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I'd go with hipshot again. Although the quality of the plating is abysmal they are the most steady tuners I've come across.

Amazing how people, in face of facts, resort to hearing with their "common sense" 😄

Sounds like a friend in crisis.

And the illustrious 'round' tone. There are no agreements on what that constitutes.

Camo. No, black! No, fire!

This is the only bass I keep with flats on. It's just a good sounding bass with enough options to be a work horse.

Just gigged one last night as the venue provided it. There's naught wrong with the power or the sound. Both my Engl amp and the following band's Gallien & Krueger sounded full but tight. It's really down to the hassle of moving it around. I preferred putting it on a dolly to using the tilt wheels and handle bar, which sits too low.

It's no Peavey tvx but it's all right. A stupid weight to lug around though and too low to schlep comfortably. I'd sooner get an 810

The Cali76 compact deluxe would be the first thing I'd buy again if something happened to my pedal board. I tried the bass one but didn't like the integration of functions under a single dial so I sent it back.

The power rating for tube amps is based on a signal without (=with minimal) distortion. When you push the gain beyond the point of distortion you get a lot of sweet sweet volume. There are more forces at work but I think this is the major part (ooh err)

Hard case. If you're worried about it taking a hit, wrap it in cling film (Saran wrap in some areas). Protects extrusions like the locks etc.

I'll never be able to quiet the voice that keeps whispering at me to get a Kustom Tuck'nRoll rig, but my sound is dynamite as it is. Engl amp through a Basstown 412.

If I read it right this was a test on 63 people of which 8 were instantly thrown out for not meeting certain criteria, a further six experienced worse or same complaints and the rest reported some to much relief. This was measured by the participants picking one of six smiley faces going from happy to sad to angry. Asked once at the beginning of the series of acupuncture sessions, once after four sessions, once at the end of treatment and once after a year. End of treatment varied from person to person between 4 and 15 sessions. Important notes at the end of the text: results were optimal for persons that had experienced tinnitus for less than six months leading up to the treatment. Less so the longer someone had suffered from tinnitus. In conclusion, interesting bit of work on very few people for a very limited time. Needs peer review and extensive controlled repetition by other experts in the field.

Don't buy a bass you dislike. How difficult is that? I hate the droopy lump on the fender headstock. Solution: I own zero fenders.

Could you try putting the speaker on stands instead of on the desk?

I use a slightly thinner pick than average, .70 - .88mm, I know some like them even thinner and play with a light touch (I don't). On the amp start by cranking the input to push as much tone as possible in to the system, try to keep it out of the red zone but peaks may occur it's not a problem. Add some drive and comp on the amp to add texture to the sound. Make it ugly enough that you really have to squint and maybe have another pint to think it pretty. We're getting close. The eq. Try to find the clack of the pick, could be somewhere around 3k to 7k Hertz, and roll it off some but don't mute it. Lastly if you need more meat, bump the 300-360 Hz until happy. Try with band and try recording and listening which settings sound good in context.

Some left handed keyboard players posing as bassists trolling here obviously.

Double -or contra- basses are still with us, plus the whole thing was developed on the electrified guitar platform. A product just waiting to happen, not unlike electric piano/organ.

The 80s and early 90s pop/rock/metal were dominated by B.C.Rich.

You'll end up hearing most of the harmonics -depending on eq- the timbre even. Which I imagine is the point of using a low f# tuning. It will sound very different to F# tuned up from E.

Get a Warwick Vampyr Dark Lord, they come with a factory setup in F#.

Oh nice! Got today's in one.

Guessing it wasn't a large venue or metal gig. Yes, you can do some gigs for £150.