lemmywinks

What pickup is in there at the moment and what's the size of the rout? Has the original builder acknowledged the pickup does not have appropriate coverage for the string splay he built the bass with? Bartolini do blade pickups in various shapes, in some models the 4 and 5 string versions are the same length so you could find a suitable drop in replacement with no need for routing.

I would just get the adapter, that way your string choice isn't restricted. If you buy bulk sets of strings in sales it'll pay for itself in no time.

If you're worried about damaging loaned cabs then your overall volume and low end content are more important than watt rating, you can blow drivers with comparatively low power amps if you're an idiot - ask me how I know! Most micro amps will have some sort of built in HPF to remove extreme lows, I'd guess rolling off sharply at around 30hz or something like that. Just listen for speakers distorting (may be harder if you have a driven sound) and roll off the volume/bass as needed. For something tiny which might get close-ish to your big amp the TC RH series or Orange Terror Bass might be worth looking at, they're small class D amps which are designed to sound closer to old school valve amps but go about it in different ways - the Orange uses a valve pre you can drive and the TC uses a digital approach which seeks to emulate valve compression/saturation. RH series are usually dirt cheap on the used market, should be able to grab an RH750 for £200-£250.

Just over 80 miles to pick up a Warwick Streamer from Wigan, did 400 to collect some Markbass cabs from Milton Keynes though which was more of a trek. I usually just wait until the thing I want appears closer to home as I don't like driving for more than an hour or so and train prices are silly.

Looks very similar to the Joyo MA-10B.

It's quite clearly a reshaped Harley Benton headstock. Bunch of amateurs.

Gear4Music have it at the same price but with free delivery so £6 cheaper, est delivery later this month although that might be a lie as Thomann (same price as Andertons) also say end of June: https://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Behringer-FLOW-8-8-Channel-Digital-Mixer/3N67?utm_campaign=surfaces_across_google

Looks brilliant, very useful combination of physical and digital controls in a small form factor. Micro USB power connector in 2025 though?

Every time I hear about Outkast this is now the first thing that springs to mind, ruined them for me!

Yours might be this one: https://www.guitar-auctions.co.uk/sale/159/26/1960s-Japanese-bass-guitar-probably-by-Teisco-refinished-red-body-with-many-imperfections-some-corrosion-to-hardware-particularly-on-the-edges-of-the-pickups-electrics-in-working-order-condition-fair

One here: https://richtonemusic.co.uk/teisco-short-scale-bass-sunburst-2nd-hand/

We used to have a guy do our sound at big gigs, had his own PA hire and sound engineering company. He was a drummer and every mix was drum heavy, not by any extreme measure but noticeable and it got on my nerves. Our guitarist at the time used to do a few jobs for him when he was unavailable and some of those bands would request him instead as they preferred his stage and FoH mix which was always really well balanced (to my ears anyway). A bit like there always being one punter who will tell you something is too loud and another who will tell you the same thing is too quiet.

Some of the more acoustic/db focused preamps have handy features like a notch filter to help with problem frequencies and a HPF to cut boom.

Don't own this any more but this is my old cheapo rat Jazz I threw together from random bits off here and AliExpress/eBay: The pickups were old MiM units, the body was from a low end vintage MiJ copy (already sanded/stained when I got it) and the neck was from a very nice old Japanese copy. Tuners, neck plate and bell plate were new cheapies, the bridge here was a nice quality Korean unit. God know how many bridges and tuners this thing had over the years, lots of extra holes but it had a certain charm. If anybody wanted to know what those old butcher block Fender copies from back in the day look like when the paint is sanded off well, here you go.

This guy has featured on here before, looks like another cheapy remodelled into a "custom built" bass: Not quite MDP levels of insanity but still a bit off. Would be interesting to get a clearer pic of the neckplate on that black P bass as I can't make out where it was made.

TGI Extreme for a great budget bag. TGI Ultimate for a premium bag with minimal storage, Gator Pro Go for a premium bag with lots of storage. The TGI Extreme is very similar in quality to the Gator Transit (formerly and rather confusingly the Pro Go X) series only a fair bit cheaper. The TGI Ultimate is a different kettle of fish and up there with any gigbag on the market.

He's swapping the pickguard not routing for a J pickup, can just put the original parts back on. Looks like the bass is already missing the thumbrest and pickup/bridge covers so isn't 100% original.

Too tall, Ronnie Corbett would be more accurate.

What strings come stock on that bass, does it not have the D'addario nylon core ones? The cheapest Ibanez (PNB something or other, stupid Ibanez and their stupid names) has them on from factory, can't imagine much else working with that scale tbh. I briefly had one but mine was very badly finished, seems like an isolated incident from what other owners said though. If you send the HB back keep an eye out for a used Ibanez AVN parlour bass, they're excellent.

Some people do care about non original solder joints. We don't talk to them but they do exist. Would look miles better with tort IMO.

I wish they'd bring the shape/intensity controls and 4 band eq from the HA3000 back in a micro head format.

These were my good eyes as well.

Ugh....