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I would love to catch them live. Always had to work late when they have come to London over the last few years. Glad you enjoyed the show!

The very best sounding 5 strings - Low B specifically- I have ever played (Didn't own any of them) were a Warwick thumb 5, a stingray 5 and a Status Barracuda (probably the best sounding out of all of them). All of them weighed an absolute tonne. Whether that was related to the quality of their low end I can't say, but I could never own an instrument as heavy as those

Other than the cachet of the name I have never really understood the fuss over Kays. The one I played on at a dealers place was eclipsed by every other bass of any construction method at any price he was selling. If you must own a Kay then £2.5k will get you this. If you want a double bass then £2.5k will get you some choice. Rant over 🤣

My radio alarm clock goes off to LBC in the morning and the presenter on breakfast show (I'm not naming them deliberately) was really scathing of the whole thing. Laughing at the average age of attendees being 39, scathing of acts whether they had made political statements or not, etc etc Very odd!

If you want to get the most transparent sound you can from your Laney plug your pedalboard output into the FX return socket on the back of the amp. Technically the inbuilt FX loop is for line level signals which are louder than instrument level signals, but as long as you can get a healthy volume level from your pedal board you'll be doing ok. By doing this you bypass the preamp section of the amp where, theoretically, most of the tone colour resides.

As long as the frets are all level you can get the action as low as you want really. I can't tolerate high actions or higher tension strings so have actions of around 1mm on all my basses, but I play with a light touch as a result. Also Don't be scared of adjusting the truss rod in future. Just being careful - small turns and let the bass settle to the new tension before adjusting more, but it doesn't seem your current setting needs adjusting unless you change strings. Good luck

Bit late to this, I love my Line Audio OM1s which I use as a stereo pair, or use singularly combined with a ribbon for close mic'ing. Their CM4 is meant to be great as well and I very nearly bought one on eBay recently for live use where I would want a cardioid pattern rather than my omnis. Line audio are made in Sweden in small batches and are at bargain prices. https://www.lineaudio.se/ Since leaving the EU it's tricky to get them directly, but there is a UK distributer - I haven't used them as I bought direct years ago. https://pinknoise-systems.co.uk/collections/line-audio---microphones?srsltid=AfmBOoqlo1VbCHSPNyRVw8t286EIRm_r-2ZJiQBzCkJPjHCxW_Fog9k2#

Only bass I regret selling. Groove 5 string. Phenomenal bass. I initially wished it sound more like a stingray, but then realised the sound was "better" - more useable. And Yes that neck, damn. I saw my old one up for sale and didn't move fast enough to buy it. As you say, they're rarely on the second hand market

Is this similar to your current one? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/177048483189?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=nrhfh01pq1o&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=IEanl3fNSaK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I go to quite a few flea markets around London. I have seen old washboards for sale on a couple of occasions, but as with anything at these type of markets it's when you aren't looking for it that you see it. Car boots would be another avenue to explore, but as Reggaebass says waiting for one to turn up on eBay might be the best bet.

I hadn't heard of hearthis. I will be in a similar position to you later this year where I'll need to share some works in progress and I was totally put off setting up a new SoundCloud account, so I will give it a look

You could use bandcamp for this, but personally I wouldn't as it's primarily designed as a sales platform for finished recordings. YouTube is quite handy for this. You can mark the video as unlisted so it won't show up in searches, but you can then send the link directly to players who might be interested in joining. Obviously you need to upload a video, (which can just be a still image) rather than just an audio file. I ditched SoundCloud a long time ago so I don't know how useful it would be in either its free or subscription form.

I would take that Covent Garden address with a pinch of salt. The address is very familiar to me as I have dealt with various companies and charities that use it. It's an office complex that offers all sorts of services from postal boxes, to hot desking, meeting rooms up to shared office space. Many, many companies are registered there: https://open.endole.co.uk/explorer/postcode/wc2h-9jq

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