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Yes.

Crickey! Another 6 months and this thread would have been dead for ten years!

Thinking about it, I think as a desktop device the touch screen could be good, but on the floor under beer... maybe not.. Now, an iPad controller.... For me, the moment I started to like Logic Pro was shortly after I installed the iPad app, which is brilliant. I love the shortcuts etc.

Last night I played yet another weekend gig. Turned up with my pair of basses, my case full of leads and my LT. My In-Ears and a little Ultranet 'mixer' completed my set up. After a 3 hour gig, putting that little lot back in the car was rather nice weaving through the danced-out drunkards. I keep threatening to just turn up to gigs with a mini pedal board and a DI box.. but I've been reaching for LT every time. (Don't even suggest HX Effects or HX Stomp). No, I probably don't need it and yes, I probably do need to pull my finger out and expand on my current patch library. You can't take away from the fact that when set up well, it sounds 'the absolute nuts'. I have owned a huge amount of processors over the years and this is turning in to my favourite after spending lots of time with it. I can only imagine what will happen when they bring in a touch screen and a smartphone swipeable GUI!

It's quite the looker! Wow! Any idea regarding the weight? I can't quite gauge the string spacing. 18mm? Possibly 17mm? That quilt looks lovely. Yeah I'd like to try one of these. Interesting!

The more basic LTD Stream basses are cheaper than the pretty tops - and are actually rather nice. I think I've reviewed one at some point. It seemed to balance a little better than a 'Bird. As much as I loved it to look at, I just don't know if I will ever end up getting on with the "wing" getting in the way of my right arm when I am sat down with the bass. @eubassix I am intrigued by the example you are showing though.

I’d contacted Malcolm as soon as I saw his post online. I’ve not heard back yet but I did see on Facebook that the basses have been found. Hopefully my suggestion (that was also echoed here in my situation) of contacting the UK CEO did the job! The story was pretty much exactly the same as mine.. all just a little bit too fishy if you ask me....

I don't buy the E string mass either as I am used to playing up to a .190 gauge at times.

Something doesn't sit well with me there. Especially as the bass has a flatter radius. I am expecting the pickup poles to be flat - what is the bass model? Are they MKI Bartolini pickups?

Fixed it for you

I've not met Andy in person yet! He was once at LBGS when I was performing on a stand and thus I never had the opportunity to catch up, but we have "spoken" many-a-time online. Diamond guy! I'd also love to meet Carey Nordstrand too.

Which seems a little odd. A flat board and a radius on the pickup would have the poles further away from the string at the E and G positions. If the board were more radiused and the pickup was dead flat, that would indeed yield the issues you speak of. In the latter case I would certainly look at either a radiused poled pickup or one with adjustable poles as an alternative. I know Carvin do them (Kiesel use them in the custom basses) and funnily Ibanez have used radiused pickups too! Hmm, maybe Nordstrand do radiused pickup poles too, I'd have to check.

The only amplifier I can think of that has 4 bands or Parametric EQ (that in this case has a width control for each band) is the Bergantino B|Amp. It also has an adjustable HPF and (for the acoustic player) a feedback filter too.* No surprises really that it is my all time favourite amplifier. *And a compressor. And three types of drive. and a switchable effects loop. All controlled by a wireless pedal.

I was trying to describe that to my 5 year old daughter only this week as the song has been used on a program she likes. She just looked at my baffled, "Why Daddy? Why?"

To the FAMOUS QUOTES thread the lot of you! This is BassChat at it's very best! You have brightened up my day no end!!

I think it might well be!

Hmmmmm, it’s all sounding just a bit tooo familiar...

Jon Shuker also made me a body for an awesome Fender CIJ neck I had. It had the most amazing tone both acoustically and plugged in. Very pleased.

Spock’s Beard - V

Karnivool - Sound Awake

I’ll do my best! “Gated Fuzz” is probably my favourite. By adjusting the bias on one of the transistors, it’s possible to get that almost instantaneous cut off of the instrument’s note. I.e it becomes “gated” rather than a smooth sustain. Like lifting the key on a synth. So, in our attempts to make our bass sound more like a synth, this in conjunction with say an OC2 (100% wet) and an envelope filter will drastically change the tone of a stringed instrument.

Chris Cross will make ya, Jump! Jump! *wrong forum... lol

P.s. OBBM custom cables are brilliant! Very useful when you need “odd” IEM wiring for example!