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My latest acquisition is a lovely '02 Streamer 5-string: (OK, it maybe needs a bit of work on it.)

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1494832147' post='3298731'] To state the obvious, please do not advertise any bass you may have for sale in this thread. Please contact via pm or link to a instrument you have listed in the Basschat marketplace Seems to be a few fret less basses for sale here, have you had a check through them?? [/quote] Apologies for that; your site, my bad! :-)

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1494747501' post='3298199'] I just wedge a dish washing sponge under the strings of my p bass near the bridge. With flatwounds it gets the tone right and you can choose from a variety of colours and use it to clean your bass too. [/quote] (You should look at my ebay link!)

Here y'go - this is the answer to all your problems! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mute-Aid-Bass-Guitar-Mute-Turn-your-Electric-Bass-into-a-Double-Bass-5-Pack/222499529246"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mute-Aid-Bass-Guitar-Mute-Turn-your-Electric-Bass-into-a-Double-Bass-5-Pack/222499529246[/url] (Available in blue, white, green, pink and yellow!)

[quote name='BassAgent' timestamp='1494694726' post='3297949'] It didn't fit through the hole in the bridge... I tried to ram it through but that didn't work. [/quote] I thought it might've been a new prototype drop-D technique.

The alternative is to go active, eg. with a J-Retro replacement control panel. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32j6CI5S0Oo"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32j6CI5S0Oo[/url]

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1494172650' post='3293769'] Thanks to all for your responses. I guess the answer to my question is no then I don't want to have to drill additional holes in my bass really to add a mute kit. [/quote] Genuinely, pros use a piece of foam sponge!

My first bass was a Columbus Jazz, bought in an electrical retailer (Laskys?) in the Four Seasons shopping centre in Mansfield in '76; it used to be there in the window next to some fridges & suchlike. It was a decent bass and certainly a lot better than the Kay, Top Twenty and other rubbish of the day (which seem to be going for hundreds of pounds at the moment!). I must be having a retro half-hour, as I'm just listening to Force It, by UFO; we used to play Shoot Shoot in the band I was in at the time.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1493891297' post='3291534'] I had an oil can guitar a few years ago, bought on a whim. Mine was made from a can of Unipart brake cleaning fluid. It was kind of entertaining, but it was about the most uncomfortable thing imaginable due to the shape and size of the can. They could be a fun wall-hanger perhaps, but to actually play one seems like a bit of an affectation unless you have a genuine need to cobble together an instrument from scrap materials. [/quote] That should put a lid on it then...

I also have a Peavey Spectrum; whilst noodling around with it, I found that it has a "multi" mode, which means that it'll work on the same channel as another instrument; I had it and my Minitaur doubling up - that was interesting!

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1493768906' post='3290593'] Also, what shape are the bodies on five-strings? [/quote] I think they use oil drums for them.

Anyway, I've sussed it out - it's not a big bass; he's just a very small bloke!

With the mic where it was it was picking up the finger-squeaks... ...maybe they should put a pickup in it.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1493643595' post='3289617'] All sold out so someone must like them, or no one liked them so they gave up. [/quote] Yes - maybe sales tanked, so they canned the idea.

OK - I answered my question; it's a MIDI Thru box.

The most obvious question is - Why?

You could just wear a pullover with baggy sleeves.

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1492953028' post='3284316'] How are you finding the Status fretless neck? Always been intrigued by the idea of one. Lovely collection btw! [/quote] Cheers! Status necks are rock-solid. As it stands I seem to have 5 Statuses/Statii (The two J's, a headless and two 5-string wooden neck ones), so I might've overdone it... I think the fretless one is going to go.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1493537588' post='3288935'] Bear in mind there's a 24% buyer's premium to add to the final hammer price. But even so, yes, some of those estimates are very (deliberately?) low. [/quote] I think that things have generally gone above estimate on previous auctions. Unlikely to get a bargain, IMHO.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1492122815' post='3278199'] Yep, the service diagram shows these have 500k pots on both volume and tone. Changing these to 250k - which is standard Fender spec - will really help mellow this, and be as said, much cheaper than a change of pickups. A trip to a luthier, or a message to Kiogon for one of his wiring looms and adios twang. [/quote] Why does changing pots from 500k to 250k mellow the tone?

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1493543930' post='3288977'] Good for Metal? [/quote] Perfect for this: https://youtu.be/pWB5JZRGl0U

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1424468362' post='2696787'] The moogs are a long way north of 200, even second hand, although the minitaur is impressive. [/quote]I recently bought a Minitaur for £300, so not entirely out of reach...

I've been tinkering around and have acquired a few pieces of MIDI kit; some have in+out DIN connectors and some don't, so I can't daisy-chain everything. I've got bass pedals (Ketron), synth units (Roland, Minitaur, Peavey) and a couple of budget keyboards (Yamaha, Casio), but I've never got them all connected at the same time. Is there a box I could run everything to? I have a MidiSport 4x4, but I don't want it to require a computer to operate (but would like to be able to connect one if I choose to). Apologies if I sound slightly confused, because I am!