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No because of global settings, as already stated by someone here... But I find having a micro external tuner helps. Then you can always have it there and use it as a mute switch. I've got mine feeding the input to my HX so I go bass>tuner> HX. I've then got all three HX buttons as on/ off for different effects and an external 2 button footswitch to do Preset up/ down. It's then really really clear what everything does so it's easy to use quickly. That's if you can remember which preset you want for each song 😉 And there was me buying a Helix so I would only need one pedal forevermore...

In reality I think the only people that would bring us anything close to the old TE sound is Ashdown. And I'm not sure they want to, or that there's a market beyond 3 or 4 of us on this site, who would buy one new. Reality makes me sad sometimes.

Why can't we all just get along?! I love both headless and headed basses. If it's a bass then it's good with me. This cannot descend in to Britney vs Christina.

Yeah but not all evolution is great. Dinosaurs used to roam the earth, then they completely disappeared. We've now got useless animals that won't breed to survive, like pandas.

Ah fair play then.

Anyone got good recommendations for strings? I've got Status strings on my Washburn Status at the moment, I had Pyramids on my old Hohner and they were great, but never tried any others... Looking for a bright, zingy sound and light weight. Thanks!

I don't know why anyone would do that though, just get double ball end strings, surely?!

Got one, all working. Just in time for band practice tonight. Thanks again

I don't think I've ever heard it. Which is why me trying to play it because it's a "new song" (I have no idea when it was released, but in the last 5 or 10 years?) would look like a sad 37 year old man trying to be popular to 20-somethings. Except there's no 20-somethings in the place, it's all people 35 and over who don't want to go from bar to bar, just sit there and drink and sing along to a few songs they know.

Hang on though, my response was about it being childish to want to quit a band if you don't like the material. There is absolutely no disputing that playing Sweet Caroline and "Peter Kay's Amarillo" will go down a storm in 99% of drinking establishments in England.

Good point. I'll change my way of thinking on this to I *hope* it's a great amp that sounds like a good old fashioned TE. And I really do.

If Peavey released a premium Trace rig that really sounded like a Trace but had modern features such as lightweight, a 2x12 cab because nobody wants 1x15s anymore (wtf is all that about?!) they'd be up there competing with the best. Maybe it's our little BC echo chamber though... Maybe no other bassists actually care about TE like we do? Or they see it as something that's been and gone?

Spare a thought for me, a Yorkshireman, having to play Parklife. In Essex.

No thanks! 😂

I respectfully disagree. I am at this point with my current band. The set list is falling to the lowest common denominator of all the shittiest songs every other shitty pub band does: sex on fire, dakota... We do some real shite, Parklife, Shotgun (George Ezra... I only agreed because it has fretless bass on it but I can't be bothered bringing it most the time)... Then "recent" songs from the top 10. Well, if by recent you mean 2008... Its just all a bit sad and middle aged try-hard, instead of having fun playing music that needs more than just an auto-response from the audience. By that I mean doing a great version of a song people love but might not be expecting to hear, or putting a new spin on an old favourite. That's what I enjoy. I could be a lot busier for gigs, covid permitting, if I learned more of the pub band classics repertoire but I don't want to do that to myself. It's not my living, it's a paid hobby, and I want to enjoy it.

Exactly! Proper amps!! When I started out seeing Peavey across a speaker, whether bass amp or PA, meant sturdy, quality, and loud as f@%*!

Hang on there... A Seat is a VW chassis and engine assembled in a lower cost country and sold for a lower price under a different brand which is targeted at a different group of people. I could understand where bass amp companies are bought if they did a "premium" brand and a budget or lower cost brand... Say Trace Elliot is Peavey's top range amp and their own brand stuff was "pile high sell cheap" effective for beginners and weekend warriors like myself... But I'm just confused by the whole arrangement. Peavey made fantastic bass amps for a long while, why did they need Trace if they're not going to make it sound like a Trace any more, and Peavey are still making their own bass amps.... Makes no sense to me.

I like that a LOT!

Gorgeous looking bass. Some sizes look a bit cartoonish in their proportions but that just looks perfect. It is a Spector though, they all seem to look perfect!

Keen prices!

Never seen or heard of those before. Love the body on it.

Or brought a chord sheet....?

Whether it's the cable type or the switch I'll need the trs cable anyway for a replacement switch... If that makes sense. Hang on... Get the cable everything works, hurrah. Get the cable still doesn't work, get new switch and already have the correct cable type, hurrah.

Edited an earlier post to include the cable type just as you were typing this. I'd have assumed that patch cables were stereo but not so certain now! I tried another patch cable type and even the jack lead for my bass. No difference. The pedal that works is sticky though.

Good question.... I'm using a flat patch cable. I'll try some others... This is the main cable type. No idea if it's stereo or not, would assume it is https://m.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_fpc18_flat_patch_cable.htm