Owen

While I was doing a degree in Dead German Composers last century I found a couple of broken Double Basses left to die in a hot dry room. Snapped headstock on one and neck + 1/4 of the back clean off on the other. All the joints were dry and opening. I asked the Prof about buying them and he told me to get them valued. I drove down to one of the name Luthiers in London who told me the snapped neck one was beyond economic repair and the other needed £3K of work and would then be worth £3k - so it was worthless. The Dept gave me both and a local Luthier did the nicer one up for £300 + giving him the one with a snapped off neck. I have since spent more on it putting a 5 string neck on. I have raging bass guitar GAS but have never wanted another DB. Polishing it with a pad on a drill using Autosol Chrome polish brought the shine up lovely The year before that (still a student) I did a job that payed £400 by cheque. It arrived and I asked my friend what I would do with that? He told me to go and buy his old bass which the guy he had flogged it to was not using. This bloke opened the flight case and there was a knackered old Jazz which (to my eyes at the time) looked just like Jaco's. I bought it on the spot for £400 and used it happily for years and then had it out on loan to various students once I moved to 5 strings. It turned out to be a dot/bound/lollipop 66 J all original. I still have it and if I could graft a B onto it would want for no other.

I think we deserve a name.

I am (now) aware that keeping it all matt and suede like is not an option, but the colour without the shinyness makes me want to take sandpaper to a bass NOW!

All good. Geoff, to take it to the next level you could put the string winding attachment on an electric drill. It gets it all done in a jiffy!

Thanks.

This thread is useless without a link.

Satin, satin, satin! Good choice on the matching headstock.

I get and understand the ebony maple combo. But the Purpleheart brings THE FUNK!

VERY yes! That blue is lush. I am afraid I am going to add to the chorus asking for a matching headstock.

Sorry I'm late guys.

Shmoooooth.

For me, round cores are more squishy or rubbery. I like them.

I was hoping you might volunteer, Yes, it was the Squeezer. Fun sounds but an interface which was utterly closed to me.

The business would actually be someone who says "I will sell you patches which will make the MC6 or MC8 function like you want it to function". I am still traumatised by my time with that synth pedal from Australia that I have (probably deliberately) forgotten it's name.

I have often fancied a thinner bass body. Are Ken Smiths thin or is that just an optical illusion?

Shame about the weight. There is an elegnace in it's simplicity.

Mac/PC = horses for courses.

If you have something that works, then don't fix it.

Ooh! Interesting.

Apparently you can run Catalina on a 2012 Mac Pro IF you have the right graphics card in it. I do not know what that card is called.

I recently bought a 2012 i7 2.6ghz Quad Core Mac Mini. I upgraded the RAM to 16GB and put a 500G SSD drive in. It runs Catalina very happily. It whips along. I have two 27" monitors. All in £750 New Macs are bonkers prices. 2nd hand are fine. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1311.R4.TR8.TRC1.A0.H0.Xmac+Mini+i7+.TRS0&_nkw=mac+mini+i7+16gb&_sacat=0

Who else is in?

I am more than happy to join in a discussion on your FB or their FB about the situation and their dealing with it.

I would be discussing this on their twitter page, on their facebook page, on your facebook page and all over their twitter feed. And telling them that you are discussing it all over every musician forum you can name. Name and shame all over the internet. Write a song about it and release it on YT and make sure we all log into it and like it. It does not have to go viral to millions, they only have to have their dirty laundry shown in public in a creative way. The thought that Parcelforce is not keeping records of online conversations is at the very least.......... strange. There is a reason every company in the world tell us that every conversation is recorded for "training" purposes. This whole thing totally sucks and PF need to be dragged through the mud until they at the very least refund you.