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Yes. Engage the PFL (pre-fade listen) on the channel whilst setting eq on cans and you should hear just the channel eq. You may have to set the signal sent to the cans to hear the individual channel, rather than the sound from the master eq. It's best to use closed-back cans for the job, so you hear as little of the room sound as possible.

Thanks for these insights, really helpful. Tim

I love the one I have, it’s the easiest, lightest, fastest playing bass I own. The build quality is brilliant, I think they’re actually made by Valiant in Ukraine who tend to make decent stuff. I added a bridge pickup to mine, the tone was a bit one dimensional but that’s more of a Musicmaster characteristic rather than a problem with the bass itself. The only thing I would say is that the paint on my bass is a little thin so it started to ‘relic’ quite fast but I don’t mind that. Also dealing with the people at Woodcraft can be a bit sketchy, they’re very nice but it’s a small operation, there’s lots of stories about orders taking a while to turn up so you have to chase them at times. But the bass itself is amazing and gets lots of compliments and questions, people generally don’t know this brand so they can’t figure it if it’s a modded Fender or something else. It doesn’t have the charm of an original Musicmaster like the one above tho!

An issue with do-it-all combos for guitar and bass (or keys) is the speaker and the way it's mounted. For bass, the ideal driver has a rigid, heavier cone to push air cleanly with no breakup. The cabinet will be closed backed and often ported to boost or at least preserve the low end. If you want to play clean jazz guitar, that works fine. It can work for acoustic guitar, too, although you will benefit from a tweeter for some sparkle. If you want a more characterful electric guitar sound, the ideal speaker will have a lighter, more flexible cone that can break up in a pleasing manner and the cab' will often be open-backed, which reduces low frequency output (you don't want too many lows with electric guitar to avoid muddying the sound). At low volumes, it will be OK for bass, but a bit weak lower down. For bass, I'd look to run the master volume at max/near max and keep the input gain as low as possible to avoid distortion from over-driving the preamp (unless you want it, of course). It's very difficult to get the best of both worlds. The Roland you mention will probably be as good as anything. You pays yer money and takes yer choice.

There are at least 2 sizeds of 5-string Jazz pickups. Fender ones are wider and the bridge is wider than the neck. Bass Collection and Sadowsky are much shorter, and the same length 94mm. There are probably other sizes too.

I bought a 5-string J neck a little while ago which I have yet to use - I have plans. Profile feels nice.

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It's not obligatory to make it an 8. In a former social club band, the singer would make the middle 8 into anything from a middle 3.5 upwards, which did mean the rest of us needed to be on our toes (we did anyway for the random rearrangements of verse and chorus). But if 12 feels right, then 12 it should be (the middle 8 of our song in question is actually a middle 18).

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That's why I moved on from KZ. Yesterday I tried the IE400. As you said, they are not the same as IE100 in terms of size and fit. Both are really comfortable, but I found that I prefer the IE100 in that regard. When I have them on, no problem. However, soundwise, the IE400 are excellent. I love them. They sound deeper and with more bass than the IE100. I think I found my favourite IEMs

Thanks. There’s nothing showing in my passwords for Basschat. I’ve checked the remember me box but doesn’t make any difference. ☹️

It doesn’t have that thing where you load up a block and wonder what on earth they were thinking… if that makes sense.

I've hit the same problem. Using an Aguilar OBP3 preamp. Now my fuzz pedal sounds like trash, though my cleans sound great! Looks like I'll have to house the preamp, and put it after the fuzz. Not great for making tone adjustments on the fly!

They're also selling kids clothes and toys for daft amounts. I wouldn't rule anything out, but what would I know?

I haven't even adjusted the truss rod yet The nut slot on the E string needs a little file but other than that, it does play really well. I will roll the fingerboard edge at some point. The fretting is good, no sharp ends and well seated

Had a quick look at the TV12 - it's quite the thing! It's really not something that would work in my context to be honest. The Vypr ... not seen much about it, but the Postive Grid app looks to be quite alluring. Will see how I get on!

I've not seen a bass AND guitar Katana. They seem to be designed for one or the other which seems odd as you'd basically just need to have a FRFR cab and an amp that could model either/both. I do have fond memories of the Polytone Minibrute from the 80s though but those are bonkers heavy and rare and kind of collectible now.

How does it feel and play? Did you need to do much corrective work on it? Looks great

I can see the point but it's not a stretch to imagine they've squeezed a 75wpc stereo class d amp in the box. It's not going to go particularly low, but in a small space it ought to sound as good as a decent HiFi. I once managed a gig with a 40w Fender Rumble and you could hear my bass above the drummer! Admittedly, I rolled off all the low bass and it was mostly honk but you could tell what notes I was playing! Having tried one out in a store I think this could probably hold its own in a rehearsal space if I absolutely had to use it (well, with our current drummer, maybe not the last one - he made a LOT of noise) but where it really comes into its own is if you want to do a cafe gig. Anyway. Will report back!