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I mute a fair amount, and play pick with the heel of my hand on the bridge, and I always preferred the Schaller 3D for comfyness, but I've also got an A, and that's pretty good, too.

If you're using a mix of modern and vintage, the Genzler Magellan has one of the widest tonal palettes I've encountered, and the two channels (plus two filters) allow for very quick changes between them without a hatful of fiddling.. A ton of grunt, too.

I use a laptop-focused rucksack, ideal for getting everything in - I've had mine years. And yeah, front and back openings are no good for a Streamliner...

Had a Do for my 50th acouple of years ago, big function place with a stage, got a lot of my friends there, a lot of whom are musicians, sooooooo...yeah, I played it. Even bigger bonus, all my friends chipped in to the Shuker Bespoke Build Fund, so I have a fantastic bass bought largely by my friends which, obviously, I'll never sell...

I don't fancy anything on the site, it's the quality which interests me - it'd be a custom build: something different, but still a copy, using hardware I already have..there's a clue in my avatar pic...

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1472987053' post='3125741'] He's just an extremely busy guy, who probably receives squillions of emails. I miss emails sometimes too. [/quote] Yup, that's why I'll try again...

Ooooo, that's lovely...love that song, and it strips down beautifully...

I work for an ISP and run hundreds of email accounts, POP3, Exchange and now O365, so I know how this works. I'd sent it from the same account as the first time this happened, because that time when he finally got back to me it was because he'd been busy, not a spam issue. He may well be busy, but as a business he's clearly not 'extremely good with emails' if he's missing out on work because of his email system. I'll try again.

So there's no Out Of Office response possible on the company email system? FFS...

Out of interest, what's the normal response time for an email to these guys? I sent one with a query about a custom build about a week ago, with no response yet. The same thing happened a while ago, I mentioned it on here and got a response after that. it might just be me, but at this point I'd settle for a "Dear Sir, get stuffed, yours sincerely" - at least I'd know...

Nobody's mentioned Thunderbirds yet...34" scale, yet that first fret can feel like it's in a different postcode... Still one of my favourite basses...

I play with a variety of dep drummers, and the very good ones have all the gears, and a great sense of dynamics, not just within a song or set, but to the venue/environment as well. The very good ones don't need a smaller kit or different sticks to do this.

That is a thing of beauty...I love Jon's work...

I've yet to be in a small pub where people could talk over a drummer playing...it's gotta be too loud. Are you all setting levels which sit comfortably with an unmiked drummer?

I'd echo the advice about better ear protection, you can't really spend enough on that, given that very very very good (moulded) protection comes at the cost of a couple of pedals... It does sound very loud for pubs, tho - the starter volume is usually the drummist: is he a one-trick monster, or can he play with a little more, erm, sublety? If the former, is he miked and going through the PA? That can start a volume war escalation... I find smaller stages mean closer proximity to the drummist and the cymbals, which are the killer for my ears. I've mentioned this before, but I bring an angled amp stand (which I no longer use) which I selflessly offer to the guitard, and use it to make sure his combo/cab is pointing at his head. They're always happy, and never suspect my ulterior motive...

I've had three (IIRC) and they were all good. One had very very slightly raised fret ends (nothing a fret dress wouldn't have sorted completely), but the other two were completely fine. For the money, they're the best I've come across.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1470943289' post='3109567'] Better than US, I'd say. I can't fault either of mine, and knowing they were built by people gives them the edge (IMO, of course!). Just out of curiously - what sort of style / config would appeal to you? [/quote] Well, seeing as you're asking , I don't like Jazzes, not even the real thing, never have done, and the only P-copy I'd be interested in would be a black double-P with a 1.5" nut, birdseye maple board (no fret markers), Nordys, Schaller 3D, Hipshot Ultralights and a P-Retro, around 7.5lbs. Oh, and Dunlop straplocks. Nothing too specific, then... But before that I'm really wanting a Fenderbird 76-lookalike with the same neck as above. I'm most of the way there with that, just need the neck sorting... It's what comes of decreasing bass-GAS...you just get more and more picky... The [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Maruszczyk stuff is really good, though, and not just 'for the money': it's really good.[/font][/color]

I feel your pain - I had a Fortress One, which I loved playing, it was one of the most ergonomically well designed basses I've ever held, with a fantastic wenge neck, but the colour was even worse than yours; it was a kind of greeny-browny-grey, which, much as I liked the bass, I just couldn't get over. The finish was gloss poly a foot thick, and after a lot of research, I just gave up the idea of a refin and sold it. I'm so shallow... Good luck with the refin on yours, and remember...pics, or it never happened...

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1471599452' post='3114304'] That's it isn't it ? Technology is far more likely to fail than something as relatively simple as a bass guitar. [/quote] Yeah, but it won't be MY fault at that point...