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As the dust settles from a busy weekend of gigs, I'm pleased to report that the Reverend Triad passed with flying colours. Light and well balanced, I wasn't even using one of my usual neoprene straps but it didn't matter - hardly noticed it on my shoulder/back. With a Neotech strap on there I'll be to play it for hours without thinking about it. Neck felt great as I was playing, and I felt that connection with it that happens when I'm really enjoying playing a bass that gives me that extra 10%, the confidence to throw a slightly more complex fill in there or really nail the timing on a difficult section. Only downside was buggering about with the pickup switching meant that I forgot to stomp on my OD pedal a couple of times. Not the bass's fault that I'm so easily distracted of course, but something to watch out for if you're normally a "set and forget" type like me To cap it all off, a bass player I know came up after and complimented my bass tone, said I was coming through loud and clear (oh god, I hope there weren't any huge clangers then!). Really pleased with the bass. Would recommend a Reverend to anyone looking for something a bit different from the norm.

Yuck. Ironing is only done in this house on an as and when required basis. I ironed my shirt for last night's gig and that's it. I guess it helps that I don't wear shirts to work.

Thoughts? It would be nice to be in a position where the price of custom shop basses had any relevance whatsoever to my life...

They always make a beeline for the singer. If the interaction takes longer than a few seconds I start playing something repetitive and obviously pisstaking on the bass, gets a laugh from my bandmates/sober people

Yup, tasty bridge replacement with a Schaller 3D bridge and agree that it was probably worth £29 on its own That's a score! I have nothing further to add, @Bassassin has been tagged twice now and I have little doubt he will be along shortly to tell you what you have in full, explicit, hardcore, technicolor detail...

But... but... he's supposed to be indestructable

I quite like that, but that's coming from a Les Paul (non oversized body) bass player. It's basically a regular sized Les Paul body with a bass neck jutting out of it. I enjoy the preposterousness of it all

Can I pitch in here if we're talking about website layout/design? Who thought it was a good idea to make you click on a link to expand the manufacturer filter 10 at a time? You miss and the pointer goes off the menu by a pixel then it disappears and you have to start again. Sucks if you want to filter for Yamahas. Just display the whole list, it's not THAT long.

I think they're all a bunch of crooks, and requiring us to take out insurance against their mistakes is a total racket, so the best thing you can do is make your parcel as courierproof as possible. And don't, for the love of god use Hermes/Evri or Yodel. Those two would find a way to deliver Captain Scarlet in multiple pieces. To your roof.

Don't mess around with a bass you like. If it's important enough that you're asking how to do an incredibly bothersome thing which won't even look half as good as the real thing, just get the real thing. Doesn't have to be a fancy/expensive P - or will the same folk you're wanting to convince that you're playing a P with a disguise get arsey about you playng a Squier instead of a Fender? Also, to hell with folk like that, they can get in the bin.

Classic Pro, as in 3 point bridge and Gibson TB+ pickups? Is the issue that burst == boring?

Because I only started playing in my thirties, I'm on the fast track/crash course. Unless I'm still playing in my eighties, then I'll know the crash course didn't work

Indeed. CURSE YOU, RED BARON!

Is the use of particularly British idioms cricket in this situation though?

Rule 1: don't be a d!ck. Comes way ahead of competency, musicianship or any other considerations.

Yes, the battery will drain as long as you have the bass plugged in, regardless of whether or not the preamp is doing anything. The passive/active switch only switches between the passive output from the pickups or the output from the preamp going to the output jack, it doesn't control the power to the preamp. On the plus side, this means that the bass will still work in passive if the batteries die (it even works if you pull the battery out entirely - I've done this on an L-2000 and then the preamp switch effectively becomes a kill switch.

That's exactly what I think. Yay, I'm not being crazy. Or maybe there are two crazy people in the world regarding this topic 🤪

I'm going to shut the hell up now, I'm clearly taking the phrase far too literally and it's annoying me (and probably annoying you too).

That is sad, but in all seriousness I just do not get this "guilty pleasure" concept when applied to basses. Why are you feeling guilty for enjoying a bass? Did someone decree that playing bass was illegal and I missed the memo? Did you buy it instead of paying your mortgage/rent and are now playing it in/on your car/cardboard box/park bench? Did you steal it? Are some people telling you that you shouldn't be playing that bass and if so why does that opinion matter so much? Is it just a extension of the general purpose guilt I sometimes feel simply for breathing air? I feel not one shred of guilt when I play any of my basses, I earned the money to buy them fair and square (or a certain lovely wife bought me one recently) and I couldn't give even a single hoot what anyone else thinks of them. You like 'em because you like 'em, that ought to be good enough of a reason for any nosey parker.

Where is all this guilt coming from?

I need help, I saw the block inlays first.

That looks pretty f'd to me. Even if it wasn't the issue, I'd probably replace it anyway. At least if you replace it and things still don't work then you can turn your attention to something else, like the crossover.

I suppose I took a break during the pandemic. I was worried during the lockdowns that I had fallen out of love with playing bass - I think I picked up and played a bass twice in as many years. I was giving some serious thought to jacking in the bands. However, I decided to go back to rehearsals once they were allowed to see how I felt and I'm glad I did. So yes, I took a break (albeit enforced) and came back. What I realise now is that I have no love for playing bass by itself (unless I'm learning new songs) - I derive my pleasure in it by playing with others in bands. If you want to take a break, by all means do so. Usual stuff applies - don't have a fire sale of all your gear right away etc.

Your bass, you do you. I have nothing useful to add as I'm not a Stingray guy. At least if you don't do the neatest job of the neck pickup route it can be hidden with the pickguard. Best of luck.