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Reminds me of that weird guy who was playing a four necked bass at the LBGS last year. He was going round every booth and playing it at max volume, not sure what he was trying to achieve. He nearly scalped me when I said I thought it was a Warwick, I told him to calm down. Odd.

It's crazy - the policy should be that they don't waste people's time. FWIW the jobs I applied for can't possibly have been internal candidates as they were entry level, but maybe they wanted to pay a sixth former sod all instead as the salary isn't disclosed.

Hi guys Twice now I’ve applied for a job at Gear4music despite being told by others that they’re awful to work for. Each time I’ve taken a long time to prepare a really good cover letter and thought carefully about what I could bring to the roles which I know I’m well qualified for in experience. Both times now I’ve had the exact same email: Dear Chris, Thank you for applying for our (insert job here) vacancy. We have recently filled this position and unfortunately did not get a chance to fully consider your application. We would however like to thank you for your interest in this role and wish you the best of luck with your job search. (my emphasis) ...ok, so what does that mean? You didn’t read my application? The job was filled before you received it? The job was left as vacant even though it was filled? You gave it to the first person that applied? You looked at my application at 4:50 but wanted to get home for the end of The Chase? You think I sound useless? (Just say so!) The email is clearly copied and pasted to everyone because as I say I’ve had the same email twice for two separate jobs which were about six months apart. Just venting I suppose. It’s given me a glimpse into working for them and already I can tell that they’d be a pain in the arse. I’ve probably dodged a bullet and should be thanking them, but I couldn’t resist emailing them back this time to ask exactly WTF their email actually means.

Yes just let me know what you’d prefer and I can do it right away

Personally I’d call that ‘tequila skidmark’ but I’ll vote Brown just to back you up 👍🏼

Yes on the SB1. Initially I preferred the cobalts because I suppose I was clinging on to the nearly round sound but as they’ve mellowed I’ve started to like the flatter qualities more and more.. I’ll try and do a sample recording but the MFD with the tone half way sounds woody, barky, rounded and kind of bouncy. And definitely higher output - and it was high before!

Ok I’ve been comparing these labellas to the cobalts for a while now. I’ve found the cobalts edge off quite quickly and the treble end becomes a bit too ‘snappy’ and harsh. The labellas have a more barky sound as they’ve mellowed and the output seems higher also although they’re a lot quieter acoustically. I think I’ll stick with the labellas now, especially as I wasn’t best pleased about ‘rustgate’ which EB continue to deny. I think the cobalt strings were great but I don’t want to have to replace them often to keep them sounding at their best. I’m hoping the labellas will develop positively with age - anyone able to comment to how they develop over (more) time?

You won’t change my opinion, though mine is limited to the P pickup in an SB1. Fantastic pickup.

Wonder why it doesn’t have two MFD pickups as they are a brilliant sounding pickup IMO...

You can also wear a gig bag upside down so it looks like a backpack and keep your back away from the check in staff. With any luck they’ll think it’s a backpack and let it go in with you as carry on. Don’t know what happens if they catch you though!!

The shape looks a bit awkward/big bottomed to me, could be the angle

I’m hovering over the warning button ⚠️

I don’t think anything has changed - maybe you got fakes? I only buy them from stringsdirect unless my friends at Elixir send me some - truth is they last so long that I need them very infrequently so much so that I can’t remember where I got the sets I use now from! I’ll ask them if you want and see what they say!

Roland VB99 🙂

No sorry, but you could set up a search in that forum for the word Markbass. Cheers

Check the notice at the top of the sales areas 👍🏼

TB community indeed!

@Jeff Berlin is a basschatter too!!

Sounds great. I recognise that Smith 🤔

!! And the Allen key is still bent!! Unbelievable!

Wow.

Excellent review, thanks for posting that. Really interesting to read your thoughts on this pedal and compression overall. 👍🏼