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  1. wateroftyne
    Because I've listened to interviews with Bob Ezrin etc.
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    Just for clarity I doubt DG is comping 5 solos because of mistakes, or any shred of sloppiness. He'll be playing a different thing each time and comping the best bits.
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    Ordered these bad lads on Sunday. Winged their way over the Atlantic from Canada in four days. What a time to be alive! Plunge Audio Dynamics. They'll get a run out next weekend...
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    Honestly, it's incredible. I'm a happy lad! I'll get a clip up soon, but in the meantime here's another pic. I've seen that some have red cases, but when you do the serial lookup it says they're orange. Very odd. Does your case have a Fender badge on the front? Like you I'm traditionally a P guy, but it just doesn't work for the later Eagles stuff. I'd love to swap between the two but because the guitar lads have so many changes - apparently of more importance 🙄 😃 - I'm covering a lot of the between-song chat and don't have time to do any changes myself. Luckily the neck pickup on this is so defined and growly it gets me in the ballpark (although you & I both know there's nothing like a P!).
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    Thanks! Re: the weight - possibly, but there’s one in a shop locally that (from memory) doesn’t feel particularly light. incidentally, that same bass is virtually unplayable, and feel acoustically dead. It nearly put me off taking a chance on buying mine online, but I’m glad I did. The honeymoon period is over, and it’s still incredible. it’s nice when that happens..:
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    Hey hey! Still intrigued to hear opinions of anyone who has used the ACS Ambients....
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    In that case I might go with the ambients - I don't think we'll be silent stage any time soon. Thank you.
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    Just curious (and to repeat what's already been asked) - do we know for sure that these are a bass-killer? I prefer the idea of the Ambients in principle, but not if they sound like an old-timey radio.
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    He just used rods... thankfully he has a great touch.
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    Hexham Abbey last night - last gig of the year for my Eagles trib, and our first 'Unplugged and candlelit' show. As you can imagine, it's a spectacular location with 'acoustic challenges'. We're lucky to have an amazing engineer - we kept the volume down, had speakers all around the audience with delays, and apparently it sounded spot-on. Lots of new arrangements, and I'm continuing to wean myself on to IEMs, so it took me a couple of songs to fully settle into it. I used my usual Handbox head, my 66RI Jazz, and my little TKS cab, just to move a bit of air around the back of my legs. It's been a great year for this band. They're an absolutely champion bunch of lads. Looking forward to a mix of electric and acoustic shows in 2026. \
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    He is very funny.
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    Yep, I agree. It's a beaut. Should have arrived sooner tho.
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    I like Danny even more now. As an aside, we shouldn't forget that Danny and Mohini are making a shedload of cash out of this spat. I'm not going to begrudge them for that.
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    May I recommend something like the Gotoh 201B-4 G?
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    Yep, that’s the factory one. Specifically one of the earlier ones without the Fender logo.
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    Again, might be misunderstanding but the hi-mass is the stock bridge on these.
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    I may have misread this post, but the bridge in the photo isn’t the factory bridge for these.
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    Ah, the claw. Very much of its time! FWIW, this is a later variant. The earliest walnut specials didn’t have the ‘burst effect, and didn’t have ‘Fender’ stamped on the bridge (the standard hi-mass bridge that came with these basses, that is). Yours is a beaut. Enjoy it.
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    It’s a puzzler, this. And it seems to be more expensive than the West Ham version.
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    Further to my previous comment, I should add that I'd much rather watch Danny than the smelling-your-own-farts w4nkery of Berthoud etc. I get nowt from that stuff (YMMV obv).
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    I remember when he first started popping up years ago. I couldn't bear him - his stuff was so TECHNICOLOR and in-your-face. Turns out he was just ahead of the curve. I still couldn't bear him until recently, but at some point I had another go accepting him as a bit of a cartoon character, and... I get him now. He's funny. That said, I'd never watch him to learn anything.
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    They do. My only gripe is the near-invisible dot markers front-and-side on the others - thankfully not a thing on the ‘66.
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    Eagles tribute gigs for the last couple of nights. First, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. It's a gorgeous hall with a lot of history. House PA, extremely good engineer, great lights Best of all, though: 800 people in... on a Thursday night! Hats off to the promoter. Last night was a lovely theatre outside of Whitehaven. A little more cramped, but another very enjoyable night. I used my new (but not new) 1996 MIA Jazz RI, and it's a Bobby Dazzler. Love it. The only downside was the van breaking down as we left Whitehaven. I finally got home just before 5am 😅 💤
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    Hey gang For a while now I've been on the hunt for a J to use on my Eagles tribute gig. I picked this up a few days ago, and - ever-wary that you don't quite know what a bass really sounds like until you've gigged it - after a couple of shows I've happily torn the plastic film off the pickguard. It's absolutely lovely. Light, resonant, even across the neck, and sits perfectly in the mix. A nice smooth top, with a lovely growl when you slide and dig in. Happy days.
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    I did. Nice bass - neck profile not for me though.
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