tauzero

Not really, just that as a bass becomes older it becomes A CLASSIC, in the period before it becomes L@@K, RARE.

There's always 5-strings in the marketplace for sale because people have decided that they don't get on with them. You could see if anyone has one you fancy that they haven't managed to shift for a while and see if they'd go with your idea of a long-term swap while their 5-string rises in value due to being a classic and because more people see the benefits of a 5-string.

We noticed that in a recent Youtube video of someone singing to backing tracks, the pool table wasn't there, and we were rather hoping it was gone forever as we're back there on the 10th of October. So it hasn't gone then. At the risk of triggering you, and for the benefit of the masses, this was it when we were there last. There's a door to the toilets just to the right but they can also be accessed via a little passageway so we just stick our gear in the way. There is a vast array of fans hanging off the wall so at least you keep cool. Don't forget, they've seen me gig there several times with different bands, so they might have assumed that all bassists have the same facial expressions as me.

Don't they have red crosses on them?

Although according to the article millions of fans know about it and it's all over Facebook and Instagram. You'd have thought that Google or Duckduckgo would give some results for a search...

Just odds and sods - a few Arduino and ESP32 projects, the odd preamp, and quite a few things that I've started and never got round to finishing (I suspect I suffer from terminal executive dysfunction). And some I've got round to getting the parts to do and then forgotten what it was I was going to do with them.

The high quality of modern instruments puts me off buying a vintage instrument.

My solution to connecting a wall wart to a pedalboard was to cable tie a DC extension lead to the jack-jack lead running from the pedalboard to the amp, both leads the same length, which at least meant there weren't multiple leads from the region of the amp to the pedalboard. The posher version had the leads inside a length of braided tubing. If you want to go down the mains lead route, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355321478106 looks like a good bet, again with a polarity reverser. Probably kettle lead type though it may be cloverleaf.

Would a wall wart like https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356130082559 and a polarity reversing 5.5/2.5mm female to 5.5/2.1mm adaptor do, or must it be a module that takes an IEC lead? If it has to take an IEC lead then a laptop power supply like https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/277262161493 with a polarity reversing adapter? I'm assuming that the orange connector is centre negative, if not then you don't need the polarity reversal.

Immediate red flag for me.

I'm very attached to my two 4-string Thumbs, even though I'm now a 5-string player. They get occasional outings for open mic nights. If I return to 4-string they are exactly the basses I would want so I may as well keep them. I did have a 4-string sitting in the wardrobe that I wasn't attached to, and saw an advert from someone wanting to swap an OLP Tony Levin (which I had kept an eye out for for a while) for a 4-string, and he fancied it so the deed was done. So I can see both sides of your dilemma. But as Stingrays aren't as rare as JD Thumbs, and definitely not as rare as Thumbs with reprofiled necks and replacement fretless ebony fingerboards, the sensible thing seems to me to be to try for a swap.

Unless the belief that they sound and feel different is irrational.

And for the people who join up and make one post, a very positive review for some shop, or a for sale ad, and never reappear.

I've only known one person, a guitarist, who did that. He also didn't know the difference between B minor and B flat.

Mine is about to get reduced - Sub Zero is about to move out (about time, he's 29) and I'm reclaiming his bedroom which was formerly my music and computer room. Then I'll have somewhere to put various pieces of music making and recording equipment that I've bought but have had nowhere to set up.

I have a feeling I'm the winner. The actual area I generally use for a workbench is the bit of the keyboard drawer between the mouse mat and the edge, although I do occasionally move the keyboard to give me a bit more room. The settee to the right is a two-seater submerged to the same level all the way along. It looks very slightly messier than normal because Mrs Zero's watch is sitting on the keyboard being charged.

I'm not sure whether this should be in this thread or the "Rehearsals" one. I've been sort of recruited to a(nother) band and last night was our first go at playing together. It was a combination of band rehearsal and jam night, with the next one being in a weeks time at a different venue. We did it at the Shirley British Legion which is where I go to an open mic night, and as we had one attendee from the open mic night who did a few songs, I think we can call it a jam night. Plus we did a lot of jamming. So it looks like Magnolia Protocol is now a band.

Convenient car parking PA, drumkit, and decent backline provided, and a decent sound engineer Good sized and enthusiastic crowd Air conditioning if indoors, sun and a light breeze if outdoors No technical gremlins Well paid, promptly, and a rebooking Entering into the world of fantasy, no mistakes by anyone.

You should consider yourself lucky. My Ibanez SRF705 has three volume controls, one for neck, one for bridge, and one for piezo bridge. They put a blend on the Ashula 2, would it really have hurt them to put one on the Portamento too? One day I will get round to wiring in the blend pot I have sitting on my desk, if I don't lose it first...

If you have an irrational fear of cables, go wireless.

Don't forget, you mustn't have the clip-on tuner clipped on while on stage, or the Basschat Taste Police will be down on you like a ton of bricks. And I advise against mentioning buying a music stand.

I left one band amicably nearly 20 years ago as we weren't getting any gigs and I'd got the offer of a quite busy club band. The band got a replacement, but some time later they couldn't get in touch with him for a gig and they asked me to dep, which I did. Subsequently they found that he'd died.

So he never achieved nirvana?

I'm looking to get a reasonable approximation to the Stingray sound from a Ray5. I'm installing a Musikding classic bass preamp which is the 2EQ Musicman circuit (same as the Retrovibe Stinger). Being curious, I checked out the resistance of the Ray5 pickup, and it's 7k or so. This made me wonder if there was a pickup which would match the circuit a bit better and also not cost more than the bass. It so happens that I picked up a Squier Vintage Modified Modified Jazz with a Warman MM pickup in the bridge position which had Ray5 pole spacing, which I replaced with an Aguilar with better spacing for the poles, so I have a Warman MM pickup with the right spacing and two 7k coils which I could switch as series/parallel/single. So should I keep the original pickup or replace it with a switched Warman pickup? Alternatives involving spending more than £25 will not be countenanced.

Don't forget, in a double blind test you could be getting the placebo cake.