fretmeister

There's a dedicated guitar / amp courier now called Overland Express. I have never used them but they are popular over at thefretboard.co.uk and I think the company owner posts over there too.

The model I was looking at at 40g was the GB350 and they are 3/8 inch rather than 1/2. They don't do a 1/2 inch version, and the other direct replacement models are much heavier.

I was going to say that if forums all die out then at least the drummer forums will go as well. Every cloud... Then I remembered they can't read, let alone code! This law won't affect their cave wall scratchings.

From that vid he seems to be a bit of a clone of his mentor.

Now that I've listened to it... It's quite a generic theatre pit / west end musical type tone. The Ian King Theatre Rig Rundown video has a very similar tone. Andrew Gouche has a very similar tone. So that's 3 players getting a similar tone with 3 different amps - GK, Mark Bass, EBS. It's a tone that compliments busy arrangements with lots of other instruments and singers as it sort of pokes through without getting in the way. J or modern J type bass. Probably blended towards the bridge pickup just a little. Not much treble, and actually not much super low. Sounds like a bit of a bump at 100hz or so to make it sound full without annoying boom and flub. He's got several social media accounts - you could send him a message and ask.

Quite - and these days a huge amount of school work relies on phones and tablets for internet access so that won't happen. Amusingly, the EU has planned regs to stop this sort of draconian over-reaction.

More google shows him also using MTD basses (possibly borrowed from Andrew Gouche, his mentor) and a Bossa UJB5 (Japanese brand I had never heard of).

He is Matthew Ramsey - it says so in the video information! Google says he's a GK endorser. On the GK site the white J type bass he is playing is a Sire. https://www.gallien-krueger.com/matt-ramsey Also the main guy looks really constipated at about 25 seconds in.

The bit on fines makes it clear that fine levels for non-compliance are not linked to site revenue. Limited Company status doesn't usually protect from regulatory compliance failure. Even Mumsnet are taking this seriously and they have about £6M in the bank.

As Lee (Digitalscream) says in that thread - he wrote to his MP about it (different to the current one) and the MP basically said that if thefretboard didn't want to comply clearly they are doing something illegal!! As for Labour being of assistance - their position in the debates was that the Act didn't go far enough...

I wasn't aware of the extent of the incoming regulation. Thread on thefretboard - https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/276080/have-forums-reached-the-end-of-the-road/p1 Digitalscream is the owner of thefretboard.co.uk and he's done a deep dive into what the rules would mean - and that basically means the end of forums like this: This place, and thefretboard is very important to me. I'd hate for them to go. Does BC have a plan?

I shall be needing another one soon as well. Usual P bass. Might go for a 0.1uF cap this time - so it can get really dark. Mainly as this build will have stainless steel rounds on it. Got to at least try to get from Freddie Washington slap all the way down to Duck Dunn!

The neck for my parts build precision should arrive later today and I need to get some tuners. The neck is a genuine Fender Player series Jazz neck. I had planned on Hipshot Ultralite 1/2 inch Y keys as they are the lightest 1/2 inch option at 49g each. What else is there that is an easy / direct fit that won't need the tuner holes made larger or the use of a load of plumbers tape on narrower tuners to make them stable? I'm only looking at really lightweight options. I did see that the Gotoh Resolites are only 40g but I don't think they have suitable bushing sizes for a Fender bass.

Of course - I used to use a pair of Boss LS-2 for my set up and make sure they were next to each other on my board so I could hit them both at the same time if needed. It's a great idea to get some paper and draw out your signal chain - makes the wiring up process a lot easier.

If it's under the clear then I think you'd have to remove a little of that first, then get a close enough colour match with a sharpie or something and then do a superglue repair to fill the hole. Then polish it.

I really hope it's good. As you say - some very talented people. Fingers crossed and all that!

The endless ones on ebay might be good, or they might be a good way to waste a lot of money if they are crap. I might just take advantage of the seasonal Warmoth sale and get one that is already in stock. At the moment it won't work out any more expensive than a real Fender replacement neck.

Carpel tunnel syndrome and other hand injuries. It has really helped people with that sort of problem keep playing. It’s a brilliant invention.

I just bought Christian's P bass body. It arrived in quick time as described. Looking forward to assembling something suitably awesome with it. Thanks again.

They are very nice strings and I've never got less than 5 years out of a set, and even then that was my fault as I managed to kink a string and ruined it. La Bella make medium scale flats for 4 strings, but not for 5 unfortunately - even though they do short scale 5 string sets. We need a petition!

What bass is it? If it has large string posts then long scale flats will usually be fine as the post is big enough for the fat bit of the string to wrap ok. If they have small posts like on an Ibanez then you definitely need medium scale. I have a medium scale Ibby and the Dunlops were the only flats I found for it.