tauzero

How about disconnecting the shield at one end of the jack-jack cable connecting Stomp and JHS? Should be the equivalent of a ground lift.

We play one song down a semitone, Sweet Child O'Mine. I have no problem playing it a semitone down but decided I'd use a pitch shifter (MS-60B) and relearn it in "proper" position for the odd occasion when I might play it with someone else.

You have to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.

Apart from the weight, you mean? 😁

If you find that there is a new model out which is the one you must have, then you haven't got an alternative. If not then there's a huge range of used basses for that much (and almost all of my 5 strings are 34" and they all work, so don't think you have to get a 35" one). Try an assortment out, preferably back to back if you can, and make sure the neck profile works for you and that it hangs well on the strap if you're going to be playing standing up.

I thought that the left/top edge wasn't parallel to the body edge but converged towards the top horn, but putting a straight edge on it I found that the two are parallel - it's just an optical illusion.

Oh yes.

I'm not using mine and want to thin the herd a bit...

One of the most comprehensive descriptions of a bass I've seen on Ebay - in fact probably the most comprehensive.

Would you be interested in Pluto on a string?

Maybe he wants to be the new host of The Apprentice and is demonstrating his potential.

Lekato do wide padded straps with a central narrower bright strap and an outer black part. Wear a black shirt and the central part will be the most visible bit. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007123451482.html

I've got an Ibanez EHB1265MS and an Iyv [1] headless fan-fret, as well as assorted other headlesses. I don't have any problem swapping between fan-fret and parallel (and parallel fretless). I'm not all that convinced of the supposed advantage of fan-frets. [1] Vietnamese maker, OEM supplier for Harley Benton apparently. This is the same model: https://reverb.com/item/65877497-iyv-5-string-headless-electric-bass

One is new and the other used, so going by the "somewhere around 50%" rule of thumb that applies, the used one is considerably overpriced.

"And… you get a Gene Simmons (KISS-rehearsal-used) bass signed by Gene Simmons" Doesn't say whether it's used by Gene Simmons himself or the session man playing for him.

Well, in American parlance, fenders are mudguards...

Depends which side of the street you walk. Come to that, it's also different for the keyboard player/singer/main man in the originals band I'm in.

It seems to have been pivoted about the centre point so the bridge end is lower and the neck end higher. Seems a strange thing to do.

34" four strings are the commonest and therefore the easiest to sell, though the flip side of that is that there will be a lot of buyers competing in the marketplace. Do they have any 4-string 32" basses that you would like to keep? And what about doing some research on Ebay and Reverb, and in shops selling second-hand instruments, to get an idea of prices?

A badge that Mrs Zero would wear with pride.

Something I wasn't expecting last night at the Cavern was for one of my old drummers to turn up. We were in a band together in 2010, he had to move away with work, initially to Exeter which was a bit far and then to North Yorkshire, so he left. It turns out he moved to Sutton Coldfield a couple of years ago and joined a band last year which is just starting on the hunt for gigs. They did half a dozen numbers last night and were really excellent. If you see Poppy Jam playing a gig in your neighbourhood, I recommend going to watch them.

Good. Love isn't always on time.

Boss SY-200. I was considering getting one, then one cropped up for a price it would have been rude to refuse. Have been doing some experimenting and finding sounds I can definitely make use of, which is nice.

There's a lesson for you right there. Warwick necks vary enormously - you may simply not have yet met the Warwick neck that suits you.