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Nope. I now play and dep in multiple bands. Basically I'll play anything I'm paid to play!

I remember when we met. You were investigating new effects in an attempt to keep up with the man himself. The Trace is still in use BTW!

Only Muse song I ever played live was New Born. Seem to recall it was a bit of a tongue twister for the fingers. ({minor thread hi-jack} @HazBeen was it you I met in the Vic in Swindon to buy a Trace head years ago?)

Definitely a huge difference. A real eye opener for me. I've probably been a little sceptical of just how much difference a pup could really make but that was night and day. Of course we're bass players, so no one else would ever notice, but we know, right?

Stevie - I am absolutely not rushing you. I am in awe of how much you're putting in to this. We all owe you a drink. A big one. I just thought if I can start buying bits then it'll help spread the cost a little and mean I'm ready for the off when the pack arrives

Marvelous. Don't have any more time to play, first meet with new band lunchtime, but thus evening I shall be delving. Thanks again.

That's super thanks Al

My goodness I'm deeply envious of all this. Compared with poor pay, changing in toilets, sleeping in cars, being ripped off, sounds like a different world.

OK, I'll have to dig around and look at that. At the end of the chain presumably?

By the by I found this rather excellent visual (and audio) demo of a HPF in action but the video itself is entirely free of information about how it was achieved.

Calling @Al Krow and other Zoom aficionados. Intrigued by all this HPF talk on the other thread, I'm interested to know if I can achieve it on my older Zoom pedals. If so how? I'm just beginning to get a feel for these pedals, at long last, being a simple soul I struggle when presented with too many options. But I'm simplifying how I use them and getting good results. Some effects produce worryingly powerful bottom end moments. If I try taming them with the bass eq within said effect I thin the whole sound. Hence my interest in the HPF. Thoughts?

If Aldi are sold out Proper Job keep some at a reasonable price too.

Also, is there a shopping list of bits we should be getting on with? In anticipation of the flat pack...

Thank you for sharing, not seen this before. Guy can really play, and what an editing job!

I'll keep my eyes open for a suitable 2nd hand 434 I think.

That's excellent Al thank you. I'm still intrigued by the idea of the £700 bass coming complete with £400. Seems to me a hell of a deal.

Hey Alan. I'm 18 months into the putting it back together. Still living in someone else's house. It gets easier. Music is a wonderful distraction therapy. You articulated a thought which occurred to me today. Why so many basses I thought, why can the itch never be scratched. And yes you're right, because basses are beautiful and there's always a new beauty waiting to be discovered.

They lack £400?

So... I idly gazed at some BBs on the Yamaha website. There are some under 300 quid and all points in between up to thousands. What do the basic models lack compared with say the £700 ones?