Happy Jack

Fake news ...

Late to the thread, sorry guys. I am starting my 2022 GAS refusal right NOW!

Sending to lines independently can easily lead to problems with monitoring, unless you've done a fair bit of prep work beforehand. If you're running your bass through backline (with a DI to the PA) so that your bass rig supplies the monitoring you need, then running your synthbass through the same backline gets rid of that (potential) problem.

Yup, unless it's a 4/4 or has an unusually deep body for some reason. If you were closer, then I'd happily flog you mine at a big discount (after testing, natch). Maybe find another Basschatter up East Anglia way who has one and will let you try it?

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/hercules-ds590b-double-bass-stand/53065?gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAiA2L-dBhACEiwAu8Q9YKPCYFwLrMhaZRolmuh5gD5-SL4av8vcA3bYuAnV214oDuBgsUDEiRoCBrsQAvD_BwE Whereabouts in the UK are you?

Damn! I just missed it ...

I've used one of these for years. https://www.thomann.de/gb/km_stehhilfe_14045.htm Built like a tank, easily adjustable and very comfortable, especially if you get the optional backrest.

Have a progressive day, people.

Yamaha Reface DX https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/music_production/synthesizers/reface/reface_dx.html The most fun you can have without your bass on.

I was all ready to post a silly comment when I saw the cricket-ball control knobs and fell in love.

Best set list software I ever found was an obscure product by a software house you'll never have heard of. I think it was called 'Excel' or something equally silly.

Best thing is when you turn up at a jam with a bass that looks like you found it in a skip, and when all the guys with their Stingrays and Dingwalls and Sadowskys have been up and played root+5 for their three songs, you provide 10 minutes of aural chocolate ...

Playing a big pub in Ickenham (just outside Uxbridge), first time we've played there so should be interesting.

£2k for two sets? Huh. Kids today, eh, they don't know they're Bjorn.

Spoiler: This isn't going to end well. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64063660

A lot less than you think ... NZ$ is worth 52p.

Where's the loo? Couldn't hold on if I wanted to.

Mind you, given the age range of the guests perhaps it should be Gimme Gimme Gimme A Nan After Midnight.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/12/22/money-money-money-abba-spat-goes-to-disputes-tribunal/?fbclid=IwAR2DyZEOtxKjrLv9wDyR0_SAjYhm8P2k4z_-FdPQVtwMzxrGmJ3XzMpcYLY

Different world now, with crowd-sourcing and loads of freebies on that there Internet thingy. If soundmondo didn't exist then the Reface DX would be an awkward beast supplied with a wide range of fairly useless sounds as standard. A couple of hours on soundmondo and I have every sound I am ever likely to need (playing in general covers bands and a specialist soul band) and all with no need at all to learn how to 'tweak' any parameters, still less actually program anything.

That's an 8-string uke-bass, right? 😂

Just slave it to a 76/88-key unit with the (supplied) midi break-out cable. That's what I do with my Reface CP. I hate midi and don't even begin to understand it (AFAIK those are 5-pin DIN plugs) but even I could manage that much. 🙄

Crackling is usually caused by coating with olive oil and sea salt, and then whacking the temperature up very high for the first half-hour. Hope that helps.