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Congratulations! I love a purchase with literally zero legitimate reason behind it. And boy have you chosen well. Two absolute beauties.

Can't go wrong at 30quid

What have you gone for mate?

Fixed

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Very good points, thank you. I have been using two long cables to/from effects loop and the wireless receiver at the amp. I suppose I was a bit irked having gone wireless to still have these blimmin' great loops of cable to lug around, and then cluttering the stage (pub floor). Instead I am looking at the possibility of a clean set up. As you say it's more to go wrong, and I'll still carry the cables as a 'just in case' so really it does seem a bit pointless. But it gives me something to think about while twiddling my thumbs in this gig free world, and who knows, one day I might get to try it.

Nice set up - thank you.

I fear i have misled you with my poorly written post! I meant to use wireles transmitter/receiver between bass and board and another between board and amp.

What's this? New Harley Benton?? Why wasn't I told? I shall prepare to become excited.

No, I loaded (bodged) it into my rack at the start of the lockdown, I've always just plugged into it rather than get the wireless pack out and find the strap with the pouch on it. Quicker to plug in with a cable. Never gigged with it in there. I bet I know what would happen if I did.

That looks really cool! I would say, if the chips were down I had to play for my life, I would go with my Bruce Thomas Profile. It always used to be my Aria Pro 2 which I've had since I started, but the Profile seems to fit me and I play that little bit better when I use it.

Darn it. A bit closer and I'd have popped round and left you a handful of Harley B's to try.

I didn't know this! Mine lives in a rack 🤦🏼‍♂️

Anyone here entirely cable free? Including pedal board? Effectively two wireless transmitters/receivers in the same chain. Is it even doable, or does the latency make it unusable? I suppose I'm after the views of the average user here. Not those who can happily play a mile down the road from the rest of the band and not care about latency, nor those who are put off by the tiniest fraction, undectable to the unwashed herd. Of which I count myself as one.

Same here. Had a moment of interference from another wireless transmitter, which was so easy to fix, otherwise it is perfect. Worth noting too it uses AA batteries. So should you forget to charge it you don't need to plug the unit in to recharge. Just keep a couple of spares in your gig bag. Not that it is likely to run flat, it switches itself off if you leave it alone for any length of time. I like the on board tuner, the ability to scan the venue for the least busy frequency, the ability to save different 'scenes' for different instruments and the robustness of the unit. I dropped mine from a reasonable height without any damage. Also should you somehow break the jack, its just a normal 1/4 plug so can be repaired/replaced. It has multiple outputs including xlr, and you can even choose the colour of the light around the jack socket. Fair to say I recommend it.

@uk_lefty whereabouts are you BTW? Roughly speaking?

Too_Much_Too_Young.pdf Too Much Too Young, from the live ep (i.e. the fast version!) by The Specials, featuring Horace Panter on bass.

Did several years in a Specials trib and 7 of us were in constant motion only 'Terry' and the drummer were stationary. Again you couldn't really call it dancing...

I can't not dance while playing. It's part performance but it's also an integral part of making music. Of course I use the word dance in its loosest possible interpretation.

No neck dive on any of my HBs. One or two quite heavy , others not heavy at all. The best of them hold their heads up in Squier company. The last one I bought, a £100 P-Bass is extraordinarily good. I prefer it to my Mexican Fender PJ. Now, what some people consider a serious problem, others do not count at all. So my, or anyone else's opinion is really hard for you to measure. I sold a bass once and the buyer returned it unhappy with a couple of things I hadn't mentioned. He wasn't picky and I wasn't a scammer, I just didn't think of them as issues or worth mentioning, for him they were a big deal. It's like the HB preamps. For me they are absolutely perfect. The only active basses I've ever liked other than a Sandberg. There's a gentle subtlety to them which is just what I want from tone controls. Others have said they're rubbish, don't do anything, need replacing immediately. It's what you like, how it looks, feels and sounds to you. All I can say is Thomann are great to deal with.

Some transcriptions make me want to leap out of bed and start playing - this is one of those. Thank you.