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I don't think a bit of paper is gear, s'all good. If that piece of paper magically becomes gear, oh well, it was for a good cause. I reckon this is reasonable.

Is this more scab picking?

I doubt you'll get anything better than an estimate if anything - wood be woody. If you look at a site such as Sweetwater in the States which publishes the weight of the actual basses they're selling (and have multiples to instantly flick betweeen), you'll find wild differences (sometimes +/- 1lb) in weight between supposedly identical basses. It's really a question for the retailer, who can weigh the one(s) which are right there in front of them, not the manufacturer. And of course, for that to happen, you're going to have to wait for them to become available.

Grolschlocks - each one comes with a free beer! EDIT - glib comment aside - the washers are strong enough for straplock purposes - they're designed to keep beer in a bottle after all.

Time for the June roundup... What a well behaved bunch you have been - only two folk dropped out last month, leaving 24 still on the righteous path of abstinence. Now that this has bumped the thread to the top, let's get the start of month confessionals out of the way... As for me, well, I know it doesn't work that way and I'm out because pedals and wirelessness but I'm currently -1 basses for the year - sold 2, bought 1. There's some sort of moral, "well, that's better than being a Nazi" thing going on there...

Why not, we invented damn near everything else

But you get people "just starting out" on 6 string, and are there many inexpensive FAAFO options?

The new Sire Z7 has stainless frets according to the specs. 5 string is £569 at Andertons. It's not out until August though, so couldn't tell you about weight etc.

I get the feeling it would be easier and quicker to list the headstocks you do like...

Not sold on FB, sold here. Only marked as sold on FB.

Song: Living After Midnight Band: Nine Lives Venue: Balaclava Bar, Fraserburgh Bass: Yamaha BB1200 > Markbass Mini CMD 121P IV + New York 121

Anyone want to post up some nicely lit pictures of theirs to soothe my anticipation/make it worse (cos it won't arrive until Tue/Wed)?

Creepy buggers!

Stop hatewatching stuff on eBay then

Heh, whoops, brain couldn't let it go. Ordered.

What is this fancy stuff? You got your own bass riser? Oooooooooh, funcy!

Just sell it! The only reason the bass hasn't upped and left of its own accord is because it has Stockholm syndrome

An odd one last night, playing with Nine Lives at the Balaclava Bar in Fraserburgh. We had to get a dep singer, as the gig was booked before we got our new singer on board and she couldn't make it. Thankfully, our previous singer agreed to step in, which is probably the best kind of dep in terms of familiarity with both the material and playing with us. We also got some new powered speakers for our PA. Gig went well, but it was a strange night - it was only moderately busy, but we had people up dancing and I could see people singing along. Yet come the end of most of the songs, nothing, nada, very little response. The floor wasn't even sticky at the end, very unusual for the Balaclava. Oh well, a gig's a gig. Gear used: Epiphone Les Paul (not very) Standard (anymore), then Yamaha BB1200, into Markbass Mini CMD 121P IV + New York 121.

It's a dead end. He's never going to deliver. This is the community you think you're helping (you're not - it's becoming a macabre spectacle, a train wreck with a viewing platform that you're building at this point) trying to help you. Please start listening to us. I honestly feel sorry for you at this point - it's like watching someone self harm. Please, for the love of your preferred deity/higher power, stop it.

I got news for you - you're the bass player, no-one notices you're there or your amp

Douglas bought my Harley Benton HB-50 and it was a pleasure to sell it to him. Prompt comms, prompt payment, everything went great. A fine, upstanding member of the community, deal with confidence!

They say a lot, don't they?

I have never noticed this because I switch 100% between pickups, I use blend knobs like switches anyway, and I never use a 2 pickup bass with both pickups on because I have found on the whole that it is the least interesting, most polite sound a bass can make. Perhaps that is insertion loss that I experienced, and I solved the problem by saying "ugh, no thanks" and then using pickups in a binary XOR manner from that moment onwards.

I am going to hate myself for asking this, but what is "insertion loss"?

I'm not bothered but I'm having to calm my Triad down as it's a little upset that its headstock is even appearing in this thread