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I have not, that I recall. In that rarefied air, I have played a Ritter before - when I say "played" I mean "gingerly wore, scared to breathe on it wrong"

I'm in the "I don't care" camp. It's not hatred, they just don't appeal to me, they might as well not exist as far as I'm concerned. That's doesn't mean they're bad. I have no opinion. Contrary to common belief, that is a valid option.

No good for avoiding the wrath of the gear abstinence massive though if you have to buy a P pickup, extra pot etc.

Oh no, you mentioned Sire in a Stingray thread. Please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts, turbulence ahead

As with any effect experiment, I'd say try a cheapo first to see how it goes. Prove the concept first, then upgrade if you think it needs it. That's what I did with pitch shifters - bought a cheapo first, that went surprisingly well but there was room to improve so I got a better one.

LOL, 100% exempt - A) accessories, B) not in the signal chain, C) band related acquisition != personal consumption.

Last night with Nine Lives at the Harbour Lights in Peterhead. Probably the best gig we've had there - reasonably well attended with a few repeat customers. Played pretty well, the usual little fluffs but nothing song derailing. Best part for me was how well the Brainwaves pitch shifter performed - the sound quality is much better vs. the Hotone Harmony because even when playing -3 semitones there's none of the warbling/slightly underwater quality that the Hotone excusably has (it was less than £50 after all). And the "fake guitar" thing (as in 50:50 wet/dry mix, voice 1 = +7 semitones, voice 2 = +12 semitones) plus overdrive from the Joyo Monomyth produced a deliciously rorty sound - enough to elicit a look with puffed out cheeks from the guitarist across the stage from me and positive comments afterwards from both the guitarist and the singer. Drummer probably didn't appreciate getting his hair blown back by the rear port, but he just doesn't like it when someone makes more noise than he does Gear was the Epiphone Em-bassy Special IV then the Epiphone Thunderbird '64 into the usual Markbass toan cubes. Footwear - pink suede Vans.

For the last two bridge changes (which were, in order, a BBOT which had an annoying rattly spring and a BBOT which would probably have mandated a tetanus booster if was to keep it on the bass), I used this £19 Guyker thing: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B8VZGRP6 It's a good bridge - it intonates and string height can be adjusted independently for each string, with a bonus of being able to crudely adjust the string spacing thanks to the part threaded saddles (not that I've done this - the strings have just naturally gone where they're going to go and it's been fine). As for it being "high mass" - well I couldn't really give a toss to be blunt. I just bought it because I liked the look of it and it was cheap.

No mirth to be detected - for once it is intended to be a serious and hopefully useful suggestion, you old fart

Take something like this with you? https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2026642

You cannae win 'em all. This is how we learn and improve

Same car. The answer to the question "how do you fit all that in a 2011 Mitsubishi Colt?" is... me.

Ahh cool, gear confirmation time. Not much time to change between then and now so I think it's pretty safe to nail these to the mast... G&L CLF L-1000, Yamaha BB1200, Sire D5, Sire Z7, Greco LGB-700, Reverend Triad, Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard, Epiphone Thunderbird '64, Squier Jaguar H (with Ibanez CAP double humbucker from ATK200/800 etc), Gear4Music rat bass (with Lace Aluma-P), Epiphone Em-bassy (with Entwistle PBXN neodymium), 1 or 2 amps depending upon space...

Now see that's the kind of attention to detail I can get on board with and tickles me greatly.

Daft question (which has probably been answered in these 26 pages, I tried searching - honest!) - see the tuners are mounted facing each other (as in the E and G are mounted "upside down") - is that so that when the bass is strung up properly (with the strings following the path of least resistance and winding on the tuner on opposite sides), you still turn the tuners the way one would expect on each side of the headstock? Sorry, it's one of those questions where your gut is screaming the answer at your brain, and your brain is going "hold on, gut, I need to give this some more thought"...

I find myself drawn towards finding out what all the SGC Nanyo fuss is all about. In all my years of playing, I don't recall having the pleasure of having a shottie of one.

Ooh, as a lugger around of the previous gen stuff (IV), I'd be interested to check out the new MB stuffs.

Tail lift, nothing you can really do about it other than replace the bridge. If you try to bend it back into shape, it'll just bend up again I reckon.

I have no horse in this race, but maybe this thread could be used to arrange a meet up of any BCers in the same boat as @kevin_lindsay with travel and accommodation already booked? When life gives you lemons, and all that?

Everything was brown then. Oh wait, that was the 70s. Where's your neon GE-7B from the 80s then?

Your English is excellent, fear not and absolutely nothing to apologise for! Tastes change. These things happen. Your tastes might come back around. I don't get the disconnect between other people playing your bass and yourself - that's your mind playing tricks on you IMO. It's the same bass - I think you are conflating the playing chops of the other player with tone and using it as a stick to bash yourself with in your head. They may be able to play things you can't (yet), but that's the player, not the bass. If they used different amplification, then it's the amp. It's not the bass.

Got a back of the headstock pic?

I think it's dangerous to deal in absolutes when dealing with a subjective, opinion based thing like what something sounds like. You're just going to pee someone off because they'll take it like you're calling them stupid for having an opinion. They heard what they heard, just leave it.