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The Skyline DJ4 I had was also excellent, probably the best ‘Jazz’ I’ve owned. It got sold to help buy my custom P/J 44-94, which is much more the sound that I’m after (Precision with a bit of option). Si

I know the guy who runs BPU and he’s a really nice guy (or certainly was to me). Given the history of Ric’s on this forum because of the tactics employed by certain senior staff of theirs, I don’t blame anyone for simply wanting to avoid the topic altogether. Si

Not quite a ‘68 (although probably all from the same parts bins) but my ‘71 Precision sounds 90% the same as my Lakland Precision pickup. The Lakland is fair bit louder though. I did do a shootout, albeit with normalised volumes. The ‘71 is first, the track then swaps with the Lakland 44-64 every 4 bars: They’re available here: https://www.lakland.com/product-category/pickups-strings-merch/pickups/ Si

Hi all, I’ve finally pulled together, in the form of a (long) EP, ‘Onymous’, a number of noise/ambient looped pieces that I’ve recorded over the years. Happy listening: https://simonpoulton.bandcamp.com/ Cheers Si

I came across this deal on PB which I promptly purchased, 89% off, so sitting at £3.95 currently. Excellent morphing glitch VST, lots of presets and delay/filter/pitch shifting options for your noisey, fx-ridden tracks: https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/53-Multi-Effect-/1917-Convex Si p.s. Might be worth renaming the thread as 'good VST deals' in general?!

You only get Sundays off work? Si

I’m still in...... .....but I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t been window shopping Si

Very kind, thank-you Si

It's all a lot of fun to be honest, not least because I get full creative freedom The 'Just Love' album is all my '71 Precision. The 'They Say' EP is my Lakland 44-94 (Dancing In The Kitchen & Not Wrong), 55-01 (Where On The Map) & Bass Collection fretless (Don't Say). The new EP (out June 7th) will be my Lakland 44-64, 55-01 & Fender Mustang on the single out now (Twenties). Live, I just use the 55-01, but angling to try and get a 55-64. Si

Hi all, For those in and around Maidstone, Kent, we have a show at Pizza Express Live this coming Saturday (13th April): https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/jocee If you're into optimistic Soul with a Motown flavour, come eat pizza and have a listen Cheers Si

We do our best With regards to a ‘high level of tweaking and optimization’, whilst the Forte was great, ultimately it was a 2-in, 2-out USB device, it was always going to be relatively limited in it’s function (albeit whilst sounding excellent). If you were to compare the Forte to our Clarett or Red range now (Clarett 2Pre being closest in I/O), the sheer level of connectivity and routing options available is night and day, not to mention performance optimisation being the best it’s ever been. Si // Focusrite

When a product is discontinued, we will support it (software/driver updates for new operating systems etc) for 2 years past the discontinuation date. I’ll need to check when the Forte was discontinued. Even with current products, we only ‘officially’ support current operating system versions plus the previous version of said OS. As you can imagine, it’s nigh-on impossible for us to test ALL historical versions of Windows and OSX when we have to update software for a new operating system. So whilst generally it will be fine unless Apple/Microsoft choose to issue some serious change, as I say, we only ‘officially’ support current and the previous version. Whenever a new operating system is issued by Microsoft or Apple, we always test all of our products, including a number of popular discontinued products and publish a full list of our findings, such as the below: https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115005393865-Focusrite-product-compatibility-with-Windows-10-Fall-Creators-Update- As you can see, Forte is still working nicely with the latest Windows 10 update, although there are some issues with some programs that utilise WDM such as Skype. That being said, with both current and discontinued products, our Tech Support team will ALWAYS try to help with any issues found, so whilst they might not be able to guarantee a software update for an old OS or a discontinued product from 10 years ago, if they can find a workaround, they will. Si // Focusrite p.s. Official wording of our Support Policy: "Our team of technical support engineers offer free worldwide technical support via e-mail and Livechat and are available to call in the UK, Germany and US on local rate phone numbers. This support is offered for the lifetime of your product. The only exception to this is with regards to software drivers and other software where due to the ever changing OS platforms we aim to support all products for at least two years beyond the point the product is discontinued (no longer available for general sale), unfortunately it is not always possible to offer support in the form of software and driver updates beyond this period. There is, however, no limit to the time our support team will be on hand to help you get up and running and overcome any technical issues you have using our products."

Any decent luthier should be able to do this locally for you I would have thought?! Si

Love it, very cool! Yeah a little more mintyness in the pickguard would really make it legit, but whatever, that can happen down the road as a retro-fit maybe. Great job! Si

This is my 2006 Japanese Mustang with La Bella flats (the Mustang specific set). Definitely need decent headphones/speakers Cheers Si

It’s not really fair comparison. Basschat is all private sellers, Andy Baxter is a dealer, you would expect to pay more. ‘67 + two years instrument inflation from above private pricing + dealer pricing + custom colour = £2500 about right IMO Would it be cheaper privately, almost certainly, but you have to wait and know where to look Si

Why don’t you take the SBL free trial and see what you think yourself. The free content doesn’t really reflect the style of the paid content (as you’d expect). Other teachers are available. Si

Just to update this thread a little bit (there are some posts from 5 years ago), the Focusrite Forte is no longer a current product (so may not run as expected on newer operating systems), but most importantly I'm happy to say that our drivers have come a LONG way since 2014. But as I said, just in the interest of an updated thread. Cheers Si // Focusrite

Just sent this around at work, great job! Si // Novation

It’s probably worth noting that, as far as I’m aware, there’s no suggestion there is anyone being treated like this currently, this thread is a hangover from from what happened around 3 or 4 years ago. Si

I was also caught up in the initial issues, was having a body built and sent off all the other parts (incl an official Fender neck) plus a deposit. Howard seemingly went through a very bad time, and I ended up talking to his son, after around a year of chasing as politely as I could, about how we might sort it. It was everything I could do to recover the various parts (minus the proposed body of course), but lost the deposit. I ended up being happy enough with that after assuming it was all lost. Si

Yes! Great bass! Still using it? Si

Yeah I would say that La Bella's have a pretty standard tension as far as flats go. You might try the La Bella Low Tension flats if the neck starts to struggle with the FS's. The LTF's feel really nice, but I wasn't keen because they only come in quite a light guage. Si