lemmywinks

This is what I do 95% of the time and all my learning is done this way with a USB mini desk plugged into my laptop. OP this is what I use: https://www.thomann.de/gb/soundcraft_notepad_5.htm https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32859161944.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dJuyhv6

You'll get a million different recommendations based on what here people own, probably better stating your budget, what sort of sound you want and how much space you want it to take up. Also do you need things like built in effects, a tuner, aux in for playing along to mp3s etc? All these things are handy for practicing and make life easier, everything in one device with less cables etc. I use a small 1x10 cab with a micro head for ampilified home playing which is handy as I can take the head to rehearsal rooms and use their cabs.

Just make a sleeve for it and leave the combo intact? Could even just rack it.

Used one for years as a DI, boost and drive. Liked combining the drive with other pedals as you can retain a lot of your clean signal with it and end up with some really beefy but still cutting sounds. Was immense when paired with a Mastotron - massive dirty low end with that edge the M80 does so well. Sold it as I just play clean now and wanted a more versatile pre with a tuner.

"I had a transposition pedal hooked up for the bass synth that I could literally hit my low E string and drop it almost three octaves. We were getting down in the area of 6Hz at probably about 130dB. The first time we actually tested it we all threw up and cracked a wall in the warehouse. It was fantastic."

The QC on the new Epiphones is pretty patchy apparently, some pretty bad fretwork and finish issues going off independent reviews.

Should probably pop a working bridge in the post for the OP though which is what I meant.

Rather than fannying about with blowtorches (please don't dop this), squirting it with WD40 (or this) or soaking in a rust removing solution (the actual correct way to do it) why not just send it back to the guy that sold it and get a replacement that works properly? Paying extra to have a bass with knackered parts is nuts, surely you can have the played with sandpaper gloves look while still getting a functional instrument?

Some great (and unexpectedly complex) bass lines in ABBA songs, have fun. I just use a bog standard J bass sound, had far more fun learning/playing ABBA than I thought I would!

My Basslite 2010 has spade connectors, did I get stung? I only paid £24 delivered for it... To the OP: I have that driver in a single compact 1x10 (an EA CXL110) and while it does sound great I wouldn't want to gig with a pair of them, the Deltalite I had in there before was a different story and I've rehearsed with a drummer using just that single cab and a Superfly head. If your shoulders are knackered then I'd personally just get rid of your current cabs and buy Barefaced or something similarly light.

Says it goes down to 47hz. Doesn't look like it tilts upwards much though:

Indeed. The standard LP has been changed to a short neck tenon and back on a regular basis and you can only get the longer "correct" classic era style one if you pay more for a Custom Shop etc. That's something that does affect structural integrity and tone which they changed for the worse to cut costs so they aren't exactly faithful to the original designs. You can get that original feature on a £500 Epi and a £400 Cort but not your £2k Gibson.

You would assume that designing a musical instrument would involve some sort of insight into structural integrity. The headstock problem is comically easy to resolve, every other manufacturer manages to do it. Wood grain was a known factor many centuries before Gibson started making instruments.

IMO there's only a handful of decent songs on that album so being so-so puts it in the top 5!

Nobody like C'mon Girl?

Same price as a Helix Stomp? 🤣🤣

Surely that was their headstock/neck design?

I was listening to the guy from Kiesel talking about this, he says they released their V 9 years before Gibson bothered to trademark theirs. If there's two things Gibson are good at it's making sub-par instruments and losing court cases, looks like this trend is set to continue.

What's the price and also what's the spacing on the 5?

I also have a Tobias fetish (it's the only one of my 3 dream basses I've never owned) and now play Jazz shaped basses so that's fine by me!

Funnily enough spotted one of the el cheapo range Lodestones on Facebook just now (while looking for less hideous basses obviously) for £175: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/504336910485159/ Gonna assume the seller is paying you the £175 to take it away rather than the other way around. Not too far from you @AndyTravis

On Facebook, don't see these often and there's someone on here who plays these I think? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/523501651624436/ Seems like a decent deal considering the pickup upgrade and hard case.

I like 'em! Kinda a GB Spitfire built by Fender vibe going on with them.

Have you stuck a multimeter across them to check resistance? Bartolini list it as 8.5/7 for the neck and 9.8 for the bridge.