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Apparently its the last in the series, but I highly doubt we wont see another Joe Dart sig in one for or another from Musicman....

$2,399 - YIKES......

Yh the Plumes is awesome on bass, and super affordable at £99 when it came out in places, was a lot of bang for little buck, the Blumes seems to be retailing about £120. So a little bit more pricey but still for a solid bass overdrive in the grand scheme for a decent price.

Earthquaker have just released the bass demo for the new Blumes pedal, which is the bass version of the Plumes guitar pedal. Sounds great if you ask me! I used my band mates Plumes guitar pedal on bass before as a test and found it to be awesome if lacking a little low end so this is gonna hit the nail on the head!

Word to that my dude

Good point, much easier to just google an image of the backplate of an amp, then ask someone, I just did it and got 4 serial numbers in one google search for the same model.

Yh fair enough, defo turned me off in the end how pricy it all was, I only play Rotosound strings now and have been for 5-6 years. I used to go whatever was cheap on amazon so would vary massively but I found Rotos are reasonably priced, consistent and made in the UK so im sticking with that.

Oh totally, ive since purchased another amp and am stoked i did, the only reason I posted is it being so odd, just wanted some 2 cents from other community members

I agree to a point, but if you are wanting to sell something and everyone is asking the same question, thats on you, not the buyer and should be making the effort to make it happen.

Agreed there is a lot more of them about now and multiscale is seen more and more. Totally see the benefits for the lower tuning, when I played in drop G the dinger was neeeded but I still hated the multiscale and the tiny frets in the end, just didnt work for me, so just went back to a BTB with 35'' scale and using .165 or .175 tops 🥴... do not miss those days haha

I did the Dingwall thing for a bit but was just massively turned off by how hard the strings where to get and the prices of them so flipped the bass quick smart. This was a good 8-9 years back tho and think there are a lot more options now.

Agreed, there was only actually one photo of the amp on the post which was the front so was unable to get it from the photo uploaded. Personally, if I was already considering selling the amp, the more helpful information I can provide to secure that sale the better, very strange indeed, thanks for the 2 cents

I recently had a very strange exchange with a gentlemen on Facebook marketplace regarding an amp I was considering buying, I wont go into to any specifics here but just know it was an all tube amplifier. My enquiry was how many tube hours (roughly) the amp had been used for since the last retube, he said it is hasn't been retubed since his ownership and was the 3rd owner and couldn't account for the other owners, understandably. I said fair enough, knowing the tube age/hours is important as it could be the difference between the price of the amp plus a potential retube once I own it. So a £600 amp becomes an upwards of £1000 depending on tube number and variety to get it all rocking, to which he said, if you are concerned then don't buy it and buy new they are selling for £1300 new if you want to buy one. Valid comment and couldn't argue with that if not a bit shirty on his part. I saw passed it. So I thought worst case scenario, tubes are as old as the amp if no one has ever changed them, so I asked for the serial number of the amp so I could roughly age it and work out if it was worth the risk, which to then he replied his words 'Absolutely no way'...... very strange. Now what I want to understand is, was I being unreasonable with these questions? Is asking for the serial number of an amp you are thinking of buying not okay? Personally I don't see how having the serial number is strange at all but happy to be corrected on that.

Came here to say the same, +1 for this, makes everything more consistent

Cheers @silverfoxnik Cant thank you enough for introducing me to this amazing community!

outregouslyyy expensive if you are doing that frequently haha agreed, i used to slowly crank the presence and the drive to offset the older strings but that only worked to a point

Thanks for the kind words Jon, was a pleasure to meet you and look forward to shredding some stages with it 🤘

Corr yh i agreeee, I did the same used to do 3-4 shows and replace them, in the end I just got sick of the £40 for a set of 4 strings then the £15 for the .165 gauge custom extra long string low B string...... insane times

bit late to this one and glad you have made a purchase! my 2 cents on bass drive for metal depends a lot on the tuning as some drive pedals will ''bottom out'' (for lack of a better word) once you get to low. I've always worked with either Sansamp or Darkglass and from my own experiences, Sansamp is the best bass tone for anything from drop B up, after that drop A or A standard it loses something, thats where id go to Darkglass, which is naturally more mid focused anyway and therefore will punch better in the mix. depending on tunings also, naturally you will dial more bass out of your tone to avoid it getting swampy as it is already much lower then standard. apart from tunings, if your standard tuning still think can't beat Sansamp or a clone for a solid metal or rock bass tone. I used the Dr J Sparrow that was a Bass Driver clone, that thing was very cheap and sounded great. Plus was also a DI. hope that helps, keep it metal \m/ -.- \m/

Absolutely love the dedication to the cause! Enjoy your updates on string lotion shenanigans Have you tried Vasiline yet? I watched an interview of Sean Hurley saying he does it some times before a studio session to dull new strings. Another one to add to the list!

I used the same set up for years but with the VT Bass character pedal and sounded great!

