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Oh wow, I had no idea such a thing was possible. Thanks!

Hi! Thanks for the friendly welcomes. No, unfortunately it doesn't have the XLR out, that sounds like a nice feature. Mine has the detuner on the E string to drop it down to a D, which I never use. I think the trim pot only adjusts the active volume, not the passive. It's loud enough when the active circuitry is engaged, but about half as loud in passive mode. Tell me about this string clamp business as I'm not familiar with this. What is the purpose? I put some very light strings on from Status but I think the action has gone a bit low and I'm not sure I'm up for fiddling with truss rods etc. I have some regular gauge strings on order from Status now. It was all getting a bit rattly. Cheers, Simon

That's a lot to live up to

I've got a similar story. Probably around 1987 ish, there was a week long JRSM Jazz Rock Studio Music course run at the Guildhall School of music "in association with Rockschool". A bunch of us signed up and Henry was the bass teacher. A room full of bassists, and the first thing he did was to ask each of us to play a bit. A nervous chill went round the room, and someone volunteered to go first. Well this "student" was a pretty awesome player, and I remember thinking "wow what's Henry going to be able to teach this guy?". After the bloke finished his little bit, Henry asked him to play it again, and then delivered a fantastic improvised bass solo over the top of the guy's playing. I was in heaven. I don't remember how my own audition went, but I would probably have been in the middle of the pack.

Hi all, I actually joined a while back but have been more of a browser than a contributor. I thought I should say hello properly. I'm a 52 year old guy who grew up obsessed with the bass from a fairly early age. Jaco, Mark King and all that. I started playing at around 13 years old, maybe earlier, on borrowed instruments at first. My first bass was a Westone (?) Rail, which just looked like the future to me! I'm a computer guy, and that ended up being how I made my living, but as soon as I was earning, I wanted to get myself a really nice bass. I wanted a Wal. However, at the time I was able to find credit from a music shop that did not have Wals but had Warwicks, so I ended up with a 4 string Warwick through-neck which took me 2 years to pay off. Over a few years I accumulated a nice little collection of analog synths and studio gear, but when we had kids, I sold most of it. Needs must. I downgraded my bass at that time from the Warwick to a Hohner B2A, which I still have. It has lain unplayed for nearly 2 decades now as I have been consumed with bringing up my kids. During lockdown, I've found myself interested in music as a hobby again, and have been playing with Bitwig as a DAW. I've got a reasonable soundcard now, so fished out the Hohner and had a go at recording it. I need new strings! Don't like the sound recorded with the active circuitry engaged, and it's a bit quiet in passive mode, but it's passable for now. I still want a Wal! Anyway, I'm here, and grateful for this resource and all you nice people. Thought I should say hi! Cheers, Simon