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The font is called Xirod and the way the letters look depends on the use of capitalisation. In this instance I didn't think it would be worth trying to explain and think it looks fine - maybe in years to come people will be selling these as collectors items. The 'redundant' full stop is to provide a consistency to the design around the centre. Removing it looked weird, and I doubt many people will sit typing in the url in a circular fashion for the rest of their life, but you never know. They deserve it.

Just a Covid footlong

I couldn't find a pen so I have burped into your envelope instead, hope that's OK

I had a really busy weekend drinking it all

Beautiful. Enjoy the enhanced bass playing skills that are included - you just need to swallow two straplocks with an evening meal. The other preorders will be arriving with buyers today or tomorrow, and they'll be on general sale to everyone in the next few days once I have the supplies ready. Cheers and enjoy!

So - you will 😂

To be honest, I ignore what the model is called/meant to sound like and find which sounds best. Most of the time that’s the ‘super flat’ in my Roland. I honestly don’t think amplifiers vary in their ‘baked in’ sound as much as these companies seem to think!

16” 😊

Ive bought loads this year - everything I was after came up at once. A Celinder J-update, ‘83 Musicman and some synths - but my BEST is probably the Future Impact pedal because it’s opened up so many possibilities with my mini bass which was already a full on synth stick. Worst - I bought the correct USB cable for my C4 but haven’t even fired up the editor yet. All in good time!

He was about as good as me

Yeah I hate a super fast clackity clack bass’line’ played by a show off (like everyone at LBGS) but a slow groove with a couple of accented slaps/pops, yes please 🤗 Weirdly the person who bumped this necro thread emailed support to say he wants his account deleting because he’s realised he doesn’t want to talk about bass with strangers!

I just got my Labella 760FX strings from Bass Direct. Weirdly they don't have red/orange silk like the ones on my G&L but they're quite old, maybe they changed - they feel the same anyway! Well - they sound fantastic on the Ray. They have that kind of loose 'rubber band' funk sound that suits the ray so well. Pops on the G string sound really clear with a lack of sustain that sounds really fat. I've backed off the bass control to bring up the mids and it growls when played fingerstle really well. Very pleased - I'll keep the Elixirs to one side if I ever need a really slicing sound but I have other basses for that - the flats suit this old dog really well and something about the fat slab body and feel of the bass just works with these strings. The whole vibe of the bass has shifted a few notches towards 'chonky'

Yes it’s great and quite easy to use and time the presses to produce a clean take. It might just be the power supply I’m using but it refuses to accept one of them and the other two seem quite noisy. I’ll try it with batteries and see if that’s better. I could probably use a decent multi power bank tbh

Finally got round to learning Michael McDonald’s ‘I Keep Forgetting’ today. It doesn’t feel right playing along on anything but a ray!! I’m going to try some flats on it too - Labella 760fx are my go to. Interested to hear if any ray players here use them.

I think I read somewhere that UV is the best thing to kill the bacteria/smell. Leaving it out in string sunlight (yeah right!) or maybe borrow a tanning bed 😂

Looks good! I can see the way it’s constructed much better now. You might like to add another strap pin along the body so it balances further along to the side, as it were, in a more natural position. Let us know how it sounds!

I have both and although I haven't yet had a proper dive into the C4, I find the FI more intuitive to use. Both sound fantastic...

Absolutely - send me the links!

Those Stradi basses look great but I'm pretty sure they aren't £3000 new let alone shipped from Japan with duty on top!

BTW my post shouldn't be read as an endorsement of any kind - it could fall apart at any second so will have to see how it goes, although initial findings are positive.

No but they shipped it especially slowly from Germany!

Nobody at work noticed 🤔