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Ah, Essex Recording Studios. Love them. A couple of weeks ago, the family of a a dear, departed friend put his guitars through auction. Essex paid about £6,500 for this one, and they're trying to flip it for a canny mark-up: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185819410017?fbclid=IwAR0XG4EzMQm-E6JQlCETFOCFmAXWVhDrwWfsn6AzR4bL4BpevvjEhoKNLck And of course, they're fully entitled to do this. Good luck to 'em. Kind-of.

I wear them for gigs 100% of the time. I'm not sure if I understand the definition of ear fatigue, but I've also taken to wearing them in some situations where there's a lot going on, even if it's not necessarily at dangerously loud levels. They just help things feel a little... calmer. And because of the flat response, you can still have conversations.

ACS Pro 17s have changed my life. https://www.acscustom.com/uk/products/hearing-protection/pro-series/pro-17

I specced both of mine with Hipshot B’s. Lovely bridges.

Once in a Lifetime. A masterclass in minimalism and stubbornness.

...and look how much it's popped up on Reverb for: https://reverb.com/uk/item/66798899-fender-precision-bass-with-rosewood-fretboard-1966-sunburst-made-in-usa-ser-no-1xxxx6-includes-hard-case

A couple of beauties under the hammer at the Gardiner Houlgate guitar auction this morning. A lovely-looking 66P 'burst refin went for £3000, and a 63P Oly refin went for £4400. Both also subject to a +26% buyer's premium.

14 minutes talking about a bass, and about 30 seconds sliding around on it like a toddler on roller skates. Next thing you know it'll be James Corden doing a demo of an F-22 Raptor.

Of all the Lonnie Donegan tunes, you chose Chewing Gum... gah!

Hmm.. not my cuppa tea. Retails for about £1500.

Nice work!

To be fair… if you’re after that tone and you can’t do wet farts on demand, there aren’t many other options out there.

Still nothing. I fear no news is not good news.

I'm trying to work out what the actual issue might be here. Are you saying there's no friction and you can't stop your hand moving in time..??

Re: my slightly vague ‘AccuSwitch’ reference earlier, this was a minor scandal about 20 years(!) ago, in which respected cab builder Accugroove added a mysterious sealed black box to their cabs which they claimed offered switchable impedance. It was swiftly identified as snake oil. A very strange move. I’m sure @Bill Fitzmaurice remembers that one!

Always New Moon for me. https://www.newmooninsurance.com (note: I’ve never had to claim, but I’ve heard nothing but good reports)

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/fender-sparkle-finishes

As mentioned above, a tweak of a knob sorts it.

Yeah, I'm generally averse to excessive EQ-tweaking, so I had to take a deep breath before ramping the mid, but what a difference. So much character. re: the input gain, my old '71 isn't the hottest. It would be set a lot lower if I was using my Maruszczyk Jake.

I'd come to realise there's definitely something different re: the core tone of the 'old' WB-100 and the new mid-knob version (and presumably this applies re: the R-400 too). The new version seems bigger, wider and cleaner. I chatted to Leszek about this, because I quite liked the more complex mids of the earlier version, which just 'happened' with the bass and treble set flat. His answer was simple and obvious - 'Turn the mid knob up more boldly'. To paraphrase the longer answer, the preamp in the new version is built so the mids and highs saturate less readily, to achieve a super-clean signal. So, last night, I did just that. I pushed the mid knob (600) more than I ever normally would on an amp, rolled the bass back a little... and introduced the mid glow I was looking for. Yum.

Did someone say 'Accuswitch'? 😄