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Means they ‘liked’ it basically. Bottom right if any post there are options to react, happy, sad, thanks, like etc. Understandably you have several ‘love’ reactions to your case 🙂

It’s mainly down to the ratio. I like how my bass sounds when pushed to the ‘limit’ - the threshold set to limit when I dig in. With a very low action and a light touch it gives me full dynamics but a shelf where my digging in creates a smoother sound, a bit of clank and burp. If I turn it off I don’t hear much difference except some volume spikes when playing hard fingerstyle. I think it makes the bass easier to settle in the mix and helps me cut through live. Finally I’m after some of that graphite consistency and velvety smoothness. Kiwi once compared my Vigier passion sound to a ‘velvet covered brick’ (played by a mongoloid) I also like how modulation effects behave when using a limiter. They tend to react more readily to a limited signal than a compressed one. Every bass behaves differently so each has its own setting with a careful balance between threshold and ratio to get it just right. Some wooden necked basses need a bit more fiddling but as I say I find graphite remarkably even and consistent anyway. I’ll see if I can scrape together some recordings later.

I don’t think you can now. Emojis are taking over!

Ah I see! I had a hard time finding spares for mine. The splines are 6mm are they not, and the knobs collet fixing type?

I'm not the biggest fan of fanned fret designs but I wish when companies did them they'd slant the pickup housings to match, so they are a trapezoid shape instead of angled rectangles

Yes that's right... a 1990 BT5, koa top

I'll give you a clue... it's a five string, made in New York, now made in Pennsylvania (since 1995)

I haven't bought a bass for a while but I recently bought something I've been after for years. I paid via Paypal a few weeks ago but I didn't realise (and it didn't warn me) that unless a debit card is associated with your account the money sends as an 'e-cheque' which took a loooong time to clear. Luckily I wasn't in a rush and the seller was fine with it. I wish I'd known otherwise I'd have used Transferwise which I really like for international payments. Anyway my friend at Elixir sent me some strings for it (super light 5's) and I have my signature finger puppets ready to adorn the tuners of said instrument. it'll be here on Friday or maybe next week. DPD are the courier and yes it's fully insured! Fingers crossed for me please...

Done. I have just had another despite clearing my browser cache so have reported that too.

Very nice, my Passion is '88 too. Where did you get the green control knobs!

Ah just looked it up - Belgian 'style' but US brewed: https://www.bluemoonbrewingcompany.com

Welcome! Is your username after the beer? I checked out a local bar yesterday and had a pint of blue moon with a slice of orange. It was really really good. Belgian wheat beer I think.

I think GB was the importer of these. Apparently they’re ok for the money. Ken Smith ‘design’

Come to York for a beer any time [Edit] I'm not actually sure about the get scene in York, it's probably quite good, lots of live venues anyway - but most bands I am tempted to go and see are in Leeds (which puts me off!) Guess it depends what sort of band you're in, too.

Busses in York are pretty good but I think Leeds is better connected like that - not that I go often. The train from York to London is brea, if that's a factor. I moved from Oxford to York and absolutely love it!

Leeds for gigs but York for culture, history, lack of yobs and general niceness

Just be careful of fakes. Presume these will be ok as it’s a proper retailer (or so it seems) Di they have them in different gauges? Can’t see on mobile due to a great big ‘sign up’ box

Looks cool. I can fit my wing into my normal rucksack and I’ve taken it all kinds of places! We should have a competition to see who can ‘wing in the weirdest location 😂

You could cut a custom shaped foam insert for a pedalboard bag so it fills the whole thing and adds protection. Could be pretty cool. An option I looked into (mine has a gigbag but I toyed with the idea) would be a ‘light’ flight case. They’re a bit like aluminium briefcases with specially cut inners. Here’s one I looked at: http://www.flightcasewarehouse.co.uk/type/index.asp?section=lightweight-spiderlite-semi-flight-cases-7818

Here you go! https://www.basschat.co.uk/store/category/1-marketplace-subscriptions/

No longer can members see the wanted forum until they've made a post on the forum - that will stop this guy harvesting info.

We flagged him as a spammer on the 10th so he must have just emailed you in time. As I say hopefully we won't see him again after my little trick. Let's see.

Hi Mike We’ve put an announcement in the wanted forum about this. This member has been banned several times now, they always sign up with a username containing the word ‘gear’ and then PM tons of people in the wanted forum. I’ve recently found a way to nip it in the bud so he can no longer do this but it’s still worth warning people. And also glad to hear you didn’t use ‘friends and family’ payment (I assume). Sorry to hear about it and glad it worked out ok in the end. Can you tell me what date you originally made contact and any details regarding addresses or phone numbers please? Cheers ped

Agree with you @Painy and @4000 I like a super low action - but I find the most important thing is very little relief in the neck. This means I can play with a super light touch, and by altering the way I pluck the strings, and position of my right hand, I can go from a clear round note to a raspy burp sound. This has been married to the careful use of a limiter in my signal chain which gives everything a defined 'edge' at which point the clank cuts in. I haven't ever measured my action but I like it lowww - especially the G string which I always have lower than the rest. Normally at a bash people pick up my bass and it's choking everywhere - and when I pick up someone else's bass I feel really slow and numb on it!

Anyone up for a bit of case porn? Apparently Vigier only made these fitted hard cases for a year or so. Made of wood, quite light actually - I don't have the key but I doubt the locks are up to much. Feels pretty solid and it's nice to have one that fits perfectly. I've had it for ages, but recently gave it a bit of a clean so thought why not get some snaps.