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I recently tried a shorty from Dv247. Been spoiled by Thomann who always set up their basses. This will need a bit of work to make it playable, and I am not very fussy. Quite off putting for a beginner because it is so hard to get a good sound out of it. If you're confident in setting up and restringing then the bass itself is a good size and very light. Oh and very affordable.

I find this quite an interesting subject. I have always been drawn to the world of effects, but then would shy away from the godawful racket I invariably produced with them. I'd then tell anyone I could back into a corner for long enough that I don't need them, it's all in the fingers. I try not to be so pompous these days. I've come to realise that I was the problem. You see for all the ill chosen words the op has a point. The less between the bass strings and the speakers the easier it is to get the sound. Once you start adding variables it is more difficult to narrow down the options. I could never be arsed with the hard work. In lockdown I've spent a lot of time learning how effects dovetail with my style. What works and what doesn't. Invariably now I use them sparingly. A couple are always on, a couple produce specific sounds for specific situations, and occasionally, just occasionally, I use one because it sounds so damn cool!

A Zoom of one kind or another sits in all my pedal board set ups. Its just as you say, a great back up or extra. Even if it's just HPF and tuner it's paid for itself

Thanks for the thread revival, just bought mine.

The only darn thing I can remember, and in fact cannot unremember, is the notes of the treble clef.

Sly And The Family Stone - Thank You Thank_You.pdf

Yep. Talking to him about a red one. Wasn't until I saw this that I realised it's the classic tele headstock shape I don't like! This I love.

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She's a bit good isn't she? You sound familiar with her work. Is this via YouTube or she a student of yours?

You may be joking, however, would you like to see a picture of my bedside table?

I'm not the world's greatest slap bass fan, but this is so wonderfully rhythmic, even out of context it had me tapping my toes.

It's nerve racking, general anaesthetic at her age, but needs must.

I also replaced the pick up in my SB with an Armstrong and it is every bit as good as the original.

Well, if you want to wait for my review before you buy I'm afraid it'll be a few weeks. Dog needs an operation so I'm watching the pennies.

The name alone deserves an award

Like the look of the solid state heads as well.

As everyone knows I am getting as much HB stuff as possible before the drawbridge is pulled up and we can't buy from the continent any more. However I have no room for any more cabs, dammit!

Do it. Demand satisfaction. Don't take no for an answer etc

I haven't bought from Dv247 until last week. The last thing I had from them was when they were Musicstore Cologne and sent out a paper catalogue listing all their stock. So a long time ago. Happy to report the item arrived a day earlier than expected. The quality of the item is another story for another thread.

Took delivery of two new exciters today. One male fowl-up straight away - bought the AR-30s and not the AR-50 which would have been better but ho hum, on with the show. Why 2? Well it seems in the world of these little vibrating wallahs if you want wattage you end up buying a 4ohm speaker thus maximizing the output of the amp . My littlest amp is 200 watts so I bought two 8ohm exciters, wired them in series, attached them to the seat and off I go. These are different from the previous speaker which got hot and melted. Better designed, don't get hot, and produce a different sound. They're more hi-fi is probably the best way to describe the difference. So good in fact that I can listen to music through my chair! The trade off is that the bass is more 'precise' if that means anything to anyone. Whereas I used to hit a low E and feel my innards liquify this is a smaller, tighter sensation. It still shakes through the seat, but with less violence, it's also louder in the room so less good for late night noodling. However I am already scheming! Another two linked together in series and both sets then wired to one another in parallel would, if my maths is working, give me a 120 watt 8ohm speaker system which should be much more capable and thus not need to be run so hard. I await, with a growing sense of nervous excitement to be told exactly why everything I have just said is wrong and in fact I can't possibly hear anything from the love seat because I don't have ears in my bum. Oh and lots of numbers I won't understand too. Bring it on!

OUCH!