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  1. Owen started following The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society! , South Manchester Setups - Recommendations , What's better than a leopardskin print? and 3 others
  2. Owen
    Ged Green?
  3. Owen
    That is no fun I would already be going from 2 to 1.
  4. Owen
    https://www.ukbass.com/product/bass-show-2026-ticket/ Make sure you get the right venue.
  5. Owen
    This is what a bureau looks like with the shelves/desk bit ripped out. The base of the "screen" is visible, but the top 7cm dissapear. I tried the next drawer down but there were a lot of looking downwards ergonomic issues then. Ah well, it was worth £10 on FB marketplace to test the concept.
  6. Owen
    Nothing is better than Leopard skin print. Just so you know.
  7. Owen
    That is a fine looking instrument.
  8. Owen
    Chevin A500 can be bridged to do 700w @ 8ohms.
  9. Owen
    I am all for beautiful American big name pickups - I have a set of Fralins which are sublime. But I suspect that any of the myriad UK winders could do something which would be easily as good for significantly less. It is just wire and magnets. https://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/ pickups always deliver for me. He listens to what I need and there it is.
  10. Owen
    Nothing in the g&l cheap as chips category on ebay. But then I could get an L1000-alike pickup and whack it in to the NEWPORT. It could go between the two present pickups. The bridge one is not for me anyway. But I would have to have some sort of chrome covers. I suspect I need to get out more.
  11. Owen
    I must admit, the notes up the G maintaining a big fat thud is interesting. That is not my experience with longer scale basses. But this could be the Tru Bass strings I have on it. Thumpalicious. Who knew there were different flavours of fun? I could quite happily try one of the Fallouts with their big fat L1000 pickups. I shall wander over the ebay.
  12. Owen
    Shhhhh, he is asleep.
  13. Owen
    I used to have a Peli alike case for mine. I almost liked the case more than the bass! Those wheels.
  14. Owen
    I have no doubt at all that a Serek or a Wilcock would be sublime. But having a tragic history of expensive = better, the joy of the NEWPORT is that it was as cheap as chips. It is entirely functional, the finish is exemplary and the neck pickup solo'd just delivers. All for £230 on ebay. The seller had put a deeply weird custom pickguard on it which looks like something I would have designed when I was 8. That is not a compliment. But this does not matter becaue it was cheap as chips.
  15. Owen
    That is because you are correct and I am slapdash. OK, I have been sucked in to this world. I bought an Epiphone NEWPORT with Roto Tru Bass strings on it. SUCH FUN!!!!!!! I need a 5 string though. I just want a NEWPORT with a wider neck. And I do not want to slide in to Wilcock territory. I am sure they are very fine indeed and I do not begrudge them their price tag. But the NEWPORT is doing it for me as it is. I like the aesthetic. I am on to a complete non starter here, no? I looked at the Ibanez Talman. I am not digging the visuals like the NEWPORT. As if to prove it, here is a Wilcock which would do all I wanted. https://thebassgallery.com/collections/all/products/wilcock-mullarkey-v. But.......................................
  16. Owen
    OK, I have been sucked in to this world. I bought an Epiphone Embassy with Roto Tru Bass strings on it. SUCH FUN!!!!!!! I need a 5 string though. I just want an Embassy with a wider neck. And I do not want to slide in to Wilcock territory. I am sure they are very fine indeed. But the Embassy is doing it for me as it is. I like the aesthetic. I am on to a complete non starter here, no? I looked at the Ibanez Talman. I am not digging the visuals like the Embassy.
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