Happy Jack

Nice forensics.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1470661640' post='3107416'] ... and you should be able to buy a seat for it as long as it's lighter and no larger than the average American 10-year-old. [/quote] Well that's pretty much every DB ever built that will easily pass that rule! ps: Was that the wholly inappropriate national stereotype you had in mind?

Delta blues anyone? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1975-Precision-Bass-by-DELTA-Vintage-Japan-crafted-46-years-ago-GREAT-JVGuitars-/201629464627 Looking at the quality of that rosewood fretboard, and thinking about a couple of 70s JapCrap Precisions I've had, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that this bass is a beauty. Particularly taken with that tort p/g too, in a rather superficial sort of way ...

It's been in storage for years, Mick. Almost certainly the bear has lost his chops by now ...

My solution uses rackmount gear. [color=#0000ff][b]Bass --> DI box --> XLR balanced signal --> Bass pre-amp --> Power amp channel #1 --> Bass cab #1[/b][/color] [color=#0000ff][b]AND[/b][/color] [color=#0000ff][b]Bass --> DI box --> 1/4" unbalanced signal --> Pedal board --> Power amp channel #2 --> Bass cab #2[/b][/color] For the avoidance of doubt, that's only ONE bass and ONE DI box, using that DI box as my signal splitter. Obviously the DI box can be on the pedal board without actually being part of that signal chain. Note that the bass pre-amp does not have to be a rackmounted Demeter or Avalon unit ... it could just as easily be a Sansamp or a Dave Hall pedal. I'm lucky enough to have some very good quality kit, so the only really weak parts of the entire chain are the cables, especially the patches. Having said which, I'm not exactly recording [i]Dark Side Of The Moon[/i] so I doubt anyone (including me) would ever notice.

Were Travel Elliot the lightweight arm of the company? [size=4] [/size]

Does that mean that there are sixteen people attending, or eight people attending twice?

They're not extinct ... there's a bunch of them nesting in the trees in my garden. It's a matter of perspective.

Well in the spirit of the 21st Century, I can't help feeling that the Inner Sanctum should only be accessible with a discreet (not that one!) key fob. After all, everything else has gone wireless.

And I've lost my key ...

Wow! Is that one of the new [color=#0000ff][size=4][b][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Exquisite Burning Fire Style Electric Bass Guitar Blue[/font][/b][/size][/color] instruments I've heard so much about?

Excellent advice.

Having got started by playing vintage Hofners, I no longer worry about what type of tuner has been fitted. Just so long as I can tune the bass ...

I don't see what the problem is ... it's gotta be worth £400 if only for the custom paint job. I was particularly taken with the four countersunk screw holes down near the pickup, two of which contained screws. Quality will always shine through.

Unless someone brings an aluminium bass, in which case it will get played three times. Then polished.

Give it up Barrie. No one is interested in reading sensible, informed opinion. They want to vent about it all being unfair and someone's fault, always someone's fault. [size=4] [/size]

Are you changing the name of the band to The Caffrey? [size=4] [/size]

Y'know, that interpretation never even crossed my mind.

God, you're all so bloody negative! Why not look at the up side? Every used, second-hand, pre-owned Fender is now worth more too.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Circa-2013-Musicvox-Spaceranger-Bass-Guitar-Sunburst-W-Gig-Bag-Cool-Funk-Vibe-/201638454397?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Do you guys actually go to bed?

It's easier to get at the substance if it's on top of the surface, surely? [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='waldemar' timestamp='1470223637' post='3104191'] Mmm. The action looks about perfect, but how much does it weigh...? Wal. [/quote] Those spikes are nothing to do with metal ... they're actually flux capacitors which generate a localised anti-gravity field, thus rendering the bass effectively weightless. I'm a little concerned when I play it at the Dog & Duck, what with it representing an investment of £4.7bn by the UK Defence industry, but all I've done so far is hit the mic-stand with the headstock. Radar tracking has the mic stand passing the orbit of Mars just now.

Not sure about wings ... they look more like thighs. But then, it's been a long time since I had a KFC.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1470153112' post='3103658'] No uglier than some other single-cut designs. [/quote] Now that really is setting the bar low.