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No one is listening to "your sound". They're listening to the band as a whole. In the words of Bobbie Gillespie " Don't fight it, feel it"...

[quote name='BruceBass3901' timestamp='1432205017' post='2779092'] The Ashdown B-Social and Blackstar ID Core BEAM are already doing it [/quote] They're already doing this, yes - this just lets you add it very nearly and cheaply to other amps. You could use Bluetooth from bass to amp I guess but it would be easier to use existing wireless transmitters and receivers though I guess.

This arrived today - it's a 6 quid stereo bluetooth adaptor - it charges up by micro USB, lasts around 8 hours and has a built in microphone. I've plugged it into the aux input on my TC Electronics BG250 and I can now stream music to it from my phone wirelessly for practicing. It also turns the bass amp into a 250W speakerphone...! Similar devices available on the Bay of E like this: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless-Bluetooth-3-5mm-AUX-Audio-Stereo-Music-Home-Car-Receiver-Adapter-w-Mic-/231350839530?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35dd95a8ea"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item35dd95a8ea[/url] Just leave it tucked in the back of the cab or velcro somewhere convenient and you don't have the hassle of wires whilst practicing at home. I'm quite chuffed!

It's there now on mobile.... Treat yo self!

Got an email and a text this morning that my shorty and five string acoustic have shipped ;-)

Got an email and a text this morning that my shorty and five string acoustic have shipped ;-)

Ah yes, I know that as I'd read all this thread beforehand..! Quite happy to take a punt at under 20 quid for a shorty P bass and 50 for an acoustic 5 string, and appreciate that they may have varying faults. Got confirmation email for both immediately after ordering and so I'll update thread when anything arrives :-) I'd imagine that it's quite common for them to run out of stock mid order if they only have a handful of items for sale each time. Unless their online stock shows stock as taken when it's in a customer's basket prior to checkout then it probably happens a lot. I wonder if they update this at 11pm because by that point chances are I'll have had a beer or three and be more likely to hit the order button...?

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1431989995' post='2777125'] Good luck on getting the instruments, and for them being in good usable nick when you get them. You might want to consider turning the PB-Shorty into a PJ-Shorty: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/253875-turning-a-harley-benton-pb-shorty-into-a-jb-shorty/"]http://basschat.co.u...to-a-jb-shorty/[/url] I was wondering if anyone else was awake. (I'm watching the entire series of Z Nation on Netflix, so am awake). [/quote] Appreciate I'm taking a punt here but is there any reason to think that I won't receive what I've ordered, or do you have some negative experience?

I've just bagged the shorty and the acoustic 5 string... Let's see. I'm hoping the shorty will be good for terming my daughter bass guitar!

What are these like compared to mid-90s MIJ Jazz pups? Am I likely to need to do any routing to get these to fit? Quite tempted...

Hi All, I've got a Fender MIJ 70 RI from the mid 90s. I fitted a John East J-Retro about 15 years ago along with a Badass II bridge. I've just downsized my amp to a TC Electronics BG250 208 which doesn't have an input gain control - it has passive and active switched input. With the preamp on, the volume is a little high for passive, and a little low for active. The J-Retro does have pickup output volume which is currently at the factory 70% volume (i.e. default on the pots inside the cavity). Q: is there any practical difference between me either winding down the output slightly and using the passive input, or winding it up slightly and using the active input? The J-Retro is powered by 9V rather than 18 if it makes a difference! Cheers Ric

Heavy duty Velcro?

[quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1431714863' post='2774333'] I like to squash my signal because I'm a lazy sloppy player Subjective to the player! [/quote] <Raises glass> Amen, brother!