Al Krow

Turkey has just agreed to visa free travel for six European countries including the UK (I think announced yesterday). Clearly don't have to be part of the EU to agree such things!

Change happens. Spotify has had a far bigger impact on the music industry than a change in visa regime will ever have. Gotta move with the times.

We've often moaned about the lack of choice of colours on the modern BB range. Well this BB1024X was re-finished in surf green and has just sold in the FS. @nord1 please do spill the beans where you had this done. As you said in your FS ad, they've done a great job!

I completely get the concern, but I think until the visa regime (cost and visa duration and whether it's happening at all) is clear it's a little too early to start panicking? I know the EU is playing hard-ball on a lot of things (it was the former Greek finance minister who spilled the beans on their tactics) and have e.g. yet to reciprocate on citizens rights for the 900,000 Brits living in Europe in the way we have (quite rightly) already done for the 3 million or so EU citizens living over here, a matter which is disgraceful for their part. But hopefully they will do the decent thing in the end.

Are European bands just as good? If you're selling a thousand tickets, the cost of visas is likely to be marginal: can't imagine a booking agent will prefer worse acts if tickets don't sell? Besides less international travel, particularly flights, is better for the environment, which is a good thing right? Going to boil down to how much Europeans are going to charge Brits for visas and how long a visa will last for. (Clearly the UK is not going to be making much money from issuing visas to EU bands, if not many of them are likely to be coming over here as there's no money to be made).

Out of interest, what's the position for non EU musicians coming to the UK / EU currently e.g. from the US and the rest of the world: do they need visas? Has that led to the death of music, or have folk just got a visa?

Nice little review of another British hybrid gem.

This 2016 BSR 5EG, also in quilted maple, has just sold. Absolutely stunning!

Just also jumped onto the "Gerlitz GNO No.1 Carnauba Guitar Wax" bandwagon from Posh Guitars. Selling for £1 less than Amazon - thanks for the tip off @Frank Blank

Got this following a recommendation from another BC'er. According to the blurb: free of any lemon oil extracts, waxes, petroleum distillates, silicone, and water 100% naturally produced oils and is safe on all unfinished rosewood, ebony and mahogany fretboards Seems to work fine - I took the opportunity whilst restringing to give my Yammy BB1025's rosewood fretboard a bit of TLC and it's looking a lot happier:

That really is an outstanding and very gorgeous bass! I never really spotted just what a great finish quilted maple gave until I ended up buying a Spector with that same finish, and it has grown on me very quickly indeed and I'm now a big fan! What genre of music do you play with your band?

I've given Laney a little nudge on the Bridge Power function (a là the Eich 1000) and been told they're going to look into it, as it's a point that's been previously raised. I'm going to blame @Dood if I end up getting this rather fully featured amp!

That picture is still gobsmackingly GAS inducing Mr Fan of Bass

Smith any one? Ken Smith...

Spector!

When did the 424s come in and the 414s cease production ie what's the minimum age of the 414? I guess if a mint 425 is on these days for £200 to £225, then a 424 would now be £185 to £200; and a mint 414 a little below that. @stewblack, I wouldn't worry overly about paying £30 to £50 more for a bass than current MVs; cos you're pretty much getting free rental out of it for however long you have it and the pleasure / fun it's giving you. Sympathise more with those of us who bought new basses and have seen prices drop by 30%+ on cost!

What I particularly liked about your post was the imagery it brought to mind of fine-tuning a 6 litre muscle car engine for maximum performance!

It was a generic point as to the common prefs for location of said pedals for many folk on BC based on their posts. The key point I was making is given the dual band nature of this mega-Becos it would potentially allow both functions under one bonnet, but it can't be in two places at once: it's not a quantum pedal.

Ok cheers Si. Sounds like it's not going to do any better a job at limiting than the Becos then, and the Becos has much more functionality.

Nope, there's nothing real about me. I'm just a figment of my own imagination. Now where did I put down that stuff that Dave was smokin'...

What have you been smoking at work this morning dear chap? 😂

Cheers gents. @51m0n so would you regard the Keeley Bassist as being a true limiter and not a compressor? PS if a point is worth making, it's probably worth repeating 😁

But more seriously @ped @Dad3353 @wateroftyne @HazBeen @Rich @Kiwi @Silvia Bluejay are all mods (and apologies to the ones I've missed off from the list, but that's plenty to be getting on with I'm sure!) So simply take your pick and send one of them a private message.

Politely 😉