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60s jazz basses I just don’t like, I’ve tried so many but feel the top end sounds a bit honky and I can never hear them very well live (my experience anyway, probably down to other factors maybe) 70s jazz spacing though totally changes things for me. I love that 3D sound, the growl and bite. Sounds so much more articulate to me than the former.

with a single 'slap fret' higher up. Probably a custom build I actually think the headstock looks cool!

I won't let Fred watch that filth. Jaco only needed 4 and he turned out alright

I saw them in 2005ish and they were using one then. Pretty cool to know it might have been from a BCer, which was Bassworld back then!

Labella 760fx. They feel very similar to my rounds (elixir 40/95) tension wise. I only had to adjust the relief a tiny bit iirc.

Title should read ‘Peavey 1820 is a house’ 😂 Looks amazing 🤩

How do you find them now after you’ve been playing them for a while? I’m tempted to try some whilst stocks of Elixir super lights pick up again. I always tune down to D and normally find that the 0.95 E string handles that really nicely (I play with a super light touch). I wonder if these would be ok? Do you have any pics of the strings up close compared to a ‘normal’ round?

I always think you sound like a really nice bloke when I read your posts. This confirms it!

Perfect for carrying your Roger Fenderer

I bought a pedal and some weaponised uranium from Carlos and everything was perfect 🤩

I spent a little while last night setting a default envelope filter sound. It’s great - by setting a higher VCF attack speed you can get it sounding really bubbly and squelchy. Can anyone tell me how to add a clean blend, is it to do with the premix settings? (Ignore me, found it)

It arrived today so I’ve had a literal 10 minute whirl through some patches and it sounds fantastic so far. I find the menu system ok to be honest, I’ll probably modify existing patches rather than build my own from scratch at least for a while. I’ve been a VB99 user for years and love mine to bits but I don’t really use it as a synth, more as a Swiss Army knife pre/interface and multi fx. It’s got the best compressor in I’ve ever tried (including cali big box and FEA). Awesome thing, and I love the form factor. But with that many buttons it’s easy to work of course.

The SB1 was the same but with one pickup

It’s an old shape SB2 before they went PJ

I rarely bother even reading descriptions. Plus I'm sure it's not nitro anyway.

Old style SB2 for sale in the UK. Good price too https://reverb.com/uk/item/54767175-g-l-sb-2-black-83-84

Bought a (second!) Backbeat from Cetera, who packed and posted like the best of 'em. Thanks!

I’ve just read the firmware update bit so that’s answered my own question!! Sounds easy enough

Thanks! Yeah it looks complicated but I don’t mind learning how to navigate complex menu systems (vbass user!) and I’m looking forward to getting stuck in. I’ll probably not change any settings or saves for a while but I guess I’ll reset and update it when it arrives (how do I check current firmware and is updating easy?) I’ve got loads of old 2gb cards as my favourite camera (Epson RD1) uses them so that should be ok 👍🏼 I’m sure I’ll be asking you lots of questions! Have you used yours on batteries? What’s the life like?

...just bought one. Should be fun to play with... I have just looked at the manual and it all looks logical enough, and tbh I much prefer not having to use the computer for things like that. Two main reasons for buying - it sounds amazing and runs on batteries, even with a 'save battery life' mode... seems like a great design and should be interesting to compare to my Future Impact. I wondered if anyone here has had one (I seem to recall someone has?) Cheers ped

I prefer a flan

I think Mayones have such an option on their mini Cali basses (and presumably their full scale basses too) I won't go into detail about my love for headphone setups but will just add that any such system can be made 100% amazing by using a backbeat or similar tactile feedback device. Paired with a great headphone mix you'll hear and feel exactly what you want.