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Slightly related but a little too late for this case... i insure my valuable packages through Secursus. £10 per £1000 value roughly, and i've had them pay out before for a damaged speaker. Cheaper and more dependable than the broker/courier scammy insurance with a ton of clauses. Worth a look for sure!

Brilliant find... thankyou!

Just helping out my friend Mark of Classic & Cool Guitars/Limelight basses. Hope this is the best place for it but feel free to move it! It was last seen in a tweed traditional-style case. I don't know if the new owner is a member here! Hoping to make it too hot to handle... Here's what Mark has to say: On the 29th/30th December this bass was stolen on route to its new owner in Nuneaton. It was collected by Parcelforce, arranged via Interparcel. The bass is a one off completely unique instrument and won’t be easy to off load for cash. It is a custom made Limelight bass in Ice Blue Metallic, made to look like a bass used by Coldplay. An investigation into its disappearance was made, but it was declared “as lost”, and couldn’t be found. I’m not happy with this as ParcelForce know which driver was collecting that day, and the depot it should have been delivered to next. This has cost me over £1000 personally. The Police will be informed. If you see this bass offered for sale, do not buy it as its stolen goods and will be confiscated.

Just putting this in a few of the relevant places… in a few days I will have a few of the ‘latest and greatest’ preamp/DI offerings (Mantle, Luce) in my studio for at least a few days, plus a bunch of the classics and a few wildcards. I’m going to recording a few comparison clips in different contexts, mostly for my own curiosity but also as a resource for anyone who would find it useful. If anyone has any particular things they’d like to hear feel free to make suggestions!

Just putting this in a few of the relevant places… in a few days I will have a few of the ‘latest and greatest’ preamp/DI offerings (Mantle, Luce) in my studio for at least a few days, plus a bunch of the classics and a few wildcards. I’m going to recording a few comparison clips in different contexts, mostly for my own curiosity but also as a resource for anyone who would find it useful. If anyone has any particular things they’d like to hear feel free to make suggestions!

I have one on the way... loved my old Khan DI and somebody already posted some samples and it impressed me enough to want to hear it in person. Interested to compare to my Noble! Wondering if something like a Linden EQ in front of it will get very close indeed.

Mwah... looks good in person. A proper test will have to wait until after my dog walk!

After what seems like over a year of trying, I finally exchanged some cash for one of Kate's items 🤣 Kindly travelled down to meet me in one of my usual 'trying to fit too much into a weekend' weekends. What a pleasant deal!

Trying to sus out what is wrong with my Bassman at the moment. Intermittent crackling, which i finally managed to capture. This occurs on either channel, and when the amp is muted. No volume controls affect this at all. If i put the amp on standby the noise continues through the DI! Any wisdom?

@ped It was fitted when i got the bass, and I think we felt that it was part of the story... and that it looked good anyway!

@mattpbass Insane right?

I've been a little neglectful of this thread whilst being away this summer... but the project is complete! Here's a few progress shots... Body stripped and prepared: Primed! Looking waaaay too blue! Ready for go faster stripes Stripes done Big chunk out of the fretboard... Seamlessly repaired... i can't even find it in person. New frets whilst we're at it. And here we go... she's done! Here she is with my other recent acquisition... a 1967 Hofner! I couldn't be happier... she sounds stunning and plays so well. The one I've been looking for for a long time! Going out for our first festival outing together tomorrow (Monday), if anyone is at Twinwood this weekend! https://www.eternal-guitars.com/... I can't recommend Dave highly enough. We've had so many geeky chats about the minor details on this, and it's turned out better than i hoped. His own instruments are stunning too.

@LukeFRC that's what i'd normally do with an OC-2 or similar, but figured there's no way this would track that so never tried. Whaddaya know.... it does!

@Quatschmacher usually it's a bit of a pitch wobble, but i'd imagine pushing the modulation on this would probably have a similar effect. I will report back!

The one thing i miss from playing this on the Moog is the little pushes of the mod wheel on sustained notes. I haven't yet experimented with the expression pedal but i bet there's a way to do it, or something external that can get close.

I feel like that video does the MXR dirty a little... as a pedal it does need a little practice to 'show' it the information it needs to generate the synth lines. The more I experiment the happier I'm getting, and whilst i still love my Moog, I'd have the MXR over a Novation BS any day already, and will leave the Moog at home now more than I would have! Had a fun little dep at the weekend...