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I can't say it's a surprise regarding PMT; I used to drop in to the Portsmouth one, but never found much of interest there. There were helpful folks on occasion, but othertimes it could be variable. Sorry for the folks losing out, nonetheless.

Years ago I had an argument with someone who said you couldn't turn up a hi-fi amp to full because it would distort. I said that means it's badly designed. I then demonstrated on my hi-fi - no sign of distortion!

Yup - could well be that!

Cor - you could have fun playing bass to that! (I wouldn't learn those bass lines, though.)

That's rather good!

At a recent jam my TE 300W at 1/4 into an Ashdown 4x10 matched the loudness of the drummer. At a previous one my Markbass 500W into two 1x10 wasn't loud enough.

He was on the Masked Singer, called "Viking", singing his own song, and nobody twigged it was him.

The description says the Treble pickup is an SD and the Bass one a Ric Toaster upgrades "Considering the upgraded and goodies I think this is a good price."; the Treble pickup surround is aftermarket and "The truss rod cover is a home made affair", so those are not original parts. It also says "It has a set neck rather than being neck through", so it differs from the "Barnoldsrick" one (which is ia thru-neck).

Trace Elliot gear is pro-level and beginner-priced.

Cheers! So, it's not a Rickenbacker and it's not Japanese. Possible Korean (with the Treble pickup in the right place). Is there any evidence of Bruce Foxton playing one?

Incidentally, my Chinese headless doubleneck has Retrovibe Ric-style pickups on the bass neck and will have a pair of SD pickups on the guitar neck when I get round to fitting them. It was supplied with "EMC" branded pickups, but nobody thinks they were genuine EMC parts. The original bridges were rubbish and I've replaced them too.

Did you buy it new?

I'd wager that bass has never been near Japan.

I don't think the Chickenbackers use SD pickups - they're cheapos. @Bassassin?

Aye - it was the strap buttons I first noticed.

I don’t think that’s a Rickenbacker, nor his Ibanez.

Well, only the social media we don't like.🤔 I use Facebook and have bought & sold things there, met people, chatted with distant friends & family, got local info, etc., and it's beneficial. I'm about to go out for a jam with some folks from another site. I can't be doing with the daily diary, influenzas, stupid reels, and suchlike, though. I've used Twitter for trains info and that's about it. I don't know if I have accounts on the other mainstream ones.

This site is social media.

Well, I just can't listen to Status Quo, so they're out. I bought a bass amp off Martin Turner's son-in-law on Wednesday.

I did go to Knebworth in '79. Still got the T-shirt!