I will no longer be attending after confirming with my band mates Updated list with me removed, hopefully see you all next year @cetera - Bass Collection Betsy, ESP Surveyor '87, Fender FSR PJ Precision, Squier 40th Precision, Hamer Impact, Spector NS2, Spector Euro LX, Spector Euro Classic, Spector EuroX (Spectorbird), Spector Legend 4X, Spector Pulse II, Spector Dimension 4HP, Gallien Krueger 400RB, 700RB-II & Legacy800 heads, GenzBenz Neox 2x12 cab @TheGreek - All short scale this year - a @Jabba_the_gut scale 5er, Mini Ray, Short scale P bass @Harlequin74 - Zoot Performer, Status Shark, Spector QV4 , Markbass TTE501 and Matching CAB. Maybe the Lehle Basswitch… @TrevorR- Mk 1 Wal, Wal Pro IIE, Aria SB700, Frankenjazz, pedals and MarkBass LMII & Traveler 2x10 @bnt - travelling light, probably a couple of pedals such as T-Rex Diva Drive, Orange KongPressor @bass_dinger - 1999 Washburn XB500, 1994 Washburn XB500, Washburn XB925 in zebrawood, Washburn XB925 in bits, Boulder Creek 5 string (likely to be for sale), SWR Workingmans 12. @prowla - Probably a couple of Rickenbackers and some interesting oddities. Amp-wise a Markbass EVO and a 1x12 (last year I bought some others to try and never switched them on, as the EVO sounded spot-on). @SuperSeagull - Status S2, Feline P Bass, Modded Fender Lyte, Flea Jazz, MB Combo @Merton - various short and medium scale ACGs, Zoots and Conway basses, Barefaced cabs, modern Trace Elliot amps @MacDaddy - Shuker (probably no3), Snapdragon Folding Bass, possibly a Rob Allen Mouse. @neilp - matching pair of fretted and fretless 1980 Aria SB1000s, possibly my fretless Wal mk1, Ashdown ABM500/Ampeg 4x10, Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig @NickD- Strunal Schonbach 5 String DB, and whatever else I can shoehorn in the car around it... hopefully a MD CMD121 H, Zoom B6, and maybe a Maruszczyk Jake and a Shuker Series 2. @WalMan - converted Wal Pro, Zon Legacy Elite, Status S2, G&L L2500 fretless, McMillen 12Step & DSI MoPho, Two Notes Bass Revolt, Trondheim Audio SkarBassOne, BackBeat2 (and my BackBeat1 will probably be available for sale). 16. Darkglass Microtubes500 and one of the Barefaced cabs. All depends how late I leave and what will fit in the new car 🚙 😁 @Smanth - With my small, light, battery powered gear (mostly) ... IBBY-Ibanez GSRM25 5 str sub short scale, 'ELIMA - Kala California 5 str fretless ubass, QUINN- HB 5 Str Fretless, MOD Dwarf based pedalboard, Boss Dual Cube Bass LX. (Also some toys to sell) @Jean-Luc Pickguard - NS Design CR5M, Squier Bass VI, Roland MicroCube Bass RX and some pedals. @tauzero- the basses that @TheGreekmade me buy (handmade 6-string headless, Pedulla 6 fretless), Roland GR-55, one or two Seis, anything else that occurs to me, Mrs Zero (probably) @rumblefish- Reverend Rumblefish, GB basses, Mesa Walkabout amp, Vanderkley 112 MNT. @bassace97 - Musicman stingray basses, Fender Mustang bass, Pedalboard and my Mesa TT800 + SL112 cabs @BillyBass - Reverend Decision P, Gallien-Krueger Fusion S1200 and Barefaced Midget @silverfoxnik - some basses and noise amplifying boxes. @Simon C : G&L L2000 Tribute, Sire V7 Fretless, Ibanez EHB1000S Headless Shortscale. Various pedals (switch, tuner, Hypergravity compressor, Laney 85 Bass Octave, Bass Clone Chorus, Spectradrive, Ditto+ looper pedal and a Bluetooth page turner). Carlsboro Colt Keyboard Amp. @Wolverinebass- Hamer Chaparral B12L, Tech 21 Dug Pinnick. Sideburns. Sarcasm. @GoodShowSir- Cake, lots of. @vz7- ACG (tbc) (as mentioned by @BillyBass) @Chimike- KK Baby Bass Traditional, maybe my Monique, Ampeg Heritage B15 head. @Kebabkid - a Sire S7 or S3 (4 stringers), Roland Cube 120XL and possibly a Zoom bass unit or HX Stomp. (Hopefully!) @HMX - Ray34 @chyc - double bass and my GSS 06b400mkd 6.5" combo @tubbybloke68 - lots of basses!

I wholeheartly agree and I not happy at all about missing it, was genuinely stoked, hopefully I can drag myself outta bed in the morning and get there but unlikely if it is a tough night 🥵