Beedster

Nicely put 👍

That’s what happens when you list it as collection only, massive percentage drop in market, seller would have picked up double that had they offered postage 👍

Working, six hours to install, verify, set up, and run a piece of software these days? I'm using UAD and Pro Tools, both I would guess infinitely more complex but both so much quicker to set up and easy/logical to use

I've got quite a lot of work coming up and thought I'd make things easier running my Apollo via a Softube Console 1. Long story short I've spent the last four hours trying to get the software to respond, it opens, immediately hangs, and then the only way I can get my computer back is by uninstalling it. I've tried all the options suggested in various forums, e.g., loading, unplugging the hardware, then plugging it back in again, to no avail. This seems to be quite a common issue but I'm yet to find a solution online and it seems Softube support are not fast. Anyone using it and had to work through this? Cheers. Chris

Good man 👍

Thanks for posting @Hellzero, that's a few months of my life gonna go to learning that part, and I'm pretty sure getting the right notes in the right order is only a very small part of it 👍

One of the defining bass moments of my childhood 👍

Right in principle, probably not in law. If they tell you very clearly in their T&C s that the item you're not sending is not covered, it's going to be a pretty decent law firm who makes the class action stick, they know exactly whet they're doing, a certain type of person will always opt for the insurance option assuming that, should push come to shove, and even though there is a clear statement saying 'not insured', the courier firm will do the right thing.....

But that’s the truth, bass didn’t exist on radio, it was all upper mids, and not in a nice way, sure it’s part if the reason the Ric clank emerged in the 70s, only bass tone that came through 🤔

And why not......

100% with you, it shows that when I was growing up and listening to radio and must have heard this song literally hundreds of times, bass was not in the mix. OK, a counter to that could be that my ears weren't attuned, but I always had a bass brain, one of my earliest musical memories for example was hearing The Night by Franky Valli and the Four Seasons and knowing that bass was where is was at, but the bass part in the latter track is very up front and centre, whereas in the track about, despite the musicality (or perhaps because of it), it's a far less obvious line, especially if not helped by EQ at the station and poor quality speakers in my childhood bedroom

For some reason bass lines seems to come over better on Radio 6, almost like the whole station in better EQ'd than the rest? Anyway, until this morning i'd never picked up what an extraordinary bit of playing this is

Does the preamp really change the characteristics of your bass? Yes Is it worth doing? That's down to you, but once you start..... What preamps would work well with a pj with dimarzio pickups in? That's the rabbit hole.....

In theory yes, double bass boards are often treated in this way, not sure how good it would look and how long it would last. I also think you'll find that all maple fingerboards wear a finish of some sort you would need to remove which might not be easy or satisfactory

Well we’re well overdue a surprise from Fender in relation to a new product, perhaps this is it 🤔

That seems to be a very long box in which to send a bass, does the circle indicate the point at which the headstock was snapped?

Couriers will break stuff that isn't packaged bomb-proof, and to be honest we should recognise and respect that reality when we sell things to fellow musicians, if we choose not to then we have to accept the potential risks. Couriers are like baggage handlers, they have to assume that the package is secure (and don't forget that strong bass cases are called 'flight cases' for this reason). My gripe with couriers at present is that whole some appear to have really upped their game with timing and tracking - for example with DPD and Parcelforce not only do I know with certainty which day and between which two hours it's coming (as long as the seller has ticked that box), I can also see the vehicle in real time on a map and get updates if there's a delay - others such as EVRI seem to think it's OK to lose about 50% of packages sent to my home and then literally ignore any attempt by the sender to resolve issues, simply putting up a wall of impenetrable tech. As others have said, the bass is repairable, or at least you have some parts to sell on, with EVRI it would have a 50% chance of having been stolen, lost or misdirected, you's have no bass and no compensation. Oh, and on the off chance it had got to you, it would likely still have been broken

Talking of the skill required........

Indeed, as I've just said to my bandmates, "guys, this is us in 20 years". Worse things can happen 👍

I am literally pissing myself, I have it on repeat, it's antidepressant and hallucinogenic rolled into on cunning package

At every level of scrutiny that is special

PF50 is great for gigging, fits loads of cases, I used a £30 Stanley tool bag that also housed cables, backup mics, drumsticks and guitar strings (yep, someone has to). Never had a problem, yellow bag also hard lo lose at a gig 👍

Yep, that made me chuckle as well, midrange emphasis is a 50s-style box, no stinky poo

Of course, but quantity and quality are not equivalent 👍