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Are all your pedals 9V and fairly low current? You could use a USB-C power bank that will output various voltages and a dongle to tell it to output 9V - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314790280799 if you don't like soldering (will need a polarity reverser from centre positive to centre negative) or https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295636499200 if you're up to soldering (you need to desolder and move a tiny little jumper). That removes your effects from the mains.

My somewhat uglier Micro cab:

My 36 year old Thumb has no noticeable fret wear. It got 20 years of regular use and occasional use since then. The barrel jacks do indeed pack up, but that's because they're barrel jacks which are inherently unreliable on whatever bass they're fitted to.

Hayman 4040. Rickenbacker (assorted). Hofner 500/1. One of these is a decent bass. The other two are more famous.

Does it have to be Google Authenticator? Not another 2FA app such as Authy?

I think I have the same number of 4-strings as 6-strings, and quite a lot more 5-strings. Looking at the Bass Gallery, there's about five times as many 4s on sale as 5s, and at Bass Direct it's about two to one. Those, of course, are higher-end instrument shops - GAK have 455 4-string models and 121 5-string models, so though 5-strings will probably never overtake 4-strings, they're not exactly niche things. Both Ibanez and Cort when bringing out their new headless models seem to have concentrated more on 5-strings than 4. I don't use the 4-strings for gigging because I've learnt everything on 5s and although I could revise my fingering, I wouldn't play as smoothly and there's absolutely no point. I do take them out to open mics now and then, just to let them know I still love them.

No, it's the reverse, there's a lot of "well I don't need five strings so there" that goes on, as if we 5-string players are somehow inferior.

This may come as a surprise to some, but I don't hate any basses, not even Fenders. I dislike the looks of some instruments, but I don't hate them. Oh, except for the Rosetti Bass 7 I once owned. What I do find strange is that every time someone says "I've got a new Fender" and puts up a picture of a bass that looks exactly the same as thousands of other basses, hordes of fanbois descend to say how beautiful it is. It's another f*cking Fender in oly white or lake placid blue or whatever, get over it. Aaargh.

Presumably this was using a DI - did you try using the ground lift on the DI?

For decades I thought that in "Bat out of Hell", Meatloaf sang "So we gotta make the most of our one night together, When it's over you know we'll both be strolling on". For those that didn't know (and that was me until a few weeks ago), it's "both be so alone".

Davenports. Not only for brewing beer that should be illegal under the Geneva Convention on chemical weapons, but also if your website is a .co.uk website for a brewery based in the UK, giving one's date of birth for age verification should be dd/mm/yyyy not the bloody stupid Yank mm/dd/yyyy.

Tecamp Puma 900 and Basschat Micro Bass Cab. Although I could have done a better job of a grille.

I still don't understand how on earth you could sell a Tecamp Puma 900. I trust that you have sold it to someone on BC that both you and I have recommended a Tecamp Puma 900 to (after all, they are the best amps in the world).

Zoom tend to use the same name for the same effects, so any on the B6 list with the same names as those on the B1Xon list should be the same.

I had the passive version, the Grind BXP, both five and six strings. They were the Gen 1 models with a scooped out area on the front of the lower horn. I tried out a USA Cirrus and preferred the neck on the Grind (that saved a lot of money).

I hadn't realised nobody had, possibly because he was getting a lot of mentions on another thread or two. Yes, he's an absolute star.

I trust it's a limited edition. You wouldn't want any old Tom, Dick, or Harry having one.

Mine go in my little gig handbag (along with an MS-60B, rechargeable batteries, A-B box, short leads, capo, that sort of thing). After use they go in my pocket, whence they are put on charge, and then returned to the handbag. Same goes for rechargeables, once discharged they go into a pocket and then into the charger when I get home.

You'll need to establish the centre of gravity of the bass as that will need to be within the triangle of the stand feet, when viewed directly from above. The orientation of the bass relative to those three feet may also be significant, but as I haven't any experience with such a stand, I wouldn't like to speculate how - it would be something to consider when experimenting.

Has anyone mentioned Glenn Fricker of Spectre Sound Studios yet? It's about music production and recording rather than the musical content itself, and the focus is metal (which I don't do), and his presentation will definitely not be everyone's cup of tea, but I find him both amusing and informative.

Just cut the headstock off and get some Guyker headless gear. Even better for weight distribution.

There was one sold on here three or four years ago. I was tempted but it was 32" and I'd rather have all my fretlesses the same scale length. Aha: I wondered about a Basslab one (twin 5-string) but the neck appears to be rather too chunky for me, from Basslab's own description.

We have two songs for the encore but the second one is Twist and Shout/La Bamba which we just keep going with until we've worn them out or we get sick of it.

If there's two volume pots in the circuitry, put a resistor of half the value (120k or 240k) between signal and ground. You're answering a question that wasn't asked.

Doesn't stop them standing up and dancing when I'm playing. Why explain? No explanation has ever been necessary at any of the gigs I've played in the last 20+ years.