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It might work with a Hondo Alien - no truss rod, just an aluminium neck.

A '70s JMP is what, an an all-valve head? I'd think that would be fine for bass, it's what we used to do in the '70s. The cab isn't worth risking at anything louder than bedroom volumes though and it's pretty unlikely that it will ever sound ampeg-like. Youd probably do better to find a small bass combo.

I have been using an EBS Neo 2x12 cab for several years. Hadn't realised how much I liked it until I sold it, and had to go and buy another one. Slight mid-scoop which suits me but can be EQ'd back in if you like. 4 Ohms only though, that's quite common I think.

That looks great, and not beyond the bounds of possibility for anyone who can hold a jigsaw. What did he use for the three cross pieces?

Great shout out @chris_b I'm another long-time admirer of his playing. Love this groove.

Welcome Stippy. I'm not quite sure what prompted Geek99's outburst, but it doesn't necessarily hold true for all guitar and bass teachers. Will Hessey from Ipswich and Mark Stuart from Felixstowe are both professional musicians and teachers who teach guitar and bass and would be good choices to get you started. There's a weekly jam night on Thursdays in the Salutation, run by Martin Webb who also runs the drum shop, which tends to attract a range of capabilities. There have also been occasional beginners sessions or slow jams in places like the Kingfisher but they tend to be one-offs.

I built a box with 4 footswitches in, 1 latching and 3 non-latching, for the switching options on my Roland AC-60. Think the cost of all the bits was about 25 quid.

Beware the induction loop lest it interfere with thy single coil jazz pickups!

It'll stop if it's a series loop. If it's a parallel loop, there's a blend of loop and pre-amp signal gets sent to the power section, so the dry signal will still be heard. If it is a parallel loop, you probably don't want to put a HPF in the loop, which is where I was going with this. You want certain effects to affect the whole of your signal, not 50% of it.

When the effects are in the loop, if you unplug a cable in the middle of the effects chain, does the noise stop or does it carry on?

From what I can tell, prices start from 3,900 Euros for a basic 4-string model. We're not exactly comparing like from like here, which was partly the OP's point.

OE Strings are listed as EXL170-5SL which are single-ended. Looking at the pictures it seems that there is a clamp at the headless end with normal fitment in the bridge and there is no requirement for DBE strings.

Stew,, is the effects loop series or parallel?

String spacing on the 6-stringer is listed as 17 mm . " ... and the saddles are adjustable for string spacing +/-1.5mm ... " Not sure what that means in practice - I guess you could take the 5 string down to 17.25, which I'd say was on the narrow side of medium. Fabulous design ideas, about the only way they could have pushed it further would be to make a single-cut neck-through. I will keep an eye on the second-hand market in 6 months time.

Not used the Rumble 410, but I have used the Bassman Neo 4x10 which I thought was an extremely good sounding and well-made cab.

An inflatable air guitar. Not quite sure what the message is ...

Ask the guys at Celestion. They are very helpful and knowledgeable with queries like this. Email [email protected] . I'd be looking at the Pulse 15 which has a slightly higher Xmax.

When I bought a TRB5P from the basschat legend that is @bassmanady , he had three of them and we sat down and played them all one after the other to see which one I liked best. And they were all subtly different, despite being in theory identical basses with only a difference in the colour.

Oh yeah, forgot about the revolving door in the Kings Hall, Herne Bay. I went round with my upright bass 3 times and ended up on my back on the floor of the lobby with the bass on top of me. Much to the amusement of the door staff.

The Royal Horseguards Hotel, near Northumberland Avenue. Nowhere to legallly park, load in down a narrow set of concrete stairs into the basement, through the kitchen (whilst they were doing a live table service) dodging portuguese waiters, up 2 floors in a cranky goods lift with those slide-across doors (also being used for the food service) and into the venue. Load out much easier, the Liberal Club which also forms part of the building had closed so we were allowed to load out down the huge front staircase.

What you actually want is the speaking length. This will be the same for a fixed BBOT bridge but will be longer than the scale length if you have through-body stringing or a tailpiece. For example my Duesenberg is a short-scale bass which uses medium-scale strings.

Mine is 3.8 Kg or a shade under 8.5 lb.

Wrong. It's a humbucker-humbucker config, those are not single coil Jazz pickups.

I really like DR Sunbeams on my Precision.