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I almost forgot the Belgian master of the B3, André Brasseur who was a star during the 70's, but made an unexpected comeback close to 10 years ago thanks to some youngsters loving his music. Saw him live for that tour and it was really funky: On Spotify, you'll only find a single with these youngsters and all his original 70's hits that you've certainly heard.

And don't forget the two jazz masters of the B3, Jimmy Smith and Rhoda Scott!

As you may notice I'm a big fan of the Hammond B3, so you can also listen to the late Lucky Peterson, fantastic guitarist and gifted B3 organist, and I saw him live so many times...

And don't forget the Medeski Martin Wood band, with some albums with John Scofield too. Chris Wood is an amazing bass player, saw them live and it was fantastic:

Tommy Schneider is certainly one of the best B3 connoisseur and a terrific player too. This album is a must have:

Brian Setzer recorded a full album with Christmas tunes revisited like this one:

By the way, this version is the one I was mentioning, more intimate than the Lang Lang version:

Following with interest.

Not a Christmas song per se, but the full piano version of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence by Ryūichi Sakamoto himself is a delight for the ears, and you can add the sung version from David Sylvian called Forbidden Colours.

Funnily, I'm telling myself that it would be great to sell my Casio AP-750 and buy a Roland LX-9 to be able to use Pianoteq 9 through an iPad with it and especially because this "new" Roland ticks all the boxes for me (having an USB TO HOST with audio plus MIDI both ways and an excellent amplification alongside the marvellous PHA-100 keybed with haptic feedback). I'm still thinking...

Saw him live alone with his guitars and fabulous tapping technique, but after 30 minutes, it became really boring...

There's also the Trinity College of London proposing the 8 grades and you can pass the exams remotely...

This pedal should work with the Roland FP-30X if you don't want to buy the whole cabinet: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mq9ET5v

And if money is tight, Bonners, Andertons and many others offer real 0% finance over 3 to 6 months: This could be a great plus allowing you to buy the best keyboard for you, and not especially the more expensive one.

In this case put the money in and buy the real deal, which is 2.5 times more expensive. I have an Ibanez 6 strings bass set, an Hosco 6 strings guitar set and some other different gauges Hosco files since more than 2 decades and only some of the Ibanez files start to show some wear, but I made hundreds of nuts with these... So buy well, buy once. 😉

Why don't you go for the Roland FP-30X as it will tick all your boxes without the need for an external audio interface and as you'll also need the 3 pedals option for the next grades, it will be the perfect companion. Sometimes looking only at the price is the worst thing to do.

And this showed up today in the Netherlands: https://link.marktplaats.nl/m2343556955

This set is labelled and will work for your needs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holmer-Nut-Slotting-Crowning-Luthier/dp/B08JGDN2V2

That said, great bass, mate, congratulations!👏🏼

I don't drive a bus.

Nope, the original Cort Curbow had an ebonol fretboard. 😉 Only the second generation from the 2010's had a rosewood fretboard, but this one is a first generation model.

The question is simply about the size, so are those knobs 6 mm, 6.3 mm, 4+6 mm or 6+8 mm? Simply unscrew one and measure the shaft. These guys have a huge selection: https://www.banzaimusic.com/Knobs/

Sold Darren my BassLab L-Bow V, ultra fast payment, great communication, super friendly person. Highly recommend BassChatter. Enjoy your new bass, mate.

In fact, the USB TO HOST must also support the audio back, so the device should have an integrated audio interface, which the Kawai ES series doesn't support, but, for instance, the Roland FP-30X does have this function, as well as all upper range models, not sure if the FP-10 has it.

Furthermore, digital devices are highly prone to voltage variation (think logic gates), that's why many CD players have become faulty over the years, as a simple capacitance variation can have a huge impact on the circuit making it work incorrectly or not at all.