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Exactly. Did you know that the bass has 2 hidden strings, and it does not play itself - can only be operated manually...

That's Amazon being Amazon.

Teams works fine for me, internal and external meetings. Just sayin, for balance.

Well, from my point of view (and I appreciate that I'm an odd fish at the best of times), Fender's most basic offerings are too expensive for what you get. It's the bass that's important to me, not the name on the headstock, and Fender are banking on most people being unlike me.

What about that massive gap between the top end of Squiers and the least expensive Fenders? Are they just going to leave that to the likes of Sire then?

And another thing, I saw mention of "antivirus software" as an example of things a user doesn't need. I hope you're joking. Please tell me you're not hanging on to this old trope that "there are no viruses on Linux".

Our users aren't "home users" though. The computer they are assigned is a work tool. They don't have any of those things you describe getting in the way. That's because we manage our devices, they have Windows installed on them in a manner that we dictate. Updates are pushed on a delay so we can ok them. Privilege management is in effect so that we can tread a line between protection and letting people get on with it. In a large, managed environment, such as the one I help maintain, the things you are describing simply don't happen.

Well, if it's at a similar price point, the fact that it's 5.4GHz could be explained away by the natural advancement of technology. You're not buying it on a whim, you've got a problem with your current gear, it's defective in the sense that it doesn't work in the context that you need it to. I would be miffed if I was out because of this. Hardcore folk might say, tough, wireless is a privilege not a right, back to cables you go etc, but maintaining the status quo is allowed. It's a bye from me (unless you replace the Lekato with something significantly more expensive, then I might call shenanigans).

This is what they don't understand - the reputational damage caused by accusing your customers of incompetence/dishonesty. They won't care, because they're a big fish in a small pond and there's not a super amount of choice in these specialist markets. Still sucks though. I'm kinda out of the game right now, but I will take what you say into consideration when next I need computer bits and bobs.

God bless Cadfael's cookbook.

Which is why I'll always err on the side of humour. I am a stirrer too, but there's a time and a place for it, and it should never be personal.

Now you're getting it!

I'm touched, but I'll cop to being an old fart and of course aware of every name you mentioned, old and new, because I am a nerd.

Are you aware that a smiley on the end of a sentence means that the preceeding information is not to be taken seriously? See, no smiley this time, so it's a genuine question.

Oh, it's you, you nerd!

Who?

There's too much mild dislike in this thread for my tastes. Death to all Jazz basses!

It's all about that forearm ledge...

Is there a "best" side? My face doesn't have one of those! For me it varies by venue. Most of the time I play at the drummer's left side when I have the choice. But some venues with their own backline, the bass rig is on the right, so I go on the right. It's not my stuff so I don't want to be a diva and demand that it's moved around on my say so. I don't think it matters anyway, no-one notices the bass player

Hope it's OK to mention here but a few of my basses will be available to buy at the bash, specifically: Epiphone Korina Explorer Harley Benton HB-50 (prototype, not available to buy yet) Soloking MJ-1 Classic (Fender Roscoe Beck inspired) Special deals for people helping lighten the load on the way back up the road - and save yourself postage from Aberdeen! They will get listed up on BC after the bash but I thought I'd give yous first refusal...

Surprisingly for the usually rabid YT comment section, very little is mentioned in there about the pot guts replacement, and none of them being all "HOW VERY DARE YOU". Someone asked about not doing anything about the tuners and the video poster replied saying there was no rust on them, so I guess their focus was on removing rust, not polishing things that didn't have rust on them. In the end, it's not my video, not my bass, so I enjoyed the video for what it is and I really don't care beyond that.

Advocating restraint and relevance in a BC thread? It'll never catch on...

If it's a single pickup then it doesn't really matter. Electricity flows either way through a pickup. The only time it matters is when you have multiple pickups and you need to get them in phase. Also, the worst thing that'll happen if you get it the wrong way round in a multiple pickup bass is that the bass will sound a bit thin/nasal with both pickups on and turned up full. Then you just swap the hot and ground. You can't break a (passive) pickup by wiring it the "wrong" way round.

I think I should bow out of this discussion. I will never be interested in buying an old Fender, so I don't suppose I've got a horse in this race. In the waters the aficionados swim in, it's probably a drowning offence. I don't even swim!

Some relevant chat here (and a video you might find interesting)