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Ahhh you bought it! Lovely bass Tim.

It has to be the right red though! My Power Jazz Bass Special is supposed to be CAR but it's so much nicer than other CAR Fenders. My Ibanez guitar also is just a gorgeous rich red. I'm fussy!

Could this help? https://support.fender.com/hc/en-us/articles/214034783-Instrument-Finish-Color-Chart

If it made the sound I was looking for, I'd use a dustbin lid

Oooops, just bought a set. Thank you folks!

Good review here, especially mentioning ‘port blocking’ to increase bass end of the KZ’s http://www.thephonograph.net/kz-zs10-review/

I wanna red set lol. Can only find blue or black..

Right, well then I might give them a go then! How's the sound over all? Does it have a peaky top end or say more smoother?

Definitely intrigued, even for just listening to music through when I don't want to take my IEMs out. As an IEM spare set, for this money it's almost a no brainer to get me out of a pickle, even if I'd prefer a nice set of 64 Audio as a spare. (zero budget = not going to happen) .

Level 1 revelation for me was the initial run through using my IEMs with the XR18. Level 2, 3 & 4 was receiving a full stereo mix, loading plug ins, saving personalised mixes and then leaving my amps at home! I am a convert! Love it!!

Oh wait!! I've just thought of something! I mean, I really had no money to even entertain the idea at the time, but I was offered a pair of ex-demo FR800's last year. I regret not selling my kidneys to buy them. There ya go!

Ahh, yes.. I could be a little to blame for other people's GAS lol lol - Thank you, I am really pleased it was helpful. I LOVE that part of my job. god I love bass gear

I've a clone power supply that has isolated outputs and two are 1A each. Is that enough to power the HXFX? I'll dig out a link; I've been rather surprised at how good it is for the money!

Good question. I'm not sure if there's anything I have regretted buying. I've enjoyed the learning process goes with having time to really play an instrument or amp before letting it go. I live in an area where it is monumentally difficult to try out bass gear, so buying secondhand seems to be the best option. I've a weird OCD-like tendency to analyse and pick apart every potential purchase to a point of driving myself up the wall. I guess it's part of my nature to not be able to leave anything alone until I've figured it out (bass lines, improving my playing etc) so I guess that has been part and parcel with the above that has made buying stuff lots of fun...even if I do have to sell it after! Things I wish I had bought? Only the lack of funds have been the decider. Kinda wish I could buy a nice vintage YOB Fender P bass though! and a... oh and a... then there's a .. I'd like..

We buy them because we want them. We sell them because we can't afford to buy other stuff we need unless we do. There's two basses I would love to have back, I know where they are (kinda) but seeing them again is probably unlikely.. a bit like my music career lol.

I guess a better question would be, "what costs do you take in to account when quoting for a function or wedding" as that can affect the fee greatly. If you google, there's a few good blogs out there that help with deciding a final cost. It seems like a lot of musicians sell themselves short and are not sure how to value their product. Although on the flip side, there's some truly horrendous pub bands out there too lol.

If you age have questions I'll be happy to answer, just send me a PM and I'll get back to you after teaching today. Very highly recommended. JJ Burnell has a signature Shuker bass, and there is a model known as the CarbonLite, which retains all the beef of a P bass, with much less weight and a gorgeous carbon fibre neck! Stunning instruments!

The more the merrier! Not surprisingly, I've been sidetracked but I do plan to do some TonePrint editing soon! - Even if I take a while, of course anyone else wanting to have a go at making custom TonePrints, share here too!

You should absolutely consider Shuker at the top of your list, especially given the custom options you can have pretty much whatever you want, but picking from the available design selections will make things easier to chose. In terms of neck stability, you can, but you needn't go for carbon. For example my 7 string is made up of a 7 piece laminate neck through that features 4 carbon inserts and two truss rods. It has been rock solid at over ten years old and of course much cheaper to manufacture, if cost is a baring.

It varies almost daily, although I have my 'idols' that I blame for helping to mould me as a musician. For example I felt musically nourished today after listening to the new Lydian Collective album. Some really tasty tunes on there. Sophie Alloway's drumming is superb and the grooves are just stellar. Tomorrow, who knows. David Maxim Micic? Meshuggah? Jean-Michel Jarre? I bloody love music x