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The perfume like smell has for about 90% been neutralized by the beans. Case is now outside in the garden catching more fresh air and in the full sunlight. If I am still not happy, febreze (natural scent) will be coming into the picture.

I have just learned the manufacturer puts this scent in their hard cases to keep the instument from smelling bad over time from cigarette smoke etc. All nice and well but I do not like it. We'll see if I can get that smell out of there. It is supposed to be a vanilla scent. My bass will smell like coffee instead!

... and have a free BBQ party in the process! All at a sensible social distance, ofc, honoring the bollockdown.

I will report back if it does help. The case is an original Fodera one that appears to have been sprayed on the inside with some sort of perfume or other smelly muck. Trying my best to remove that smell as it does rub off on the bass - no fun as a bass usually sits right under your nose when playing. Also ordered some Febreze but I'd rather not spray any type of liquid in there...

Indeed. I am repairing my hard case here. The weapon of choice being coffee beans.

It is a marvelous machine this one. I absolutely love it. I named it "Big Red" after the character in the comic book series "Bug Hunters" by Jerry Paris which appeared in eighties C&VG magazines.

Only one you say? Not two nor three? Harsh.

I purchased a Fodera NYC Empire 5 Deluxe from Artur. Because I had to wait for my cash to become available, I asked him if he would hold on to the bass for me for two weeks and promised to pay the asking price which was very fair. This was no problem. Cool! So two weeks later I made the payment and the bass was packed and sent to my address on the same day he got the money. It took some time for the bass to arrive but this was due solely to the postal services in Europe being slower during this Corona crisis that's going on. Nice to notice the delay was worrying us both. Artur is a very kind spirit and a very good bassist. Yesterday the bass finally arrived, very well packed and in the exact shape as described in the ad. I would highly recommend dealing with @kudlaty.bass any time.

Oh forgot to mention I also own two bass combos I never use.

I just bought a Fodera bass, Darkglass alpha-omicron dirtbox and a simplifier pre with built in omnicabsim. Now owning 8 basses 5 amps 2 2x12 cabs 1 8x8 cab and a drawer full of effects pedals. Oh and 4 guitars and a tube guitar combo, a drumkit, 2 keyboards and a 1000w 1x15+2x10 PA. NO MORE GAS. Or I will need a bigger house.

No GAS here. I have too much stuff already.

Bought through this very forum. Getting it here from Poland took its sweet time with Covid delays but here it is! My guitarist has already labeled it "Big Red". I threw a new pack of DR Low-Riders on and yet have to take it for a good testrun. Hooked it up to my Elf briefly this afternoon to see if it works, but alas had to work all day. Yay! You might notice I have a weak spot for anything Jazz Bass model. The red will fit in fine!

This one! But jokes aside, that is one sexy Thumb NT you got there, Cocco!

https://www.workbookcornwall.co.uk/profile/julyan-wallis/ He might be able to give you a hand.

I'm with Jonse on this one. You can also utilize the compressor to raise the sound level a bit if you want your dirtboxes to get really raunchy.

Eich amps, Warwick LWA, Bergantino, Aguilar... They all sound too polite and neat. Total lack of any heft. I am having my old tube and hybrid Trace Elliots repaired. No more modern amps for me. Maybe you should check out a nice Ashdown ABM.

Then your drummer is not loud. I need my 8x8 or 2x12 to be able to compete. Sold the one 10, would need at least four of them to be loud enough in this band.

I own a Boss MS-3 effect looper which is sounding pretty nice, but its dirt effects seem to distort properly on the lowest tones and sound nearly clean when I play higher pitched stuff. Its dirt tones also get completely lost in the mix while my regular dirtboxes do not suffer this problem. I have no clue why this is happening, only that I do not like it very much. I will be putting the Boss unit up for sale I think rather then spending time trying to make it work. I simply prefer pedals. What you see is what you get.

I'll order a Thumpinator and do a comparison then. 😁

PRE-EQ D.I. works. POST EQ ones do not. Something on the stereo circuit board must have burned out. It did die when I had the Bi-amp crossover switched in at the time so this is the prime suspect.