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There's another option for great sounding battery powered combos : GSS. The system below will deliver 200 Watts through a 2x8" cabinet. Just add the extra lithium battery and you'll get a very versatile ultra portable mains-free mini rig. The "combo" : https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/gss-double8-2-x-8-bass-cabinet-c2x20174304 The battery pack : https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/7s35v2-intelligent-lithium-battery-pack-for-guitar-sound-systems-mini-bass-amps-c2x18346407 I've owned the combo below with the battery pack and it was a delight to play (but more designed for double bass) : https://www.guitarsoundsystems.com/gss-06b400-mini-bass-amp-c2x15043753 To me it sounded better than the PJB Briefcase that I owned too, and is way much lighter too. Should I need to play mains-free again, I'll go for their 2x8" "combo" with the battery pack.

@Happy Jack and others, the BoxKing PowerBank can be found easily by Thomann under the name Falken 1 Mega Power Bank (it's the one I'm using) : https://m.thomann.de/gb/kse_falken_1.htm?o=0&search=1596567573

As a fretless player : Wherever I Lay my Hat (that's my Home) by Paul Young, not that complicating, but you have to play with lots of feeling. And another that I like to play : Papa was a rolling Stone by The Temptations. To me the most difficult bass line to play correctly all along. You can get lost if you don't focus. And there's a trap in the notes as most people play it wrong.

I was about to write to check Levy's straps too @Al Krow. I had one that I bought at the Musik Messe in Frankfurt at the Levy boot many moons ago. A great strap too that lasted around 10 years of quite intensive playing, rehearsing and touring (before falling in pieces). So if they are cheaper, go on, buy one. I still have what looks like an indestructible strap too, but not sold anymore : the Gerald Reese SlapStrap. I also tried the Gruv Gear DuoStrap as used by Damian Erskine, but didn't like having the bass just under my chin (I'm 1,82m with large shoulders and the usual vintage belly 😁 ). There was a SlapStrap for sale a while ago here :

Thanks for sharing that @odysseus. I ordered their last record immediately. Can't wait to listen to it. @Lololita and me have loved this little show.

I'm listening to the silence right now after the performance of Dakhabrakha and enjoying it as it still is Dakhabrakha.

@Al Krow Did you check Richter straps as they make very large and comfortable ones ? I have a Springbreak III which is 11cm wide and well padded ! And it's made in Germany. https://www.richterstraps.com/screen/page/springbreak3-nappa

Yep, but the Delano vision (vision as you have to choose the one you like) with a Richter preamp is very good or a Mike Pope Flexcore preamp if you have extra cash.

You can buy the ashtrays almost anywhere, so you can guess that, here, it was mounted afterwards. Bass Lines are Seymour Duncan name for their bass pickups since so long I can't remember when they switched to that name, but 90's IIRC.

Stradi makes a similar design.

This version ? The sound he's using is working well in the mix and it's not that dry nor ultra clean either. The slap part could have been avoided (I think I don't like slap 🤣 ). The tapping is Stuart Hamm signature...

I don't wear jeans. 😁

Ok, the sound is awful, muddy because it is muddy with lot of drive, strings noise, fret noise, picking noise, rattling, and so on... Far away from what is called a precise or defined sound. And far away from my approach of the sound as I tend to avoid all of these. Yes, we can hear almost every note he's playing with what is commonly known as a crap sound. But as I already wrote I like it and it deserves the tune (there's no singing in YYZ, so technically it's not a song) perfectly.

Same old song... Before saying anything about how an instrument sounds, may we see your hearing curve ? That is the most important part and nobody pretending this or that has ever shown it. If you have hearing deficiency, you won't be able to hear the differences between this and that. On the other end, a well trained hear (I'm not talking about perfect pitch, here) will hear the differences. Then there are the scientific facts. Then come the true luthiers who tune their woods. Then there is your personal taste.

The heard sound has no precision in itself if you prefer it to muddy. But who cares, as it fits perfectly the song.

That's how I hear it on the record, typical Geddy Lee sound with lot of drive and really muddy. That said I like it a lot when isolated. It also makes me think why the heck am I always looking for a perfect sound ? 😉

12th week of 1977 to be precise.

Tone pot says 1977. And the capacitor is the original one, which is a rare fact. Have you other photos in JPG of the bass itself and of the rear of the pickups ?

Have you got a photo of the original one ?

1977 from the headstock decal, but could be from 1978 too. Better check the pots and decipher their code number. By the way HEIC is not a good forum photo format, better use JPG...

Neil bought a set of DiMarzio DP249BK Area-J pickups from me. Very fast payment and great communication too. Enjoy your new pickups, Neil.