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Maybe the CNC machines to make them are gold plated.

Hooks on the bottoms of pedals, loops on the board. I think that's the general way.

They produce rather nice guitars for the money. I have an electroacoustic classical, a 5-string fretless electroacoustic bass, and a (now discontinued, I think) Dullahan: which did need a neck shim to sort the action out but was otherwise great.

There's also the output impedance of the power amp to take into account. While it will be a fraction of an ohm, it still forms a potential divider with the speaker, and as the impedance of the speaker is halved by putting two in parallel, so the proportion of the voltage across the speakers relative to the output voltage is reduced correspondingly.

Evidently someone either splashed out or did a successful negotiation.

Well, I can tell you that among the lots was what was described as a Variax 700, but I knew it was a 500 and let them know, and they have adjusted the title accordingly. So I would think that if anyone could show it wasn't authentic, they'd put something to that effect in the description, although I have no idea how much checking they'd do into the genuineness of the item themselves.

The low B on my Kala U-Bass Sub 5 is fine - scale length 20.5 inches.

Despite a visit to Bass Direct today, I have emerged with my abstinence intact.

I've found fishing tackle bags useful for LED PAR cans and for a little handbag (wireless, short leads, MS-60B, A-B switch, capo, allen keys). Might be worth having a look in the fishing tackle section on Ebay.

A full-time musician.

Went to Bass Direct today for a play on the Cort and a chat with Mark, who I haven't seen for ages. There was both a green and a black one in there, the black had just arrived so I had a play on the green. Knobs and tuners seemed fine, the MK-1 Barts sound clean and clear. The treble control on the preamp didn't seem to do much but the amp and speaker I was playing through didn't have a lot of treble itself. The obvious comparison is with the Ibanez EHB series. The EHB's 1005 and 1265 only have multiscales or fretless (there was a single-scale EHB1005 but that has disappeared from Ibanez's current lineup), the EHB1505 is available as single or multiscale. Neck profiles are very similar. Quality is similar. The MK-1 Barts are superior to the BH-2 Barts on the EHB 1005 and 1265, and similar quality to the Nordstrands - they do sound a bit different so listening is advisable. However, as the Cort Space is £700 from BD (RRP is £750), and the Ibanez EHB1505 is £1370, there's £670 available for changing the pickups. The EHB1005MS is £1120-£1200 depending on finish, and the pickups are inferior. One trick that Cort have missed out on is putting a second strap button below the tuners, as per Status, Sei, Steinberger, or Hohner. This allows you to stand the bass up without worrying about damaging the finish. Still, it's something that's easily done at very little cost. Conclusion - if I'd not already got the EHB1265, my 2024 gear abstinence may have come to an abrupt end. If you want a multiscale headless, it has to be an EHB (or a Boden for £3k). If you want a single-scale instrument then the Cort offers similar quality and a similar feel for half the money, and no irritating locking jack socket. I might yet get one when they start popping up on the second-hand market for £400.

The black one has gone but the green one has reappeared.

You can program an ESP32 using the Arduino IDE, although it doesn't use Arduino shields.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195552692254

He has a commendably thrifty approach to his improvements, as may be seen with his two "Telestrat" guitars - one is a Strat body and Tele neck, the other is a Tele body and Strat neck. There's also a wideneck EVH special (converted 12-string), and in the description he notes that he has now received the felt washers and has fitted them, as may be seen:

There seem to be some variants in the photos online but the one in the auction looks very much like the one in https://www.guitar-list.com/vox/electric-guitars/vox-winchester. If you look at the comments, it seems it would be quite difficult to tell what was a fake as any old neck was put on.

But now there's also the G11, B2-Four, B6, and the MS-50G+ - presumably all the MS+ series will also be ignored in terms of an Android app. And it's no longer 2012.

You'd be most likely to want to use it with a smartphone. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271496/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-vendors-since-4th-quarter-2009/ Latest figure is about 25% Apple, and there's nothing else other than Android of any significance. Even back in 2012, Apple only had 21% of the market, Samsung had about 30% (Android) and Symbian had pretty much disappeared at that point. So the decision to ignore Android still makes no sense.

The cock filter has been scaled back, thankfully. It means we can refer to Dick van Dyke and not Penis van Lesbian.

Well, Wings didn't contribute anything to the progress of music (and they were shit). The Beatles did have some influence on their peers and successors, however you rate their own music. Some of their influence was negative, though, such as people thinking that the wretched Hofner violin bass was not only playable but even good. Poxy things.

Need not even be angled - a right-angle jack plug would solve that.

There's something else you could try - driving the LCD direct from the Arduino rather than through the I2C adaptor. More fiddly but it may be the I2C bus that's slowing it down. https://docs.arduino.cc/learn/electronics/lcd-displays/ Also, junk the Uno and use an ESP32. Smaller, cheaper, and you have wireless and bluetooth built in if you want to use them.

At least you can evaluate the degree of neck dive before sticking lead into the end of the body.

Don't forget that the 100BT disregards the 75% of mobile phones that use Android. This is something that Zoom consistently do (they've done it with the G11, B2-Four, B6, and now the MS-50G+) and I don't understand it. Designing the user interface, the format of any database used, and the messages between pedal and phone are the big bits, they could surely hire someone in to port the iOS program over to Android. That could have quadrupled demand for the 100BT.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355197353785 If you insist on using that ugly jazz headstock, why not just extend the top horn so it's over fret 11 or so?