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I just remember all gear was very heavy back in 70's/80's. Of course i was only 9.5st back then. I once had a Trace Elliot 410 combo in late 80's and that weighed a lot. My custom flightcased cabs were also on the very heavy side and most of my gear was a 2 person lift back then. Dave

Amazing tone. Certainly a great bass rig altho that cab will be a heavy beast. Dave

As you say its too big. If you follow any thread at all you get constant pings on your phone or laptop with all the new notifications you get on the thread. Now i just go in to any threads i follow as and when i feel like it and have cancelled the notifications to my email account. There is a lot of good stuff in there but it takes ages to find the good bits on any thread. Dave

I have the SW 210 & 115 cabs at the moment and i'm really happy with them. I did have the TT800 on order for a year (paid for in full) when Mesa stopped supplying outside the US and my order was cancelled but its a long voluted tale best left alone now. If they start supplying UK again i will be placing my order again. I have a HandBox WB-100 at moment and altho i love the tone i wanted the twin channel Mesa. I just love what Mesa do, tone is 2nd to none and build quality is by far the best i've come across in all my 45 years. I have an Mpulse 600 but its a bit of a beast in its rack case and i keep it as a back up for my Handbox all valve head. I wanted to go full Mesa lightweight and got the cabs before the shutdown from Mesa. Had i not managed to get the cabs i would probably have gone down a different route with another manufacturer. I prefer keeping my amp and cabs same mfr. No real reason for that to be honest. Dave

I assumed it was a stage prop but best not go into that too deeply. Dave

Weird why people do that. What's the point ? Anyhow, i have owned basses with lacquered or painted necks and cant say they ever really bothered me. Oddly enough i found my Warwick Thumb NT was bad for my hand sticking on the back of the neck usually into the latter part of a gig. It almost felt like the sweat / dirt from my hand had built up and clogged up the neck. I had to regularly wipe it clean after every 2-3 songs to stop that happening. That was in the days when smoking was allowed in venues so that wont have helped. Venues used to hot sticky, manky places in the good ole' days 😂 Dave

Do dogs have earlobes ? the 4 legged ones i mean.

I thought you were joking and googled it. Its true enough. Now that's a fun fact.

I always thought that might be the case.

Is that not a bit unusual to archive the site but not the transcriptions. ? Dave

I thought so too. It could have been a lot better had the attitudes been left out and we discussed in a more friendly and open manner. Shame but that's BC for you. Dave

yep he did a few songs for me that i was trying to learn. Gem of a guy and here's hoping he's ok. Dave

I just have it on my favs as Bilbo's Bass Bites but when i click on it the website is no longer there. Dave

No-one has heard from him, even his band friends haven't heard anything. Its a complete mystery and very worrying for us that know him well on BC. His own website has stopped too so i'm guessing all that work he did for us has now gone. I did manage to download a lot of the songs i liked. If you let me know what you're looking for i'll check to see if i have it. Dave

yep 100% agree............one size fits all

Your statement states "preferable depth for proper hand technique". Is that your preferable depth or do you have stats or evidence to support this preferred theory other than your own opinion on it. Yes i am curious and enjoying this thread but unless actual facts and evidence to support are provided then its simply an opinion. Your hand has a natural relaxed resting position. If you measure the distance between your thumb and index finger tip that should be the perfect neck depth. Neck depth increases on most basses as you move up the neck, does that mean you need to play at the nut end of the neck to play faster. ? With a shallower neck the fingers simply close in a touch more to their natural relaxed resting position. With a deeper neck you tend to push the fingers out and away from that natural relaxed hand position. Dave

I could understand the OP's argument if we all had the same size hands but surely differing hand sizes will mean different angles around the neck and therefore different finger height above the frets. Initially it did make me think more about this and had me wondering if perhaps there was a better way to play but my 45 yrs of personal experience and preference tells me its not so. Playing my 6 string bass and keeping my thumb on back and centre of the neck i find my fingers far closer to the fretboard than with my Jazz bass. For me that kind of negates the argument and different basses have naturally different hand positioning keeping in mind i have small hands. I have to admit i am finding this thread intriguing and wonder what the conclusion will be before the mods close it down of course because of its aggressive tones. Dave

Have there been any actual facts to back up either neck type. ? Dave

I just use it as a learning aid as writing it out helps me remember the song better along with just playing along to the original. I dont use it while gigging. Dave

i had 18mths of lessons when i started back in 76. Unfortunately the instructor said i had gone as far as he could teach and i just picked the rest up from there on my own. I cant sight read but i can read in my own time. I do write out almost every song i learn in notation tho. I'm sure i was taught how to slide from one fret to another all over the neck but it was a long time ago and maybe i've just forgotten how to move along the neck. Dave

Maybe i need more lessons ?

I have smaller hands so maybe explains why i prefer slim necks. Have to put a shout out for my Sandberg VM4 neck tho which is really comfy over a 3hr gig. Very low action on it too but i do play it a bit lighter than my usual style of playing. I use it in my 70's Glam covers band. Dave

I have the 6er fretless but didn't say i was any good on it Before i got back into bands few years ago i decided to treat myself to a 6 string bass for my 50th. Originally looking at fretted i wanted to challenge myself more and when i was just about to press the button i thought why not try fretless again and really challenge myself. Unfortunately i've never really mastered fretless playing but i like mucking about on it. I've attempted fretless basses many times over my 45yrs of playing incl a fretless P, WAL, Jazz, Jaydee, Yamaha basses and finally the Overwater. I have now got rid of everything that was more than 4 strings except the 6er cause it has a relevant name in pearl inlay across the 24th fret area and it was a gift from my wife for my 50th. Dave

Had a WAL custom lined fretless around 84 but i really liked the neck on that. One of the nicest basses i've owned apart from the dead spot on the G string and that's why i passed it on after about a year. WAL didn't want to know and were no help whatsoever. I currently have an Overwater custom fretless 6er and i can jump between that neck and my other basses pretty easily. Had a play around with the Vintera bass today and was actually quite enjoying it again. Dave