Woodinblack

Yes, there is something odd on your account, I need to find out why that is, hold on a sec..

Ok, read the story of the origin of the 4030 and it is just a 4003 with the bridge moved up 2.5" and hotter pickups in different place. I guess there is a market for everything

Not a dingwall fan but the extender is a good idea for hanging, if that is what it is for!

So once you have made a set of tones you want to use with this amp, do you need bluetooth or a footswitch to access them? Can you access a range of presets without those things, or does it have (I assume it doesn't) midi in any way to switch?

But one where they couldn't be bothered to put a 24th fret marker on it

Just avoided what could have been a very nasty accident?

The pickups look too close together, presumably because the bridge is so high.

and was it?

Generally in the normal corse of events, the Roland system estimates the closest note very fast, and then corrects that assumption or the difference between the actual note using pitch bend. When playing it with the internal synths of the GR55 or whatever it is pretty good, however, if you are taking it out of the system via a plug to another synth you add another lump of delay and it doesn't work so well. Although I seem to remember you had an older roland sound module, in which case it is probably the same thing that is in the GR55 anyway.

Is this a new hiss? you said you had it serviced, when did you notice the hiss?

So you are saying I shouldn't wear my stilettos this year?

Yeh, when I joined my current band, the old band had lights and PA. This one had PA but no lights. The 3rd gig we did was an outdoor gig at an old farm house. In the dark. I bought some lights. What is so special about his amp that it needs to be miked up? can he not go straight into the desk with a di or something if he hasn't got anything particualr Yeh, some times its just nice to step back and enjoy something for what it is.

I guess they are in a different place - if you are on an open mic, who cares if you all start at the same time or end at the right time, but if you are there as the entertainment rather than the audience, and someone is paying you, it really does matter. Maybe some people don't realise that until they are there

In which case, everyone else can count and he can be the one standing out as getting the ending wrong!

He retired and lives in the UK now, so not likely.

I have, I didn't and I would be happy to do it again!

What sort of not work, completely nothing, as in you put the receiver in the amp, put the transmitter in the old one, get a sound and then put the transmitter in the new on and nothing, then swap it to a cable and they both work? That is odd, there is occasionally a problem with the transmitter with stereo plugs in active basses, but that one is just the basic mono plug (i have had some of those).

Friday!

according to the internet, the bridge on the Steve Bailey bass VI uses a 2.5mm and 1.5mm allen key 2.5mm Allen wrench: For the main bridge locking screw. 1.5mm Allen wrench: For the individual saddle height and string spacing screws. you can get them anywhere, they don't have to be Fender items.

Well reminded, I used to play Fire of unknown origin to death, and I haven't heard it in years, so I am giving it another listen!

I was concerned when I got my first Ibanez prestige that it had barts on it, so it wasn't going to sound good - I thought it was a bart thing, but it was night and day different.

I did, I was exagerating, which is an effect people sometimes use in communication for effect. I am sorry I didn't clarify in my post that it was there for effect, I thought it might have been obvious. They could also be wrong*. Funny thing with the licensed barts, you can pick it up, play it, think "oh that sounds alright", then play it at a gig and think, "oh the sound on that gig wasn't good, must be the set up", and continue like this until you realise after a while when you go to pick up a bass to noodle on when there is a choice, the one with the licensed barts isn't the one you are picking up. I dont' know what it is, there are many people out there using them as their only bass and they won't really have a problem until they get something else. I always think ibanez do themseles no favours using them, the amount of times you hear that people like the basses but think the sound is bland or generic and discount them, then play the premium and think it is a much better bass, when it is actually just a prettier bass with better pickups. * note, this is an opinion, not a literal truth.

If you read the published stats you will find that obviously has to be true as most men between 30 and 49 have 3 or fewer friends and 15% have none. If you are not living where you grew up that goes up to 1/4. Even when I was young and had quite a lot of friends, most of them were not musical at all, I certainly couldn't make a group now, even if they lived close.

Fair enough if someone likes them I guess they are just down to taste. I have had 3 or 4 basses with the licensed barts in and I don't have any of them any more. I am generally not one for selling basses but they weren't things that I would have kept, I would have kept the Ibanez 805 if I could have got other pickups for it, but they were expensive at the time due to their size (as its fan fret they were wide), I really liked the bass.