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I've never been to Abruzzo, but in my experience, Italy has quite a few best places! I know Umbria (next door!) very well, I'd happily settle for there!

This. I have the same. My G55 is racked up in a 2u rack with my Sennheiser Wireless Mic and IEM. Its never skipped a beat!

I was supposed to be working for them at the Manchester show, but we all know what got in the way of that... I was going to be taking them up there with me, but I have in my home studio (brought back from the Birmingham guitar show) a Kimandu 5 string bass fitted with a set of Advanced, and one of the JP Gold basses, which has a set of Vintage medium flats on it. The Advanced are great steel strings, and while I've never been a flats person before, they feel great to me too, far more playable than I expected. I'm still an Elixir user myself, so will be holding off for a while, but wouldn't be surprised if there were some coated strings in the pipeline...

As some of you may know, I don't work for them, but I do a bit of show/demo work with MSL. I'm no retail expert, but I was asked for some of my input on the website. Its not been advertised yet, but there's a 20% discount coupon code which works on any string orders, and only £2.99 shipping for orders under £50 (free shipping thereafter). I don't think I'll get a slap from them sharing it here, hope its OK with BC too! Try this: STRINGS20!

How annoying, the new date is a bugger, I have a gig at Beat at Tencreek that day, I think we're closing the day with Spencer James, but I'll still be expected to be there too early to make it to the Bash... 😓😢 If there's a remote possibility I will of course stick my head in the door...!

Sad, but the right thing to do. Mike let us know if you need to share the costs...

come and say Hi, I'll be around all weekend helping out the Markbass guys! Look for someone who looks a bit like the balding fool in my profile pic!

If it happens at all and its the same week as last year, I won't be there....

Yo! I'm hoping to be there too... Life has been stupidly busy so quite hard to plan... I'll bring whatever demo gear is left over from the month before (Manchester Bass Show), so will definitely have my Casa rig, probably the new Vintage D2 head (which I am thinking of selling the Casa to buy... its that good!), and I'll try and bring Markbass instruments and some packs of the new Markbass strings to give away...

I've been for the last few years. To be fair it is sold as a "Guitar" show, but many of the exhibitors do recognise our more significant contribution to music and have amps, instruments and bass relevant stuff too, including (last year, I think this too...) Ernie Ball, Markbass, Ampeg and Yamaha. Synergy were there with Sandberg and Bassics, also Ashdown, Darkglass, Bergantino to name a few... That's quite a lot actually!! I will again be helping out on the Markbass/DV Mark stand this year, and there will be quite a lot of new Markbass stuff on display, including the new Vintage D2 head/Cab (which is so good I am considering selling my beloved Casa and upgrading!), there will be new Markbass Strings to try out, the new basses, and if you're struggling to find an old OC-2 pedal out there, then save yourself the effort and come and try the new MB Raw Octaver... A thing of simple beauty! ...and definitely deals to be had over the weekend. One of the very best things about the show is, wait for it... The CATERING! Given its location, on the fringes of the "Balti Triangle", the food is mostly curry, and while the choice is limited to a couple of main dishes and some sides/rice (and chips for the heathens!) the quality and flavours are amazing, and its damned good value! So, not stupidly expensive, well worth a visit if you're at a loose end, and you'll be able to get some great, cheap grub too...!

I don't like it either, however, the phrase used was not "Rickenwaffen", but shortened. Sorry, with Mod head on I'm completely with @yorks5stringer on this. Very Inappropriate. Perhaps @NikNik might like to change title of this thread before someone takes offence rather than just gives it.

Sorry to hear this. I have tried silicone and didn't get on with them (slightly irritating when sweating, but more for isolation issues), so always used memory foam, and never had a problem.

This one came from Jadenacre, did you play this black bass? It really is stunning! Regarding strings, I know you'll all get a bit sniffy about this, but they both have Elixir steels on!!! 😲😲 However, I have just landed two sets of the new Markbass Vintage flats, so they will be going on to get them set up and bedded in for my next run of gigs!

