Al Krow

"there will be live music, but not I think as we once knew it." As statements go, it is, but only for sheer pessimism on display.

You willing to put a wager on this? Money can be held by a mod and winner can direct to a charity of their choosing. What date do you reckon pub gigs will start then? Name your date and whoever gets it closest wins.

Funniest thing I've heard all day.

Nope, straight up (for some pub gigs anyway). That's 16 weeks away. A lot can improve in that time, as crap as things seem right now. We have the best vaccination programme in Europe here in the UK, by some margin; and one of the best in the world.

Hang in there matey. End of May.

There's a BCers' axiom that basses tend to fill the number of stand spaces available to the owner. Don't make my schoolboy error of getting a 7 bass stand to replace my old 5 bass stand... ...and then not selling the 5 bass stand 😁

Here you go...dartfords Cellulose Paint New Olympic White 400ml Spray:

It seems to me that Oly White is in the eye of the beholder! PS nice bass btw @bassfan!

Another thumbs up for UPS and Parcelforce from me.

Key strategy adopted by Australia has been to massively stop travel into Australia to prevent importing Covid. When a few countries suggested stopping flights from China a year back they were labelled xenophobic by the Chinese (and their WHO sycophants) who both have a lot to answer for.

You're far too humble, mate.

That's a ridiculously good price for that pedal Paul. I've been sorely tempted to see how close it gets to the "real thing" and if I didn't actually have the real thing in the form a VTDI and no space on my board, I would have bitten your hand off... Which wouldn't have been helpful for your bass playing.

Good man.

I tend to associate chambered bodies with more up market (in terms of pricing) basses. Given the price point of the Yamaha BBs just wonder whether chambering would be viable?

My understanding is that many farmers have not done that well financially for a long time. Being able to supplement their income with beer / music / other festivals is often a life line. Obviously Glastonbury will have provided very well indeed for the Eaves over the years and, why not: a wonderful concept which has been fantastically executed, so good luck to them. And I'm sure we all wish them the best in getting through the crushing effects of the pandemic.

I'm a bit partial to a laminate neck (for stability and strength and they can also look good)...and love the fact that they come as standard on Yammy BBs these days. Body through stringing according to Yamaha: "The traditional method in which strings are bent induces stress when transmitting string vibration. Diagonal Body Thru Stringing significantly reduces [stress] transferring string vibration to the body reliably and efficiently." But does it really make a difference to anything much? Loss of the neck through option both from appearance and ability for the bass to "sing" on the higher end models is the thing I'd like to see addressed more than anything else. Available now only on the flagship NE2.

So was a single action truss rod a feature of the 414 that got sorted when the 424 came out, together with Yamaha providing a laminate neck? I think otherwise the models are pretty identical, right?

Sounds like a great sister thread for you gents to be starting!

Great thread - following!

P10 of the manual: EB Owner's manual_EN.pdf (yamaha.com) Have to 'fess I've not had to touch the set-up on my 1025 and certainly not had to adust the truss rod - was perfectly set-up for me straight from the Yammy Store in London.

Yeah try both @Reggaebass. I've ended up with the opposite love to Andy. Well not that opposite really, given they are both Yammy BBs, lol! Wouldn't the world be a boring place if we all liked the same thing. 4 billion blokes all after Scarlett Johannson...

The 1024 and 2024 (x => scratch plate and a bit more chrome) are very close indeed in terms of spec (I guess think Mex vs USA Fender as the analogy); the 424 is a little "flatter" and the 1024 / 2024 more harmonically rich in terms of pups. If you really like the 2024 then I'd have no hesitation in recommending a used 1024 for less than half the price of a used 2024.

Which goes to prove how great my short term memory is eh? If I can't remember what I posted on here 6 weeks ago, what possible chance have I got of remembering yours from 18 months ago? 😂