tauzero

https://www.sweetwater.com/ - massive USA online musical instrument shop. Searching for gear generally brings them out somewhere near the top. They seem happy to give advice on a wide range of subjects so you could try contacting them. And have you tried https://www.hartke.com/contact/ yet?

All these people moaning about headstocks, and nobody has said they dislike headless basses. The answer is so obvious...

No Victor Wooten or Mark King?

I'm sure I told you, white spirit with fish and fowl, meths with red meat.

I discovered that happened when I tried using it to cover a small cab in fake carbon fibre wrap. It did not turn out well.

I'm another Schaller user so I can't give a definitive first-hand answer but I think someone has mentioned the rubber plumbing washers from B&Q before. https://www.diy.com/departments/plumbsure-rubber-plumbing-washers-pack-of-2/184672_BQ.prd Someone ( @ped ?) organised some Basschat special ones ages ago but I suspect they'll all have gone now.

It was McDonalds. In my defence, the drummer and I were both hungry. Anyway, I only played one bum note and the guitarist cunningly worked it in. http://tauzero.co.uk/music/mp3s/TornInTwo/I'llForgiveHer.mp3

Although by that rationale, the only tuner in the entire equation is the person turning the bit of instrument that needs to be turned to tune the instrument, or "BOITNTBTTTTI" for short. Ah yes, another of my prejudices - tuners/machine heads/BOITNTBTTTTI at the wrong end of the instrument. They should be by or associated into the bridge. I don't like bolt-on necks with big heel blocks (eg FSO). And if there has to be a headstock (occasionally a necessary evil), it should be equipped with compact tuners/machine heads/BOITNTBTTTTI, not those sodding great things that Fender use that necessitate huge headstocks. And for five-strings, 4+1 is not good, 5+0 is definitely right out.

The ones on violin tailpieces are called fine tuners.

As @neepheid says, Tecamp Puma 900. I've refrained from commenting so far as they tend to go for a little above your budget, but well worth it if you can afford it, and plenty of power on tap if you should change cab.

I don't know. For some reason it redirects to the de. AliExpress store - I wasn't going through a German VPN and other AliExpress stores don't do that. I did try removing the de. but it stayed in German.

Someone on the silly prejudices thread will be having conniptions at that, black body, black pickguard, shiny screws.

I thought that was what you meant - rolling the finger rather than crosswise as you would with a guitar or fretted bass. I sometimes find myself doing that, force of habit from so many years mostly playing fretted and my only violin experience being 50 years ago.

The GR-55 uses an amalgam of pitch detection and COSM - a patch can be made up of some, all, or none of two PCM sounds (pitch detected), one COSM sound, and the instrument pickup. Another thing I need to spend some time on.

Maybe some George Ezra? The problem with playing music from the last decade is that in order to select what to play, one of you needs to subject yourself to music from the last decade. Perhaps allocate two years apiece so with any luck you'll all come out the other side relatively intact.

Wandering around AliExpress, as one does, I found XR18s being sold for £285: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005006220741127.html So I've ordered one, using a credit card so I've got both AliExpress and credit card protection. I have an XR12, so I'll be able to compare the two visually both externally and internally, as well as comparing the noise they make. It has made its way to the departure transport hub and is supposed to be with me by the 21st.

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?