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Any recommendations for a nice studio space to the SE of London/fringes of Kent? Somewhere with good backline/PA/parking? Like Ritz in Putney but SE, ideally. Not sure it exists but on the lookout for a nice place to make noise between Kent and SE London

Was this available 2 hrs ago? I'm interested in one of these....

Just saw this pop up and thought I should mention that I bought a German Club, regretfully sold it...and I've just gone and bought another one (this time a 2005 in LTD Ed black). FANTASTIC basses

I like the idea of a Wimbish one day!

Wonderful player. RIP

Yup - overnight ferry to Santander with the bass in the back of the car (size permitting of course) then a car trip to the destination arriving with a happy bass! NB - check how hot and humid it might be on arrival and possibly humidify the instrument as it might react to the humidity shift

Scaler is great - I particularly like 'binding' the keyboard notes to the key to work on melodies. A really interesting piece of software

Looks fantastic!

@BigRedX Totally agree, but I assume he was in need of a poly. And I've just noticed this is a conversation from almost a year ago. Like you, I spent time in the trenches with a Juno 106 SMPTE'd up to a Fostex in the 80s We thought it was a bit rubbish at the time too! I'm a (B)Arp 2600/JX8P man myself nowadays. But for Poly, my 2p contribution is that a Deepmind will do all that 80s stuff for not a lot of spend (and a whole lot more). An Obie Matrix would edge it slightly but sadly you can't get them for 200 quid anymore.

100% agree. That was in reference to the need for a synth to cover 80s classics. The Deepmind can do all sorts of other stuff...

In my experience the best bang for the buck to get the retro vibe going without buying an old classic is the Behringer Deepmind 12 (about 4-500) The Deepmind has a bit of menu diving but is a great synth with a Juno-Esque sound and the all important filters and envelope controls on the front. Cheaper (but you need a controller) would be the Roland DSP clones of the old classic (JU-06 etc) which will sound great in a band context...

Can't believe I just wrote an essay on pointless best of lists in a discussion about pointless best of lists 🤪

Haven't read through the thread as yet but just noticed Tim Quy from Cardiacs passed away yesterday. Such a shame about both Tims (band leader Tim Smith died in 2020 after a long illness). I saw them in the tiny Herne Hill Half Moon as a kid in 86/88 and they blew my brains out. Such an incredible band and probably my preferred variant in the prog rock arena. Amazing.

I’ve had a few XL2s over the years. Two were straight as a die and one arrived bowed. The explanation when I tried to get it fixed was that it can happen due to heat exposure. Maybe a rare occurrence?

Apparently a Steinberger will do a banana impression if it's exposed to excessive heat e.g. a couple of hours in a hot car. I recently saw a nice XL2 for sale that had a nasty bow on a UK guitar site. Pretty fatal unless you're happy playing exclusively on the lower 5 or so frets;) Again, like the bendy Rics, there is a potential cure via heat treatment, but it's very expensive and often doesn't work

I had a banana neck V63 that I had a very good luthier give the block/heating treatment to and it didn't work. Shame, as it was a great bass in all other respects. The moral of the story is to look at the bass from the side and avoid if the action at the neck/body intersection is mid or high. My '78 skinny neck' 4001 was perfect though, and had always been string with rounds. Lovely bass. Being neck-collapse-aware also goes for Steinbergers, they can collapse in the middle if subjected to too much heat...been there once!