lemmywinks

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-Sinsonido-Mahogany-Travel-Bass-Guitar-Needs-Fixing/283346443686?hash=item41f8c39da6:g:nFsAAOSwUu5cRKWw Looks like an easy fix, if the seller would post I would have bought it myself

That's the most 80s thing I've ever seen. They even got Screech from Saved by the Bell to play guitar.

I'm not gonna lie if that was half the price it would be strapped to my gigging bass next time out.

Although still not my cup of tea the sparkly shiny Arias do look pretty neat in videos, nice 3D effect to the finish when the bass moves.

As mentioned above I would try carefully removing some of the height of the fret marker with a sharp razor. Should be able to do that without creating too (if any) much polishing work for yourself later.

Should have just got a Warwick Streamer, same shape but sounds and plays miles better. A massive improvement on the original flawed design. 😁

If it's a Fender style one like this then you can bend the contacts back: However if it's a barrel jack then you will need to replace it: Link here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Neutrik-3-pole-Stereo-1-4-6-35mm-Barrel-Jack-Socket-for-Ibanez-Guitar-Bass-3P-/201032848899

Never sure why some people have such strong feelings regarding the MB aesthetic, I always thought they looked pretty neat personally. They carved out an identity for themselves and are instantly recognisable which is quite difficult to do, as soon as you see one on a stage you know it's a Mark Bass rig and it must be working as I tend to see an awful lot of them regardless of the setting or level of gig. I'd also argue that they are pretty consistent with their amp and cab lineup, they have regular ranges which they have been doing versions of for years and supplement that with more diverse products. For example you can buy a rig today which is almost identical to the 10 year old one I had up until last year, albeit with rat fur instead of nice tolex. Regarding the basses - neither floats my boat but the Richard Bona one looks alright and is obviously what he wants (which is what matters). Can't really fault them for doing a Fender style bass when almost every other manufacturer seems to offer one. Disappointed there is no yellow and black bass though.

I always wondered whether the therapist guy (Phil something?) was intentionally intrusive, as if he was deliberately engineering a situation where the band rejected him as a cohesive unit. At the time I thought that was why he was going as far as suggesting lyrics etc, maybe he was just a complete berk.

That's a point, if the lead platform was IOS then it may be optimised for ARM. Then again the Pi is so underpowered even compared to the Bay Trail Atom I don't suppose that would really matter.

Yeah, never been a fan of his bass tone. Sounds good up the neck but on the low notes it's just a horrible mid range fart. Still compared to his singing it sounds glorious.

He sounds bloody awful most of the time, why would anybody want this? [runs away]

In the suggested items on that listing is a pretty neat Aria strap with cats on it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/ARIA-SPS-2000CCRD-MIJ-Cats-Guitar-Bass-Strap/253957124980?_trkparms=aid%3D333200%26algo%3DCOMP.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20171012094517%26meid%3D19f3fe102598453f8a89757005c4f914%26pid%3D100008%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D332787116674%26itm%3D253957124980&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219 Every cloud has a silver lining and all that.

Cheers guys, if it'll run on a Pi then there shouldn't be any problems.

Nice one cheers, do you know what chipset the tablet has? I have a spare Windows tablet which has a Bay Trail Z3735 knocking around which I never use.

Has anybody tried the XR series with non-Apple hardware, specifically Atom based Win10 tablets (Bay Trail and Cherry Trail)?

There's a few sellers on AliExpress with counterfeit Foderas (and every other bass ever).

You can also get startlingly good gig recordings out of them too. We upgraded to the 32 channel Mackie which allows you to edit separate channels after recording, an amazing secondary feature to have IMO. Can just leave an external hard drive hooked up and record every gig.

Don't need to fill any holes as there is a sufficient amount of wood between the new and old holes although it would only take a few minutes to plug them I guess, just line it up with the string holes, mark the centres and drill new ones. I just used a Dremel, took 5 minutes to fit. That picture is intonated btw, there's another guy who fitted the same bridge on TalkBass and his B saddle looks further back than mine (well all of them do really), his actions looks to be very high though so maybe that's affecting intonation at the 12th fret. Pinched the pic here:

If the new bridge doesn't work out then you could just try swaping the individual saddles out and putting them on the Sire base plate, that's where the problem is after all. Having said that I never had any intonation problems on my stock bridge. The main issue with replacement bridges is finding one with 18mm string spacing which retains through body stringing. Even ones that seem compatible can end up being useless as the through holes on the Sire are closer to the saddle than you would expect, the standard Hipshot A style is like this IIRC but apparently the FM version (Fender mount) is ok as the holes are further forward.

Disappointing isn't it? That's worse than my old Squier Standard which had the horrid trough but was at least separate from the control cavity.

Will probably look a bit like this:

Nowt up with that, if people want to play for free then they can do. There's a town near us where the pubs pay between £120 and £150 for a band, maybe £200 if they know you will pack the place. There's a circuit of bands who play them, a 4 or 5 piece band playing for £30 each the same to me as doing a free gig and getting a few pints and food thrown in. Usually cheap/free bands are a terrible noise though.

That's it, for me at least. nobody is doubting that they are indeed extremely good and not worth a few grand. Value is a funny thing though, if someone desperately wants a Fodera and £15k is pocket money then why not? A friend of mine spent several hundred pounds on a plastic handbag, she loves it and uses it every day. I think she's mental and needs a hobby but we're all different! Exactly, I never begrudge someone maximising their talent to earn money. We could make a massive list of people who earn obscene amounts that we don't think they deserve but it would be compeletely pointless, at least the Fodera guys are skilled craftsmen creating professional tools which have a reputation that places them in the upper echelon of their field. Despite all that I still don't want one and think they look pretty lame, just as well really as I haven't got £15k to throw around. FWIW I do have a custom bass sat in a case in my spare room - it's very nice and is by far the best bass I've owned from an objective point of view. Doesn't have enough strings though so it no longer gets gigged, not the tool I need for the job.

Wait a minute, so I could say get an XR12, download different channel profiles to pick which one I liked and add a bit of compression etc? Can you switch between different patches on the fly, say if I needed a bit of envelope filter for a certain song could I just patch it in on the tablet and be good to go?