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I was the final recruit to what was a five-piece - two gits plus the singer could also git for the occasional song, plus drums, plus me. By the time I was in, there was a list of maybe a dozen songs. One git could play some soloes, but never progressed beyond what he already knew (and his intro to Paranoid was the most truly awful I've ever heard, though everything else was OK), so he got dumped and singer got to do more git. Songlist expanded, some songs got added to it because we jammed them a bit at one session and decided to give them a proper go next time out. A couple of songs have faded away. We all have occasional suggestions, and responses vary from "I don't want to do that" through "We'll give it a bash" to "I'd really like to do that". We've never decided on an official way to select songs, or whether there should be a veto, we just achieve consensus somehow. As it's classic rock, there's not many complicated and iconic bass lines, they tend to be one or the other, and I've probably learnt half of them at some point in the past.

Limelight might get a bit sniffy at the use of a rather similar name as a competitor. I'm not a fan of either Fenders or relics, but I do think you've done a good job there and achieved what you set out to do.

I prefer the pearl. Makes a nice contrast against the purple.

Surely it should have been a Limiting Addition, not a Limited Addition.

Insert joke about 404 being not found here. Nice bass BTW.

Have you tried connecting something to the AUX input and seeing if that comes out in stereo? I'd expect sound out of both earphones. The right earphone would go to the ring connection on the socket and the left would go to the tip, so it sound like either the tip isn't connected or you haven't pushed the earphones plug in fully.

Sadly can't make it as I'll be away that weekend.

Right, I was going by the claims on the Arduino website.

From arduino.cc: "If you used Arduino Nano in your projects in the past, the Nano Every is a pin-equivalent substitute. Your code will still work, and you will NOT need to re-wire those motors you planned in your original design. The main differences are: a better processor, and a micro-USB connector."

I understand now. I think the only times I've used them have been with softwood or MDF/chipboard, so that explains why I haven't had problems.

Rather belatedly - I've used inserts a couple of times and always used an allen key to insert them. What's the logic behind using a locked bolt instead? Does the allen key expand the insert slightly or something like that?

Looks really good. Headless is so much better than headed. On the practical side, can you stand it up without the tuners touching the floor?

It'll be quite tricky making it a headless though.

I think if I was going to use a certain set of effects all the time with the same settings every time, just switching the effects on and off as required, my inclination would be to go for separates. But as I want to experiment with different effects and different settings, a multifx makes more sense for me.

Is the pickup in the Stingray position? It may be that given a choice between a Music Man Stingray and a Squier Stingray, people opted for the former.

Possibly, but the body shapes aren't that similar - the top and bottom horns are quite different. They curve in towards the neck much more on the HB than on the Kala. IMNSHO the HB horns are better looking, but HB don't make a 5-string solid bass uke - yet. Come to that, Kala have abandoned the SUB. The HB does look very like another bass uke though - https://www.basscentre.com/bass-centre-ashbory-bass.html although I'm not sure if stocks of that will ever be replenished, and they're not doing a 5-string version (I asked them a few years ago).

Mine too. I'd have preferred a Cali as you can get them in fretless, unlike the SUB, and I prefer fretless for rubber-string basses.

"both necks are straight /no truss rods fitted" - translates to "Both necks are straight until you get it finished and put some strings on".

Oh good, a YOB bass for me. I think I may be able to resist.

If Jaco was alive, he'd be turning in his grave.

Peavey Cirrus 5 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266086577602 Nice all-caps description, ending "THE GUITAR HASN’T BEEN USED IN ABOUT A YEAR AND NEEDS TUNING.".

The slivers of paint may be re-attachable with a drop of glue. Better check whether you get on with it first. If you keep it and decide to refinish it, it looks as if the old finish will just chip off, which would be handy.

I find the mandolin a bit cramped on my left hand - I got an Irish bouzouki which is more comfortable, tuned to GDAE rather than GDAD.

Experimenting with the Dwarf and Duo is something on my to-do list, after some other projects are completed.