tauzero

"Beatified" isn't a posh version of "beaten", you know.

Isn't that "character"?

The early Warwicks up to 1990ish with the carved backs to the headstock.

The living room contains 7 basses hanging on the wall and another couple in cases. And I have a bass and a guitar with me on holiday. As for Marillion inspiration, I already had a Warwick JD Thumb, but I did get a strap the same as his and a Cort GB4 which is identical (apart from the colour of the logo) to the GB94 he used for a few years.

I've had a Superfly and a Superduperfly - loved the preamp but didn't make proper use of it, the power amp modules weren't quite as good and were a bit weird as you get two power amp modules but with no bridging option. I did suggest to Ashdown that they release the preamp (digitally-controlled graphic with presets that you could select through MIDI) as a stand-alone preamp. Sadly, they didn't.

Mine (bought second-hand here) has been working happily for the last 7 years. Shame you didn't get a replacement rather than a refund.

M3x40 black, pan-pozi - 50 for a fiver: https://cpc.farnell.com/unbranded/mrpm030040cb/screw-pan-head-pz-blk-m3x40mm/dp/FN03635?st=m3 machine screws Nitromors no longer contains dichloromethane/methyl chloride. It's got to be worth a try with baking soda first, that's not going to be exactly expensive.

Tascam GB10 and headphones.

That's what I thought when I saw it too.

It's the Dunning-Kruger effect, and it's not just beginners who overestimate their own abilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

A handy thing about Bandwerkz is that you can get it to feed into your Google Calendar (possibly iOS too for the Appleista).

How the bloody hell would I wear that in my hatband?

Or, alternatively, about the singer's psychic connection to his girlfriend, which doesn't require drugs.

Initially it was banned because it was about sex. Then Holly Johnson said it was about gay sex and that put the ban into overdrive.

Surely it wasn't a crime. This should in no way be taken as me approving of it, simply saying that the rather dubious southern state that he was in allowed such marriages.

As well as performance, there's things like whether they're involved with anything else, what frequency of gigging would they like to do, what sort of venue they want to play at, rehearsal frequency - as long as what they want to do is pretty close to what you want to do, there won't be any friction.

I can't ask questions from a smoke and pet-free home as I've got a cat.

Just right for making a headed Wingbass.

How can you resist https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Rock-Quality-Enamel-Lapel-Pin-Badge/230651100061 ?

The GB74 has a plain body rather than a cap, a J-type pickguard, and a different preamp. The GB4 is similar to the GB94.

Couldn't you just make a fake front for the Ashdown that's a bit wider than the Markbass? http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Immortal-fake-cabs-604x453.jpg

It's a bit of a game doing that but here it is, on the settee at our holiday cottage (see thread in General Discussion about taking a bass on holiday with you).

Bought a Cort GB4 from Colin a week ago. Very helpful, good communication, and nice to meet in person, albeit briefly as I needed to get back home.

In the traditional BC way, met up with @clunkie66 at Toddington Services and exchanged money for bass. It's a handsome instrument, Jazz based, with Seymour Duncan pickups - the bridge one is MM rather than Jazz. Active 3-band preamp, with switchable mid. The neck is very nice and well-finished - Colin did have the frets levelled so I can't say how good it was out of the factory. It's 38mm nut and 21mm thick at the 1st fret, which makes it about the same dimensions as my Warwick JD Thumb. I don't generally do significant things with tone controls on active basses - mostly I set them flat. There's a wide range of sounds available, and after some experimenting, I've found a non-flat setting which I like, which is a bit meatier than the basic flat setting. All in all, a great bass which shows what you can get on a budget.

I've got a tribute band rehearsal the day after I get back from holidays, so I've taken my new (to me) Cort GB4 with me along with a Tascam GB10. We're not at gig-ready state yet, hence wanting to keep everything fresh. Mrs Zero is fine with it, and she'll be doing a bit of revision herself, as she's recovering from a nasty bout of sepsis and missed a couple of gigs and any rehearsal for the last month or so. I've also taken a guitar with me in case we do any open mic nights.