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Bought an Ampeg amp from Patrick. Really easy deal, Wonderful condition with the original packaging/footswitch/cables, great comms, arrived the next day and very well packed. Highly recommend!

Bought a Barefaced cab from Gary, he waited patiently as I got caught is some nasty traffic. Top man, highly recommend seller.

IMHO these are the best filters ever made!

Just got my Tele bass back from having some badly needed restoration. It had been horrendously stripped and badly re-lacquered in the 70’s, The frets were also practically flush with the fretboard. As it was not playing well It had sat in its case for many years. My good friend recently offered to have a have a go at refretting it. As the job continued he also (after much back and forth on the colour) fancied a bash at refinishing it. We went with a nitro blonde as I wanted to be as faithful as possible to the factory finish, but is asked him to use nitro and keep the wear on the body where your forearm sits and the deeper dinks. We also deliberated for ages on the correct fret wire, which we eventually found. His amazing work has rejuvenated this bass to the very playable and phenomenal looking instrument you see below, I’m over the moon!

Bought a Line 6 bass POD express from Brian. Easy deal. Recommended.

Have these just come out? Did I miss the launch? Seems like it could be a good intro into six string. https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/240610425187008--squier-affinity-series-jazz-bass-vi-laurel-fingerboard-black-pi?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD76p-2HQwz5tGzjU9_pgK9JNdMOZ&gclid=CjwKCAjw3P-2BhAEEiwA3yPhwAJtWza5SCcC4KrjNbEeWfQtTwa0d-K183D4QsJZet-z5jJB0omGNBoCq40QAvD_BwE

These always work best on their original PSU.

Wow! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235688565409?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=32vpbyvbtga&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=nHwA3cw6TCa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Do any of the learned members of the Basschat community happen to know the exact specs of the nut and fret wire used on a Fender ‘69 Telecaster bass? Mine has been butchered over the years and I’d like to put it back to original specs.

FYI - When installing version 4 If on OSX, use a 3rd party application to unpack the zip file. For some reason the OSX archiver won’t unpack it correctly.

Just had a bash, some nice amps amongst the new options. No B-15 though sadly.

Ohh! And it’s available: https://www.boss.info/global/support/by_product/gt-1000/updates_drivers/

Now I’m more excited!

Word on the street is that V4 update is coming although Boss accidentally announced it too early!

Yes, it’s really two parallel pathways; A or B, but you can stick whatever you want in each path. Best plan is to have a core tone and add the extra bits you want into pathway B. You also have a tonnes of assigns with the Boss stuff so you can change the settings of all the effects in your chain using a single click of the CTRL pedal.

I’ve recently been gigging my GT10b again. It’s got a really nice set of stock effects. Still sounds decent today. The parallel signal chains are really useful. Compared to the latest L6 and even Boss 1k offerings though the ‘amp modelling’ is a way off as are the drives, but for everything else it’s a good one stop shop.

Bought a bridge from him. Super easy transaction. Great comms and it arrived almost instantly. Highly recommend.

Just purchased a Sans Amp BDDI V2 from Ewan. Super easy transaction from start to finish with great comms and speedy delivery. Highly recommended.

Hey chaps, this bag fits perfectly: https://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-fems-610-mini-strat-gig-bag/921839

Ok, I’ve used it for some trad Irish music, a bit of Jazz and a few acoustic trios to simulate an upright which works pretty well. I also used it a few times to play Fairytale of New York around the festive period at functions for the same reason. I find it really uncomfortable to play with regular pizzicato for any length of time, so I’ve ended up just playing it with my thumb 👍🏻 - that just adds to the uprightness of the sound. All that said, I’ve not taken it to a gig since the new year as it’s just extra baggage (I’m always looking to downsize where possible when packing for a gig) I suspect sadly it has ended up as a novelty item, but you never know I might have need of it on future gigs?