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Webcam privacy stickers make great fret markers and will not damage the bass.

The Marleaux Consat Custom 5 was the best 5 string I've ever played and owned. Have to be a bit lucky to get a used one at your budget though.

Tell all the Crack Converter type places now. It's a rare bass so will probably turn up. Make sure he tells his insurance company as well and tell them the steps he is taking to get it back. That will help if he needs them to pay out on it.

Mark Bass and Ashdown heads and a pair of BF cabs One10 and One10T. And an old Roland Bass Cube 30 that's I've had for 15-20 years. Not really a rig that, but still a brilliant practice / small jam amp. With 2 heads and 2 cabs - is that 2 rigs or is it 6 as I can do each head with the tweeter cab, or the non-tweeter or both?

UK light switch. Americans have them the other way up in a lot of places. I know EBS is Swedish, but different companies follow different ideas. Anyway, turn the treble up on your amp, then slap the bass a bit with the switch on/off. You should definitely hear it then.

Do it. I joined a music and performing arts educational trust about 12 years ago. I have learned a huge amount since then. reading skills will improve quickly. You won’t ever sight read a new tune at a gig. Put the time in at home and you’ll be fine. You’ll get used to playing in just about everything other than E and 4/4 as well.

Yes - you'll just have to cut the pickup end of the solderless cable and connect it up that way. Some people solder directly onto the pins of the preamp but if that goes wrong you've ruined the preamp. Far better to do the modification to the cable as that is the cheap bit.

Wasn't this rumoured to be one of the reasons why Status have stopped doing CF necks?

Same as with neodymium. Aerospace industry wants as much as they can get hold of.

CF is very strong but it is directional. Can be almost indestructible from one angle and weak as paper in another. I'm just about ready to buy one of the new material Mark Bass cabs - I have no idea what they are made from and MB are being protective of the details. But I'm excited to try!

I think that's genre specific really. The originals rock / metal crowd is certainly mostly that age bracket. But for the more, ahem, mature player, there's more options in blues, jazz, folk. They also don't seem to give a crap about the age of the members.

Maybe I'll get one and then see if I need the other one then. I've got a big list of things I need to list for sale and if I get reasonable prices then I should be able to get the cab and have quite a bit left over for other toys.

Drive and filters and compressor, octaves etcin front of the amp. Time based in the loop, delays, chorus etc. That’s the usual way.

I think I'm going to take the plunge - off load my BF cabs and get a pair of Energy 2x10 so I can have a vertical 4x10 when needed.

You can't walk past a "Wet Paint Sign" without touching it, can you?

@spongebob A question about the new cab material, if I may? Is the outside a covering like tolex or is the outside the actual material itself? I'm asking because I've seen a buyer review or two where they mention that the cab surface is very easily marked or even dented but only hard finger pressure. From the photos I cannot tell if that is just in the covering (if there is one) or the cab structure itself.

I've just noticed that the EBMM Joe Dart signature - the original with the single ray pickup - uses a 100Kohm pot. Most bass pickups use 250Kohm - what would be the effect of the 100k pot?

If all the ball ends are all the same colour then they could be La Bella. They put little plastic slidey things over the strings to show which is which rather than different coloured ball ends.

I didn't think the pickups would be the same due to the much lauded neodymium pickups in the specials, but I was completely unaware that the lower priced ones often had jazz profile necks. I thought they would all be the chunky ones. I've been collecting parts to make a sort of Joe Dart tribute (his has a sterling neck profile) but I might just see if I can find a lightweight Sub Ray4 and then strip the paint, swap to lightweight tuners, go passive etc.

So have they changed the stock pickup to something more traditionally 'ray like now?

The neck width thing is exactly why I haven't got one. Rays with SLO necks (very jazz like) are rare, and if specc'd on a new one are eye wateringly expensive. I just played with the configurator for a very simple 'Nard Edwards type - natural, blac 'plate, maple board, SLO neck, and the Mono rigid bag they now come with - and it would be £3213.52 including shipping and VAT / import etc. That's the final landed price. Painted options are actually cheaper - presumably because they save the nice looking wood for the natural / stains. I might have to have a look at one of the SUB Rays after this thread! I see LowEndLobster did a review and stuck an upgraded pickup in it too and thought it was very good.

I wish someone would do some good demos of a Central compared to a Ray.

Adjusting a trussrod should never be a warranty issue - it's there to be adjusted by the end user.