Happy Jack

Srsly? I do 50 gigs a year with a rock'n'roll band and my pre-owned (small-bodied) Kolstein Busetto after three years looks nothing like as bad as yours. 🧐 I know very little about this make, and all I could find online related to someone called Dub on Basschat (in East Fife) selling his 10 years ago. To you, I imagine? What do you imagine this bass would be worth if in pristine condition? It looks to me like the only way to stabilise the condition of that bass would be a complete refin with a much stronger lacquer / varnish being used, especially on the edges. Best bet would be that the refin might cost more than the value of the bass, certainly more than the value it would add back to the bass. Looking at the damage, it looks like a worse example of the damage I have done to 3/4 and 4/4 basses when laying them down quickly on the stage as I switch to electric bass mid-set. That doesn't happen with the Kolstein because it's too shallow to lay on its side. Do you have any idea just how that damage was actually done?

Nah ... Not in the market for anything other than a reasonably-priced 320, and my Chass Collection probably ticks that box anyway.

I picked up a bass for the first time on my 49th birthday so yes, I guess I have improved since I was 50.

That price ...

We use 4no Zoom Q2n 4k video recorders, and 1no Zoom H4n audio recorder.

Stereo jack split into two mono jacks going from the Headphones Out on the PA into the L/R Inputs on a Zoom H4n. I place the recorder as near the drums as I can, so the L/R microphones on the H4n can pick up snare & hi-hat (we always mic up the kick).

Paging @Silvia Bluejay

IMHO these can't be beaten: https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/guitar-stool/konig-meyer-14044-performance-stool-black?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&gclid=CjwKCAjw3ueiBhBmEiwA4BhspC7eN5VfvECNYAwL0wb-9BBNX9FoQDY3gNz4iKd59C07eXbzz6zv1BoCuPAQAvD_BwE Especially if you get the back-rest too. Cheap they ain't, but they'll last as long as you do and they're very well designed and well made. It's not as if you'll need to buy a replacement every few years.

Honesty is always the best policy ...

Needs more access to the higher register ...

2157 Euros (plus Import Duty & Shipping, plus VAT on the lot) and a 12-month waitlist for an instrument where the only evidence of actual craftsmanship is (might be?) the shaping of the neck? I have a Westone "The Rail" parked next to me as I type this. I think I know when I'm well off.

I attended the Homeopathic University of Little-Spalding-in-the-Marsh. I got my Honours Degree by attending no lectures at all.

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Florida innit?

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Don't get me started.

So anyway, about keys players ...

I record with a Zoom H4n rather than a Tascam. I always use a stereo 1/4" jack plugged into the Headphones out socket on the Mixer, splitting to two mono 1/4" jacks going into the H4n. The Headphones socket should have an independent Level control, so you can trim down the signal to match what the Tascam wants to receive. Having written that, I'd be astonished if the Tascam was overloading due to its own limitations ... it's far more likely to be user error. He's got something set to Mic Level instead of Line Level would be favourite.

Thursday 29th May 2008 in Kilburn with a scratch band put together by the Weekend Warriors program. I was 51, having picked up a bass for the first time on my 49th birthday. In the 15 years since then, I've played just short of 500 gigs. Why do you think I'm Happy Jack?

Nope ... just that it's wood rather than a laminate.