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Far too few basses have a headless option (see complaints above about headstocks). Far too few basses have a natural finish option. I don't want ugly, easily chipped paint. Far too few active basses have a means of selecting passive, for those horrible moments when the battery goes flat (and for those dinosaurs who prefer passive). It's only happened once for me, but that's once too many, and that bass got a pull for passive volume control soon afterwards.

You could always just talk to the bands and ask them to keep energy drinks away from you, and no hot food in the control room.

I think it's this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123852884907 (also available from another seller for £700 more).

I think you need to do away with that shim and if it still needs one, get a full neck pocket sized one (set of 3 different ones: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166313960606). Also get another nut. You might finish up with a nice looking bit of wood which would be a bonus. Edit: the Ebay ones don't seem to be tapered, so they're not very useful.

Back on the subject of etiquette, has anyone mentioned personal hygiene? Also consider what to eat on the night/morning before going into the studio - garlic and onion sandwiches might not be appreciated, nor anything flatulence-inducing.

Have you tried contacting Hartke?

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1673030 ?

It's just reminded me that I have a G50 transmitter that the door came off - I got a replacement door but I couldn't manage to get it exactly correct when I put it on. However, I'm taking a few Line 6 things to a former Line 6 tech who still repairs them and I'll see about burdening him with that too 😁

TBH, I'd be more worried about treading on the knobs - either me or someone else. One advantage of monitors over silent stage if you're playing crowded pubs with no raised stage is that they can be used to form a sort of barrier to offer some protection to floor-mounted equipment. See also music stands.

Leave the 115 unplugged and stand the 410 on top of it.

Could you be more specific? If you mean that you're putting your forefinger on the fret to play the note, that's a problem because you need to put your finger just behind the fret, otherwise your finger will damp the string vibrations. If you mean that you're not getting round to the string properly, make sure that your left hand is positioned so the thumb is pretty much central at the back of the neck and your left forearm is sloping upwards from the elbow.

If you look at the pictures of the amp you will see that the ventilation slots are on the sides rather than the top of the amp, so liquid ingress would rely on the beer hurling itself sideways with sufficient velocity to place a sufficient quantity of it on the PCB to cause an issue, or crawling up the pots far enough to trickle down the spindles. One of our guitarists has a pedalboard amp which he either runs to a cab or DIs to the PA. It cuts the amount of gear he lugs in by one box.

I've got a DP008EX - haven't used it much yet, keep meaning to get round to it. Easy enough to use, 8 tracks with 2 tracks simultaneously recording, so if it's just you or you plus A N Other that should suffice.

You can use a short mono jack male-female extension lead with a bug/dongle to put it on your strap or in a pocket or a convenient drug-smuggling orifice, if you feel that way inclined. I've got several, including a couple of bug types [1]. If you're using a pedalboard, the mains adaptor powered ones are convenient as you don't have to mess around recharging the receiver. Conversely, if you're going straight into an amp or a single effects pedal, the bug type is more convenient as you don't have to plug it in to a power source. [1] Line 6 G50, Smoothhound, Harley Benton Airborne Pro, Muslady, Lekato WS-50, all 2.4GHz except the HB and Lekato which are 5.8GHz. All work well.

I've just been reminded by another post - I think it was called the Coach House. Engineer was, IIRC, Rob.

I hung on to my Tecamp Puma 900 because it's such a wonderful little amp, although I'd bought a GR Bass combo. It turned out to be a good decision as I've started doing an open mic night which doesn't have a regular bassist, so I'm taking along the very portable Puma 900 plus BC house jam microcab. I can carry both of them plus my little bag of bits in one hand.

Did you run it through an amp model as well or just straight out?

I don't recall seeing a natural finish Riverhead before. I fancy a 5-string version of that (which I don't think was ever made).

Any help?

All my fretless basses have roundwounds on. Don't be afraid to use them if you want to.

I'm glad they listened to my advice.

I don't want to come across as too negative on this, it looks like a clever idea but there are some things which could be improved.

You would have to worry about getting your hand round the neck though. It would be very close to rectangular cross-section. And the torsion isn't lateral so the additional width wouldn't be that helpful.