pete.young

Fair enough. I'm not a fan of the standard SR5 either. The Classic looks much more like a proper Stingray, with the control plate.

Dug back into my archives and the 2500 Tribute I owned was definitely 16.5mm spacing at the bridge. Maybe the US made ones are different? That's the reason I got rid of mine: I found a Bass Collection with 19mm spacing and I find that much more comfortable. The BBNE2 is 18mm and I wouldn't want to go any less. Horses for courses.

String spacing on the G&L can be a bit tight. I had a 2500 Tribute which was only about 16mm. Great sounding bass though.

I have Status half-wound on my Duesenberg, which seems like a good compromise between thump and definition.

Well, either you're right, and I'd better throw my BBNE2 into a skip. Or ...

Dude seems to be looking for the dots for 'Song for my Father' originally by the Horace Silver Quintet, 1965 . There's an arrangement here which includes a bass part. https://musescore.com/user/31455399/scores/5487708 This appears to be in F minor though, so I'm not sure what the 'Eb' comment is about.

This. Same one , even 😉 If tube pres are not OK, Euphonic Audio iAmp 350. I've never owned the 800 but I expect that will be pretty good too.

Use Google instead, set up a search with site:basschat.co.uk and then add the string you're looking for.

I have the guitar version (the Zenith) and the piezo in that works pretty well, so I haven't thought about changing it.

Think @kristo had some success with Kent Armstrong pickups .

IBTL. Anyone got any popcorn?

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The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony out-fails that by a considerable distance IMHO.

One of your other guitarists was a better player than that when I was in band with him when we were both at school together. I cant believe he's regressed that much since!

Stand it on the one you're not using? Ironing board?

I am not a huge fan of the MS-60B's Octave effect, I had much better results with the Pitch Shift effect. I don't think either of them is as good as my OC-3, but thats just a personal opinion.

This.

I think that may once have been a Senator bass. Neck issues are par for the course with these.

Seems to be a growing number of people offering trades in Status Updates. Is this usage within site guidelines?

I'm not sure this is right. Anecdotally, I have 3 different Piezo systems (2 by KK Sound, one by Shadow) which do not require power and which generate enough signal to be heard when plugged into a random amp. They do all sound better with a high impedance it is true, so I would guess the battery is there to power the preamp and isn't required for the piezo. The problem sounds like a short to me, either the socket is broken or the wiring has a fault.

The Tech Soundsystems NDS412, that I had for too brief a time.

The one on the BBNE2 is fine, and the Smoothhound transmitter fits into the recess.

@intime-nick 3D-printed some holders. Pictures here: I've been using a mobile phone pouch on the bottom end of my strap to hold the transmitter for years, it works well for basses such as Bass Collection where the transmitter doesn't fit very well in the jack socket.

It's what you need if you are an acoustic guitarist and you want to add some bottom octave on the lower notes. Particularly if you are playing a bass note then a chord on the offbeat (think 'Dum-chuck'). I think the OC-3 is the only pedal that does this, so that virtually guarantees the pedal is going to be a success whatever bassplayers think of it.