neepheid

In for a penny... I'm sure there's an upper limit to how many basses one can fit in a 2011 Mitsubishi Colt, but I've yet to find it.

MFD "J" does not equal J...

I was in Glasgow this weekend, and as is customary a trip to the various guitar shops was in order. First visit was Merchant City Music. I'm OK with my Reverend Triad, but I gave a Squier Rascal a go. I'm not generally a fan of short scales, but the Rascal wasn't awful. What helps it is the geometry - the bridge being away from the body edge by a few inches moves fret 1 more into the position where I would expect it. But sonically I'm still not convinced that the Wide Range humbuckers are the pickups for me. Anyhoo, on to Guitarguitar. Tried a couple of Ashdowns - they were OK but the one with the single, central humbucker was a bit woofy sounding for my liking, and the bridge pickup on the PJ one was so noisy, it really put me off. Nice feeling necks, interesting looks, but again wasn't doing it for the old lugholes. Then I spotted a second hand bass on the wall, an example of which I had previously owned and sold, but in a more interesting finish than the one I had (which was white with plain black pickguard). I guess because G&L seem to be off the radar of most folk at the moment it was priced very keenly. In almost as new condition - the film hadn't been taken off the pickguard - the only blemish is a small finish chip at the bottom/back of the body. A quick razz with it, nostalgia kicked in and I caved. Does anyone like these shaggy dog stories? Or do you just want the pics? You know the drill with these - Split and single MFDs, two volume controls, that's it. I'm very happy to have an SB-2 again, that'll hopefully stave off any thoughts of getting an SB-1... Guess I should really sell something now

Also, I always thought that stock EMG knobs were rank rotten - even back in the day.

I'm pleased you got this sorted out to your liking, you heathen, blasphemous infidel

I'm the OP - I bought mine back in 2023 before all you coat-tail riders came in

I sold mine - does than make me number 0?

Another reason why these sorts of things don't appeal to me - while I fully appreciate that it's a me issue - option paralysis. WTF is a ham fisted pub playing weekend warrior like me gonna do with all these cab sims? I'm better off out of it.

Or... learn to do it yourself?

I don't care, didn't really think about targetting. I'm just using the same parochial view that is frequently trotted out, but in reverse to prove a point.

I've only ever bought a bass off a Reverb seller once, and it was a complete success. Ergo, there's absolutely nothing wrong with Reverb, you're all crazy, what the hell are you all talking about?

I'm not a luddite - I'm on board with the likes of Toneprints - I've plugged my phone/computer into my TC pedals to edit Toneprints and tailored them to my requirements - tamed the make-up gain on the Spectracomp as I felt it was giving too much of a volume jump when engaged vs. disengaged, and got stuck into the Brainwaves to set the custom interval to be a single semitone - not available in the stock configuration. But these are one time adjustments, now it's done I just crack on with using the effect - by going straight to the pedal I want to adjust settings on and just doing so.

It all just leaves me cold. All of these multifx units do. I don't want a single point of failure. I don't want a touchscreen. I don't want something which cost more than many of my basses did on the floor in front of me at the Dog and Duck. I don't want to have to go through menus to get to what I want. I want physical switches and knobs that don't change purpose depending on what mode you're in. I could go on, but you get the gist. Any time someone's shown me one of these devices, either in a video or in person I just think "why?" while giving my best "mmm, this is delicious" act so as not to offend. I'm just offering my personal opinion, not trying to yuck anyone's yum, if you're on board then more power to you.

Don't you dare chlorinate my sausage rolls!

I'd like to think my berk-ness is well known round these parts, yes

It's a pickup, innit? Same thing, innit? What are you moaning about?

Did you miss the part where I said I was physically there? My bad, I got my year wrong, it was 2008.

Pfft, the golden age was when it was £1 == $2. I visited the US then (2009?) and chuckled heartily about getting on a bus for 50p ($1).

If you have an original, get it copied. Brian Pillans (he's on ebay - username/store name earlpilanz) or TinyTone are the two places that spring to mind for this service.

It's "forever", isn't it?

TGI Ultimate gig bag for £110-130 TGI Extreme gig bag (less padding but still substantial) for £60ish

Also would avoid ebay sellers - I heard that many of these are people putting things up that they don't actually own, they're in shops, they tack on a "finder's fee" and then go buy it on your behalf. That's why you often see the same thing with the same photos up on ebay from different sellers for completely different prices and postage methods (some charge postage, some lump it into the cost and offer "free" postage etc.). Feels a bit grubby to me although I guess it's no different to a "personal shopper" thing in practice.

Another +1 for Ishibashi - smooth transaction, sent in a nice sturdy box, and even with the VAT etc. it still worked out cheaper than local market prices for what I was buying (a Yamaha BB1200, for reference)

Strings deffo consumables, I presume the skins are too? Don't really know anything about banjos. Are you replacing a broken/malfunctioning bridge, or are they consumables also? Anyway, it's not a bass, so at worst - tier 2?