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Dependant upon the make and age of the basses, but, if they are finished in nitrocellulose lacquer, the rubber of the hangers will affect the finish. Not sure if you can get hangers that have a non-rubber coating/padding on the hangers, but maybe wrapping some inert material, like crepe bandages, around the rubber might help keep the finish in good nick.

What like pal. Welcome.

About time Blackstar had some bass amps.

The pickups remind me of the old Les Paul Recording.

JHS's Vintage basses?

Congrats on the new band.

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Jack of All Trades 4 string bass? Got to be a Precision or a P/J hasn't it. Or a Jazz... or a Ric... or a (insert name here)...

I've owned & played many J bass inspired basses with the 38mm nut, and they've been good basses. However, my favourite instruments have always had the wider P bass style nut width. No idea why, it just feels more comfortable to my hands. And before anyone pipes up that "you can't tell the difference, it's only a few millimetres", yes you can feel the difference, and it does make a difference when you're playing.

Bass heaven: Tight grooves with the rest of the band (whether other bands or my own) Bass hell: YouTube soloists

Have a look at what Thomann have. They're usually cheaper than anything in the UK, even with the 10€ surcharge.

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Just saw a Line6 video on Facebook with Billy Sheehan talking about the Helix model of his old Pearce pre-amp.

Usually always on the E, but it has happened on all the other strings as well. The 12th harmonic (or the fretted 12th) does get around it. I'm finding the Unitune to be excellent, as you don't have that issue.

From what little I know, the Turbo Rat seems to be a more modernised version of the Rat. It does seem to have been in production for quite a while, so the "rarity" issue would appear to be clutching at straws (to me anyway!). Many years ago, I had a "Vintage Rat", which was a reissue of the original circuit by ProCo. It did have the LM308 in it, but how accurate (accu-RAT?) it was I have no idea. I do wish I'd kept it, they only seem to have produced it for a few years in the mid-late 90's, and finding another one is testing (and expensive). There would seem to be more readily available "replica" Rats by the myriad boutique pedal makers, at various price points.

Very nice acquisitions indeed! Going to have to Google Chris Boult now!

Very swish, get you!

Another vote for the TC Electronic Polytune Clip, though TBH, sometimes it goes into polytune mode when you're trying to tune a single string, which is a tad annoying, especially on bass. However, the new(ish) TC Electronic Unitune Clip is fantastic (and cheaper). The Unitune doesn't have the. polytune mode. Both are incredibly accurate too.

I would think you'd be better changing your pre-amp first before changing the pickups on an active.

Seriously considering importing a bass from the US, even with the postage & import duty, it's still working out cheaper than buying one in the UK.

Nice find. The Yammy SG's are excellent guitars, always fancied one, but never owned one, played a few and they were great. These and the Ibanez Artist's were real Les Paul killers (owned a few Artist's over the years, want another). Doesn't that have the push/pull pots for coil tapping?

Maybe you need to spend a bit of time with your setup for tweaking. Take the EQ's to 12 o'clock etc. and take it from there. Is it a new bass or new rig? How did you dial your sound in originally? Did you just set the EQ to where you normally set it? When did you last change your strings? What sort of strings are you using? Etc. etc.