MichaelDean

The only thing that I might say is that I think he seems to treat it like a day job and responds Monday to Friday (which I think is fair enough!). When I started my enquiry, I messaged late on a Friday, didn't get a response till the Monday. But when I messaged him midweek, I got really quick responses to my messages every time.

I've developed GAS for a PJ precision bass after having a go on one before Christmas. Probably get one of the new Squire Affinity range. But, our first baby is due in a few weeks (which is slightly terrifying) and a sleep deprived state and lack of opportunity may well push the idea out! On the other hand, if my wife wants an eternity ring to mark the occasion, who am I to say "no" to an eternity bass? I already got an engagement bass...

I didn't answer the poll - I don't like either of the options. I wouldn't say that it's an essential design concept for a bass, but I really like my Dingwall. I also really like my Mustang. I'm more luke warm water... What I feel people don't go on about as much with a multiscale bass is the E string. Everyone goes on and on about the B, but the 36.25" E on my Combustion sounds more authoritative to me than a 34" E. Probably not different enough for audience to notice mind you! I also feel like it's a much more refined sound than my Mustang has to offer. Plus even tension across the strings is nice. I'm mainly enjoying multiscale basses being more mainstream so there are more string options!

It does say "including packaging" though. A bass sized box could be a fair weight.

I'd say that the exception to the above with pots is if all of the volume or tone roll off happens in the last bit of the sweep, and you're not happy with that, then it might be worth thinking about replacing them. I feel like the pots are doing something now in my HB tele after switching them out. Before it was literally all or nothing. @KiOgon also makes some really nice looms...

It says they've got more than 20 on the Gear4Music website: https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/TC-Electronic-UniTune-Clip-Noir/3R25?origin=product-ads&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8vSOBhCkARIsAGdp6RRXLzz2Nn_5PLJ213qzMB7d3vPhwvk_kXMMKKSM0EC_v6bwJJq8F9EaAku9EALw_wcB

I've got a Polytune pedal tuner, but I think I just find the Polytune option a bit overwhelming! Too much to look at that technically/logically makes sense, but to me looks like chaos.

I got a Unitune for Christmas - it's excellent. It's replaced my Snark, which kinda did the job but the TC is a big improvement and can accurately track a low B. I also don't massively see the point of the extra Polytune bells and whistles, even for a guitar.

No, they didn't. I didn't ask though to be fair! I had tried a different valve before I sent it to them to see if it was that. When that wasn't it, I decided to call in the big guns.

I had this on mine. I couriered it to Ashdown who fixed it and had it back to me in about a week or so. I love the valve drive now mine is working.

I've tried my Dingwall for some doomy stuff and it didn't quite hit the mark for me. It was all a bit too hi-fi sounding. I think it could work well for post-rock. I have just moved the neck pickup to the middle position though and I think that might be a bit better for doom. It's a bit growlier. Also considering downtuning to ADADG, but it also depends on what the people I'm jamming with are tuned to. My Mustang dooms really well though. I love the strong fundamental you get with a short scale. I reckon the medium scale could work well.

It's only a small thing, but I got a TC Electronic Unitune Clip. Puts the Snark tuner I've been using for the last ~10 years to absolute shame. It's so good with a low B! It's a really nice upgrade.

Just to fuel GAS... I have one of the first batch of short scale Jags. Just levels out on a strap. With something grippier it would be fine.

It looks like you had good supervision at least! 😸 Seems to me like it came out nicely. How does the bass sound now it's done?

A bit late to the thread, but I just got my new pickguard from Brian about an hour ago. Really helpful over eBay messages and just what I wanted to hide the neck pickup hole after moving the pickup on my Combustion to NG2 pickup configuration. I'd recommend his services. https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/earlpilanz I did email Tinytone about what I wanted and they never got back to me.

I've had hankerings to try a P-Bass again recently and was wondering what walnut and roasted maple would look like together. Very classy! Enjoy!

My first planet waves cable lasted 15 years, the second, not so much... I'm a fan of Lynx Cables now. For their guitar cables, they're cheaper if you get them on eBay versus their website. Doesn't quite make sense to me!

Just reading some of the other replies reminded me of a guitarist I used to play with. One day he turned up to practice with a Helix LT - decided that it would be simpler to have a fancy multi FX rather than patch cables that break. Sounded great, his peals before were fine too though. One day, he decided that he wasn't making the full use of the Helix, sold it and set up a traditional pedalboard. Turns out he had some faulty patch cables and spent the first 20 minutes of band practice tearing apart his pedalboard! I feel like I hear people saying that they're not "making full use of the thing" as a reason for selling their Helix products a lot as well. I think as long as what you're using the thing for is comparably priced to a similar set of pedals and it performs to a standard where you're happy, keep it to do those things. You don't have to use all of the bells and whistles all of the time, but they can be useful every now and then.

The plugin is called Helix Native, just scroll down the page a bit: https://line6.com/helix/helixnative.html

If you've got an audio interface, you can also get a free trial of their helix plugin on the Line 6 website to try out the sounds a bit before you buy.

It's the other side. Between the trem block and the strap button end.

Whoops - double post...

I love my ABM 600. I've got it paired with a Zilla neo 212, and they seem to work really well together. It's got all of the mystical heft you could ask for and more than loud enough for any gig I would ever play. Reminds me of a better version of the Trace Elliot combo (Commando 12) that was my first good amp, but wasn't quite loud enough to gig with.

Amazing! Free set of new strings for my Mustang! Thanks for the heads up!

It'd probably be a Mustang: - Pickup modelled after the one in mine - 40mm nut - 7 ½" radius - neck shaped like a little p bass - maple neck, rosewood board (maybe ebony...) - gloss neck - mother of pearl inlays - vintage size stainless steel frets - 500k pots, 0.047uf capacitor - Hipshot ultralites with a drop tuner - Ash body with tummy and forearm contours - black grainfill on white cerused body, white grainfill on black cerused competition stripe - black three ply pickguard - thumbrest in 70s position - mustang bridge - thru body strung with D'Addario nickels It'd probably have to be a bit more than the JMJ Mustang because of the finish, but I reckon it'd sell well...