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@Owen: The fretboard of the Tribass has "switches". The three "string" thing is doable, although fourth would make fingerings even easier. What, no E, A, and D? As you would need extra "frets" to get sounds from the free strings, they are hidden to your right hand. Right hand can do a couple of things with the touch screen. There are E, A, and D, as well as few different ways of playing those three strings. I suppose that the screen is the most energy consuming component of the unit: lights usually take their part. Pros: very light weight, a handy tool, MIDI out, no latency, rechargeable. I'd say the unit is made well, the feel is very good. Cons: only three strings, E, A, and D on the right hand side, it takes some time to get used to the UI, and of course the availability of the unit.

Aren't US prices VAT excluded? Local taxes + VAT = a lot more.

The important word here is the service. We customers are buying a service which includes decent manners, and even a product. It's true like @SumOne said that it's legally a must, but not all companies are the same when buying, needing support, or returning items. @Phil Starr's experience is a great example how I would love to be treated.

Short in the circuit. When the bass is unplugged, no current should be visible.

In 2004 I went to listen to G3 tour (Fripp, Satriani, Vai) with three friends of mine. The venue was made of concrete and the volume was infernal. All I heard from Billy Sheehan was bzzzzzz. No chance to hear any notes. We left after fourth "song". A g-word player friend of mine was working there and said the same, the sound was a chore. I couldn't have believed that good players were counting on volume instead of skills - and Vai's hair fan was just ridiculous. Yngvie may think it differently, but there exists a level of too much.

18 and 19 mm are doable for me but not 17 mm. Most 5-string basses are 17 and therefore a no go. That Roscoe looks super!

Headphones, at least Nux and Valeton has one. Two buttons Ditto was not as useful as I thought, but I am an old fart, and for me it's hard to learn even old stuff.

...and I was referring to an old cartoon.

"Me stupid? Sorry, I don't understand."

Isn't it candle wax?

I've had a Boss and two Dittos. Boss (though it was an older model) has features that are complex to use, because they try to add "interesting" and "usable" extras to it. Ditto is more straightforward: Push on, push again to continue the loop. But Ditto (read: you) really benefit from that loop's gonna end light. Even though I can hear what's going on, it is still somewhat hard to find the exact place to make the loop full. Those fractions of a second are too often too few or too many. What I find the looper's best feature: its capability to tell you right away what feels or went wrong. It is a super training tool. While you play you have an idea how you sound, but the looper tells you how you really sound. In the first place it was a nightmare, but now a valuable tool: how to make legato sound legato, am I rushing, or overplaying etc. At the moment I am using a cheapo Valeton Dapper looper with three buttons, but it is not any easier, and it is not compatible with all other pedals I have. I am most probably going back to a newer Ditto model, but... What I love to have in a looper (like in that Valeton) is a headphone output, the obvious choice for private training.

If anyone wants to reduce the amount of choices, choosing these parametres could lessen the amount of basses available: 1) scale length 30 - 36" 2) string spacing at the bridge 14 - 21.5 mm 3) headed/headless 4) pickups: JJ/PJ/humbuckers... After these there would be quite many excluded. The most common has probably a 34" scale, 17 mm spacing, is headed, and pickups are PJ. After purchasing whichever instrument, a pro setup, and a test of several string sets is in need. I really don't get the idea, that someone uses over £1000 and then says the bass isn't good only because different string sets weren't tried. Especially B needs extra testing.

Tilt eq Quad pre on the corner!

Advertising something that you are not being paid. Canikon, Fenquier...

My understanding is that you can attach as many bolts/inserts as you like. They are not pre-drilled.

Where did you find those angled connectors, @kiat? Good size!

- Gibson/Fender/Squier/Fodera, not only because they are overpriced, but they also look outdated - maple and light coloured fretboards - painted is another thing - too round necks - single cut bodies and "Beatle bass" - ridiculously overpriced "vintage" stuff - fashion things like Hartke, ADA, Markbass, tce amps, Warwick Corvette... - lousy electronics in the signal path including carbon track pots like Alpha, CTS... - terms "passive" and "active, when they most likely describe only the output of a bass: hi-Z, or lo-Z - cheapo reissues like Steinberger, Tobias... - (Fender) reissues branded to someone like Pastorius, Flea, Victor Bailey while they actually played something else in their well known career - the word "mojo" in any circumstance

If the store doesn't help you, find a friend that knows electronics. Exclude faulty components until you know for sure, what is broken. Maybe he can fix it for you? bartolini, Lollar, SD, EMG... there are lots of options available.

Where are my eyes when I need them... Thank you @AinsleyWalker!

To be honest, top build quality is not necessary from the US (yes, there are smaller companies like Suhr). But I am amazed how good sounding instruments they are able to push out from certain companies. We are waiting for pictures!

@Singular Audio: is this pedal able to drive line level inputs, too? Like amp's Return or Power amp IN?

...and how many did you have to buy, 5, 10?

MobileSheets Pro. Pay once and play a lot. Setlists, PDF, JPG, books with bookmarks... Used it for a few years, and works very well. I have maybe 5000 songs in there. No more papers.

To me, @ChrisDev (as well as @tomread) writes the song including repeats etc. I also like the key signatures, as they turn my head to the right direction from the start. @Bilbo, your score is more like, as you said, a road to somewhere. Chris' charts are compact and economical. [I was trained classically (piano, ages 5 - 18), and after that I went to play bass to a jazz and popular music school (found my instrument!) for four important years. I can read and play somewhat nowadays, but am far from an expert, because I make my living from technical R&D stuff (an engineer). I got tired of working strange hours, and so little money. I'm just a player, while you both are musicians.] I play in few bands (5 to 12 players), and the need for notes and arrangements is important. I do not remember every song by heart: one of the bands played 118 different songs last spring. There were maybe dozen gigs only. Quick changes in set lists also require the ability to read. All in all, I love your work and cordially thank you for your effort in helping this bass playing community to play lots of different music.