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Brian Harvey, takes a certain amount of genius to run yourself over.

Looks great

Looks really nice, love the colour scheme

I take it you clicked on the link…..

When me & my mates used to go to the greyhound races I always used to bet on whichever dog you could see taking a dump at the side of the track, figuring it would be lighter so should have a better chance of winning.

I’d say the reason why the Aerodyne feels a fair bit lighter than the 75RI is the difference in weight of the neck & tuners, might not seem much difference but it all pulls on the shoulder.

A cuckoo clock?

Good call!

I wouldn`t say it was diva-ish to want your own sound if it`s a specific aspect of the band, giving JJ of The Stranglers a James Jamerson sound for example is not going to do much for the known recognisable sound of the band, nor for the fans who may really love JJBs tone and feel shortchanged for not getting it. It`s mainly for this reason that I`ve moved away from having a specific identifiable tone gotten from a specific pedal to that of a more generic tone achievable from pretty much most bass amps, I can easily get what I need plus it requires less carrying and setting up as well. I also then can essentially not bother the sound person too much (if at all) and let them get on with the most important bits, which to me are the vocals.

I had one of the SPB4s in a bass I bought for a while, it`s a decent sounding pickup but quite a bit different to the SPB1 - I found that the 1 had a huge mid-scoop whereas the 4 seemed to have the opposite. Re the distorting bit, well in general it`s mids that this seems to work on so I would think that the 4 would take this better than the 1.

Yep, fingers crossed all ok @Woodinblack

For me it is completely about not valuing the bass, as per the above. In my last band The Spacewasters I generally used whatever was there, and because my sound in the band was quite generic it was always ok. But in my previous band Knock Off to not use my own sound would have ruined the overall sound of the band. To have people insisting that’s the way it has to be, well no, not when I’m playing it isn’t. I get it when it’s quick changeovers etc, but to me have less bands on, with better soundchecks & changeovers, and give the audiences what the bands want them to hear. In the past I’ve had sound people tell me they’ll get me a good sound and I’ve told them to not bother as I already have one. Edit - I should add to this that in my experience on many multi band bills sound engineers seem to dislike either very bassy sounds or very distorted/driven sounds, as my usual sound is neither maybe that’s why I’ve never really had too much trouble with them using my sound.

I agree, for some reason us bassists - and drummers to a certain extent - seem to end up with the “can’t you just use that and make life easy” situations. In times like these a Sansamp or equivalent is our friend, might not be a great onstage sound through whatever pony rig we end up with but at least out front get a decent one.

Thanks Pete, yes that ascending part is quite (major understatement) tricky, in fact that’s the only bit I’m concentrating on at present, figuring once I’m happy with that the rest will fit in easily enough.

And am now currently tinkering around with The Immigrant Song.