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Ah yes the Ducati white is so nice! The combustion basses are exceptional value for money!

I can see a well thought out EQ being useful for the likes of Helix users. Sure, I could set up an EQ on Helix for FOH and one for monitoring on stage utilising separate outputs. However this does lead to a couple of small issues. The first is having to replicate all of those settings across all patches. If you edit one patch you're going to have to edit the lot if your EQ settings have changed. The other I suppose is that you could be taking up valuable chain space and at a push, in stereo a EQ with many bands is said to take up processing power (in the manual I think). So for me, I think having the option of a powerful EQ on board the active speaker will mean that those EQ settings can stay the same and Helix wouldn't have to be adjusted as much.

Thank you so much for the tag! It's true, I have been seriously lucky to have been able to review some pretty amazing Dingwall kit. Indeed it led me to buy my two (now one sadly due to extortionate bills). Fan Frets are dead easy to get used to and I do agree that the only thing I can think of that can be a bit of a stretch is if you are in to chordal work and are used to parallel fingerings. Everything else is a breeze, it just takes a little readjustment. I've seen youngsters handling a double bass, so the extended (37") scale length of the low B should be ok to adapt to. The only colour choice to go for is a flip paint finish. Soon, my current avatar logo is going to be updated to colour to match my favourite 'flip of choice'. Nearly all of my basses are flip paint. I just can't get enough of the stuff! *I can only apologise for the gratuitousness of these flip paint shots

These cabinets are great sounding I have to agree. My attention is turned to your stand though! Is it a custom made top to hold the cabinet or did you buy it like that, if so do you have a link? Thank you in advance. p.s. I really want to try the 4x10 version of the cabinet for electric bass at some point.

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This is my usual go to. I have no idea why we own so many cocktail sticks.

Yes, yes you do! I better stock up on biscuits and diesel! I'll see how my diary is over the next few weeks and see what I can do! ( These last few months I've literally been working 7 days a week! yikes!)

Sounds great, thank you! Though you might have to keep me away from that nice collection of P's you have!

Oh Spalding! My old band (many years ago) used to play up that way. There used to be a venue called The Birds? Trying to remember where...

( I forgot that I actually changed my profile to read something different. Must have been having an off day lol

N o r w I c h ha ha!

See this is why I love Basschat. Sir, that is a kind offer! Thank you, though I suspect I am miles from you along with the very kind gentleman who also offered up a demo of a pair of FR800's. I live in the butthole of England I think! Very much appreciated though.

If anyone is interested I still have the Spotify playlist (in my signature) everyone can add their own fave songs to. It's seriously missing some great fretless bass and bass solos! Add away! EDIT: Oops, thats the link to the thread. Here's the Spotify Playlist for you all: http://open.spotify.com/user/onlinedood/playlist/6UkfcLnRafb95u7EnciaAU

If anyone is interested I still have the Spotify playlist (in my signature) everyone can add their own fave songs to. It's seriously missing some great fretless bass and bass solos! Add away!

Last night at the rehearsal room I had no joy plugging my Helix directly in to the "bass amp" on offer. So I decided on the PA instead. It offered a much better tone given it's pair of 2x12 cabinets but still it was pretty puny after years of battering. Just think, rocking up with essentially a high powered, easy to carry, great sounding combo that will handle everything, even playing MP3's to help band mates learn the songs they should have before they rocked up to rehearsal I just need to have an opportunity to test drive the best offerings discussed in this thread and maybe those that haven't.

Thank you so much! On the day, we set up the interview and David came up to the studio. The original plan was for me to follow my guide questions, but we got engrossed in to a really long conversation instead. So much so that we actually ran in to the allotted soundcheck time! I didn't open my pad once throughout the interview itself but we certainly talked about some really cool stuff! Frank's interview was also meant to be in the studio but due to timings we couldn't get back in. My notes being behind a locked door, I was told that I would quiz him in front of the awaiting audience instead. Which was nerve wracking. Frank, ever the gentleman was more than pleased just to, as you say, shoot the breeze and talk about his bass tone and what's important to him as a musician. I'd have to say that although the interviews were for a magazine, for me, it was an opportunity to reach out and do exactly as you've said. Two memories I hold dear.

I interviewed Frank some years ago along with David Ellefson and I have to say that they are both super nice guys. Really down to earth and chatty. You'd be forgiven for thinking you were just hanging out with a fellow BassChatter. Frank even got me a beer.

oh! And that IS my PJBS on the front of the MIR website!

Norfolk:http://musicalinstrumentrehab.com https://www.facebook.com/Musical-Instrument-Rehab-167262633338121/ Mark Ball refinished both my Dingwall AB1 and my beloved Fender PJBS in an exemplary manner. Suffolk - Andrew Guyton http://www.guytonguitars.com https://www.facebook.com/Guyton-Guitars-201657545404/?ref=hl is also an incredible luthier who as you'll see is know for working on guitars of rock royalty. These two chaps are dear friends and I trust my guitars in their hands. The only time I wouldn't is if I were taking my Shukers all the way back to Sheffield to see Mr Shuker himself. Which, is a bit of a trek from Naaarwich!

Here’s mine!

I'm looking for another, exactly the same but with a rosewood board.

What a beauty!!! Like you, I too have a 76 P - mine is a Matsumuko made Aria Pro II. It looks just the same. Ash and Maple. I've gutted and upgraded all of the electronics and hardware. The bit that astonished me is that I bought a new Fender USA pick guard and plopped it on my 42 year old 'copy' ... and the screw holes line up exactly! Hell, there are Fenders where that doesn't even happen ha ha ha! I love the bass, but I do plan to treat it to a fret job and a new nut. Oh and it sounds oh so good. Yours will too, that I promise when it's all hooked up, congratulations!!!

The majority of my playing and recording is all done on the same 6 string bass, thank you for asking! 😂😂😂

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