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Not very original or the pinnacle of absolute excellence but definitely the bassists that influenced me in my formative years, namely: Jamerson Macca Bill Wyman Andy Fraser Jack Bruce And the five that I feel really bad at leaving out are Chas Chandler, Chris Squire, Pino, Phil Lynott and Nick Seymour.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1470467598' post='3106157'] Truth and Beck Ola, real rock and roll! Blue [/quote]They certainly are that! I like the way that he's always just got on and done his own thing. In his later years, he seems to have developed the happy knack of surrounding himself with hugely talented female musicians (lucky bugger).

Thanks for that Pinball - always rated him highly but hadn't heard anything from Loud Hailer. My vinyl copy of Truth (Jeff Beck Band with Rod Stewart on vocals) still gets a regular play.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1470130977' post='3103395'] Good call on the Pitch Black - best tuner I have had, tiny current draw when not in use, and true bypass (to which it also defaults when the power goes down). [/quote] Wasn't sure following multiple recommendations on this forum for Boss and TC, so pleased to get your feedback. Must say that I was impressed with it anyway after unpacking it (looks/feels bomb-proof) and first gig.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1469866344' post='3101541'] It lets you have one less link in your signal chain, and if the tuner output is buffered and always on, will allow you to keep the tuner on permanently whilst you play. Which might be useful for long sustained notes on fretless! [/quote] Thanks for that Danny.

Me too! Certainly not a make I'd buy based on their current s-s offering.

OK, so we're two-thirds of the way there - darn useful these things! [url="http://[URL=http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/scrumpymike/media/IMG_4870_zpshunlxq50.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o598/scrumpymike/IMG_4870_zpshunlxq50.jpg[/IMG][/URL]"]http://[URL=http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/scrumpymike/media/IMG_4870_zpshunlxq50.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o598/scrumpymike/IMG_4870_zpshunlxq50.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/url] Just reading stuff on volume pedals and I see some of them have a dedicated socket for a tuner - what's the difference between using that and just having everything daisy-chained in series?

Thanks guys - looks like a TU-3 and Pedaltrain Nano with rechargeable power supply! The Zoom looks brilliant but way too complicated for me.

OK, so I've finally succumbed to 'pedal envy' and decided it's time to drag my ass into the 21st century (or even 20th??). Nothing extravagant mind - I've just bought the Bass Soul Food overdrive from Electro Harmonix, to which I plan to add a chromatic tuner and volume pedal. Questions: The Boss TU-3 seems to be a good bet but it looks expensive at only tenner below the Soul Food price - if all I want is a basic tuner, am I paying for stuff I don't need? Then, can anybody recommend a good volume pedal? And finally I'll need a small board/case to suit - maybe with enough room for future expansion. (From zero to a 4 pedals? Surely not!). Cheers guys.

That's beautiful and re-awakens the adolescent desires I had for semi-acoustic basses (especially Rivolis) back in the '60s.

What's the scale length?

Thanks for that lojo - interesting indeed and I enjoyed looking thru all the rest on their website.