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Presumably because some will want to use 3 tones in a tune. Cycling 3 usually means having to go past 1 you don't want at that time. It also means having to change ahead of the beat too.

Nice! I can see me wanting one!

New footswitch coming in feb.

Voodoo Labs, Gigrig, Cioks etc. Not over kill at all. Proper isolated power and all well built. A good power supply is definitely one of those 'buy it once' and stop worrying about it type things. In fact I've got the VL PP2 on my small board and the Gigrig system on my silly large board. Painful to buy, and yet zero buyers remorse.

Vic served me on my only trip to BG - and I came away with a Demeter head. I was not bothered about what cabs I tried it with, but he insisted, not only in digging out the same cabs I used, but also making sure they were stacked in the same way. That attention to detail set him apart from many music shop people. RIP.

Sanitizer doesn't kill norovirus or C.Difficle. Soap and water do though.

I've got EMG ones in my Ray. I really like them. Clear and punchy, not quite as clanky.

If the band sits down to play in a formal setting then stands / tablets / notes are ok for everyone except the singer. If the band stands, moves, dances, otherwise engages with the audience, then no.

I played 4 strings for years, mainly because I couldn't find a 5 I felt comfortable with. Then I found a Marleaux Consat Custom 5 and it became my main bass. Couple of years after that I found an unusually light Stingray 5 too. I sold most of my 4s at that point but I still have an Urge2 and a fretless 4 Status, but I never take them out. I usually get piano scores and I never know when that B string is needed, so it has to come with me. I'm now at the point where a 4 feels like there is something missing. I'm really picky about bass weights as my back is knackered, and I've had multiple hernias, but I hope to find another light 5 that suits. Lots of 5 strings seem to have about 48mm nut widths which is too wide for me. I will be keeping the Urge2 as it is the finest slap machine I've ever played, but the fretless might go.

BB has been in Facebook. Loads of his basses have been stole, including the red Lull signature model that been his main bass for 17 years. Details on FB https://m.facebook.com/bryanbellerbass/

I use the Gigrig system. It's ace.

Get any 4 string set you like and add the low B.

I might be making this up - but isn't Jon Myung's 6 string bongo actually put together with a 5 string neck for really narrow spacing? I'm sure I read that somewhere at some point,

I've an Urge II, and it is really versatile. The P pickup is a little further back than normal so it's not quite a proper P sound but with a bit of the neck J added in it works well enough.

Many Ross based compressors (usually guitar ones) have low end roll off. Sometimes that is useful. Sometimes not. I prefer to do that with my EQ. I'd get a bass one - with a clean blend on it (sometimes called "New York" or "Parallel") so a bit of the uncompressed signal can be mixed in. That feature is more common on dedicated bass compressors. Empress Compressor Darkglass Super Symmetry EQD The Warden plenty more too. The compressor bible is here: ovnilab.com The reviewer is a bassist and all reviews with bass in mind.

Whatever is in the Sandbergs does that. When in passive mode the Treble becomes a passive tone, just reducing it from te centre point. I think some of the East preamps have an option to have a passive tone control on it too.

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Darkglass M900 Engage the VMT, lower the drive. Amazing tone.

My favourites are the Empress Compressor and the Darkglass Super Symmetry.