mcnach

Indeed. I don't like them for that reason, they seem like a catastrophic accident waiting to happen. I still use them like that sometimes, but... worry. Most times I use a little extension cable, male and one end and female at the other. Male goes into the bass, wireless 'blob' on the other end, and then it goes either to my strap (velcro strip) or my pocket!

No. In general that's not an issue with modern digital units, even the cheaper ones. You may notice it sounding very sligthtly brighter, if you're used to long cable runs, but for the most part is not significantly different from using a cable.

The way I've dealt with a tuner made for a narrower hole than what I've got was by wrapping a few turns of masking tape around the tuner bit. Just until it fits snugly. The screws will ensure it stays solid. It's been ok for quite a few years now.

I've been using the Lekato/Joyo JW-06. It works on the 5.8GHz band. What I really like is that the holder is actually a USB-C rechargeable power pack, which can recharge the transmitter and receiver while in the box. The power pack itself is good for several charging cycles.

I've got a couple of those Two10 speakers, before the impedance switch was offered. The label is as on this one, but both of mine are 4 ohm, not 12. I guess they made the panel to show both, with the idea of covering one of the labels accordingly, but they didn't. Definitely something to check before use.

It looks like somebody got tired of the tolex peeling out. They had some issues in the beginning.

I am pretty sure I'd have had worse. "Little Chef" anybody? That obligatory stop for anybody driving on the motorways in the 90s. It made Tunnocks Tea Cakes seem proper gourmet stuff.

The Link IO looks similar to the iRig, which is only around £30 I think? I had the iRig a few years ago, it did a good job. I've also seen something from TC Helicon called GO Guitar, which is the same idea, but it's £18 on Amazon. You probably won't need any of them, as the Behringer interface should do the job, but if you end up wanting to try that option there are cheaper units than the Fender, which is nice.

Update after some more time passed... BOSS Dual Cube Bass LX... barely gets used after all. It's the loudest and the only one I'd consider from the lot if I wanted to play in the park, and it's fun to just trigger the basic rhythm machine to practice, for timing, but I'm not in love with it. I can EQ it to be more pleasant, but I just can't shake this feeling that even with all FX etc turned off, there's 'something' still going on. Between the unit itself and the bluetooth adapter I could have saved around £300... ah well, now I now. For busking I actually have a QTX QR10, rechargeable battery powered "mini PA" speaker. It's not the best sounding bass amp, but it works well enough, and with a little Zoom unit then you can make this sound pretty nice, and it cost me about 1/3-1/2 of what the Boss cost... and this one IS loud enough for busking with a 7-piece band. Caline S8B is great. Small, rechargeable battery, and it can sound very good. I like the 2-channel thing. It lives on a shelf above my computer monitors, the front-facing controls make it ideal for that. But it's the other two that really see a lot of action these days. The Joyo one was the cheapest, and it sounded quite alright. The one drawback was the lack of bluetooth. It does have an AUX socket, so I got a little rechargeable bluetooth receiver for under £10 and now it's bluetooth-equipped And the Headrush FRFR-GO... I've been using it a lot with guitar and multiFX to provide the sounds. I then found this little M-Vave Tank-G... basic FX, nice selection of amp sims and IR cab sims (it can load 3rd party ones too), it runs on an internal rechargeable battery, which is nice to reduce amount pf cables. I normally use it with a guitar wireless system, so the Headrush is wherever (internal battery), with the Tank-G plugged into it, and I can move around. The Tank-G is around £40, and it acts as a USB interface for recording. So with one little speaker, the Tank-G and a phone/tablet you have a pretty portable practice and recording setup. If I had had access to something like this when I was a teenager, I would probably still not have a girlfriend 😂 (ok, slight exaggeration, but you know what I mean ) edit: oh, I forgot, although the Tank-G is designed for guitar, I made a couple of presets for bass that sound quite good through the FRFR-GO

Yup. Filing the nut slots carefully (don't hurry, take your time) should fix it.

do we get cake in the end too?

I like DR Sunbeams because they seem to lose the initial zing quickly and then stay in that 'ideal place' for a long time. I like flats, various types, but none feel like a substitute for older rounds, they just do their own thing. Having said that, Ernie Ball Cobalt flats are probably the most round-like flatwound string I've tried.

Blatant plug... I just happen to have a 2-channel Joyo delay which does reverse for sale on the market place https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/512155-joyo-d-seed-digital-delay-with-2-channels-£45/#comment-5474799

They feel like they're made of helium. Personally I'd go for the longest scale you can find, if you go fretless (23-25" feels ok to me, less than that it gets tricky, but fretted is fine). I'd also consider one of the GoldTone offerings. I have an M23 fretless, solid body, and it's pretty cool. They also have hollow body versions for even lighter propositions.

Looks good, I'm already almost set on using the Fender Studio app, but I'll give this one a try too, thank you!

I've only did a quick test last night and it works well, and the price is good too Thank you!

Yes, that should be good to go. If you want to power it directly from the USB port of your phone/tablet you may need to change the settings but that's all. My phone (Nokia XR20) needed to be told to supply power, but my tablet (Nokia T21) just did it by default.

That's interesting, it does seem to do what I want very easily. All the other stuff... I'm not interested, in principle, but could be interesting to explore, thank you! This is part of my portable home rig: Using a M-Vave Tank-G as the core of it. This is a little multiFX that runs on a built-in rechargeable battery (or USB-C) and acts as a sound card too, DI, etc etc. It's designed for guitar, which it does nicely, but I set up a couple of presets for bass that work quite well. So guitar/bass into the Tank-G, and Tank-G into tablet for recording. I often plug the Tank-G into a small bluetooth speaker (Headrush FRFR-GO), and it is a nice sounding tiny rig.