Happy Jack

Can't argue with that, but it makes for great Modern Art ...

Ahead of the dream?

I saw FM at the O2 a few years back, the reunion gig with Christine McVie rejoining. My three memories of that night were: (1) how wonderful John McVie's bass sounded, played onstage through a big stack of Orange AD1s with FoH actually taming the venue for bass, (2) how uncomfortable Christine McVie looked and how woodenly she played, and (3) that the whole evening rested on the shoulders of Lindsey Buckingham ... he was an absolute fireball of energy and enthusiasm and he carried the whole damned thing by himself.

All things are possible ...

Talent has never necessarily gone hand-in-hand with intelligence, or indeed with basic politeness.

It will look great hung over my fireplace, like a hunting trophy.

Stew, you shouldn't have done that, you really shouldn't. I've bought it. I just had to.

502 errors? I haven't even been counting ...

Have to say, I think your backdrop is more stylish than mine ...

Ludicrously, eight months after being 'launched' at NAMM in California, this is STILL not available: https://www.thomann.de/gb/rickenbacker_4003s5_mapleglo.htm?sid=37d22fa6bed62b78e05dde5063b5e162 Being one of the lucky few to have actually played this bass, I can assure (most of) those who dislike the Rickenbacker that the 4003S5 actually addresses the great majority of the issues discussed here. I have absolutely no need for any more basses, but if I was going to buy just one more brand new bass it would be one of these.

That's not the full list, of course, since it omits all the vintage Hofners I've owned, a number which is well into double figures.

And now ... with pictures! http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses SOLD

Alternatively, it's a complete pile of poo. Your call.

Trouble is, any setup is only 'perfect' until something changes. Like the weather getting more humid, the strings starting to 'go off', how hard you pluck at your next gig, and so on. Setting up a bass is not a 'thing', it's a process. It's never perfect for more than a brief period before the next tweak is due. Probably the best comparison is with tuning. My Status Streamline stays in tune for unfeasibly long periods, but no matter how perfectly I tune it, sooner or later I will need to tune it again. You wouldn't pay a guitar tech to tune your bass, would you?

Good point - the only thing I don't like about my Elf is that it needs a 1/4" --> Speakon cable for output. Not much of a problem since I have several of those cables, but it's a nuisance having to take two different cables to gigs without either of them being a backup for the other!

Slightly taken aback at these recommendations for a BACKUP head. The Puma is very nice, absolutely, but a couple sold (preowned) here on Basschat for £325 and the others have all been £450 or more. That's a shedload of cash for a backup amp that will hopefully/probably never be used!

Oh I do ... believe me, I do.

And then the weather changed, and they might as well have been ..

And now, the first outing for the AliKat ... Note the fine guitar work by MacDaddy, too.

In fact, that guy could probably sell you some

£115 for a set up? That's some serious

On a 5-string that's only £13 per string. Unless you have a serious issue to resolve (or in my case anything that involves a soldering iron), any amount greater than a penny is too much to pay for a set up IMHO. Bass guitars are pretty simple - you'd be much better advised learning how to set it up for yourself.

Oooooh! I just noticed that the output socket is a 5-pin DIN plug. I really cannot wait to see the expression on the face of the sound engineer at your next gig ...

They're not switches. That's a revolutionary bass with no strings - you flip the paddles up and down instead.

Forget his choice of instrument ... you need to do something about his choice of reading material.