MichaelDean

BuT i'M a BaSsiT! i NeEd XlR! 🙃 I also don't understand the frustration it seems to generate. I don't think guitarists are so ready to get so angry about the lack of an XLR.

A mixed bag. We had our second practice at a different place. The first room we got was all good and we were pleased with it. Today, the room was quite a bit smaller and just so bass heavy. Guitars and bass. We all had to change things up. So, not the best from that perspective. Did get a new song finalised in time for our gig a week on Saturday though. I love having a multi effects. I needed a variation on a sound to really cut through on one section. Ok, load up a mid booster. Bosh! Oh, I need something ambient and weird? Wah with delay and reverb, but the expression pedal is also moving around the feedback and delay times. Bosh! The sky is the limit!

Free guitar amp plugin from UA based on a Fender until the 31st. Not had a play with it yet, but I'm sure it's most likely not bad. https://www.uaudio.com/products/showtime-64-tube-amp?utm_source=general&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=uadshowtime

It looks like the ABM Evo V is still in their custom shop section. https://ashdownmusic.com/collections/custom-shop

Yeah, it sounds like these ones are fine.

Yep. Amazon see it as a total bucket of that product, but know that company 1 have x amount of stock and company 2 have y and distribute payment based on which link to buy was pressed. Most people browsing Amazon aren't paying that much attention to who is shipping, they're just looking for the lowest price. I assume it's partly Amazon being "economical" (lazy) with where their stock is and trying to get stuff out as quick as possible.

It doesn't always mean that they're real though. Fakes would get in like this: Amazon get a delivery of D'addario strings from D'addario, they get unpacked into a container to be picked. I then set up a shop on Amazon selling "D'addario strings" and ship Amazon a box to store for me, they're dodgy but they have the same barcode so they get unpacked into the same container to be picked. You place an order from the D'addario store and then you get whatever it is that is pulled out of the container first. This scam used to be quite common with SD cards that would present as showing full capacity but it's a trick. Presumably, the margins were good on those. I don't know if they've gotten stricter with these things.

Yeah, and if you don't need a tool to do a quick string change, it seems like a better alternative.

This ought to do it for you. 250k pots all round according to Seymour Duncan. And the pot type is typically referred to as a "blend" pot. That ought to help you find one.

I'd say in that context, the emoji would mean that you should keep your eyes peeled. I'm loving the looks of these (5 string Black Stain for me please!) and a neck through budget Spector would be off the chain. Really want to try one of these and I'm extra sad that PMT is closed now. I have to travel over an hour and half each way to a stockist. I have been looking for an excuse to finally go to @Bass Direct though...

@Greg Edwards69 - I see where you're coming from. I really like the form factor of my GX-100. It isn't too heavy and a good bit smaller than the Helix LT, though I wish it had a kettle lead power connection. Boss have got some features that I really like on it. While it doesn't have snapshots, the current number assignment means that if you press on the already selected patch again, you can switch things around from within it. I've got it configured to change from chorus to verses, or turning on a whole raft of effects reducing the overall number of patches I need. Bring able to do that with scenes would effectively double the number you get. And the heel down tuner on the expression pedal is THE BEST turning on implementation of a tuner I've ever had. I'll fight anyone on that. I've got it set to "thru", so you put the heel down and reverb tails still keep on going, but you've just turned down the volume, so it's muted going forward. Just roll it back up and you're in business. I really don't like having to press two buttons at the same time to change anything too. It's awkward, I'm awkward, I don't find it works well for me. Which is why I like more footswitches in the device. I'm keen to see how the MIDI implementation of the Anagram goes. Looks like they're still a way off changing effects within patches.

I was expecting that they were going to do that when they introduced the MIDI implementation and the 5 button Darkglass foot switch. It feels like a really natural progression. Then you could use the foot switches on the Anagram for patch navigation and turning the tuner on, and the 5 button for scenes. Ideally, what I want is a bigger Anagram with more foot switches and an integrated expression pedal with a toe switch so I don't need an external MIDI device to get the best out of it. Three foot switches is too limiting for me.

Looks like it. And a lever to clamp the string at the "headstock".

Looks like they're properly announcing headless Dingwalls at Guitar Summit this year. Doesn't appear to be any other details yet. The little wings for the headstock so it fits on a hangar seem odd, but it's nice they've thought about it.

You underestimate, as my wife calls them, my "big flappy feet" 😂

I bought some bass string cufflinks from Etsy for my wedding a few years ago. Looks like the store is closed now though.

What about something like the Boss MS-3? With the different loops you could easily have a few pedals to tweak, but retain the patches of a regular multi effects pedal too.

You're a broken man 😂

I like the meteora shape, just wish they did a 5er. Other examples exist too. F Bass are a prime suspect. It clearly takes a certain amount of skill to blend them all together, but it just looks wrong in that direction to me.

Those fades from the bottom to the top. Really don't understand why anyone would think this looks good.

What were you Googling when you found that? 😂

I went to see it tonight, and I wasn't disappointed. Short but sweet and lots of big laughs. I feel like they edited it quite ruthlessly. I want to watch it again!

I got it back in around 2010/11 I think. £500 on eBay!

Here's my 76 Mustang. Lovely little bass. It's got an almost 40mm nut, so it's fairly chunky for a short scale. I've put Hipshot Ultralights on it because the original tuners were knackered, a stainless steel refret and it needed a refinish when I bought it, so I did a bad job of a white blonde nitro, complete with a black vinyl racing stripe decal and matching strap! All wear on the body is by me since refinishing it. It's been to Japan and back with me. I dont' have much call to use it right now, but I'm not sure I can part with it! It was my first Fender, and it just fits me. And here's me (when I still had hair) playing it on tour in Japan back in 2012.

They are certainly an acquired taste. Their office is just out of Bristol on the Bath Road. I've been tempted to pop in sometime but it never seems to be the right time.