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8 ohm cab? Power = I^2 * R, substituting known values 200 = I^2 * 8 (assuming it's an 8 ohm cab) so I^2 = 12.5, so the current is about 3.5A.

SBMM Ray5/Ray25/Ray35 - shallow neck, 16mm spacing.

I always use gig bags these days so my numerous Hiscox cases are in the loft, now waiting for the prices to start going up... Very good cases. A former band went to Munich three times to gig, my bass went in a Sleazyjet hold in a Hiscox case and was completely untroubled by the experience.

Although the DoI thread may visit you. Beware.

Fist wound strings? Is this some strange sexual practice?

I had something similar - recruited to a band, after a few gigs they said no rehearsal this week, then next week the same, then the rhythm guitarist messaged me and told me that the lead guitarist and drummer (brothers) had a mate who wanted to play bass in the band as it was getting some work in, so they'd been rehearsing with him. Rhythm guitarist and singer weren't entirely pleased that it was being kept from me, hence him contacting me. In the end I finished up in another more successful band, which was nice, and put it far enough behind me that I depped for them a few years ago. More recently they asked me to do a dep and to rejoin, but over the intervening period I'd realised that they were a bunch of racist bastards and that would have been a bit problematic for a woke leftie like me, so I turned them down gracefully.

I'm not fond of the locking jacks - I find it awkward to unlock them, especially when using a wireless dongle. I remove the locking mechanism and leave the rest intact. Fully agreed about the 1/4" jack on a plate, that's what my Sei headlesses have.

They've just left, should be with you soon. I know what you mean about the money, fortunately there's a Nigerian prince who's going to sub me.

Sad Company Moth the Hoople Ian Munter

When replacing the barrel jack, extend the leads if necessary (heatshrink on the joints, of course) so that you can pull them through the jack socket hole and solder outside the control cavity rather than fiddling around inside it. Note: don't forget to thread the leads through the nut inside the control cavity before passing them out. Barrel jacks are a consumable item.

An entirely deliberate one, in contrast to motorcycle troubleshooting - if it seems like a fuel problem it's electrical, and if it seems electrical then it's a fuel problem.

I use a Tecamp Puma 900 with my GR Bass AT212.

I have a Nux Mighty Plug Amateur and a gen 1 Boss Katana:Go. I think the Boss has better sound quality, and it has a built-in tuner which is useful. The Nux isn't bad though. Both are good for practice as long as you don't mind having headphone leads tangling round you - it's a definite step up in cost to go wireless with the Positive Grid Spark NEO and a massive step up in cost to the Boss Waza Air.

Some reviews said that the Spark Neo headphones were too tight - I find they're comfortable but they do have a noticeably firm grip on my head compared to the Audio Technicas that are my general headphones and the Sennheisers that I've got knocking around upstairs. Haven't worn them for more than about half an hour at a time but I can't see any problem wearing them for longer than that.

You could go for a veneer finish. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205362966920 - flame maple.

I keep saying that. People will keep on wanting them though.

I'd like to know what the picture is on the scratchplate that's been so severely pixellated...

The Dam The Curt Yen The Stragglers

Doing a dep gig with a band run by the chap who runs an open mic night or two that I go to, and they got me in for a rehearsal. Went reasonably, most of the songs are twelve-bars of some description with a couple of oddities - Sweet Child O' Mine, Light My Fire, Gangsters (medleyed with Roxette).

Another halfwit here. I don't think anything destined for me has gone missing when Evri have handled it, and indeed since the Evri rebrand from Herpes parcels haven't been chucked over the gate. My heart does sink when I see that a parcel has disappeared into Evri's maw as it takes several days to re-emerge with our driver and get delivered.

Crackles could be the pots or the jack socket, or the lead for that matter.

I don't think I need a 5-string for our set but that's what I've learnt the songs on, and it would be a bit of a struggle to play on a 4-string. I do take a 4-string out to an open mic night every now and again but that's generally doing songs I'll only do once rather than songs I'm really familiar with.

A few of the comments on the video refer to musicians being unpaid or underpaid for their work with Old Time Sailors.

Or if you want a bit of a challenge, when 15 strings isn't enough:

I did suggest they do a headless bass, but that fell on deaf ears.