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    NBD HB Jazz

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    2 hours ago, TRBboy said:

    Are the stock pickups on the HB's okay? Also, do standard aftermarket J/P/MM pickguards fit them?

    Never felt the need to change the pickups so I honestly can't say.

    Some people who have stronger views on these things change them without trying them.

    I've never had a problem with the parts on HB basses. Funnily enough I was thinking about this in relation to the Sandberg I mentioned earlier. The finish is bubbling and peeling off one of the tuners - I noticed it on Friday - never had anything like that on my 'cheap' basses.

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    NBD HB Jazz

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Bought this here a couple of weeks ago. It's the lightest, fastest HB jazz I've ever played.

    Oh and the shell pink finish is really lovely.

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    I gigged it this weekend. The previous gig I had used my Sandberg California - a truly beautiful instrument to play.

    I have to say there was absolutely no drop in quality. None. Not in sound, feel, balance or playability.

    Anyone trying to convince me that price is any indication of quality, or 'you get what you pay for' has their work cut out I'm afraid.

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    Post your pedal board - Basschat style!!

    in Effects

    Posted

    I built this board. I had a top bar and sides left over after fitting a power bar to my 60cm board. So I added a couple of bits of batten some velcro and a couple of bolts for feet and presto!

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    The Harmonic Booster is at the end, the comp and octaver are first everything else is in the loop of the X5.

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    New Zoom Multi FX: the MS-60B+

    in Effects

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

    I don’t disagree that an android app would have been good - but my brain also wondered why they hadn’t so I dug into it a bit more … 

     

    globally today android makes up 75% - but in 2011-2012 when the ms100bt would have been in development the market leader would have been symbianOS - with a clear change coming in 2012 towards android and iOS

     

    In the U.K. in 2012 when the ms100bt came out iOS 43% market share

    android was third with 25%
    For 2022 it’s closer to 52% iOS 48% android 

     

    for the US Android is even further behind as 2nd most popular.

    49/40 in 2012

    48/42 in 2023

     

    from what I can read 2012 android is fractionally more popular in japan but in 2012 far less Japanese people had smartphones compared to the US and it was the year that apple became the most popular phone brand… 

    Last 12 months is 67% iOS 32% android

     

    so from what I can work out, if you were going to make an app for the markets where you were selling gear, then iOS would still possibly make sense. I wonder if the 100bt was based on pressure to have something like it in the US or something- from what I can make out it didn’t sell amazingly and had a convoluted “effect store” thing that they eventually binned - with small sales and android being less of a thing in japan spending the ¥ to port it over to android wouldn’t be a priority

     

     

     

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/487373/market-share-mobile-operating-systems-uk/#:~:text=Apple's iOS was the leading,the market leader in 2019.

     

    https://explodingtopics.com/blog/iphone-android-users#

     

    https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/japan

    Fascinating stuff, thank you 

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    New Zoom Multi FX: the MS-60B+

    in Effects

    Posted

    ITDAA you'd think they'd sell one type of unit and let you install whichever software suited you.

    Rather than separate bass and guitar models, let the user decide. 

    Surely more cost effective than producing different bodies.

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    Don't you just hate being flannelled

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I still get disappointed at the self serving decisions people make in music.  But I'm getting over it now. I need the work. It used to be a passion, but while nowadays I'm still passionate about playing, it's a job first and foremost.

    My favourite singer and very close friend recently pulled out of a project I'd set up.

    I didn't get stroppy, she had a heavy workload and said she couldn't commit to it. Then not long after she went and auditioned for a busy function band.

    Does it sting? Fk yes. What's my attitude towards it? Stay cool, after all I may pick up some dep work with her new band. And she puts regular work my way in another project. If I stuck out my bottom lip and spat out my dummy, how much better off would I be?

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    New Zoom Multi FX: the MS-60B+

    in Effects

    Posted

    My 60B lives in my Bits Box, also known as my Get Out Of Jail Free box. I have pressed it into service many times. As a replacement or in its own right when travelling light. 

    I wouldn't be without it. I would however happily be with a new improved version.

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    If you could, would you be a Pro player

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    It's how I earn my living. All you need to do is drastically reduce your financial dependency. No expensive cars, no big house, no holidays, no drink or drugs, no fancy clothes, no hobbies.

    Anything the money you make doesn't cover, you need you take the odd bit of cash work here and there.

    In other words you have to really want it.

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