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Thank you

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The Lovely Eggs on Saturday the 1st in Bristol. Smashing band with great ethics.

Surprised how good Stephen Merchant is on the old piano.

It was a fair price. If it's worth anything more now, that's down to the hard work you've put into its restoration.

I appreciate your point. Affordable long scale flats, which are perfectly good strings, are available for about 10 to 15 quid. So for something more specialised I suppose I was thinking 15 to 25 ballpark. Anyway thank you for the info

Only happened to me once on BC. Sold a bass at a very fair price - which we do here - and the buyer immediately listed it at a higher price. I experienced a feeling as being in the presence of an unexpected bad smell. I just made a point never to deal with said individual in the future. No need to make a fuss. Sure enough they were subsequently outed by another member for untrustworthy behaviour. It wasn't a shock, some folk care more for money than the good things in life. Move on and don't pay them no never mind as my old Pappy never said.

Are there any affordable SS flats out there?

I have a few active basses and they all behave so differently from one another. One is really quite mellow and I like it, another is so powerful it distorts on anything approaching full volume. And I never know if the battery is going to last or not. I feel your pain.

Larkin Poe in Bristol last night. So very very good.

That's how good that bass sounds 😀

And the winner is............

@neepheid at the Bash

Ooh. I hope so.

Thank you that was wonderful. Really enjoyed it

We've had a monthly gig for a while now. Last Sunday of the month at a nice venue. Only problem is no one ever turns up. We play to the bar staff and a couple of regulars. It's been a depressing experience for all involved and we've been waiting for the axe to fall. Finally it fell.

Cancelled.

Typical. Just as I stop buying basses.

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What does it look like?

What is it, what does it do?

I approach these situations as if I'm auditioning them. Which when you think about it is true. You wouldn't join a crap band would you? The resultant aura of supreme confidence tends to make them desperate for you to join.

One of the drummers with whom I often work, is not just a great musician but also has a great ear. He and I share a liking for similar sounds. So when I hit 'that' sound, the one I really love, and I glance over and he's clearly hearing it too, I take notice. These moments always seem to happen when I use a 1x15 cab and a big old style head. The last time this happened I had bypassed the complexities of the preamp and used a simple preamp pedal instead. The Joyo series is my favourite for this. American Sound, Californian Sound, Oxford Sound - they're all great. I was pondering why this should be. The conclusion was that the bottom end is less big and booming - these are after all g****r pedals - and the mids seem tighter, more pronounced. All of which is to say the sound sits better in the mix. None of the above applies in my reggae band mind.