tauzero

Sort of. I went into Musical Exchanges in Birmingham in 1988 because I wanted to try out an octaver, and they handed me a Warwick JD Thumb to try it with. I didn't actually regret buying the Fender P I had at the time, but I immediately part-exchanged it for the Warwick.

Coincidentally, I got my fretless from Bass Direct a few years ago. The Bartolini TBIBT preamp had issues soon after I got it, though, and I replaced it with a Delano Sonar 2. It's very light, and very shallow. One other thing is that the neck does move a little with temperature, so I always carry an allen key and a capo to adjust the truss rod if necessary (most of the time it isn't but I don't want to get caught out). Truss rod adjusts the wrong way, like early Warwicks - clockwise loosens it.

The UK went officially metric in 1973. However, the British are a nation of shopkeepers, of the variety that can't manage to adapt to the modern world, so it's all got stuck. However, that's a diversion from GR Bass - I'm now thinking of selling my BF BB2 and Tecamp Puma 900, and replacing them with an AT Cube 800. Less weight, fewer items, and similar power. I'm playing pub gigs with an acoustic guitarist, keyboard player, and a percussionist on cajon and bongoes rather than a drummer, so I don't have to turn it up to full whack - I did try using a BF One10 but it seemed to be breaking up at just short of the volume I needed. Does this sound like a reasonably apples to apples swap?

Only one available now.

For me, the cause was many years of riding bikes without earplugs. Not loud pipes (those are for inconsiderate Cnuts) but simply the wind noise around the helmet. I generally forget about it, but after catching Covid in March 2020 it became more intrusive. Either it's faded again or I've accommodated the new level, not sure which.

Sorry to hear that. RIP MB1

From a distance [1] it seems quite attractive. The closeups are rather less so. I'd agree with the bastardised Ibanez diagnosis from the headstock shape (after all, Ibanez headstocks are sufficiently minimal that you can't do a lot to them apart from cut them off). [1] RIP

The headstock mirrors the body angle beautifully. The best way to have approached the break angle issue (sadly no longer available) would have been to shift it all upwards[1], so the break angle to the E string was in the opposite direction to what it actually is and the break angle to the G is reduced. [1] Or, depending on your perspective, leftwards

So that's what he does when he's not doing Masterchef. For me it's guitars (not as much as basses though). Although I'm not a great guitarist so I resist buying too many or anything that's expensive.

Something seems iffy about the colours used for name tags (maybe if they've been visited) as it changes from black on pink to white on pink. See

I'm hoping to make it. @Richard R - Brawley Artemis 4, Brawley Artemis 5, EBS Session60 amp, something to weigh basses with. + son with his Westfield of some sort. @Stub Mandrel - Fender Performer, Hohner Jack Custom V, Deathburger (HB kit build), TE 1110 combo? @petecarlton - Mayones Cali4 "Puzzle" Bass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYAvWZGwc4s&t=13s&ab_channel=BassTheWorld.com; Sterling by Music Man Short Scale Stingray @Teebs PRS Kingfisher bass, Godin Passion RG-4 RN (It haz arrived! ) @SpondonBassed - Jack. (That's not short for Jack all, it's just that I can't decide until nearer the time.) @bassmansam - Rickenbacker 4003s, Eppy Thunderbird Vintage Pro and Ashdown ABM 500 2x10 combo @jebroad - Not-fender jazz (maybe), squire silver series jazz, old Kay SC, Dingwall combustion, Ashdown 8x10 (Maybe) @Jabba_the_gut - 27" mini basses, Short scale telebass, whatever else I build by then, TC RS210 combo. Cakes @Oldman -RUACH NT 35” Unlined Fretless Custom, head and cab @NickA Since the last one.. got a second Wal with an extra string and those weird metal things in the fingerboard ( supposed to help you play in tune I think, but cause all kinds of problems ). So, yes, please. I'll be there; Couple of Wals and some pjb amps. @Geek99 - POSSIBLE ... Ampeg AMP, bass-doc built relic P, homemade jazz with geddy lee pups, zoom b2. @Sarah5string Count me in. Dean edge pro 5 bass, Ibanez sr505 bass, little mark III amp, ashdown ABM 115 cab @verb Warwick Corvette and a TE Series 6 amp. @nickmew Dingwall Z3, Sandberg California II TM5 Fretless, Hofner Club, Roscoe Century+ 5 and probably a Phil Jones Double 4 as I'm not dragging along my big rig. @tauzero Perm a few from Warwicks, Seis, Variax, and Cort. Maybe some bass pedals too.

It seems perfectly reasonable to me that everybody in the band should be happy with whatever arrangements there are, and that nobody should try to force an anxious bandmate back into a rehearsal that they're not happy about. It also seems to me that he could have let you know a bit earlier. And, given the poor reliability of LFTs, it might have given him a false sense of security anyway. So it seems to me that you did one of the two best possible things (the other one being to do the LFT).

£250. Blimey. I was tempted to put a comedy bid on but that's in the realm of tragedy.

That's the most hilariously bad song you've heard? Consider yourself lucky...

They might have refused their fees in return for having false names used - preferably those of their enemies.

Deaf people have nights out too, you know.

Is there no way to amend the stylesheet?

Dog & Duck House Bassist

I must say, I thoroughly approve of the change which shows just a few lines of a quoted post, as I found it incredibly annoying when person A posted ten pictures of something, and person B then quoted the entire thing to add "Wow!".

My ears have just gone on strike. I'm going to have to listen to THAT cover of Final Countdown to recover.

See Bug Hunt thread in Site News.

Only yesterday, one could see page numbers running along the bottom of the page that one could click on to go to that page. Now the only visible page number is the current one, although putting the cursor over the page number row indicates that there are clickable places, and indeed clicking on it will take one to a page. Useful for page number roulette, but not quite so good for selecting a page. Is this simply the foreground colour of the non-current numbers being set rather too close to black to be visible? No need to answer, it's in the Site News bug hunt thread.

Time to bring out the trumps.

Depends if I also have the funds available. If I was telling my younger self stuff: don't chop the Hayman 40/40 in for a Fender P. Get a Laney bass amp and decent cab. Don't buy a f*cking Lotus, they're a complete b'stard to fit a 1x15 bass cab into. If I was now a callow youth starting out, knowing what I know now but with a reasonable amount of money: I'd be unlikely to get the Sei fretless 5 second-hand again, so maybe an Ibanez EHB1505 as headless basses are so much better than headed, and/or get that HB 5-string fretless that's in the marketplace because fretless is great. Build a Basschat 1x12 and buy a reasonable lightweight amp (class D, ignore any bollocks about heft), or get a good FRFR active speaker. Get a Zoom B3n. Use Schaller straplocks.

Trucker?