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And the different things that they like cost different amounts of money!

The Behringer one looks as if it will do the job. You'll need something like https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186880321395 to go in the back of the piano, then a USB-C to USB-C cable to go from piano to HOST socket, and a USB-C power supply to go to the POWER socket. It's annoying that manufacturers keep penny-pinching by not putting DIN MIDI connectors on devices that have the room to fit them. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/388956055978 offers straight or right-angle adaptors and is UK based.

Mrs Zero and I ran one while the normal host was on holiday, so I have a bit of experience. People need to sign in when they get there. Some open mics have pre-booking, others are first come first served. The host does the first slot. At one that I'm house bassist for, which is pre-book, the host encourages collaborations so I have a vague idea of who might want my services and sometimes even find out what songs they'll be doing before the night (sometimes I find out shortly before going on stage, sometimes I find out when they start). Have an adequate supply of mics, mic stands, and guitar leads. If there's going to be a drumkit there, make sure there's also a drummer who can set it up there during setup time. Have a couple of music stands too. If there's a Facebook page for the event, take some photos and stick them up after the event, maybe do a little acknowledgement of who was there - for example, https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578654727858 and https://www.facebook.com/groups/976913649517143 My personal opinion about running order: after a few times, you'll spot who arrives, plays, and then f*cks off without staying to watch anyone else. Put them on late. Generally rotate order for the regulars so none of them get permanently stuck with early or graveyard slots and put irregulars into the better but not prime slots.

Just $6k plus shipping, VAT, and duty for this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/177509523485

Assuming that a bass can be set up for the action that you favour, and the frets don't cut your fingers to ribbons, neck width and profile would be the most significant factors, with body shape and balance also coming into it. Playability is a very personal thing though. I like basses with quite slim shallow necks, so my (expensive by my measure) Seis are great, but my Squier MVM Jazz 5 (cheap), Ray5 (cheap), and Ibanez SRF705 (mid-range) aren't far behind, and my Warwick Thumb 5 (expensive) is a bit behind them and my Antoniotsai dragon bass (cheap) is their equal. Precision 5s and fatneck Warwicks are right out. I think my Ibanez EHB1265MS (expensive) and Cort Space 5 (mid-range) are pretty much equivalent for playability. But other people love baseball bat necks and dislike slim necks, so a Squier Precision 5 would suit them better than a Sei 5.

Very much a biker thing too. I still do it when we're playing "Highway to Hell" so as to give me something to do in the verse.

I would point out that far more young girls gravitated towards the Bay City Rollers. Perhaps their popularity then, with their incredibly short trousers, was reflected in the adoration with which Rishi Sunak was regarded.

Final open mic of the year for me last night. Some solo performers, Mrs Zero and I performing a couple of Christmas songs, and a couple of bands. By a strange coincidence, all the members of Jayler happened to be there and did some songs, although of course Jayler themselves weren't there as there's some contractual thing.

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I misinterpreted the original post and thought the socket in the amp was wobbly. That's really good service from Eich - I had experience dealing with Thomas Eich with a couple of products from pre-Eich days and he was always very helpful.

I can get a reasonable sound out of any of my basses. The Seis, though, are the nicest of them to play. Does nobody else consider playability to be the most important aspect of a bass?

MN pots have tapers which go to 100% over 50% of the travel, so both of those are possible.

I've got two basses with V/V/tone bits, one Squier Modified Vintage Modified with an MM bridge pickup which I've modified to V/Blend with an MN500k pot, and an Ibanez SRF705 which hasn't yet been modified but will be, as I really dislike V/V and the fiddliness of adjusting two volume controls to change the overall volume. The piezo volume stays though.

So he was behind you?

Your thumbs of doom have produced a true dilemma - would you "love" to, or would you merely "like" to?

I bought my expensive (although < £3k) basses because I wanted them, not with any great regard to what I would be doing with them (other than playing).

I would return it as it seems like it's faulty.

Is the app expecting by default to operate wirelessly? Is there anything in the app settings to make it use a wired connection? And which app are you using?

My Thumb NT cost £900 in 1988, which apparently is the equivalent of £2750 in today's money. The equivalent would be a Masterbuilt, €8900 plus shipping. That's wildly outstripping inflation, and shoots past "too f*cking expensive" into "you've got to be f*cking kidding" territory.

Is the stage big enough for me to take a headed bass if I want to? Do I really need frets?

"That's an expensive bass" "Why, how much is it?" "£1000. That one over there, that's a cheap bass" "How much is that then?" "£2500"

There's far too much overthinking going on for my original question. Put it like this: a box contains a completely unidentified bass which is to perform a completely unidentified function which will fall within its capabilities. You are not buying it[1]. If someone said to you "the bass in there is £x", how much would x have to be for you to think it was an expensive bass? [1] But you could make me an offer.

It doesn't really put a new perspective on it. If I was in that situation, I'd buy the Hooky but I would regard it as an expensive bass (my threshold being £1000). I have several basses that cost me over £1k but none that cost me over £2k, and the ones that cost me over £1k I regard as expensive. Just because a bass comes over the "expensive" threshold doesn't mean I won't buy it, although I do have a nebulous "too f*cking expensive" threshold that's somewhere round £3k beyond which I almost certainly wouldn't pay that for a bass.

Is the amp new?

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