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Would love to, but the car died at the weekend 😡

Oh ffffffffs. I just bought an Embassy a few weeks ago but I would have been all over these 😞

You could get pretty much any Jazz and put some Dimarzio Area-J pickups in it? https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/standard-bass/area-j-pair

Hi guys, Anyone know much about the BB VIs? Been offered one and they seem to be hen's teeth. It's a 32" model, seems to be Japanese Market only. Similar spec to a BB300.

Those inlays are AWESOME

Isn't this what the visibility attribute is for? Within a calendar, if you click on an event and mark it as private then I think only invitees can see the meeting details but everyone else can see that there is an event. That's certainly how Outlook works.

Anyone put flats on and have some sound clips?

Sunburst never looks better.

That is pretty much what happens with linear taper tone pots. You may want to swap them for audio taper pots. Google for "audio vs linear tone pot" will give you loads of info.

Love it, but I'm not sure I'd want a gold foil in a bass. Hmm.

@Baloney Balderdash there was a company called Rautia who made a replacement for those Aria pickups but their website seems to be dead now http://www.rautiaguitars.net/aria-pro-ii.html

I have no idea what that is but I like it. Is the neck as mammoth as it looks?

So, I really like this bass and am definitely keeping it, but the tone pot is either absolute pony or is broken (or incorrectly wired). Looking into replacing it. Hoping Bax might refund me slightly given the non-functioning E as well!!

Behave.

Interesting. I absolutely love the Dunlop flats but there's no way I'm paying £90 if I need to replace them. Are the DTFs quite low tension? It's one of the things I like about the Dunlop.

Strings of all types have got mad expensive. The bog standard dunlop flats I have on my P have more than doubled in price since I bought them a few years ago. I haven't checked but I suspect you'll find that those sets aren't much more expensive than the equivalent standard ones.

Aren't those warnings likely related to the (tiny) amounts of lead (in the solder) or nickel (in the strings)? Could also be the paint - if you do a hendrix and set your guitar alight the fumes might be toxic. It seems ridiculous, but that's litigation culture for you.

Green one. Mrs Psychosis was quite vocal as to which the prettiest one was so that made it easy 🙂 Have changed the strings - to some round core Newtones - but it was a bit frustrating having to do so in order to check the bass was OK, especially given the price of strings in 2023. Not sure what the matter with the E was, but it was notably lower output than the other strings and there was a really strange rattle/buzz coming from the open E. Changing them has fixed it so... 😐 Sound wise, need to wait for the strings to bed in but I do like it a lot. I do wonder if I'll end up with flats on it at somepoint. My only real complaint is that the tone control might as well not be there. It does flip all until the last 10% of the turn when it does a little. Does that chime with you guys? I've had a bit of a moan here but I do genuinely think this is a stonking bass. The weight, balance and neck feel are all fantastic.

Picked one of these up and it arrived today. Firstly, it's gorgeous and I love the neck. Really light weight, and well balanced. On the downside, the E string appears to be gubbed (does anyone know what these strings are? Red silks), so tonight I need to change the strings and set it up again before I can comment further. But I think it's going to be a keeper.

Surely buying a £38 return ticket is going to be more economical than buying a whole new special bass??

Oooft. I too didn't know these were a thing. Looks great.

I can't imagine myself ever playing in a scenario where I'd need one of these but they're fascinating instruments. Are they really tuned and pitched the same as a 34" electric? That's wild. As for that cover of Kiss in the first post 🤯🤩

Agreed. It's funky as hell. The guy in the video be straight trippin, as the cool kids would say

Muting. Tend to be used either by people who do loads of tapping, or use high gain, or both.

That looks great. If I didn't already have a P I'd be all over these I think.