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Yeah, 1100 miles in a 13-14 year old, 128k miles s#itbox, damn right I've got AA membership Also have RAC through my car insurance, but dunno what level of service that is ('cos I never asked for it, it just happened) Cheers!

Gig was actually Friday night, but hey ho. Butchers Arms in Inverurie, and it was a decent night. Started off slow, but we were grateful to a couple of lassies who were determined to dance and make the most of their evening. It got busier in the second half and ended up being a decent show - decent enough for me to do some audience bass machine gun strafing at the end of a couple of songs. We did have one guy at the bar indicate that the singer needed turning up - right at the start of a song and continued to signal as such and get annoyed that we weren't doing anything abotu it. Sure, man, I'll just get right on that with my third hand 🙄 G&L Tribute LB-100 was the weapon of choice. Amp behaved itself.

The mods are in on it... PHRASING

I'm as parasitic as they come.

I'll squeeze them in somewhere...

Well, it fits! I think I have a plan for the Markbass cab too. Then cover it all in a blanket and hopefully it'll all be fine. Also done some road trip prep work on the car - unclogged my rear washer nozzle, emptied the water out of one of my rear light clusters (bloody condensation), fitted new front wipers as the old ones weren't clearing so well. Two weeks to go...

It's the only thing I'd change about my G&L Tribute LB-100 - the vintage tint has been applied a bit too enthusiastically and it looks like it has jaundice.

Found it in the second to last place I could think of! Only used a handful of times - just checked and thankfully the batteries hadn't leaked through disuse! Will this work?

I may struggle to find it, but I think I have one of these going spare *somewhere* that you're welcome to. Barely used. Hold that thought...

I think this is going off the rails. There's a big difference between someone flat out saying they don't use PayPal and someone referring to some nebulous, undefined "issue" with their PayPal. I'd definitely have issue with the latter.

Good opportunity, stars don't often align like that. And I totally agree with you on Gibson at the moment. They're not dead to me, but they're definitely on life support.

You must have played both then.

Hmph, doesn't sound like they know what "professional" means. And they have the nerve to make it seem like it's just plug and play - that's pretty disingenuous

If it helps, I don't know anything about Jaco apart from "he was a famous (fretless) bass player" and I've no real desire to find out. If I've heard him play on something it was an accident.

Who's getting excited then? I'm going to have a test fit of all the gear in the car on Saturday... and try to figure out where a Markbass NY121 cab might fit into this equation...

Fixed that for you

It's definitely the bridge wire. Is it connected? Is all the grounding correct?

I'm not, sorry to say.

All the talent in the world can't make up for flakiness. That's why dependable plodders like me don't get fired from bands.

Avoidance of fees and the (imo not unreasonable) accountability that one must adhere to as a seller would be my guess for the main reasons why not.

It doesn't go any way to disproving the impression that Gibson are a tone deaf "lifestyle" company and that making musical instruments is merely a means to an end in order to achieve this business classification, rather than being their primary focus any more.

Has anyone noticed the 3 screw neck attachment with microtilt on the Telebass? Never thought I'd see those reappear on a mainstream model...

I've owned a couple of fivers and I didn't really see the point (not saying there isn't one, I just didn't find it as useful as some people do). I play 4 string exclusively - if I need a Eb or a D I just tune the E string down and recalculate. Doesn't make me a monster, or "doing it wrong" - according to whom, exactly? You don't need to justify your bass choices to me or anyone else. Just try it, it'll either work for you or it won't - only you can decide.

The G&Ls with the Tritone preamp also work fine in passive mode with a dead battery (even with the battery removed) and the passive EQ (obviously) still works.

There is absolutely zero Gibson content in this bass.