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Hofner Bootle Bass - a subtle variation on the original Mersey sound..

Fender Permission Bass - carefully crafted to look exactly like all our other basses so you don't have to worry about sneaking another one in..... PS - But really, if you have to do this, have a word with yourself 😁

Some fine recommendations above - on your initial thoughts - I have a 32" 5 string Rockbass Corvette that is a punchy, fat, little beast, slim neck and easy to play. I also got a second hand German 5 Corvette Standard from Bass Bros and that's a really solid choice - neck is chunkier but very comfortable, has the growl, active/passive and a good B. There is another one on there again now (I'm not affiliated) - I have a (mk1) Sandberg and have had a Yamaha BB1025X too - both the above Warwicks have a more consistent B string than those (ime ymmv imho etc!)

I shouldn't have sold my Hohner B either, light, great neck and easy to play. I had two other basses and three felt excessive back then - went to a young lad learning, I hope he enjoyed it. Would have been awesome for my daughter in a few years.

HOAXX- pop and rock covers, the two Xs is just to make us easier to find on Facebook etc. There was one other band named the same, a dance outfit that hadn't done anything for years, so... All happy with it still, doesn't pigeonhole us. I was in a band called Dumper for years, never choose a name whilst several pints in down the pub 😁

Here's my 3 Corvettes. The bubinga 4 string is a German passive model that I've had since new ( sometime in the 90s) gigged a lot but still looking and sounding great. Doesn't get to come out to play these days as I need 5s. The black one is a 32" Rockbass, it's a powerful and fat bass, not as growly as the others but very punchy. I use this at gigs where space is tight. Last one is a German Standard active / passive that I got from Bass Bros. Nut was knackered so stuck a brass one on. It's obviously had a life before coming to me. Now my number one gigging bass. It's neck has been fondled lovingly by several old musos in one of our regular venues, provokes lots of "Now, that's a bass." Type comments! 🤣

Very long way from the Highlands, but the drummers around my way all love this shop (they do online too of course.) https://www.soundattak.co.uk/

It was my original post and the issue persists. One strange thing, if you zoom in on the stripy bits ( thumb and finger on the screen method) then the text becomes clear. Only happens on Basschat.

I seem to have found myself, through no great scheme, with three Corvettes. I agree that the top horn is a bit damn strange, my band called my Dingwall 'The Purple Dildo' so you can imagine the mirth when the Corvette arrived! 😁 To be fair though, great basses and my (secondhand) German 5 string has subsequently been dubbed 'Really cool' by the drummer...high praise indeed. They don't look so 'Anne Summers' once they are 'strapped on'....ooer....😘

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There are quite a few similar options to The Elf - Warwick and TC have alternatives. The Elf is surprisingly loud, I took it along to rehearsal once ( we are daft and rehearse loud..) stuck it on a 410 and it coped no problem. Sounded really fat too. It seemed like it might be the easier fix in a 'live' situation too - if main amp goes pop during the gig, then sticking a DI in will still mean you'll probably need to tweak the monitors and FOH sound - I thought just swapping in the small amp would be an easier fix. Plus you can use them without a cab as a DI too. That said, I've never had to use it in anger...and now I've worked it out I probably won't! 😄

I used to carry a VT Bass DI as backup, but then thought why not just have a small amp instead? - So got a TE Elf. It's DI sounds good (as it also does through the rig too, and plenty loud) and so it covers both options.

I've set off a few fire alarms with our smoke machine, do hazers have the same issue?

It crops up on all pages for me. Mine is Samsung Galaxy S8.

Tech luddite here 😉 - but I have also tried the above Cache Clearance and Reboot thing a couple of times. No dice... Does seem to occur especially with quotes - and weird that zooming in shows the text. I'd never seen the Desktop Site function before, I've tried that and it doesn't have the issue - but obviously very small and wrong format for the phone.

Weirdly I have found if I zoom in on the stripes then they clear and I can read the text. Zoom out and they come back. Doesn't happen on desk top. Does happen whilst typing right now the stripes are over this bit aside enter text.

Mine us an Android too - Samsung

Yes, I've tried that. Unfortunately still persists. It only occurs on Basschat. Doing it as I type!

Hi there I keep getting horizontal stripy patches on various threads. Only happens on Basschat. Any ideas? Cheers Jason

You're welcome. Hope they work well for you.

These are the 25 watt ones - you could get more powerful ones and turn them down which might be handy. Just checked and I paid £33.99 for two, the guitarist bought the other pair so may be worth hanging on for Black Friday or some other offer if you want to save a bit. I think they give a good spread of light as they are designed to floodlight outside. I got a sample piece of frosted window privacy film from Ebay to go over the lens to take the harshness down, lot cheaper than 'proper' filters and does the job well - LED so they don't get hot.

This is the above rig. Plus a couple of small led lights up lighting the drum kit. The colours can be set to cycle through changes by themselves, they do get a little out of sync, but it's pretty good. Fairy lights were the pubs!

Those Spectrapix look cool. I've got a bigger dmx controlled lighting rig and also a small one - for the smaller rig we wanted something that we could either have on the floor or strap to PA stands. We've got 4 Novostella outdoor LED lights - the 25w ones on Amazon. They seem to fluctuate in price, pretty sure I got them for about £25 a pair but now more like £40. You can fix colours or have them change - they are small enough just to cable tie to stands and are made from pretty substantial metal so also work well just sat on the floor. I did put a bit of frosted film over the glass as the LEDs are quite dazzling when shining up at you/audience - remote control option is fine, didn't want the faff of an app. I also got a couple of the little plastic dome lights (just the cheapies) and sit these at the back shining up on the ceiling - they move and are surprisingly effective. This is the option we use in small spaces or when I just can't be bothered to lug the full rig 🙂

Blimey - I though just my one above was enough, don't tell me there's more of this! 🤯