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Almost the same, but with an added patch bay where all our other signals went through to split them between our own IEM sets and the FOH. We used to play with a stereo backing track with synths and backing vocals and a click track. I think we used Ableton Live on a Windows laptop.

Awesome, enjoy the experience! Amsterdam is a beautiful city, and tourism isn't back at pre-covid peak levels yet so you can actually see all the pretty stuff behind the crowds What venue are you playing?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154958669307?hash=item241441a5fb:g:R-4AAOSwb~FiYUUQ Pretty cool.

Me too! Great find. If it's anything as good as the E-series Squier Strat I own, you're going to love it.

It's difficult to tell from these pictures if it's the entire fingerboard, or if it's just the binding that's coming loose. It does look like the neck has a bit of a bow whereas the fingerboard has not. These basses have a very rigid "resinator" fingerboard (50/50 wood fibres and resin) that may make the neck harder to adjust. Could be an easy fix. I've always find these basses intriguing, I like the pickup switching options on these.

Korean Tobias 4-string neck-through on Gumtree: https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/gibson-tobias-left-handed-bass-guitar/1425615922

I tried to take a selfie asbestos I could:

It has a matching headstock though, I think the general consensus here is that's a no-go? I quite like it on this one though! Oh, but it's sold 😉

Aye, that would be a Dargie Delight limited edition 😎 I quite like this look: The Reverb seller I took this pic from claims it's the "Aqua Purple" finish, but I think this is Sky Blue and I think it looks lush!

Cool model, but the burst doesn't suit it. Would look great in a solid finish or one of EBMM's incredible metallic or sparkle finishes.

I've heard similar stories, where the truss rod snapped because it had LOADS of wood glue residue in the thread and wouldn't move. There was a photo gallery on the website of Unicorn Basses from Sweden where they documented a neck recovery to replace the truss rod, add carbon rods and replace the fingerboard of a very expensive Frog 5 with a snapped truss rod. It looked terrible underneath. The gallery has recently been taken down, I wonder if Adrian contacted them.

I've owned a 1978 SB-1000 batwing headstock, and have had three MC924's. I can't comment on the tones of the SB-1000, the electronics in mine were shot. Someone had added two more pickups (original model) and had removed the original varitone and active circuitry and the middle (stock) pickup was barely working so the bass sounded nothing like it should have. I can comment on playability, feel and weight though: it was heavy, big and chunky and the near parallel strings won't be for everyone, as pointed out by various people above. I liked it a lot though, but I eventually sold it because I would rather want one that's still stock. I still have two of my three Musicians, and they're quite different from the SB despite the similar construction and looks. I have a 1981 MC924 (single coil soapbar pickups, mahogany body wings with ash facings, rounded body edges, HUGE neck) and a 1983 MC924 (PJ pickups, ash body wings, bevelled body edges, narrower and thinner neck). The one with the soapbars has a voice all of its own and sounds great, but the PJ is my favourite for versatility, ergonomics, playing comfort and range of tones (in part thanks to a pan pot as opposed to the 3-way switch of the older model). The 1981 is about to be shipped to Boston, but the 1983 is not going anywhere anytime soon! It's exactly one month younger than me, and very dear to me.

That there is a stunning example of functional art! There is nothing quite like a Lefay. I played a lefty Herr Schwarz once, some 10 years ago, and it still haunts me. So well thought-out, beautifully made, great playing and sounding, and stunning to look at. Enjoy!

Do you need to use the shared backline / cabs to get yourself heard, or are they just there for personal monitoring? If the latter, I would consider a powered wedge to place in front of you as a personal bass monitor, if there's usually enough room and time to set it up. You can use the same power source as for the Helix (assuming you're using the pedal version and not the 19" one, and that you're using a power strip on stage).

Awesome! Lovely Mike Watt vibes emanating from that.

Who needs metal when you can have THAT for a boat anchor?

Looks like a set-neck design too, without the thinner body wings of the regular model, so it's in fact fatter over the full width of the body.

The springs can be replaced by silicone hose too. I use them in one of my Strats and they work great in it.

30"

Here you go: Atelier Z Baby Z-4J

Don't forget this one 😉

I just took delivery of a shortscale last Thursday (Mustang-like with string-through-body) and it's strung with roundwound DR Sunbeam 045-105's. I was amazed by how "normal" the string tension feels compared to my longscale basses! I dare say I have experienced longscales that feel floppier with D'Addario 045-105 than this shortscale does with the Sunbeams. I have yet to experiment with this and find "my" ideal strings for this bass, but so far I like what I'm hearing and feeling.

Then what would you call a fretless Precision Bass? An Approximation Bass?

The Atelier Z arrived today, and it's brilliant!

Today I took delivery of this wonderful, tiny beast and it's absolutely brilliant! Pics are from the seller, he did a much better job at them than I could have. It's a 2015 model, but there are absolutely no traces of use whatsover. It's like new! I've been lusting after one of these for over a year now, especially the PJ version but I have yet to find a lefty version of that. This one was offered to me in a trade against one of my Ibanez MC924's and I gladly took it! I haven't owned a shortscale in years, but it's such a breeze to play that there won't be much of a learning curve! It clearly borrows its design from the Fender Mustang and Musicmaster, but aside from the (rounded slab) body and pickguard shape and the narrow 16,5mm string spacing, that's where the similarities end. This thing is a scaled down active Jazz Bass, and it sounds very modern! Controls are neck volume, bridge volume (push/pull for passive), stacked bass and treble (boost only). Tuners are Gotoh, bridge is a custom aluminium Hipshot style B with extra narrow string spacing. Frets appear to be stainless steel and are very narrow and low and I love the feel! Neck is reinforced with titanium rods. There are a few minor things that annoy me and need to be taken care of: pickup height adjustment doesn't work (in either direction. They're completely stuck at their current height!), and I hate the looks and feel of the control knobs and the pots themselves. The neck volume feels solid and stays in place, but the others turn too lightly to my taste and are very touch-sensitive. I still have a set of Fender Jazz Bass knobs and two Fender Am Dlx stacked Jazz knobs that I hope I can get to fit. It also has a bit of neckdive, but not so bad that a rough strap can't cure it. Otherwise I'm very happy with it, and it's incredibly fun to play!