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What an epic story! So pleased for you @AndyTravis! Seems crazy to think that I paid £1250 for my 4HS Stealth brand new! They were quite vilified back then, due to the looks. Glad more people have realised what a beast of a bass they are. I certainly wish I still had mine

Like a starter set compared to some of the epic boards here, but just swapped out the Lomenzo Hyperdrive for the Microtubes X Ultra. It’s a bit spaced out at the moment because there’s a Boss WL-50 to go on it too

Just bought a Darkglass pedal from Ian. Really smooth transaction. Great communication throughout. Pedal arrived less than 48hrs after he posted it, and superbly packed. Very highly recommended

Seems like some of EMG’s pickups are out in the desert with Mr Trujillo and Mr Claypool!

That wouldn’t be much of an issue for me, but for a working bassist doing gigs around London, very often public transport is the most efficient way to travel. So for someone in that situation, that would mean carting a second bass around on the tube with them. I know it’s all ifs and buts, and I haven’t broken a string for years, but it’s still a possibility. If I was one of those players, that would certainly play a huge part in me deciding against fitting this particular bridge, but I wish you luck in your ventures!

Looking at how the strings are anchored, and the Evo cam, am I right in thinking that if I break the A string on a 5er mid gig, to change it I have to remove either the B and E string or the G and D string to get the A string off?

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Agreed. I do love watching his demos

I’m on a Yamaha Attitude Fb group, and Erik Arko posted there recently that Thomann had a fresh stock of DiMarzio Relentless pickups in stock. People must’ve been eagerly waiting this news, as within no time they were sold out again!

Great demo by Amos Heller

Agreed. I put my mk1 ABM500 Evo Rc on here a couple of years back for £125 including a gator 4u rack case, and never got any interest in it. They’re cheap as chips if you hunt around

I ditched the Behringer and just put a Ashdown Lomenzo hyperdrive in front of the amp. Sounded great!

Just stumbled across this old pic. I used to use this for pub gigs, humping that 810 in and out the back of my Vectra hatchback. I gave that cab away to someone on here, Bartleby I think it was. The awful Behringer unit is long gone, but I still have the ABM, it lives at our rehearsal space for times when I can’t be bothered to take my EBS TD650 to rehearsal.

There’s one on FB marketplace for £390

So, did any of you guys actually get a Photon yet??

Looks like the admins have got a lot of banning to do on that group then!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/depsuk/permalink/10158389653438021/

I’ve just checked back in on the original Facebook post, it’s still ongoing and now has 712 comments! 😄

The FB ad which made me start this thread was full of people quoting MU rates

That is pretty much the same flak this guy was getting. Stuff like “my function band doesn’t go out for less than £2k” yet when you point out that you’re probably not the market he’s aiming at then, you get a torrent of abuse! How some people don’t see the distinction between a pub covers band and a quality function band is beyond me. I remember seeing a promo vid of @EBS_freak band, it was a while ago now, but the professionalism and musical ability was outstanding. The guy asking if any local guitarist fancies earning £50, is clearly aiming at a different audience. At least you’d think it would be obvious

I do understand that. I think, from reading the guys posts, he’s assuming most guitarists that play in the local cover bands will know 90% of the songs on the set list anyway. He seems pretty humble about it, kind of “look, I know the moneys not great, but it’s a £250 gig and our guitarist can’t make it, does anyone fancy it?” Some of the replies he’s had have been so rude.

I remember those days! I was happy to be out playing our own music back then, at about 19yrs old. I’m not sure I’d be so keen now!

Yes, it’s just a standard local pub covers band he’s in. The fee for covers bands doing pub gigs seems to be fairly uniform. Although, you wouldn’t think so by some of the replies he’s getting

Function gigs would normally command a much higher fee than a pub gig, so everyone assumed he was offering £50 for a high paying gig.