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Headstock looks like a Reverend one chopped off at the end. This is why headless basses are the future.

A stable? I thought it was a Community Centre. Might bridle at that.

I see there's some compliments on the 8" speaker - any detailed commentary on the speaker shoot out, either here or in Amps and Cabs?

After using the shitty house Orange 50W bass combo a couple of times at a local open mic (absolutely dreadful, the front end goes into clipping almost instantly even with the pad on), I thought I'd build one of these to pair either with a TC BAM200 or Tecamp Puma 900 to use there. Interestingly, a search on Ebay for the Fane Sovereign 225-8 gave various results with shipping costs being displayed but when I clicked on https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125957204831 it showed shipping as zero instead of a few quid, so that's the one. A trip to B&Q beckons - I think I'll eschew their free cutting service, the last time I took advantage of it didn't fill me with confidence. Looks like materials cost should come in at around £90 given that I have several speakers worth of drainpipe in the shed.

Sounds like my system with fretless. Play enough short notes fast enough and nobody notices that they're not in tune.

Don't be too hasty, something else may turn up. Hope it all turns out well for you.

Radio series (since repeated), then book, then TV series, and eventually a terrible film. There is a book of the radio scripts available too, there are five books in the original trilogy, and there's a quite poor sixth book by Eoin Colfer with an accompanying not terribly good radio series.

Ebay, Gumtree, Facebook marketplace. You'll get chancers on all of them.

Is that a headless Sei Flamboyant next to the red Rick? Thought it was a Warwick for a second from the back/side view with the mix of woods.

With the Bonnevilles at the Wagon Load of Lime last night - a bit tight for space with the bikes around us (that's a T140V Bonneville behind the guitarist and the front wheel of a pre-unit 650 Triton poking out in front of me). A bit more visible in this shot. Tablet is for the set list and brief notes on a couple of the songs. The all-important glasses. Should be getting more bookings next year, and some for my other band too (if we can negotiate a better fee). Same rig and footwear as last night. More relaxed as I don't do the PA. No pale ales in the pub. Sharp's Doom Bar and Sea Fury only, so resorted to Madri.

Just had a short play with it to confirm. Yes, it's boost/cut, just doesn't have a centre detente. As bass amps all have their own characteristic pre-baked EQ curves, centre detentes are a bit meaningless anyway. I think the reviewer doesn't understand the MID controls - the manual explains it, very briefly. It's a sweepable mid, with a MID FREQ control to set the frequency to cut/boost (200Hz to 2kHz) and a MID control to do the cutting/boosting.

Says that the EQ is boost only. All the other reviews I've seen say it's boost and cut. I shall have more of a play tomorrow.

You could use a powerblock - admittedly you'd still need a cable between light and powerblock, but you wouldn't need a mains socket for it. I've got five of them incoming for the grand total of £11 (two for £4.50 and a minimum order of £10), so need to think about how to power them.

For a second there I thought you were talking about well polished boots.

I remember reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the first time and something about it seemed odd, and I realised it was the first book I'd read with ragged right justification.

I got one from AliExpress for about £40. Just went back, looked at the order and went to the item currently on sale - £140! The difference is the unheadstock end. The A type with the bigger lump has an integral adjustable nut and clamps concealed by the cover. The B type has five little clamp things so presumably you supply your own nut. The guitar equivalent of the A type is fitted to the Jamstik Studio MIDI guitar - https://jamstik.com/collections/midi-guitars/products/b-stock-of-jamstik-studio-midi-guitar?variant=45365173125345 There's a drawing of the A type unheadstock at https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007488329170.html

I got a tiny bit of hiss but not with nothing plugged in, so it might be from the M-Vave wireless I was using with it (something I haven't noticed from it before).

Despite not being a Prime, mine arrived today two days early, which is nice. Nice little thing, definitely not a gigging amp. Sound reproduction through Bluetooth is good. I'm off to gig shortly so can't do much more this evening. Definitely not as loud as the TC BAM200 and house jam micro cab though.

It's only divisible by itself or one.

We do it (both bands, and the previous band too). Not a huge introduction, just "X on drums, Y on guitar, Ʈ on bass, and I'm Z" while playing the main riff of whatever song it is we're doing.

Another visit to the Spread Eagle in Polesworth, as always rather tight for space. Advertised as an 8:30 start, then we were told it was 9:30 to 11:30, so we went with 9:00 to 9:50ish, long interval, 10:30-11:30. A few fluffs in the first half but no major car crashes and the second half went well. And the landlady was dancing, which was a good sign. Could see through a passage into the other room, and there was some dancing going on in there too. Looks like we'll be getting some Saturday gigs next year, so less of a rush for the 50% of the band who aren't retired, and also the pool table gets moved out of the way instead of just being covered over. Sei Flamboyant -> M-Vave wireless -> Zoom MS-60B+ -> Tecamp Puma 900 -> GR Bass AT212. Normal footwear.

I'm in too. Close enough to home to cope if a gig should come in.

No Wals for £300 though?

Difficult to tell. The OP referred to starting bass for sessions, but they're not new to bass as that might imply as their first post was nine or ten years ago with a Youtube video, second one in 2023, and this is their third post.