tauzero

Don't you understand the issue? If you ban an IP address then anyone using that address is blocked. Non-fixed IP addresses are allocated as and when, so a totally innocent person could be IP banned. Same for VPNs, and company IP addresses - ban the VPN or the company IP address and that's a lot of innocent people banned. So it's a stupid idea.

IP banning a non-fixed IP address or a VPN would be wildly inappropriate.

TBH, I didn't get that far into the video. I just watched enough to see what his gripe was. The MS-50G has over 20 amp sims so it does seem reasonable to think that the G+ would have some too. As @LukeFRC says, there will be an IR pedal (MS-80IR+) which means Zoom will be able to sell twice as many pedals to those who want amp sims as well as effects, although if the aftermarket utility that allows you to move effects to pedals that they weren't originally intended for can be made to work on the Plus range, that can be overcome.

Searching the basses for sale section for categories of bass is a rather hit and miss affair. Tags are very rarely used and inconsistent in format when they are used. I wondered if it would be possible to auto-generate tags for general categories by having options when listing a bass, eg. number of strings, fretted/fretless, headed/headless, with "Other" options available for oddities like the Ibanez Ashula or double necks.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1968092/pdf/brmedj02925-0058.pdf

There was another YT video where someone asked what the point of the MS-50G+ was - the issue being that it doesn't have any amp sims in it. Preamp sims, yes, but not amp/cab sims.

I'm not convinced that most people don't like the MK1s. The BH2s don't seem to fare as well but are there really vast numbers of people who don't buy an EHB 100 series because of the pickups, or rush to replace them?

Yes. Don't forget he'll be converting from proper measurements to groats and furlongs, and he might have borrowed the Bass Direct conversion calculator. It's an 864mm scale.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-1300w-16ltr-wet-dry-vacuum-220-240v/826kh Use only for the designated purpose. This sucks harder than [redacted] so don't go winding up in A&E in an embarrassing position.

With both Cort and Ibanez bringing out headless models (or ranges in the case of Ibanez), they've presumably seen that there is a good commercial opportunity. I think Mark was shifting a fair few Corts at Bass Direct from what he said. Steinberger has kept going with the Spirit range. Headless instruments are better ecologically, as they use less wood - none wasted on an advertising billboard at the end of the neck.

Is there somewhere on the pickup cover that you can experiment on without it showing up? If so, you could see if acetone harms the cover and if not, try that. It is a powerful solvent though so an initial experiment is needed.

Have you tried any of these out in real life? Or, for that matter, the SRF705?

There's a review of the MS-50G+: https://yoshblog.com/en/review/ms-50gplus/ The chipset is two generations on from the original. Looking at what the MS-70CDR+ has, I may well opt for that rather than the 60B+ - like the difference between the HX Effects and HX Stomp.

AIUI, box section is more resistant to bending than plate. Try this: https://www.omnicalculator.com/construction/bending-stress

They have rather different functions though. The Express is a somewhat limited multieffects, the HX One just does one effect chosen from a large selection.

Effects list for the MS-50G+ - https://zoomcorp.com/media/documents/E_MS-50Gplus_FX-list.pdf It's pretty much a subset of the MS-50G effects. it's not just the original MS-50G effects before they were expanded, I've just compared part of the list and there are one or two later additions to the 50G effects list that are on the 50G+. So expect a revamped MS-60B with a subset of the 130-odd effects currently on it (as I have said before) but presumably using a more recent chipset than the fairly elderly original MS series.

I would guess that not spending very much would mean rather less than £600-700.

As soon as you want a third HX effect, you'll have to buy another HX One. There's a send-return loop on the HX Stomp if you want your set of pedals in the middle of the Stomp stuff.

@adriansmith247, do you want to go for new or used? Used means having to hang around until the object of desire comes up in the second-hand market so how urgent is this? Do you need a cab with a tweeter? How vital is it to have a 2x12 rather than two 1x12s or a 2x10? What's the budget? Do you intend to upgrade the Markbass amp at some point?

£730. Perhaps you didn't read the bit about not wanting to spend a lot.

Year of conception bass?

That D# looks a bit on the heavy side. What does a .100 give you? I'd expect it to pretty much correspond to a 40-60-80-100 set plus a bottom hawser, for which a .150 looks about right.

There's an interesting page on the theme tunes (including the one that Clarkson forbade being used, and you can see why). https://topgear.fandom.com/wiki/Jessica_(instrumental) I remember the original Jessica being supplanted the first time. I thought whoever was playing on the new version must have been the producer's talentless child, it was so dreadful.

I pointed at that thread because it contains a number of similar events to yours.