Woodinblack

Yes, that was what I was commenting on. You are comparing what are very different basses, different preamps, different pickups (well, different pickups anyway, lets assume agular can make a preamp!). YOu would expect different. I am comparing things that should be almost identical, yet they don't even sound similar. In fact, my Maruszczyk sounds more similar to the 1605 than the 2605 does. Its a puzzle!

Noone tried it at all? I might give it a try then as there are no problems!

I have never noticed a difference between maple to rosewood - but then I don't have identical basses other than the neck to try it. This isn't a subtle difference though, strings / pickups / dimensions same. Blows all my theories about what I thought I know out of the window!

Nope. The preamps in the SRs are 'proper' preamps, in that when totally flat you can't tell whether they are on or not. So on or off, they sound the same. Yet they still sound very different.

I found something out this weekend. I decided to do a recording of 'in the end', by linkin park, which i song that my band do but we have only done it twice live before the lockdown, so most people haven't heard it. When I came to do the bass I used the 5005, as it was the bass that was there, but it didn't sound right on the recording, so I went for my normal two, the 1605 and then the Maruszczyk but it still wasnt quite right. So I used the 2605. I don't gig the 2605 too much as it is a bit harsh and middle missing, but I tried it on the recording and it was just perfect. the 2605 and 1605 are the same shape and have the same pickups (and probably very similar preamp). And the same strings, they are even only one number different too, thats how close they are. I have always gone on the basis that it is really just the pickups that make the difference on a bass, but not in this case. I have no idea why they are so different.

Frankly, there are loads of things in the marketplace that are priced well and still not selling, so the chances of selling what I assume you are talking about at the price it is advertised at is so close to zero it is not work worrying about.

We are all connected to the same internet, it is up to people to do their own research before buying. I did once mention to someone in a PM that the speakers that they were selling were £100 cheaper in a GAK sale, so they might not sell so well, which they genuinely didn't know, but ultimately it is up to people what they buy and sell for and not other people to police it.

Ibanez fireglow ric (bolt on) copy. Loved that bass, no idea what happened to it, I guess lost in moving somewhere, I really don't remember. Would certainly have it back in a heartbeat.

So I ordered that the next day - thought it would be a good thing to while away some time, it came today, so after dinner I went and had a look at it. Turned out it didn't while away much time! Stuck it together And tested it out, all working, so its next place is the bottom of my pedalboard! Hmm.. could have smoothed the label better. Still, it will be under the board, noone will ever see it! Those kits are pretty good. Everything goes together as it should, £30 well spent

Yeh, he was the guitarist - the synth thing was an accident, it wasn't even his, just something in the studio

White one?? do you mean the pink flea?

They seem to last a lot better.

I always use the D'dario XLs mostly, although when I am feeling a bit flush I go for the NYXLs

I try to listen to most unless its something I know, or I know I am going to not like it. Couldn't get on with her voice on that one.

And then several of us went down for a course on doing frets on a bass.

In this config, and only this config, it doesn't matter which way round they are, as long as they are the opposite way round from each other, ie, one has to point one way, and the other one the other way, but it makes no difference which one. If it is D1 and D2, the square on the track is indicating polarity. Again, doesn't matter which but from the convention I can see with the other diode sneaking into the bottom with '3' on it, and for neatness, which is always worth striving for, I would put the cathode (the stripe) in line with the square pad

Ooh thanks for that. Don't have room for that, but I could certainly fit one of the baby ones in: https://schalltechnik04.de/en/instructions/mini-hp-vong

I see a few scattered posts on here about people selling on reverb, but having never done it, I wondered what it was like. In fact I only bought on reverb once, but that was fine. There appear to be a few complaints about their fees, but they seem pretty reasonable from what I see, especially when eBay aren't doing their £1 fee thing, are there any hidden fees that I don't see? I am interested in using it instead of eBay, so I would be interested in any stories, for or against, how people have found it.

Yeh, I downloaded that when it was noticed it was free on facebook. looks good, if only I had a gig to try it with!

Bias Amp II is crazy although you can get a bit too involved in the amp design! It lets you model everything about the amp, the type of transformer, rectifier, valve (or not valve) types, configuration, bias voltages, input tubes, gains etc, speakers, speaker mic positions etc. I do find it amusing that the 'american bass' (ie, fender bassman) is listed in the blues rather than the bass category!

I just use Bias Amp II, so you can model a whatever amp (although it has a lot of bass amps by default).

Well, that is good, just updating now. Maybe it is time to update my music ipad. Actually, there is no tearing hurry to update that.

Yep, I saw all the ones in the 80s in portsmouth, seemed they were always there.