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The non valve version is still cheap.

Its not a how far out it goes, it is a 'how big the step on the first few frets are' issue. So I would rather have the high strings go shorter than the low strings go longer. That is exactly how I feel. I really like the dingwall neck, a shorter dingwall neck on on something that sounds good would be my ideal bass. I am hoping this would be it.

Literally how I feel about fender!

I did, I had a spector and didn't like the neck, it was too clubby for me, didn't get on with it at all. Shame as I wanted to like it, and the sound wasn't bad. Not specifically fan frets, but the dingwall is 34" to 37" on the B, which is a bit of a stretch at the low end for me. I would be happy with less of a stretch. No, it takes no time to get used to the fan fret, in fact the odd thing about it is just how normal it feels, and in general is less effort on the wrist. The Ibanez is 33-35, so not much of a stretch and not that much of a fan really (32-35 would be better), so it sounds pretty promising. Frankly I am hoping that a EHB1505MS can be a replacement for my other basses, and if I end up with the Maruszczyk, the 1605, the 1505 and my SR1000, I could live with that (maybe the gretsch too, just to keep a short scale around).

Oh yes fan fret, if it is a fraction of a Dingwall neck it will be great, without the crazy stretch on the b

I know it didn't taper, that was my issue with it. Other than that (and the fact it had a confusing string stuck at the end, and its bass control was the wrong end), I really liked it.

This is one, I am sure there was another: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/hohner-b2av-ws-headless-5-string-modification.887701/ although he said it was successful, the fact was he sold it after finishing it.

I am sure I saw this done once when I was googling, and I am sure it was a thread on talkbass where someone made a b2 short scale. I remember it was a lot of effort and remember thinking that it would be a lot easier to just make a short scale b2 copy from scratch.

My main basses are my SRs and my Maruszczyk, but that also has 16.5mm spacing, in fact the neck is modelled on the SR1605 neck, it has the same dimensions (feels a little different because of the materials). my only other 5 strings are the G&L which I am not using much so will probably sell, a chinese one that I will probably give away and my hohner cricket bat which is only ever a backup. If you have a problem with the 16.5, how do you get on with the 14mm of the GWB?

That's the only downside with me. I see I can get the spacing down to 17.5 and I hope that will be enough, although it seems wide. 16.5 is the standard for me.

As many as they think they will shift. Not too keen on their videos, but the bass guys were pretty positive on the same day on the same subject. Mind you, they normally are. Also their videos are mainly about the look.. maybe they weren't blue denim enough for them The more I look at them (the basses, not the anderton people), the more I want one, so I hope they don't turn out to be disappointing.

I have a Mac mini 2012, the last one you could upgrade easily and it runs fine as it has an SSD. I have quite a few computers but they all boot off SSDs. I had an older iMac, 2007, that was a bit too slow, we have what I think must be a 2011 iMac, that has an SSD in so that is ok, but it has older software so it has a few problems. I have a later MacBook, but haven't updated anything past that.

It is (it comes with an adaptor doesn't it?), and it needs more than 125ma. It sort of appears to work on one output but it gets noisy and unreliable.

Yep. Seem to remember something came with a yellow adapter. I changed much later to a different power supply but I used that for a while.

I powered my zoom b3 from a Harley Benton powerplant jr for a long time, no harm came to it

45 gigs last year, which surprised me as at the beginning of the year it was really empty and I suspected it would be light. Well, and also at the beginning of last year, I would have said I would be surprised if we were still going by new year. Well, tell a lie, it is 45 gigs with my main band and 2 (free) gigs with my 'other' band that I joined at the beginning of the year as it was really empty and thought it might bring the count up. And I suppose technically, it did. By 2. Well, more 1.5. The beginning of this year is really empty - looks at the calendar, only 15 in in there so far, so I suspect it might be light, and I will be surprised if we will still be going by next new year But one thing that will be amazing, if the other group has more gigs than lineup changes!

They weren't original members, although I think most people would consider them the classic lineup

Well, this church was a 70s one so no architecture. But I do love church architecture, although I tried not to, my dad dragged me round loads of castles etc to show the architecture and I hated it, so I sure wasn't going to be interested in it later. Turned out I was. Acoustics in churches are good in their own right, although really not good for amplified music!

I remember at our most regular pub we used to have to finish at 11:30 on a saturday due to complaints from a local guy. Then one saturday we got to 11:30, we asked the woman who has the pub if we could go a few songs over (we normally did), and she said yes we could, the person who used to complain moved out, a new guy had moved in, and here he was in the crowd!

I didn't either until I broke my leg. My aunt who was a nurse had been so helpful bringing me stuff into the hospital and checking up on me. I knew they were big time christians (my grandmother used to go on about her converting her son with their wierd religion) in one of those modern churches, they said grace when we went to their house to eat (only place I had ever seen that as a kid). After I got out she invited me to her church and I felt kind of compelled to go because she had been so helpful. They had a band. That was the highlight on the event (and they weren't good, but they were funny). The preacher guy spent his time going on about the sins of sex before marriage, as I sat there with my heavily pregnant girlfriend. It was pretty horrible, and the last time I voluntarily walked into a place like that when not looking at the architecture! I never realised it was a requirement in the CofE. Same here, but difference between a christian and a christian I guess (and a church).

Its looks a lot like a Squier PJ Special Sparkle with a black pickguard, although the headstock writing is a bit different. Either way, it is not a Classic Vibe. Dont' think it is a vintage modified either. Like this https://reverb.com/uk/item/2274568-squier-p-bass-special-purple?locale=en-GB There are two classic vibe P basses, a black 70s one, and a white 60s one (well, I suppose there is a 50s too, but it looks like a tele). All classic vibes are about bringing back something that is sort of accurate at the time, so they wouldn't have a PJ or anything that wasn't actually common in bygone years. There were two runs, the original and the current ones. The original chinese ones are excelent, the newer ones, I don't know, I haven't played although they are less sought after

If I have a couple of 3 gig weekends weeks in a row I get fed up with gigging but then after a couple of weekends without a gig I get pretty fed up!

Sounds more like a squier vintage modified rather than a classic vibe. I don't recall there being any classic vibe pjs as they are based on old designs

No, like none of those. It is very flat, very wide and very thin. Speaking as someone who whinges endlessly about necks being too wide, I found it very nice, I assume it must be the thinness of it, as it is pretty wide. Both stingray and p necks are like baseball bats. So I guess it is a bit more like a wider thinner J. Closer to an Ibanez really.

Not expecting Ibanez to do it, but I think most of dingwall basses are available fanned fret(less).