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!!! Someone's going to get a bargain!

£16! Balls! I spunked £18.51... £2.51 I'll never see again. Curse you to hell Amazon. PS. What's going on with Amazon's pricing algorithm?

And now some thoughts on pick-up upgrades... albeit on the sixer..

Hmmm... not much. Unbranded parts. No provenance of the luthier. Does the headstock say 'Giokov'? Treat with caution...

This! Sad about peoples' jobs but HMV shamelessly whacked everything out at high prices. The occasional sale put goods at an OK level if you could make the deal combo work for you. This situation was always a matter of when not if... top-notch pricing for obsolete media is not a sustainable business model.

Just stumbled across this video apropos this thread...

Interesting interview with Douglas Castro... Discussion on octaver and chorus from about 8mins in.

Stop getting Rush wrong! It's Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures that are the best. Not the bland synth Pop of the latter years.

Who's on bass then?

I tried an original Volo out in Andertons. The plain finish was pretty basic but the rest was nice. Especially the ramp for me. Lovely bass for the money although didn't give me much more that my normal Fiver TBH. I thought the shorter scale would give it less tension like the Alembic Stanley I tried in the Bass Gallery but the Volo's 33" on the high 'C' didn't feel much different to the 35" 'G' on my Spitfire fiver, other than being up a forth in pitch.

Discontinued yes but replaced with slightly fancier version: https://www.ibanez.com/usa/products/detail/btb845v_01.html

Awesome musician and bass player... which, is the right order. 'Squonk' anyone... bass pedals then high register fills on the bass... not a million miles from Geddy's 'Xanadu' line or Chris Squire...

So I've been enjoying a few of the promo clips coming out but they're falling into the same patterns and riffs about how he got started on bass etc. I guess natural questions for non-musos. I want to see him interviewed by a bassist for a more insightful and perhaps nerdy shared understanding of the benefits and quirks of the instruments. Anyone seen such a clip yet?

Just you... Never mind her wider musical achievements, she's brought so much to bass players through the wonderful John Giblin and Eberhard Weber. Song could be 'December will be magic again' or 'Home for Christmas'. Both great seasonal tunes to my mind...

At that price - I'm in too! Apparently he played Jaco's bass of doom for the project...

Quite a bit of promo happening now... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIMmdOZlmrU Seems such a cool, nice guy! He's earned it!

Wow! A bass singularity! If you can't do it on that.... Bass for life.... You're playing it in for your Grand-children.... The bass Gandalf would play (made by Fodera Wood Elves).... I could go on.

Not so interested in the pics, more his prose? Wry? Witty? Factual? Less verbose than his drummer? What's it like? P.S. Presumably pages 2-400 are him ragging on his RIck?

I'd add Steve Khan's 'Modern Times' to the Anthony Jackson must-listen list as AJ is nice and clear in a trio context and it's not Latin, which let's face it, can get on your tits.

Never played one but the appointments and action make this bass look awesome... I think 5s are more common. Was there even a 6er?

... and here's the bass on 'potato cam'... Bad pic, nice bass though. What does the 'GPS' mean? Is it for touring musicians to be able to shout, "Good evening Tipton!" with 100% accuracy?

Right well since you don't appear to have any gumption, here are some links to get you started... Dan Veall's gear reviews, Pedal show for effects, Adam Neely for bass theory and much more... These are just individual links to specific vids... take a look at their sites to see more good stuff... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UUJLy_68O8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8CEWWZ4F8o&t=709s https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWTj3vCqkQIsrTGSm4kM34g https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=that+pedal+show+josh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC6gbo3sZ_0 The only thing going for BP or BGM (as they are the same now) is that you can read it when you have a s**t. Actually I take my iPad/laptop into the toilet for a long session (sorry for TMI).

Jeesh, get a search engine