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Black hardware + black pickguard + vibrant colour body + maple board = megawin, as far as I'm concerned 👍

Yeah, it feels like a day late and a dollar short. Not for the first time, I look at this and see a Boss/Roland product with a UI from the 1990s. I'm watching the Andertons vid now, and comparing this to my powerful and flexible HX One, this feels... quaint. Sure, you get the classic Boss form factor... but the compromises are significant.

Hello, local bassist! Folk-metal, eh? Smashing! Let us know when you do Sheff area gigs, and I may well pop along

What an amazing room! I want to live in it. And is that the world's most stylish ashtray in the foreground?

Oddly enough, I had the opposite thought, as a life-long shunner of FSOs: "Well, if I HAVE to have a Precision in my collection, it's going to damn well say 'Fender' on it". So I bought a new licensed Fender neck and had a bass built around it [it was the only way to get a P bass with my preferred spec/visuals].

Seeing as this thread's become active again, I'd like to know what people's opinions are on this, as I'm in a similar boat.

Yup: a patch bay is one of those things that is a luxury until the first time you use one, at which point it becomes indispensable. If nothing else, your knees will thank you

I recently bought an FX unit from @Rosie C and it was a perfect hassle-free transaction. Excellent comms with rapid responses, the FX unit was exactly as described - in mint condition, boxed - and very well packaged. Wholeheartedly recommended. Thanks, Rosie!

I'm pretty confident it IS a Tune; something based on the TWB line, by the looks of it. That tapered headstock with an elliptical logo; the slender wide-set horns [very elegant, IMO], and that rear strap-button 'hook' area of the body, like a reverse Dingwall shape. In fact, here you go: https://reverb.com/item/51095896-tune-japan-phoenix-twxt-8-qm-tremoro-pink Edit 1: Phwoarr! Edit 2: "Tremoro"?!? 😄

The newer generations of bass players are keen on their downtuning. Other than going all in with radical fanned frets, I think a 35-inch scale is a shrewd decision in today's environment.

Do you use IEMs? What about an audio cue solution, rather than a visual one?

Oof - absolutely glorious! 😍 The black neck works a treat, as does the mirror-finish gloss on the body. Enjoy!

Ah, right. That'll help, then

I wouldn't raise your hopes up. It looks like they're pitching the Stadiums [Stadia!] at a price level above their HX equivalents. Rather than making the HXs undesirably obsolete, I think it'll just reinforce a market for something which offers 90% of the experience for 33-50% of the price. I think we'll only see a real change once the Stadium Stomps come out, if those were to be aggressively priced for the larger market. Note: this is my uninformed ad-hoc reckon. I am not John Maynard Keynes.

Oh, I can tell you that now: the new amp modelling will be indistinguishable from the HX's amp modelling in a blind AB test.