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I'm thinking of getting a Warmoth body and a Status neck to assemble something a bit different. Can anyone tell me what the back of the neck is like on the Status-Graphite jazz necks? The reason I ask is that I've had some old Status basses that I loved, then I had a modern one and the neck shape had changed dramatically - the new one was very much a D shape neck that was really quite square and felt like it had 'shoulders' rather than a gentle curve. Do the Jazz necks have that or are they like an actual jazz bass would be? thanks.

This is great. I've been thinking about one of the Ibby Mezzo 32 scale basses - 5 string. Need to sell a few pedals to raise the money.

I've got a pair of Yamaha HS7 and I love them. Great sound quality, more than loud enough - I use them as my main home amp with my Helix now. Very revealing too - amazing how much I didn't hear with my crappy logitech speakers.

Nothing. It's all part of the tool box. Same as using a plectrum if the song needs it.

I’ve got one of them and it’s great. Can do all on, just P, or just J. Js have a balance so by selecting the bridge can have a trad PJ too.

Very bright, really do sound like rounds and stay bright quite well too. They did go through a phase of having some dodgy quality control but I don’t know if they’ve fixed that now.

Or both. Might as well while the router is plugged in!

The Seymour Quarter Pounder doesn’t sound like a P. too much bass and too little mids. Horrible for P sounds, but a good option for others sounds.

I’m self employed too. Emails are reviewed in working hours. Bank holidays and weekends are not working hours. Separation between work and home life is important.

National Holiday for VE Day and a weekend? Are you available to work emails 24 hours a day?

Or maybe, just maybe, there’s a world event that is getting in the way of regular business at the moment. sure I read about something like that recently.

Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, Seasons in the Abyss are very different. I think they are easily as different as Kill em All, Ride the Lightning, and Master of Puppets. Can always tell if an album was mostly King or Hanneman writing too.

I must admit I thought it was Eddie Van Halen. But then again JJ Cale was tapping before EVH made it famous too.

Been looking at the specs. The 2x12 would weigh less than my pair of BF One10. What do they sound like? Are they a bit vintage like the One10 or more modern? ta

If the silks don't line up then I don't want them. (Sorry, couldn't resist).

Not that I've noticed. But I tend to use the fully compressed 'juicy' option instead of blending.

Built in wireless will never happen. Too expensive to deal with different countries legal frequency ranges when the main purpose of the product is not as a wireless. There was a lot of people suggesting it for the Helix and the L6 developers took their time to explain why it wouldn't work and the unit price would go up massively for something that many people just didn't want or had units they preferred for their location.

I agree that most "could be done" that way - but so many PA systems are not up to the task.

I've done originals, pub covers, wedding / function stuff. Most genres from metal to jazz. Even with a semi-pro function band I needed the amp. Irrespective of the band / gig situation, often it was only vocal in the PA, or vocal and some drums, mainly to get the snare, kick and hi hat in the monitors. I think I'd struggle to remember more than 10 shows in 30 years where everything was in the PA. Don't get me wrong - everything in the PA is definitely superior for the audience (and that has to be the main thing, especially if charging them), I just think it uncommon. I wonder if my view is skewed by age though. What is the experience of the 25 year olds? Modelling and in-ears for weekend warriors is relatively new tech for us veterans, but it's always been there for the younger players.

I think your experience is a minority one. I've been gigging for about 30 years and I reckon I've done about 5 gigs in that time where I could have done without an amp.

I had one of those. Wasn't a fan of the tone really, but also the fan noise was distracting - I often play with just woodwind instruments and the fan is noticeable to the audience on those. When it came out I thought it might be the ultimate amp for me - but, alas!

I've wondered about the built in tuner too. I would quite like to upgrade my M900 V1 to the V2 because of the built in compressor. But as I'd still have to take a tuner I'm less fussed and it's easy to have a small board with a compressor on it as well. But if the V3, if / when it comes had a tuner and a compressor then I wouldn't need to take anything else for 95% of things I do. I'm not fussed about having the tuner display on the floor. It only takes a few seconds of facing backwards anyway. I'd rather have the stage clear of anything if I didn't need any other effects at all. The power outlet would also be great. Then I could just pop my wireless on top and have it powered by the amp. Maybe Darkglass and other amp makers should set up an IdeaScale page so we can vote on this stuff. Crowd Sourced market research has been a big thing for the Helix and has helped the devs pick the stuff that a lot of punters want.

Me and my kids have a practice playlist of about 24 tunes that we are adding to. they play sax and clarinet. We play it on a big screen and can then read the notation. It’s big band arrangements of various tunes. Help yourself if you like!