mcnach

18mm on the 5-string sounds great, but the pictures I've seen looks like the polepieces are spaced as on 16-16.5mm Stingrayesque basses, which are quite common... I would love to know for sure.

Sometimes it can be good, but I wouldn't make a habit of playing depressing songs in a pub, as people generally go there to have a nice time. Whenever I see a "singer songwriter" type with their acoustic guitar my spidey sense tingles, because far too many just spew "deep" dirge song after song and it would definitely make me want to relocate to happier venue for my libations.

I see "both sides" having some merit in their views. On this occasion I do not agree with enforcing the rules. I may be a bit of a dreamer, but I detest following rules just because they're written and at the same time ignoring the "spirit of the rule", or what is it that the rule is attempting to achieve. Rules are suppose to help, not being a substitute for thinking, in my opinion of course. There is a difference between asking how much something is with an intention to elicit interest and a sale, and someone asking the more general question I am seeing here, in our 'bass community'. It's not a bed of roses to moderate a forum, and I'm grateful for the mods here, this is by far the most reasonable forum I frequent in that respect. I understand that sometimes blanket rules have to be made because there's no reasonable way to deal with every little thing on a case by case basis, it would be unmanageable. However, when a situation that's worthy of a 'wave pass' arises and it's noticed... why not let it be? If this can be sorted simply by having a supporting membership, let me pay for it @ped. I am pretty sure that @Cygnus x-1 could afford it, that's not the issue. I just see someone in a place I hang out often having been caught in an unpleasant situation and I'd like to do something nice, that's all, just like I've benefited from the kindless random strangers in the past too, more than a few times.

I bought a Boss SYB-5 from Rob. Easy, good communication, quick delivery... very pleased. Thank you, Rob!

what F word? 🤨

I recently bought Chris' Zoom B3 FX unit. I couldn't hope for a better experience. Great communications and really fast delivery. He noticed something was not quite right and he informed me at once. The issue was very minor, and I'm happy with the B3 as it is. He even offered me a generous partial refund (his own initiative), but I didn't take it as it really is a minor issue, and it shows me how honest Chris is, and a real gent. Thank you, Chris!

This was already dated when Blink 182 and Avril Lavigne were doing the same exact song 20 years ago...

whooosh...

That's what i used to do with a FX25. Those filters have wild swings, they're very responsive when you set the sensitivity control just right. The compressor afterwards made the whole thing a little less... wild, in a good way.

I actually find it easier to play a 5-string now. All the notes are right there, 2 octaves within 5 frets, going back to 4 feels a bit like when my dad removed the stabilisers from mi bicycle. I know you won't believe me, just like I would not have believed it myself not that long ago.

When our civilisation falls and it all becomes Mad Max-esque... My bass would be an EBMM SUB. It can be used as a weapon, and it will sound great I had an early SUB5 that I regret so much selling... The neck was amazing. But idiot me was not into 5 strings yet 🙄😄

Anybody can say whatever they want, and a lot of people talk out of their rear ends. Been using Line6 wireless since 2009 with mostly active basses. I see them in use by a wide range of people playing a wide range of instruments. You'll be fine.

That's how I read it too, that @Supernaut was bringing some lighter atmosphere by mocking the aforementioned rude user.

The link I posted earlier suggests the company is from Slovenia, where maybe or maybe not they assemble the instruments, which come from Asia.

I hope they come back

I know absolutely nothing about them. I just went to check if I still have any of their labels... but they're gone. However, on the back of their headstock there is a sticker that says "Falcon Instrument Co. Ltd.", and one of the first hits in the google search is this: https://www.squier-talk.com/threads/jet-guitars.199190/

I own a couple of Jet stratocasters (JS-300), I find them ridiculously nice and well built. I'm glad that they don't have a big selection of basses or they would tempt me too much

By the look of the pickup, it is probably a 16 or 16.5mm spacing at the bridge, like The Ray5/SUBs and most 'clones' out there. The Ray35 is 17.5mm, same as USA Stingray5.

Me, for example, I don't want anything narrower than that! When I ordered my first Maruszczyk I had to insist on 43mm, despite the insistence by them that 40-41mm is plenty. My Precision at the time was 45mm!

That line of basses are HB's secret weapon in my opinion. I've got both the JJ and the JP in 5-string and I would expect them to cost 3x as much, easily.

Probably a bit like this: edit: agh, no, that's the JJ. The JP has quite a big routing, at least my 5-string does.

and the weekend is only starting! wahey!

Rickenbacker - because John Hall Wetherspoons - because of Timmy, and because why would I do that to myself anyway? Scottish Power - redefining 'useless' in incredibly imaginative ways SSE - useless as above, but also a bit dumb... it worked out great when they refused my money despite my insistence, but it could have gone the other way just as easily... I got caught in a surreal situation where my supplier (SSE) thought I had ceased to be their customer and moved to Eon. To cut the story EXTREMELY SHORT, as it wasn't as simple as it sounds oh no!, Eon knew nothing about me and according to them they had never dealt with my address or myself, ever. The whole thing took a couple of months to come to some semblance of resolution: according to SSE I ceased to be their customer for a period of X weeks, I forget the number, but I returned. So the £161 or so from the gap due to the time they considered I wasn't their customer, was not theirs and they refunded me. I didn't owe them that money, they said, I wasn't their customer then, they insisted. Meanwhile, Eon was sitting down listening, vaguely amused... and they just stood up and left, shaking their head. Thank you SSE for the £161, but you showed me that should I have a problem where I'm losing money, I'd be fooked, and for that reason, I'm out. Hewlett Packard - frustratingly quirky I was going to say Apple as I've been very much anti-Mac since around 1990 for most of the reasons already mentioned... but I have an existential problem: they make a few things VERY very well, and (I feel dirty) I have been considering giving them my money recently. Cillit Bang - because of the annoying TV guy... UKMail - the fact they're still 'functioning' amazes me. I could write a book with my dealings with that (spit) company. But it would be an extremely boring book that nobody in their right mind would buy

It sounds to me like it's the OS you need to ditch!