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We also went with the XR18 as everything is XLR. This means our keys player doesn't ask which cable to use as a way of getting out of setting up so well worth spending the extra £. You can fit the desk, a router and a power strip in a 3u shallow rack.

There's been a few cross border instruments, the country where they are finished usually dictates what the "Made in..." part says. Highway One were Z serial numbers so even the ones without the country of origin stamped on the headstock would be classed as USA Fenders. Can't remember the name of the series but MIM Fenders assembled using MIA parts were still MIM. Realistically the wood will most likely be sourced from the same place, hardware could be from either country on any model, CNC machines are the same etc.

You can get a used Highway One for about £700 when they come up for sale, that's a proper USA Fender.

Wolfgang could be playing bass like he did for Van Halen.

Saw the original lineup in the 2000s when they sandwiched an Ozzfest day into Download, Ozzy was knackered even back then but they were brilliant tbh. Love Ward's drumming. They need to reissue the World Tour '78 tshirt in brown as well, wore mine until it fell apart.

Trace Elliot 1182 Multi? Like this one? https://reverb.com/uk/item/17960758-trace-elliot-multi-stack-1x18-bass-cab

It was the SE3P I had in my old Cort, still have another one in a box somewhere. Really nice preamps.

I would get some shielding tape (dirt cheap from AliExpress) and shield the cavity btw, Artecs can be noisy without it in certain situations. I did my old Cort which had an SE-3P installed, went from noisy in my front room (tons of lights as my reptiles are in there) to deadly silent.

I've always liked Artecs, -/+ 12db according to the spec sheet: http://artecsound.com/pickups/electronics/se2.html https://www.thomann.co.uk/artec_se2a.htm I have an SE2A in my fretless and there's definitely boost available, bass frequency is 100hz so doesn't get boomy too.

Bargain for someone, high action but I guess you can check the truss rod works when you collect: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286289076220

Some Schaller BMF in the classifieds:

One of these was the first bass I played, my music teacher at school had one. Shame this one has been butchered as they were great instruments.

This case just arrived, the Pocket Master is very snug in there. Fits perfectly upside down but is ok the right way up too. I removed the bit of elastic. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006075771241.html

I don't know if BT audio works when connected as a BLE device using the Sonic Link app as it doesn't work properly with my phone, just connecting a PC/phone directly to it as Sonic Audio works fine though.

I saw one comment the other day (think it ws Phillip McKnight's video) asking if instead of saying "Squier by Fender" on the back of the headstock these would have "Fender by Squier", made me chuckle.

Yeah the driver makes a massive difference, a mate of mine used to have an Evri (Hermes back then) driver who introduced himself to everyone on their new build estate when he delivered parcels, gave his personal number out and wrote down their preferences for alternative delivery addresses or locations. Super reliable guy, Evri went from being their worst courier to their best and pretty much every house gave him a decent wedge of money at Christmas. He went back to Portugal (due to the thing which cannot be named but everybody knows was a ridiculous idea) and now their new driver is awful with things going missing all the time. Was the same with us and our good driver is still the one dleivering parcels 95% of the time, it's that 5% where we get the other guy and we consistently don't get our stuff. because of that 5% I just don't use them aside from via AliExpress where I get the option of Parcel Shop delivery every time.

Nice 4 knob Audere in the Marketplace which may be a drop in replacement:

Yep, that's Evri alright. I stopped using eBay because of this. If the seller refuses to play ball then contact eBay (via live chat, type "talk to agent") with a picture of your front door showing it was delivered to the wrong address (also a link to Streetview) then you'll get your money back, they may require you to sort it out with Evri yourself (they did with me) which is really their problem and not yours. I got my refund then closed my eBay account. I had a similar issue with a problematic driver where I live, the proof of delivery picture just showed the parcel label with nothing surrounding it, not even the whole package in frame so presumably it never left his van. I had to provide CCTV records showing no delivery attempt had been made but if you have a picture of the wrong house then you should be good. Our regular driver is decent but every so often we get this guy and parcels go missing.

The Redsub ones have been avaibale for a few years now, 4, 5 & 6 string versions, I think they look a lot nicer but I don't like singlecuts at all really: https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/G4M-972-Fanned-Fret-5-String-Bass-Guitar-Blue-Burl-Burst/5DUY

Been trying some more of the full rig NAM clones, really like the Eden Traveller + Techsound one which with some minor eq adjustments and volume boosts is probably my new go to. Can also get some nice sounds out of the Orange Dual Terror and Markbass cab clone with some more extreme eq'ing, whoever made that clone really likes mid clank!

Any sort of online DRM check is an automatic no for me. Piracy is a service issue so just see if you can download an "alternate" version of the product you paid for that you can actually own.

I wish we could see this sort of tech integrated into a bass tbh.

They actually come with a removable belt clip so you could attach it to a strap I think.