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Count your blessings - i got my 87 year old dad an Android tab last year and get the same calls to go and sort it out as he's done something to it. A common issue appears to be that he's discovered internet porn. He keeps leaving it lying around with various interesting tabs and pop ups open and i'm trying to get him to understand that his carers may not be too impressed with him if he's not more discrete with it. He's got Alzheimers too so every visit is a schoolday for him as we go through exactly the same routine of closing all the porn down and then showing him how to use WhatsApp 😂

I bought a bass from Theo today - all sorted out really fast, easy comms and all good. Cheers Theo

I think most negative comments about the tuners were aimed at the version 1 models. The version 2 (current ones) have different tuners - i guess Sire took some notice and upgraded them. I have a V7 version 2 and the hardware is totally seviceable imho. I found the edge of the E saddle was a bit sharp so filed it off a touch and i changed the control knobs to metal ones which has made them a bit weightier when you turn them but apart from that everything seems pretty good to me.

I think you'd have to check out a Sire V7. It does a great 'normal' jazz thing and then you have the preamp as well. Lovely neck too.

The very early Subs were wired in series. I think @40hz has my old one (might be wrong but I'll still buy it back off you if it is!!!) and it definitely sounds different to the Stingrays that I had. You can tell the earlier ones as they are marked up as a S.U.B on the headstock rather than a SUB.

Report him to the Moderators on those sites if you can.....hopefully they'll block him

Copper for me 😊

I would agree with the BassBunny above. The little Yamaha Sessioncakes are excellent bits of kit. I have the red one and it's really good, easy to use and the sound quality is superb. Plug in some headphones and your phone and off you go - you can even record straight to your phone if you want to.....

Grabbed a couple of sets of strings from Lozz - perfect all the way through! Cheers :-)

And it's plastic......which is ok if you like sitting in a pool of sweat but i would much prefer a fabric or leather one for £400

Well, according to the links that the OP posted the USA ones are a bit lighter.......

This.... Brilliant 😂

He said in an interview a while back that Mr Tremonti uses some really mad tunings so he just tunes to whatever is necessary to fit in with him and reduce the need for moving around the board a bit. It would be funny if his tech gave him the wrong bass for a song - the chances of winging it would be reduced somewhat. And then there's the interesting time signatures in some parts of their songs........

List your fave Christmas mash ups...... Here's one to kick off with :-)

Yeh, i had one of those and a Stingray and you can get a lovely big fat but gritty sound from it. I've been thinking i muffed up selling it for a while now...

You know me too well cuzzie 😂 He's been an Ashdown ABM user for years. Listen to where he sits against the kick drum on Brand New Start - is there such a thing as phat definition?

You rarely see much about this guy (he usually keeps his head down) but a nice little 15 minute video was released recently which is a good watch if you like him/Alter Bridge. I've always liked his playing personally - he's not flashy but really finds a good space between the drums and guitars to sit in and if you really listen to what he plays he does some lovely stuff. And here is one of my favourite songs that shows off how he locks in really well - i always turn it up in the car and it triggers that 'knowing' grin we get that most non bass players miss :-)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neewer®-Equipment-Carrying-Photography-Lighting/dp/B01AU96HI4/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=padded%2Blight%2Bbag&qid=1607460378&s=electronics&sr=1-6&th=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PARTS-ACCESSORY-INCHES-ADJUSTABLE-COMPARTMENTS/dp/B012AVEOZI/ref=psdc_407675031_t3_B00NMUL658

Can't you just become a supporting member on the Talkbass site? Doesn't that allow you to retail/promote on there?

Yep - great clean amps and a bargain too