stewblack

Yes. 16 now. It is a thing of truly extraordinary beauty. If I had bought a bass of this quality, second hand, for double what I paid, I would have felt guilty. It's not as light as my other HBs but thankfully not as heavy as my other HB Jazz. A comfortable weight. But oh my goodness it looks so nice

I will know by this afternoon. Just heard from the courier

The plot thickens...

I apologise for misleading the house. I have 15 HBs. I missed a few. I deeply regret this matter.

Good idea!

But... they're so cheap

https://youtu.be/yYFiYKY8_5s

Any way all silliness aside I was responding to the suggestion that you weren't surprised it was heavy because it's a Harley Benton. One heavy bass out of a collection of 12 doesn't seem heavy to me was my point. If this one is a lump it'll be a shame but not what I expected.

But he's a lobster

Not me. Only one HB of all my collection is heavy. I'm surprised. Still he's a man pretending he's a lobster, we don't really need to pay too much attention to him.

Oh God I hope so

Man am I jealous.

I am by nature ill disciplined and more drawn to novelty than to repetition. So until I began taking lessons with a superb teacher my practice consisted of noodling or learning a song for a gig. Now, because I know that every two weeks I will need to show the fruits of my labours, and because the work is structured in such a way that it needs to be done daily, I work far more strictly. Most importantly I keep a diary so at a glance I can see what I've been doing and make sure nothing gets missed.

I can see the attraction https://youtu.be/e_3JdEMnafs

I shall attend to it once I get back home.

Had a Bandeoke last night. Usual suspects getting up to sing with us, some actually quite good singers, some apparently unfamiliar with the song they'd chosen. Only a few songs I had to busk looking at the guitarist's hand for chord clues. Which wasn't the case at the previous Bandeoke where we played one song that no one in the band knew. Once you've successfully navigated that scenario nothing much can fase you.

I don't believe it myself but I just accidentally achieved exactly (well, near as damn it) what you're looking for. Sub n Up and Aguilar filter twin. Unfortunately the tone print on the SUb n Up is one I made and I have no clue how I did it.

I know. It costs me the equivalent of a Harley Benton bass every six weeks. But it sure as hell is worth it.

I just finished a bass lesson which very nearly caused my head to fall off. The idea of learning anything else right now is not even a blip on the distant horizon.

Yep I have all the gizmos, Neural hub, midi switcher, editing software. It's just not working for me. I suffer from a debilitating illness which means I just can't spend the time and mental resources necessary to learn it.

Because I find them all really hard to adjust . I'm sure it's easy for those who understand how to set them up and designate certain controls for certain functions but it's defeated me. Buying the whole board wouldn't be cheap. Let's talk in the private message.

I can't promise not to get one of the other ones as well one day. There's some lovely colours there.

I have the purple one coming

Only gigged amp free on two occasions. Both times were ok. Saturday I employed my 3 ton Ampeg and there is no way to adequately describe how much better the experience was. The band sounded and felt so rich and full. I'll use iem only if a band requires me to - I'm not turning down a payday - but never out of choice.