pete.young

Absolutely. Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.

Apologies for double post. I can't seem to delete it.

You don't have to screw the straplock onto the strap. Put the strap on the button and then clip the straplock over the top.

There might be something in the MTD Kingston range that would suit you. They have 35" scale length and 19mm spacing at the bridge, 3-band EQ and are relatively light - about 8.5 pounds from memory. It depends really whether the various combinations of pickups available sound enough precision-like. The one I had also had an assymetric profile neck which was very comfortable and easy to get on with. Bassdirect have a lot of these in stock so might be worth a trip to Warwick .

This time. Once they've got you on the hook, the reply email, or the one after that, or the one after that, will ask for credit card details.

IBTD. Popcorn anyone?

Use one of Ped's grolsh bottle washers, available at a basschat marketplace near you. Or buy a Comfort Strapp with the double ends.

What a surprise. Greene King is an appalling company with a terrible business model, a vindictive street which includes attempting to evict a bunch of pensioner tenants who had the temerity to object to a licence extension, they make deeply unremarkable beer and are best avoided at all costs.

Mike Walsh made this one for me:

You could try having a chat with Mike Walsh at Zootbass, this might be something he could do for you.

I do have a Yamaha BBNE2, but I didn't buy it because it was Nathan East's signature bass.

I find the notch filter in my EDB-1 takes out most of the feedback without needing the plugs. There's one for sale on the forum now, and it also has a phase switch.

That would be because it IS Aoife O'Donovan. Great spot.

Think it's about time we had some more banjo action.

You might find an Aria ZZB - they crop up second-hand on Ebay and here occasionally. Here's one on Gumtree which apparently needs a bit of work. https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/aria-pro-ii-zzb-deluxe-bass-guitar-red/1415441193

Yeah I was wondering about the colour, as far as I know they were available in black and turdburst, never seen a white one. Serial number and the Broad Bass decal puts it towards the end of the run I think, so 80 - 81 ? Could be wrong about that. BB1000 and BB1200 would also have had that bridge. Tuners look right - what I can see of them is identical to my BB800. Hard to tell but it looks like the nut might have been replaced with a thinner one and a shim.

If you want clean, it might be worth looking at the iAmp classic by Euphonic Audio .

Give the Sonic Maximiser and/or the Xotic Bass BB clones a go, they're both quite good for beefing up the sound.

I think what I did was to stick overlapping bits of masking tape over the F-holes, shade over the top with a pencil to get an outline of the hole, then carefully peel off the tape and cut out the outline. Then stick it onto a sheet of foam and then cut round the outline with a stanley knife. I used half-inch thick foam and there's still plenty of it sticking out for when you want to remove it.

Another vote for the polytone clip. I also have a Snark which is next to useless, and has recently gone sticky.

It's not hard to make a set of foam plugs to fit into the holes. I think there's a thread on it somewhere but I couldn't find it.

Hi Pete, yes, I've put a bow across my Presto lights. I followed their instructions to sand and resin, and it worked well enough. I had a one-off dep in a military band and it coped with that fine without needing a string change. I also have an email from Jonas at Lando Music telling me that it's OK to use alcohol to clean off the rosin afterwards, but warning me not to get it on the instrument because it dissolves spirit varnish. I didn't have the heart to tell him it's only a plywood factory bass which was probably sprayed with celllulose!

Great find. Greco are top quality instruments. Well done.