tauzero

You're joking, aren't you? Zoom are absolutely dreadful for support once they've done the initial release and potentially a bugfix release - the MS-plus range haven't got a Windows or Android editor, and they haven't updated the effects, even though (for example) there are a load more choruses on the MS-70CDR+ than on the MS-60B+ which could obviously be ported straight across. In fact, I really don't know why I bought the MS-60B+, I've reverted to using the MS-70CDR+ as it does compression, EQ, chorus, pitch shift, and only lacks in amp models which I have finally realised I really don't care about anyway. Just looked back at the MS-60B update history, and that was four years between initial release (1.00) and the next release (2.00) which included 84 new effects. There was a bugfix two and a half years later.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/317051865718 5-string Shine bass (the title says). That'll be according to AI then.

I'm doing a repair which is also a downgrade, can I have that as a credit? The Eminence Deltalite in my homebuilt cab packed up last night (it only gets used for open mics). A replacement would be £140 or so (and I now have no confidence whatsoever in Eminence Made in USA rubbish), so I'm getting a BishopSound BSP10 for £40.

But at least that is a feasible repair. With a barrel jack, you'd either have to send in a trained ant with a little bit of wire wool or just replace it, preferably with a more expensive one which will almost last proportionately longer.

OK, they're either there to cover routing or to try to make it look like your bass was made on the cheap by pretending they're covering routing. They're still an affront to, well, everything.

They did an unlined fretless P a long time ago - I had one (ash or maple body, rosewood fingerboard) in the early 80s which would probably have been a 70s build. Bloody heavy too.

Have you tried just using the two 500mA outlets with a single current doubler?

Even better, cut the whole messy lot off and make sure there's no balance problems by making it headless.

Only if you need to go to Specsavers. The Warwick headstock is waisted, that's just a rather dull headstock with a squiggle on the end.

Just got back in from this week's episode of the Crown at Shard End. I was using (as I have been for a few weeks) my Tecamp Puma 900 with the home built cab powered by an Eminence Deltalite II, except that after 20 minutes to half an hour it ceased to be powered. I was also being sent through the PA, so my fabulous bass playing was still audible. I wasn't sure what had gone wrong, whether it was the power stage in the amp or the speaker, but when I got it home it became evident that the speaker was the culprit. I know I'm using a 900W amp with a 250W speaker, but it was barely ticking over. So much for "Made in USA" as a mark of quality, I'll stick to Chinese from now on. Anyroadup, a couple of people dropped out so there were slightly more songs per person than normally, and I finished up accompanying three of the acts. Some really impressive singing by the four women who sang (I shall draw a veil, mercifully, across the young girls who are always there and absolutely exemplify that clause often seen in adverts, "enthusiasm more important than ability", though a couple of them do show a little promise). Mrs Zero was unwell so I decided not to inflict my voice on the assembled masses.

There's no point to the wretched things. They're only there to cover over the front routing, and if the control cavity was rear routed instead, they could be done away with. They're just there to show that your expensive bass has been made as cheaply as possible. Harley Benton can manage rear routing of a bolt-on bass for £155, you'd think other makers could do as well for basses costing ten times as much.

Mine are very unsympathetic, they never correct my note choice.

Which definitely works (he says that it doesn't in the comments, let's see what he says to my reply on that).

I think it means that jazz music is nonsense for people who don't like nonsense.

That's a repair, and reasonably close to like for like. I'd give it a pass.

No natural wood option. I'm out.

I don't use it to properly play play on except for "I predict a riot", but I do use it a fair bit for passing notes on fills.

Remarkably, quite a few people made their way through the frozen snow to the Cannock Social Club to see us on Saturday (including us). And an hour or so before we went on, Jayler's guitarist[1] rang up our BL and asked if he could come along and play with us. He said yes, so we had a fairly full stage. All went well - James is an excellent guitarist and proved adept at picking up songs he'd never played before. Admittedly this is mainly 12-bar R&B but there are a few more awkward songs and he picked those up OK. We also had our regular interval singer Amelie along. Sei Jazz 5 -> M-Vave wireless -> Zoom MS-60B+ -> Tecamp Puma 900 -> GR Bass AT212. Velcro fastening trainers replacing the usual Caravelles. [1] Young rock band, will be supporting Guns N Roses and Deep Purple this year

Two of the three new songs that we rehearsed today are in the list. 35 songs, of which 10 were in the list, set to rise to 38/12.

One featuring the fretless work of either John Giblin or Pino Palladino. I'll go with Fish's Vigil in a wilderness of mirrors with John Giblin, although I'd also be tempted by a Paul Young album.

Too major a modification to be classed as maintenance/setup, unless over 50% of the frets have already fallen out without assistance.

Looking at just the repairs side, rather than the emotional attachments, is it worth just re-making the solder joint and seeing if that sorts anything out? Shouldn't matter about the ninth fret, you shouldn't be all the way up there anyway. You don't have your pal but at least you have something to remember him by.

It does look like the Black Eagle, maybe with the standard mishap to the headstock sort-of repaired hence the Fenderish blob at the end. I thought a different video might be clearer but he's playing a different bass. No decent shot of it until 1:20, that's a 2+2 headstock, possibly a Gibson but I'm no expert. According to Wikipedia, Gary Taylor was the bassist. There was also a Gary Taylor who was the bassist for The Herd and, in the late 70s, Gerry Rafferty, so that may be the same one. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/gary_taylor_f2/credits/

OK. Good to know.