lemmywinks

Does anybody remember the one of these (Tennessee branded but just another AliExpress special) floating around on eBay a few years ago? The owner had tried to mod it into an acceptable instrument by throwing decent pickups and custom string sets at it but it was a total mess. Started off at some silly price and gradually got discounted to the point where it was probably worth it for the parts if you wanted a handy portable ironing board.

Nah I've never owned one, just had a look at the front panel on t'internet!

Plug the bass straight into the TH500 and use a single cab. Set the eq flat, the -10db button out and drive to 0, set the gain until the clip light comes on then back it off a little until it doesn't. If it still sounds bad/quiet then try with the 2x10. Sounds like an input gain issue to me so pay attention to the bit in bold.

14.2lbs, actually expected it to be heavier.

Grab one of these while they're on sale for less than half price: https://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Soundcraft-Notepad-5-Analog-USB-Mixer/1XK3?network=affiliate-window&affiliate_id=246555&publisher=Enligo&utm_source=affiliate-window&utm_medium=affiliate&awc=1117_1663452958_f8f3a67da808b6f0f3fb13763aae860c&utm_content=deep-link Does need to be mains powered but can take a line in via USB or phono, the mic preamp sounds killer for bass and it's also a quality mini mixer.

Yeah I quite like it, a bit more phallic than a regular Dolphin. If it was close to me I'd be having a look at it, looks to be some bodgery around the nut and I imagine the bridge pickup isn't going to sound great that far back though.

Might be worth a punt if you're near Warrington, counterfeit logo and individual saddles screams AliExpress but can't remember seeing Dolphin copies on there. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255722974825?hash=item3b8a46ee69:g:dLYAAOSwkH9jHzXu

No issues carrying either Gator case, 6'6" though so while it can never sit low enough to hit the back of my legs it has to be taken off to get through doors. I use a headless now in the guitar version of the Pro Go and that's much easier. Carried the bass version with my Sire in 2.5 miles home from a local gig before. The Gigblade cases were meant to solve that problem but reports from people that used them usually said the opposite.

There's different Protection Racket ones in the current range, the two more expensive cases look like the old style semi rigid one they used to do whereas the cheaper one looks like a softer traditional gigbag.

It's the piezo strip, the saddle screws look angled down to make contact with it. There used to be bass uke conversion kits floating around on eBay where the rubber uke strings would pass through the bridge, even that looked fiddly and not worth ruining a guitar for when you could buy a new bass uke with gigbag for around £90 at the time. Either way it's got 6 bids fo far, up to £2.20.

I've got a couple of the Gator Pro Go semi rigid ones, great gigbags especially if you need lots of storage.

Just got an email for G4M and this is in their clearance sale, usually around £90 so less than half price. Anybody after a high quality mini desk for practice etc should be well served, I use mineevery day: https://www.google.com/search?q=soundcraft+notepad+5&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwivruPDg4b6AhX-QEEAHYImCtoQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1920&bih=955&dpr=1

WIlkinson BBOT will probably fetch enough to cover postage.

Although it is tempting to stick a £1 bid on for a laugh there's always a chance you might end up winning it and having to pay a tenner to get the thing posted. That strip on the front of the bridge is the piezo, that's why the ends of the saddle screws(well most of them) are making contact with it. Mad.

Mad how it's still there, great option for a travel bass. I play my 1505 every day, such a great instrument. Been after a cheap headless 5er as a backup but there's nothing, missed out on a full body Steinberger recently for £220, still kicking myself for not immediately buying it.

What's that bit of wire/metal stcking out of the bridge on that pic I posted above btw? Seems like there's a bar connecting the saddle screws as well, is it a bizarre earthing strip? The more I look at it the more confused I get.

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Ah didn't notice they were extra long, probably not!

Just scanned the PMT clearance and they have Roto flats on sale for £27 at the moment: https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/rotosound-rs77el-jazz-bass-monel-flatwound-bass-guitar-strings-45-105-extra-long-scale

I have the Notepad 5, in fact I think you recommended it ages ago after my Behringer 302USB started playing up. Been using it as my regular practice setup ever since, great little desk.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134202310679?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11070.m3698.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=7eda38f8509448989eacfd39d10dd5ce&bu=43597808871&osub=-1~1&crd=20220906061839&segname=11070 Just got an alert that the seller has knocked £50 off this so must have clicked on it at some point, seems cheap for one of these and there's not many options for headless short scales. Collection only in Cannock though.

I've always liked Roto 88 black nylons on mine and they've been on there for well over 10 years. I had Galli black nylon tape wound on there as well which were fantastic, I don't think they have a UK supplier though so you're probably looking at £80, they do last forever so cheap in the long run. With acoustic bass you're best playing to its strengths and black nylons do that very well IMO, if you like thump (and also no frets!) they are well worth a look.

The reason we chose the 18 is we wanted 5 separate monitor mixes and also every input is XLR which means we only need to have one type of cable. Although that last part sounds trivial it invalidates the "I don't know what cables go where" excuse from band members who want other people to do all the work.

Realistically a decent sized tablet for the main mix, I use an old Toshiba Portege Z20t convertible laptop but the software runs on pretty much anything. Band members use the simplified phone app to tweak their individual monitor mix but I use a 9" Windows tablet, I have this on a mic stand clamp attached to my bass stand so it's always within easy reach but not in the way. If you want to use it wirelessly you will need a 5Ghz router though so maybe the Soundcraft Ui or RCF digital desks would be a better bet. Making adjustments is easy, once you get over the initial learning curve there's so many useful features that it makes life a lot easier. Loads of handy presets for compresson settings and HPF on inputs, stuff like that. Put it this way - I don't really know what I'm doing and it was easy to get a good sound!