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Thank you very much

Let’s all hope it’s unrelated

Aguilar Tonehammer does dirty

That’s pretty astonishing

The only reverse P I’ve any experience of was hearing a Mark Hoppus Sig bass, to me it evened out the sound very nicely, as above lost low end flub on the E/A, and also beefed up the D/G. Interestingly this was at a blind P-Bass shootout at the Herts Bass Bash some years back. Up against some heavyweight opposition (50s, 60s, 70s Precisions) the Hoppus was the runaway winner, bassists voting with their ears only.

Another good transaction with Nik, stopped off at mine to buy a wireless kit and we of course had a chat about all things bass. A sterling Basschatter, deal with confidence.

Many moons ago I was looking at a bass in one of the big names. I had a bass to trade so phoned them up as it was a fair distance to drive. The person that answered was so evasive as to offering any indication of trade in value. In the end I got a little (more than a little) exasperated and said look, I know the resale value of my bass is xx pounds. If I bring it all the way to your shop and I’m offered half that I will hit the person over the head with it. Now, in possession of that knowledge would you advise I get in my car or stay at home. I was advised to stay at home. I’ve nothing against being offered a low amount, and am perfectly aware that the final offer is dependent on condition, but it was the evasiveness and refusal to give any indication of a value that got me. To be honest if they’d come straight out with a sum that was half the resale value I’d probably have taken it, as it’s the evasiveness cost the a sale and a future profit on my trade in.

Looks great

IMO all of the Tech21 pedals are plenty good for the job described. The one I used to use was their Para Driver, it has adjustable sweepable Mids so a fair bit more versatile than the others.

Nice one

I can feel the rumble in my chest cavity from here.

I’ve generally bought off EBay as that’s been the only place selling the ones I want, fortunately Strings Direct are now stocking them so I’ll go back to them, always had good service from them.

Good thoughts, would make more sense that way

I’m fairly sure a set of Elixirs I bought on EBay are fakes, for some reason the D has gone a very dark charcoal colour where the rest have stayed as they should.

Efficiency (or is it sensitivity I’m thinking of). I had an Eden Nemesis 410 which was very loud indeed. I very temporarily swapped to another 410 and with the same settings it was like I hadn’t switched the amp on.

Well each cab will have its own efficiency so difficult one, it’s possible to plug into a few different 410s with the same amp and get wildly different results, some needing much more from the amp. There’s then the amount of cones working - more speakers I’ve found make the sound bigger with a greater depth, not necessarily louder, but again difficult to really judge this.

Yep I’ve had a few Squier basses, affinity, classic vibe, vintage modern, and all were perfectly good for my needs. Of course me being a Fender US fanboi I had to have these but I think back to the basses I started out on in comparison to the Squiers (and other similarly priced instruments) and its night & day.

This was the reason I swapped to maple boards, on brightly lit stages I have trouble seeing where I am with rosewood. Sadly I can’t get a bass to the specs I need that has a maple board so I’m having to now get used to rosewood again, but as my gigs aren’t quite as big now neither are the lighting rigs so I’m coping - for now……

I like the lights on the stands @markbunney, they provide a nice and subtle boundary line, something other posters on here have mentioned needing.

Good call

Good cabs, Schroeders, they just work so well and the dispersion is excellent too.

There will be a less than orderly queue on here to grab that @mikebass456, one of the best Precisions around.

Beautiful 70s ‘burst there

Agree, I’ve had a few of the 08 - 12 range and exactly as you describe. When I first got my 2015, after a 2009 model I was rather worried as it was a handful to say the least, luckily I soon found it to work really well for me.