and hiding it from my heavy metal mates (I was always quite eclectic in my tastes ) I do prefer the original (I still have the 45 RPM single!) by RAF. A bit strange to get someone covering a song the same year (or year after?) the original came out. I could not view that video, so here's the Laura one: and here's the RAF one (the video is not the greatest example of a music video but hey, it was the 80s which spawn masterpieces as well s the worst of the worst 😞

No idea what that is, very strange. Nitrocellulose paint doesn't look like that either, hmm. I hope somebody else can provide some information. The Classic series came both in poly and nitro (the latter one being a bit more expensive), separately from the Roadworn which were quite different animals. You could always test the paint on some hidden area (under the pickguard?). Nitro will dissolve in acetone, while poly will not.

Absolutely this. I have a F1 and it's superb. Pricey, but very good protection, good storage, and very very comfortable to carry, unlike the Mono M80... I have had mine since 2014, used regularly (several times a week usually), and it's still in great condition. They don't make the F1 anymore, but their Urban seems to be the 'new F1' as far as I can see. https://www.fusion-bags.com/collections/urban/products/urban-bass-guitar-gig-bag

I know you asked for Glasgow, but Edinburgh is not that far away and you have the fantastic Chris McIntyre. He's beyond very good. We got lucky when he moved here from London a few years ago. This is for your Sandberg Marlowe DK I gather? If so, it deserves the best https://www.mcintyreguitars.com/

I have a 4-string set and I would like to use it on my 5 string bass, but I haven't seen anywhere selling singles... am I not very good at searching this, or do they really not sell singles? Does anybody know?

Very nice, thank you!

And immediately following that we get: It doesn't sound like all this would have happened if she had, indeed, removed the listing when requested, does it? Obviously I do not know the exact truth, but with what's on that article, which scenario sounds more plausible to you? 1) woman receives cease&desist letter, after a day pulls the listing down and sends the lawyers that response, then the lawyers take exception to the wording and decide to press charges. or 2) woman receives cease&desist letter, sends the lawyers the aforementioned response (where she 'objects', and pretty much tells them to go away), listing stays, then lawyers say 'ok' and press charges. I have no doubt the listing was removed after one day. I am just not so certain which day she was counting from. Again, no, I do not know what the exact truth is, but to me it looks like she miscalculated her situation, bluffed, and when it escalated, she bluffed some more and went to court, thus digging her hole further. I just cannot believe that if she really pulled down the listing *a day after* being asked, that she'd be pursued and that the court would not side with her. In the absence of further evidence, if I have to choose, I tend to go with the simplest explanation, the one that leaves fewest questions unanswered. From the two scenarios above, to me, #1 just sounds ridiculous, while #2 fits pretty well the narrative and her belligerent stance. When is the movie coming out?

Hmmm... She stated on her response she had no intention to withdraw and then waved a red cloth to the bull-lawyers "feel free to file a lawsuit"... While the whole thing seemed silly, it looks like she brought it on herself. I find it hard to have sympathy for her, no matter how much I may dislike Clapton.

Another pedal that while being different still overlaps a lot with the Spark Booster, is the Valeton Tube Refiner. It has more gain on tap, but it is able to do very good low gain sounds as well. I got one 2-3 years ago out of curiosity and I liked it so much that I bought a second: I use both for two different settings. They replaced the Spark Booster on my board, although I still keep it.

Very common in MusicMan at least. I'm sure a lot of people have instruments with shims but they don't know it because most people don't ever remove the necks.

Joyo American Sound is such a great overdrive pedal. Its built-in speaker simulation may be basic but it works very well. I love it for guitar, but it's great on bass as well. The Joyo Ultimate Drive is also veyr good, for those higher gain moments, although it does low gain nicely too.

Indeed, that can be a nice 'trick': bump the bass EQ a bit, and then turn up the filter cutoff frequency removing the lowest lows until... well, until it sounds right. It allows you to get a nice and fat low end without the mud. I 'discovered' that by chance, using the Mesa D800+'s built-in adjustable HPF. I thought I was so clever... then I saw I had just invented the wheel a few thousand years after the original

That's it. It's not so much what they say, but how.