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Tomorrow night, Nine Lives play at the Kirkie Bar in Elgin. That's Elgin, Scotland, UK, not Elgin, IL. Other Elgins are available.

Tick tock... Also, 'tis the season - as Donna and Tom say on Parks and Recreation - treat yo'self!

I bought Tim's TC Electronic BH250 head. Super quick to post, super well packaged, smooth as you like. Thanks for a hassle free transaction!

I don't know what either of those things sound like, sorry! I'm only on my fourth OD ever so I really don't have a huge array of experience to draw on. I've only had a Bass Soul Food (which I didn't really care for), a Mojomojo (which I really liked) and the drive in the Monomyth (which I also really liked). This one's a bit different to those two, definitely wanders into Distortion territory beyond OD if you crank it, but it can be used more subtly. Best I can offer you is the video I put up in the "how was your gig?" thread this week - that was the T-bird and the Battalion's drive was on, pre-EQ for maximum effect. Sounded pretty meaty to me!

Bummer about the delivery cockup. A big store like that ought to work out the landed UK price and charge you the VAT/Duty included price. I have a super cheap bass on back order with them and I do not expect to pay any more on arrival. In fact, I am pretty certain they do, because if you look at the UK site, you see this next to the prices: So they're well aware of the need to add UK VAT etc. to the price. Why are you initiating a claim? It's a delivery issue, possible stock reporting mistake, it happens. Also don't fill your head with scare stories on Trustpilot - the bias towards negative reporting will be staggering - the vast majority of people will have been served satisfactorily and will leave no review/comment at all. Occasionally someone might be pleased enough to leave a positive. The most motivated commentators will be riled up disgruntled people of the "WOULD LEAVE ZERO STARS IF I COULD" persuasion. I recently received a bass from the States, and UPS was the courier. I filled my heart with dread reading the negative comments on Trustpilot. Guess what happened? The bass arrived on the (revised) estimated date quoted, undamaged, all good. I felt like I needed to leave a positive, 5 star review to try to balance out all the negatives!

Have an audition/jam, see what happens? They might be wilful in complementary ways?

I also have a project slated to start when a missing piece (the donor bass) finally (hopefully) arrives at the end of January - ordered in September and already paid for BTW Outside of that, I have made sure to procure all the parts I will need for that project before the end of the year so as not to sully my abstinence next year. I suggest you do the same, but it's up to you. They're separate things, these parts, they're separate transactions as far as I'm concerned. If you had put a deposit down to have someone else do it all for you and pay them the balance when it's done then I could understand, but as you're DIYing, I don't see that logical wrapper (as in you bought a "service" from someone rather than the parts directly) around the project as a single thing. Hey, if you see it differently then just don't tell us - we're not the abstinence police! Or just accept that next year is not gonna be your year, it's just a bit of fun at the end of the day...

Got a new preamp/EQ/OD/DI - adding a noise gate and a compressor allowing me to consolidate down a touch. Got its first live run at the weekend and it performed very well. The pre/post/dry switch gives levels of OD at the flick of a switch - that's maybe not what it's for, but that's the effect it has. It's louder when the OD happens first then the EQ is applied to the overdriven signal as opposed to the other way around. Pretty impressed with it. Versus the Monomyth it has replaced, we have less flexibility in the EQ (less bands, no shelving), no headphones out (not as useful as it might seem as there's no aux in) and no cab sim on the DI (but gain an independent level control and an OD/EQ bypass)

Aye, that'd be a fail, I reckon. Goes by order date, not "first twinkle in my eye" date

Yes, I would say it goes by order date, not arrival date. Paying on tick is a little different to putting down a deposit then making a final payment, but I guess it's tantamount to the same thing. Anyone else wanna weigh in?

My point is that it doesn't matter in this case, frivilous or not - this is a continuing job that was instigated this year - I see it the same as putting a deposit down on an item which will not arrive until next year when the remaining balance is paid. Infractions are counted from when they are initially committed - in this case when the job was agreed with the luthier and the bass handed over for the work to be done. They're already out for this year, but if they weren't and the refinish/nut replacement was deemed not to be a repair then it would have seen them bow out this year. In this case, it is moot.

I think this could be covered by the "deposit paid the year before" clause - in this case, the bass *is* the deposit? You instigated the work this year. I reckon this is OK. Anyone else want to chime in?

How did we get here? Have I wandered into Off Topic by mistake?

So, any sneaky Christmas presents bought? I, having being already long since out of the running, have been prepping for next year by ticking off as many wishlist things as I can to maximise chances of success next year. Epiphone Thunderbird '64 - hopefully sparkly enough to keep me smiling for the whole of 2025 Cheapy bass on back order and all parts procured for a project in the new year Spare/practice amp New preamp for the pedalboard I may get a few little stocking fillers on pay day before shutting up shop. Fingers crossed my hibernation hoard will suffice!

For F's sake!

Not universally so - my JC balances fine. Strap choice is important.

None of them produce enough volume to play along with other instruments on their own, and anyone who claims otherwise is frankly speaking, lying. Beyond a lazy boi practice against some laptop speakers (and yes, my Jack Casady does get used for that and is loud enough), it's a waste of time, you'll be plugging in.

Which scale length would you prefer? A lot of them are short scale, but there are some long scale options.

When the bass player isn't being sawn in half by a table... He's gone bloody walkabout, again! 20241214 Tolbooth walkabout.mp4 Bloody wireless pest!

Lovely stuff, and a great price too, congrats!

I don't see it that way, and it makes me background levels of sad that you appear to. A question was asked, I answered it. Doesn't make me any better or worse than anyone else.

Great gig last night with Nine Lives at the Tolbooth in Ellon. It was decently busy, and as a bonus, a couple of the guys from the 'Spoons came down to heckle us also. Always fun to see some familiar faces in the audience. Lots of dancing, a few singalong moments, and a splendid time was had by all. I am also delighted with some new gear which got a first proper run - namely the EHX Battalion preamp and my super sparkly Epiphone Thunderbird, which is an absolute effin' beast. So pleased to be back in Thunderbird land, it's been too long. Gear was the Sire Z7 followed by the Epi T-bird into the usual Markbass tone cubes: Are we still obsessing about footwear? I was wearing these - Vans Calf Hair classic slipons. Is that OK?

Only two threads about the same thing? That's pretty good going, actually

Get poked! Singer tells me how to bass and I'll stick the bass up them sideways. What a cheek!

Mine arrived today, ahead of schedule. Thanks for the heads up, OP