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Oh my word. " May benefit with some time taken to perfect setup " - will that time be finite or infinite?

Says Yam now, must have fixed it. Looks like a Japanese one by the pickups. Someone added a metal jack plate to allow using an open style socket. Caught my eye as I just had to replace the socket in my BB1100s, it cut out if I used a right-angled plug and looped the cable through the strap. (It had lasted about 30 years though, so I think the switchcraft I fitted will see me out!)

I saw a lecture about the evolution of early music instruments a few years ago in a village hall and the speaker demonstrated one of those. It was the most piercing thing I've ever heard, you could have cleared a room with it.

I was going to post a link to that myself. It’s a funny story especially the “we are jazzmen, we’ve got this” confidence of not writing a chart and then getting their donkeys handed to them when they forget the changes.

I only meant the pedal, I didn’t bother to listen to the rest.

That looks nice. I like the demo video apart from the nasty distorted farting sound when the tube mode was selected.

The convention for 4-pole NL4 connectors is full-range signal on 1+/1-. The 2+/2- pair are not connected in this case. Bi-amp would have low driver on 1+/1- and HF driver on 2+/2-.

Nice bass. I'm curious about 5s, I've never even played one. However, I have no need for one in the forseeable future so no point going there.

It's kind of a signature part isn't it, everything else backs off and you hear the bass come through with the verse lick.

LOL - I remember not being able to play that fast little verse run reliably when I was in my first band....errrr, 42 years ago. That makes me feel very old 😕

I was actually thinking of this one: He makes it look so easy though!

MarloweDK on YouTube has some lessons on trills. I can’t get them sounding good either, so I’m interested to see what advice is posted.

The saddle position shouldn't change between through-body or top load stringing, intonation should be identical in either case. Rattling springs would be very irritating though. The neck issue is easily fixable by someone with finish repair experience, but it will cost a fair bit to do professionally. Its up to GuitarGuitar what they want to do, which ultimately comes down to Fender's policy on items supplied faulty I guess?

A problem you can feel in the neck is an instant fail in my book for a new bass, that would be an immediate return. The bridge is a wierd one. Is the intonation correct? It looks like the saddles are as far forward as they will go before dropping off the screws hence it is running out of spring length. (are those strings stock - looks like flats to me?) You could either get longer bridge springs or get a couple of bridge springs and cut them in half and add a half-length spring to each saddle. I'd not expect to have to do that on a new bass though.

Tricky one. It’s an expensive bass though, the pro2s aren’t cheap and I’d be expecting a flawless finish for that price new. You’d be justified swapping it for another one, but it’s down to how much it bothers you.

Interesting topic. I never feel that I sync very well with a metronome or a recorded track, but I don’t seem to have a problem live. It’s something to do with following rigidly that puts me off. I’ve noticed when some people play along with tracks on YouTube they lock in super tight e.g. when Rick Beato plays along on some of his “what makes this song great” videos it can be hard to tell him apart from the original player. Obviously he is a really talented musician though.

Good Rick Beato video in which he actually does some tuning of a track and shows just how easy it is.

Have you tried the simple trick of quickly turning the pot throughout it's full range a few 10s of times? I've brought a crackly pot back to normal a few times doing that without any spraying. After that I've used Deoxit F5 fader lube. It's expensive, but effective and doesn't leave the pot track un-lubricated.

Does it come with the flamethrower built in though?

Good to know the details behind this. I have had the usual emails from ebay regarding the change which I have ignored as I have done all my decluttering (i.e. selling of random junk) for this year. I'm only a occasional ebay seller anyway and I won't bother now if they are requiring direct bank access.

Watching Machine Head - priceless bit discussing "highway star"; Bach keyboards and Mozart guitar - now I know where the Spinal Tap "Mach-piece" came from.

I bought an old MIM jazz with a problem with the output socket thread that prevented it being fully tightened. It appeared to be OK, but if the cable moved the socket it crackled like mad. I replaced the socket immediately (and added explicit grounds), but I bet the guy I bought it off had just looped the cable through the strap and lived with it.

Watched 2 episodes. I thought it looked cringey from the original trailers, but I was wrong. Really enjoyed it.

Never, unless there is something wrong with it.

I’m with you on that, I’d not normally spend over £500-ish, but I allowed myself up to £1k for a special retirement purchase. I got a s/h fender pro jazz for that and it is just the nicest thing I have ever played.