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Did they have any more available? I’m not sure I’ll get much for my cat, but he’s already looking worried..

Well this isn’t helping my recent Spector induced GAS.. I think either the 4 or 5 would work very nicely in my purple world!

I would have loved to have been there, it looks and sounds liek it was a lot of fun and tehre's plenty of you I'd like to have seen again and, of course met for the first time! Maybe next time. Looking forward to seeing all the pics and vids!

I posted this elsewhere, but this site offers a (non-scientific) but very useful sound guide for each of the ear plugs reviewed, volume normalised. I found this very useful as I was able to pick up some cheap generic plugs that offered better speech intelligibility versus some that I have that seem to be more bass heavy. I have another set here that are really peaky around 2Khz, which is really fatiguing, so making sure I didn;t end up with another simialr set mean this site was invaluable. I have to say, these would be only short term use as all generics hurt my ears afetr a while and rarely sound as good as a set of moulded Pro plugs. Mine are 64 Audio, but I do have a set of the "Help For Musician's" moulded plugs by ACS through the Musician's Union too - highly recommended for busy professional bassists. https://www.hearadvisor.com/earplug-rankings https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/get-support/physical-health/protect-your-hearing

Last night IK issued an update for their manager software, but the website is still shot to sh*t.

The Indonesian Cirrus 5 is indeed a sleeper! I have one here that is silly money for its quality. I think the previous owner gave it a fret job and the neck is skinnier than other examples I have tried, but OMG, dump a set of Pro Steels on it and that low B is extraordinary. @kodiakblair was it you who put me on to Gillian and her collection?

Sounds great, it reminds me of some of the bass-forward performances by Dil Katz, Dave Ball and Phil Mulford with Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia with Jon Hiseman on drums.

It has been all over the place for a while now. I checked it yesterday as I still have piles of vouchers to use up and most of the time the page comes up blank or will tell me I have no more left. I’m at a loss to what else to choose to be honest as I’ve rinsed nearly all the products I want! Shame the new Toney Bass pack isn’t included!

43+ plugins for the price of 1, IK Multimedia: https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2025/10/21/ik-multimedia-group-buy-2025/ I think their servers are being seriously hammered though as the website is up and down like a yo-yo!! I've about 30 so far including the entire MODO Bass and MODO Drums suites.

Interesting responses. I need a producer, script writer, editor, more exploding helicopters, click-bait titles, dancing girls, an act, an accent, a side-kick, lots of exciting, never before heard news, a ton of great content in one video, but nothing longer than the attention span of a gnat. But also none of those things. Got it 😂🤣😂😂🤣

From a nostalgia point of view, I'd love to have a Tobias again and I really want to love the Classic V (loooks great in satin natural), but, I couldn't even get one sent to me for a review! So, they're kinda out of my favour right now. I'm going to look in to the new Peavey Cirrus V basses and await to see if Spector bring out a neck-thru for their new Icon series. They will need to be throroughly tested out.

Yup, no one is interested in actual bass content. This thread alone has over 28k views and nearly 400 comments. Figures i can only dream of on my no-ego, no-bs, no-bait content. It’s depressing, this, is depressing. I actually went on to social media bass groups of over 100K users to ask that folk watch my 1 minute video, and to date, I’ve managed 88 fcking likes. Eighty-eight? Because no one cares about real content or supporting actual musicians. Then everyone complains that another band has split or another venue has shut down. Frankly I might just be the next person to give up altogether, hard work isn’t rewarded, sensationalism and click-bait bs is it seems.

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I do that when I am quoting a quote.

I do that too. Space space!

I don’t know what I am. I find it very awkward pushing my own creations, but will happily talk all day about other’s work, which I can’t help but be incredibly enthusiastic about. I like being a bassist and working with others, in a team for the betterment of a project or an inclusive passion; but I work alone as a teacher and am more than confident in my realm knowing both my worth and my sh*t for which I expect to be compensated for. I write, compose, journal, review, produce columns, professional videos, music and bass material for myself, session or freelance work. I get to do my ideal job, passion and hobby as my gainful employment and run my own business.Well over 35 years playing bass, over 15 it has been my sole income. Educator? Influencer (eurrghhhhh), Artist? Oh, I know, as my career’s officer actually said, “that’s all well and good Daniel, but what will you do for a real job?”

Am I right in thinking that this brand is part of a number of companies in the same locality and they have shipped work out from their own workshop to keep up with demand? Or am I imagining that happened at some point? So, I guess my question is; although responsibility and (consumer contract) is between buyer and seller, did someone else, a 3rd party “do the work”? Ya know, since it is unusual that examples like this come out of the brand’s workshop? I’ve no idea, just asking.

It will be a full spread review for Bass Gear Magazine (see signature). I have to say, they are both brilliant and certainly make a mockery of generic speakers-in-boxes. I’m a sucker for painted baffles I have to say, but Monaco is an impressive lil tike. There will be a written review and, I’ll be adding to the review section here. Please bare with me.

I’d grabbed this deal a while back and it’s very good! I paid ≈£30 I think which is silly money for all of that! MODO Bass is worth that just for putting Dingwall pickups on a Violin bass (or vice versa!) 😂

Oh blimey, there's a name I haven't seen for a while. Can we get a full house if John Hall wades in too?

Came to say the same. On smaller tuners the full outer winding of the string is likely to break as it won't want to curl around such a small post - thats why strings have their inner windings exposed at the tuners. Rotosound used to (and I am suspect they still do) specify in their warranty that string breakages caused by fitting the wrong type of string are not covered.

Tim Minchin said something about developing his brooding potential.

I guess it depends if the pickups are actually routed in the right position? (I've not studied the images), if not then it's a fair problem. Maybe if the bridge is in the wrong position, a much easier fix if the body is being refinished, rather than just getting a refund. Your original statement you made that I responded to wasn't clear that you were talking specifically about the issue with this bass, hence my wordy reply. All good, thank you for clarifying, no drama On the subject of 'sizeable deviation', well, several millimetres can make a difference, but hell, there's plenty who will tell you it doesn't matter what a bass is made of, or can't hear if their tweeter is working or not, so, in context, nah, nothing I've said will make an iota of difference, leave 'em where they are 🤣 #Joshin ☺️