Silvia Bluejay

Well, it should be sitting in the groove in the endpin base, rather than on the endpin itself - that's for sure.

Looks like they were having a cab shootout!

None taken, it's not an offending photo or we would have pulled it. Just unnecessary.

Naked man holding dead animal... errrm... nah. 😮 Two wrongs don't make a right anyway... 😉😎

We could all have been spared that photo, and we would be happier. Here's one of a Marleaux Diva, sight for sore eyes.

Gratuitous, and not funny at all. The following is one of my own photos from NAMM 2020. Jens is king.

Indeed, it may be a good idea for all of us to help secure Asset Of Community Value or Listed status for any pub we don't want to lose. We know of a couple of places in Chiswick which are out of harm's way thanks to this. That necessitates the landlord and regulars to team up and start the paperwork. Often, the brewery will be totally against it, and will have to be fought off. CAMRA has helped in the past, IIRC, and might do again.

Unless they are located in a thoroughly undesirable area, most of those pubs will be sold to property developers long before there's any sort of recovery, let alone a boom in new customers.

Always unplug, no matter what. The input jack closes a circuit - and uses battery power - even when you're set to passive.

Rescheduled on Basschat's Facebook Events list.

We'll be all eyes and ears, @Dood!

I've deleted yesterday's tweet with the link.

Shared on Basschat's social.

This was shared on Facebook earlier.

I have posted this info on Basschat's social media. All the best, guys, hope it can be rescheduled soon.

A few proper photos! I took these just after the bass arrived, so it's still got D'Addario XL roundwounds on. Very clever flipping truss rod cover - no screws to take out, no risk of losing unsecured press-down caps or similar. (It's still necessary to loosen the A string to use the hex key properly, however.) The following is to refer to a conversation we had on one of @tvickey's NBD threads some time ago. This is, indeed, how D'Addario - and possibly also Warwick - new string sets come installed. No longer do we have the familiar purple ball end on the low B. The end of the world is here. Having said that, I replaced the rounds with Labella Low Tension Flats, and now my OCD is no longer screaming at the wrong colours or indeed at the weird assortment of angles the ball ends lie at in their sockets!! The new strings, a slight truss rod tweak, and proper intonation have made this bass even more awesome than it was on arrival. I'm happy.

Full house last night for us, as the previous weekend, with little sign of gig-going people buying the media's scaremongering. (Don't get me wrong, I know we need to be careful, but I for one believe that shutting or crippling pubs, restaurants et al would screw up the economy but NOT help the health point of view one single bit.)

Tell that to Jens Ritter... 😉

HAHA! I see that the last lefty model like the one I just bought has gone from PMT's website. Come on, own up, was it any of you guys on here? 😉😎

... which is meant literally, not as a swear-filter-friendly euphemism. 😉 I haven't tried it yet, so I'll wait until I've used it, to see whether it's a good idea or not.

Found something else I like: the battery compartment is completely separate from the preamp/knobs cavity. Very neat. Judging by the serial number, my bass was manufactured in May 2017. For a lefty, staying 'new' in the shop, in a box for 3 years is not that bad. PMT has only one left at that price! Any other lefties interested?

Incidentally, @Woodinblack, the bass did arrive with the explanatory plate on the controls. Quite handy too. This is a discontinued model, presumably because it uses rosewood (quite a lot of it). The new (righty) models replace it with walnut, and offer different colours.

Nothing to apologise for! I don't need to succumb to expensive GAS myself, considering I only play at home. This is a very nice bass for very little money, and I'm happy I've been able to widen my horizon for once. The SR range seems to be excellent value for money indeed.

After I ended up hijacking the Bass Weight thread in General Discussion by revealing my GAS for a 5-string Ibanez SR30-something, and being kindly pointed to a couple of models by @Woodinblack, I had decided to wait for something better, mostly because I didn't like the look of the bass. This was Woody's suggested purchase. While I'm averse to 'burst' colours, I did like everything else about the bass (very similar specs to my beloved Warwick RB Fortress 5, and a bit lighter). So I waited, erm, about a couple of days, and then stumbled upon the same model and colour but way cheaper. So I said, to hell with it, and bought it. So thank you for steering me towards it, @Woodinblack! It's a very nice bass. I've only played a few minutes, as it came, and my impression so far is the following. Likes: - The angled input socket on the front that doesn't jam bass stands. - The reduced weight compared to Fortress/Corvette 5s. - The wider variety of sounds and combinations of sounds I can get. - The lack of neck dive. Dislikes: - The colour! Oh, well, I'm used to this issue. My NS NXT 5 is a reddish/brownish/orangeish burst too, as it was the only lefty available when I bought it. (I wanted a black one.) - The strings it came with. Very nice D'Addario XL somethings, but roundwound, which I hate. - The setup. While intonation is fine, string height is all over the place and the E string rattles. Not a problem, as I am replacing the rounds with flats and will have to start from scratch. Mega-dislike: The non-adjustable nut! Have Warwick registered ALL adjustable nut designs? Why can't other manufacturers offer their versions of a-nut-with-screws-that-lift-or-lower-it?? Grr. More to follow, pics-wise too, when I've made the new arrival truly mine. 😉😎

Incidentally, @AndyTravis, I agree with those who recommend not mentioning the look of the guitar just yet. And I hope it all works out fine with him. I'll keep reading your updates with interest.