It is now sporting a Gold guard! We've chatted before about JVs, I thought it was you that referred to them as BFL... Must've been mistaken! Sadly the original single laminate white plate it was fitted with split across the volume pot. I do still have it, but I had Eltham Jones (when he was working at Sound Control in Bristol) make me an identical replacement.

Big Fender Logo (and small Squier one at the end of the headstock). I think you're right... anodised is the way to go...

Thank you! BTW, before anyone comments, you'd be correct in pointing out the Squier has not got the correct scratchplate on it in this pic! It is sporting an ivory pearlescent one in the pic, but I have been pondering on either putting the original white one back, but I also have another anodised one to match the PB57... Do feel free to suggest your preference!

This doesn't really count as a NBD post, as I have been somewhat busy! Now I've had it for a couple of months, this is now my permanent setup for my P bass gigs. I bought the JV '57 BFL Squier new in 1982, all the mojo is mine and genuine, and it now has a pal! The black one is my new '83 Japanese JV PB57-95. Playability-wise they are virtually identical, but the neck/body woods on the PB57 have a slight edge, and as it is a -95 version it has US hardware, pups and wiring. It also has about the same amount of mojo, looking well used and loved alongside its new stablemate. No. Before you ask, just no! I have always said the BFL JV would have to be prized from my cold dead hands, and the PB57 is the same... I have Precision Perfection!

Yup, its going to be K&M all the way for me from now onwards!

I missed this conversation! I have been gigging my Casa for a year now. I use it with 2 x STD121hr cabs, which are slightly bigger (more internal volume) than the NY121p cabs, but also slightly lighter. For such a compact and light rig it is fricken awesome. My P's sound huge with it. Big, burpy, fat and funky. It doesn't have valves, but if you want to, you can drive it like it has. it gives the the massive fat presence you'd get from the Kustom, Acoustic 360 or SUNN Colosseum solid state heads from the 70's... but without the weight! here is my current setup. Before anyone asks, thats an original 1983 JV PB57-95 on the left and my 1982 JV '57 Squier BFL on the right!

I bought a Hercules boom stand a while back. It doesn't get used now except in my rehearsal room. The boom section has a friction fixing which is supposed to clamp onto a spigot on the top of the main stand. however a. the friction fixing does not actually clamp tight enough to hold it (I had to wedge a bit of cardboard in to make it tight enough... very "pro".... NOT), and b. the spigot is supposed to be a rigid part of the main stand, but the weld is poor and it wobbles, so the whole boom arrangement is wobbly/sloppy... disappointing....

This. I have several, and at first was impressed, but they are a. Not taking busy gigging at all well, and b. Those bloody green bands are utterly pointless. They keep coming off and getting lost...

Get your android users to install "Mixing Station", much better app for Android. Better for Front of House mixing too (I've been using X32 for 5 years, I have two of them, a Rack and a Producer). Also spend out and get some Proper wifi. Even "prosumer" grade all in one router/wifi boxes are not designed to handle the number of devices which will try to find and connect to it at an average gig. With a Ubiquiti UniFi AC Mesh UAP-AC-M, and a MikroTik RouterBOARD hAP ac lite, you'll be up with the pros, and properly configured you'll minimise the chances of dropout, even in busy town centre venues. Happy to help. Also, after I broke my second Shure cable connector (on the earpieces themselves), I gave up with Shure 535s, initially went to KZ (most recently AS10, which are great), but just bought some CCA C12, which are bloody amazing, and better than 535s. Given they are only £25-30 (cheaper than a replacement Shure cable!) on AliExpress and they have 6 drivers a side, I don't think they can be beaten for value! AliExpress is a safe place to shop and even if for some reason they don't last as long as your Shures, you can buy 10 pairs of them for the cost of a single pair of 535s. Can't beat 'em unless you go to custom moulds...