Muzz

Given that I work 10 miles away, it might just work out...

Well, it actually isn't (I will need a white one), but I was thinking it'd be good to try a 1024 and then see if anyone wants to swap for a white one...

I knowwww, I've messaged the chap...

I'll be interested to hear from the folks who find the prices reasonable once they put their money where their mouth is...no, I really would - user reviews are great 😀 I shan't be holding my breath, though...I have spent over £1300 on a couple of occasions, but not on anything that can be bought elsewhere for almost half that price...that Mug feeling would never go away... I hadn't even seen the cab prices. Lawdy... 😮

I'd expect a big company to build export costs into their pricing a bit better than that, to be honest.

$999 = £754 I'd buy one at that.

Lost it just about 10k...which was actually a pleasant surprise: I'd thought it'd be worse than that...

Lovely tones, right up my street, but unfortunately I don't need to play one to know that £1300 is waaayyyyy too much...I'll stick with my Walkabout... 😕

And let's not forget one man's luvvery 31hz fundamental is another man's Mud. I attenuate everything around 30hz at -15db on my Walkabout. Sounds great: clear, defined bass guitar... 😀

At least it's unisex...that's gotta count for something... 🙂 In all seriousness, that Ali Express one with the flame in the maple does look very nice...I'm asking myself how bad it could actually be as the basis of a project... 😕🙂

Covered like true pros...in fact, covered so seamlessly that everyone will have thought it was the guitarist's fault... 😀

Yeah, I had a fan-fret Sei BEAD, but I didn't get on with it...worth a try for a bit of nut-cutting, though - hope it works for you...

While I'm thinking on, and looking at the 414 as a cost-effective solution* (I'm only gonna play it for one gig, after all), 414 or 424? What's the real-world difference? Anyone had both? * Although if a white 1024 came up. I'd stretch to that - the 2024s I've played have been brilliant basses, and the 1024 wasn't far behind.

Thanks fella, I've got till November till the actual gig, so it's not a flat panic, but it'd be nice to rehearse with the bass a few times first, too. It's gotta be white, though, because we're going out as our own tribute act...just all a lot older and balder... 🙂

Thanks for the very kind offer Al, but I'm Ooop North in Oldham, and with 25 or so original songs to re-remember*, I think coping with a 5 (which I don't do well at the best of times 😕) would induce a panic attack... 🙂 * I'm listening to the recordings (some studio, some live) from the time and thinking 'Blimey, I was a bit busy back in the day...' 😃

Ooooo, that 414 would work, but it's pickup frickin miles away...thanks for the heads-up, though 🙂

Says '4 ohms minimum' on the amp... 😕

I've got a reunion gig coming up later in the year for a band whose first gig was 30 years ago; we're rehearsing (casually, on a monthly basis) for it at the moment, and it's become very apparent that I'm gonna need a white BB for the gig - I sold the white BB3000A I used exclusively for that band a while back, having held onto it for 20+ years. Yep, I regret that one... Given that it's really only gonna get used for a single gig, something like that 2024mx (which I nearly bought last time) is gonna be a bit OTT, so I'm thinking a white 1024...we'll see...

I run my Walkabout with my Super Twin (verrry loud) and also stacked with my Compact (even louder) - the 4 ohm minimum is the only thing stopping me from trying one of these out... 😕

Well that's killed any GAS I might have had stone dead... 😕

Something that caught me out, and is obvious I know, but I'd forgotten about it, is to work on your sounds through a speaker(s) which are akin to what you'll use on a gig. I went off all giddy and set up my presets using headphones, then had to readjust them as they were far too bright and fizzy through tweetered PA speakers (FOH), - I took one of the RCF tops home and used that to readjust - then I got caught out again using the Stomp as a traditional effects pedal through my untweetered rig (no DI)...they were all too dull again... 🙄 So now I've got basically the same presets, doubled up with different EQ for PA or rig...that Copy and Paste thing is verrry useful if you've been a biff like I was... 🙂

I play RATM, RHCP and lots of other varied stuff, and since I got the Helix Stomp, I can get all those sounds out of the box without worrying too much about the actual bass. IIRC, Warmoth do/used to do a J body with a rout for a P pickup in the right position (they also do/did the pickguard, but it's been a while since I looked), and oddly, though I don't like the look of Jazz basses at all, put a split-coil pickup on one and it's suddenly a lot more attractive. Yeah, I'm a weirdo... 😀

I look at them as 4 + big fat neck... 😀

I've found that the superb pitch shifting on the Helix Stomp negates the need for an additional detuned bass...song in D? Just pick the patch...and it's cheaper than a good bass, too... 😀

My God! He's included the original screws! Where's my wallet...? 🙄