tauzero

I've found fishing tackle bags useful for LED PAR cans and for a little handbag (wireless, short leads, MS-60B, A-B switch, capo, allen keys). Might be worth having a look in the fishing tackle section on Ebay.

A full-time musician.

Went to Bass Direct today for a play on the Cort and a chat with Mark, who I haven't seen for ages. There was both a green and a black one in there, the black had just arrived so I had a play on the green. Knobs and tuners seemed fine, the MK-1 Barts sound clean and clear. The treble control on the preamp didn't seem to do much but the amp and speaker I was playing through didn't have a lot of treble itself. The obvious comparison is with the Ibanez EHB series. The EHB's 1005 and 1265 only have multiscales or fretless (there was a single-scale EHB1005 but that has disappeared from Ibanez's current lineup), the EHB1505 is available as single or multiscale. Neck profiles are very similar. Quality is similar. The MK-1 Barts are superior to the BH-2 Barts on the EHB 1005 and 1265, and similar quality to the Nordstrands - they do sound a bit different so listening is advisable. However, as the Cort Space is £700 from BD (RRP is £750), and the Ibanez EHB1505 is £1370, there's £670 available for changing the pickups. The EHB1005MS is £1120-£1200 depending on finish, and the pickups are inferior. One trick that Cort have missed out on is putting a second strap button below the tuners, as per Status, Sei, Steinberger, or Hohner. This allows you to stand the bass up without worrying about damaging the finish. Still, it's something that's easily done at very little cost. Conclusion - if I'd not already got the EHB1265, my 2024 gear abstinence may have come to an abrupt end. If you want a multiscale headless, it has to be an EHB (or a Boden for £3k). If you want a single-scale instrument then the Cort offers similar quality and a similar feel for half the money, and no irritating locking jack socket. I might yet get one when they start popping up on the second-hand market for £400.

The black one has gone but the green one has reappeared.

You can program an ESP32 using the Arduino IDE, although it doesn't use Arduino shields.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195552692254

He has a commendably thrifty approach to his improvements, as may be seen with his two "Telestrat" guitars - one is a Strat body and Tele neck, the other is a Tele body and Strat neck. There's also a wideneck EVH special (converted 12-string), and in the description he notes that he has now received the felt washers and has fitted them, as may be seen:

There seem to be some variants in the photos online but the one in the auction looks very much like the one in https://www.guitar-list.com/vox/electric-guitars/vox-winchester. If you look at the comments, it seems it would be quite difficult to tell what was a fake as any old neck was put on.

But now there's also the G11, B2-Four, B6, and the MS-50G+ - presumably all the MS+ series will also be ignored in terms of an Android app. And it's no longer 2012.

You'd be most likely to want to use it with a smartphone. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271496/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-vendors-since-4th-quarter-2009/ Latest figure is about 25% Apple, and there's nothing else other than Android of any significance. Even back in 2012, Apple only had 21% of the market, Samsung had about 30% (Android) and Symbian had pretty much disappeared at that point. So the decision to ignore Android still makes no sense.

The cock filter has been scaled back, thankfully. It means we can refer to Dick van Dyke and not Penis van Lesbian.

Well, Wings didn't contribute anything to the progress of music (and they were shit). The Beatles did have some influence on their peers and successors, however you rate their own music. Some of their influence was negative, though, such as people thinking that the wretched Hofner violin bass was not only playable but even good. Poxy things.

Need not even be angled - a right-angle jack plug would solve that.

There's something else you could try - driving the LCD direct from the Arduino rather than through the I2C adaptor. More fiddly but it may be the I2C bus that's slowing it down. https://docs.arduino.cc/learn/electronics/lcd-displays/ Also, junk the Uno and use an ESP32. Smaller, cheaper, and you have wireless and bluetooth built in if you want to use them.

At least you can evaluate the degree of neck dive before sticking lead into the end of the body.

Don't forget that the 100BT disregards the 75% of mobile phones that use Android. This is something that Zoom consistently do (they've done it with the G11, B2-Four, B6, and now the MS-50G+) and I don't understand it. Designing the user interface, the format of any database used, and the messages between pedal and phone are the big bits, they could surely hire someone in to port the iOS program over to Android. That could have quadrupled demand for the 100BT.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355197353785 If you insist on using that ugly jazz headstock, why not just extend the top horn so it's over fret 11 or so?

You know that the best way to prevent neck dive would be to remove unnecessary, ugly wood from the end of the neck, don't you? Especially if that ugly wood would otherwise be used to stick some lumps of metal on to increase its weight.

Glad you got it fixed. Dodgy joints are a right sod (and a problem as you get older too).

They're MK2, not BH2. I think it's just the BH2 that are the "fake Barts".

Not sure about a reversed lefty, the controls are right for a righty - might be an overshot lower horn a la Thunderbird (but not pointy). I looked for the Regents on Wikilies, then googled the personnel, and on checking Damian Pew I found this Fretboard thread: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/242110/bass-id-anyone. If anyone knows a good medium, they could try checking with Damian Pew himself.

Nice wood, what a waste of it making a Fender.

I use either a Zoom MS-60B or an HX Stomp amp emulator (SVT on the Zoom, can't remember on the Stomp) which has a tiny bit of drive on it. I dislike excessive distortion - for a dirty sound I use the tape saturation effect on the Stomp.

Comparing and did anybody mention the problem he had intonating it?

As it would cost me a few quid to go to the Birmingham PMT, since it moved to inside the clean air zone, I have no idea what it's like now.