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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...? 🙄

38mm nut, slim contour...not gonna happen with a 5, unless a couple of the strings are stacked... 😉

I like a very slim neck, which isn't gonna happen with a 5, plus on the few songs I might need to go below the Hipshot-dropped D, I've got Helix patches for Eb, D, C and B... Job done 😀

My ABZ sounds very different from the Combustion I tried...then again, I put a John East pre and two of the (Dingwall) P-Tone pickups in it...but importantly, it felt very different to the Combustion. It absolutely sings acoustically. You'd kinda expect that, as the Combustion is a cheaper range, and there's gotta be compromises somewhere... I had an AB1 for a while, and that was on a similar level, but smoother than the ABZ - then again, it had different pickups and was passive... On topic, the string tension and consistency of my Dingwall is up there with the best I've experienced on any bass.

Had a good gig at the local lairy late venue, the Helix Stomp (and in-ears) was just fantastic until a mystery cutout near the end (to be investigated), but also memorable for a not-that-drunk, obviously-muso punter coming up at the end and advising us with a completely straight face that our last number (Killing In The Name: it went right off ) should have been replaced with something 'that people who appreciate music could get into'. His suggestion was Take Five. I looked at him expectantly, waiting for the punchline, but no, was serious. A set-closer in a lairy, lively, jump-around pub at 1am. Really. Pffft.

I had an otherwise-fantastic Lakland neck with a backbow, I clamped it to a block of wood, slung an old bridge on it and some old strings and overtightened them to pull it forwards. I put it away and left it for maybe 18 months, and it brought it back. For a while. Eventually the backbow returned, so I sourced another neck. I’ve still got it if anyone wants a project...

There's lots I love - Uptown Funk and Treasure, Le Freak and Good Times, Never Too Much; no embellishments needed, the fun's in getting the groove bang on for the dancefloor, then there's the stuff like This Charming Man and I Am The Resurrection, oh, and I always like doing Hysteria...because I'm a show-off. 😀 It occurs that all the above are pretty much bass-led songs...there's a pattern there... 😃