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[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1485180112' post='3221805'] The 414/415 have matching headstocks though! [/quote] Can't hear you! La la la la la! etc

If your budget will run to it (less than £300 delivered at DV247), try the Tech 21 Trademark 30 - the preamp has analog modelling (not digital) along the lines of their Sansamp GT2 pedal. It weighs just over 14lb, so pretty light.

The stripes of different-coloured wood visible on the face of the headstock - that's what puts me off, because I'm shallow.

[quote name='Tee' timestamp='1484732285' post='3217799'] [/quote] I quite like the look and concept of that bass - P-style pickup, short scale, nice colour. When I saw Mike Watt with the Stooges he was playing some kind of EB, which I've never really fancied. On NAMM and the whole 'new kit' thing, the trends I've seen in recent years are: (1) Cheaper knock-offs of famous pedals (e.g. Phase 90, Tube Screamer) in micro-size boxes; (2) Ever more far-out boutique pedals with (as far as I can see) very limited application, despite huge cost; and (3) Yet more (and presumably more accurate) digital modelling amps. Only (1) is of any interest to me (for guitar anyway), but I live in hope of a pleasant surprise...

Here y'all go: [url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32485154/Babylon%27s%20Burning.pdf"]Babylon's Burning[/url]

Is that a Boss VF-1 on top of your amp? I used to lust after one of those!

I use whichever bass seems right or sounds the best for the track, and adjust the passive tone control to suit. I'm currently enjoying the sounds I get plugging straight into my interface with no amp, simulated or otherwise.

Just out of curiosity, where do you rest your thumb when playing the B string? Against the body, or on hardware e.g. pickup?

I'd be interested in trying out the Elf head, especially if it didn't sound like the old TE stuff! If it's not too dear it would be good gig-bag spare amp, in the way that the MB200 is.

I have done a transcription in music notation if that's any use to you.

Me likey!

The start of that 'H' looks familiar: