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Same. As soon as I got my Dingwall basses (sadly no longer with me) I moved the rear strap button down towards the centre of the body to stop the bottom kicking out when I played standing up. Interestingly (or not) my main Shuker has two strap buttons on the back of the body. Yes, they do act as feet for when my bass is stood on the floor, thus protecting the finish, but actually my strap connects to the lower button, not the higher one. i discovered that by attaching the straps at “opposite corners” of the body, the bass was more likely to stay put in exactly the same position all night, whatever I was doing. It also holds the bass flat against me and counteracts the small food baby I have grown recently lol

Bless ya heart thank you! Well, short answer, there’s a lot of metal hanging off the end of the neck there. Balance is a tough one as their isn’t a strap button anywhere near the 12th fret (think Fender for example) and thus it is inevitable that there’s going to be neck dive and a pull on the shoulder. Swapping in super light tuning keys is likely to help, but the design of the bass (and no fault of Vintage of course) means that it will always be something to deal with, either with a wide suede strap or other means.

I’ve two of the Power Jazz Bass Special versions (fretted).

The 1980’s called to say hi.. oh and boy do I want to own a fretless Jazz Bass Special!

Blimey! Lockdown getting to ya all? 🤣

Jon Shuker makes the signature model for one of our famous Precision bass players, JJ Burnell. It’s sublime in both more traditional configurations and Shuker’s “carbon lyte” carbon necked, chambered body versions. or to put it another way, Jon can and will make exactly what you want with the added input of his years of experience. http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk

Crickey! I must be the only person to have an official EMG hex tool!

I sold this bass back when I was around 18 to a guy in Suffolk. It reappeared many years later when his son sold it on eBay. i understand it now lives in a studio somewhere in Suffolk. I’d love to know where...

I guess I ought to see what I can do!! Both sound awesome!

Thank you It's pleasingly capable of way more as I've only scratched the surface with this video. Definitely feels like there's big tone in there to play with. Just waiting for that 410 to break in a bit

Thank you!! Yes, I also see it as taking all the elements from the HD and TD models (The TD650 having been in my top 5-ish amplifiers for many, many years) and then adding useful extra features. I'm a huge fan of multiple bands of semi- or even full parametric EQ, so the minute I was told about the 802 I was interested in giving it a spin!

I’m actually framing that message. After a very rubbish year, that request made me very happy.

I've had to keep quiet about this one, but, this: For months now I have been chatting with EBS who asked me specifically to do a video to mark the release. And here's my first one ^^^ - Expect a full review from the usually place in the near future.

What is interesting about adding more strings is that scale patterns actually make more sense. When you have enough strings you can see how shapes repeat in each position. Going back to four string made even more sense because of it. The funny thing is that I have been playing 6 strings for so many years, I actually am more likely to get confused playing a four string which is "missing" strings! A little mental adjustment and I am back in the zone!

I LOVE mash-ups. I started enjoying Wax Audio's produce many years ago, but right now Bill McClintock is doing some top level 'tampering'!! I will quite happily listen to albums worth of quality mashing! Actually, as a guilty pleasure, two pop songs I didn't particularly like hacked together has made one fo my favourite mash-ups ever. Freelance Hellraiser's "A Stroke Of Genius" Bill McClintock's PLAYLIST can be found here:

Thank you @bassfan ! I’ve two full reviews now available @cord.scott and am also happy to answer any questions about the amp. If you “do” Facebook, there’s a Bergantino user group too. I’m gearing up to record some more videos in which the B|Amp will feature soon, too!

Does the first one have a lacquered Maple fretboard and the second have Rosewood?

Once again a super smooth and enjoyable transaction with Mike! A good natter on the phone to boot lifted my spirits whilst we're in lockdown too. What a gentleman! Enjoy the bass fella!

I use these with my Helix when I'm messing around with IRs, though interestingly I don't use cab sims / miked-up cabs live at all. https://redwirez.com/products/bigbox-bass

Reading those response curves was how I was creating "cabinet sims" 20+ years ago, long before Speaker IR's became so widely used as they are now. I still have my 24 band digital graphic that probably has a whole bunch of curves programmed in to simulate as close to as I could given what I had to work with! Sure, it was nothing new - but I suppose it was new to me as I started including distortion in to my bass sound.