Woodinblack

Well, I won't say as she still lives there!

Fancy that, you live 1 minute down the road from my aunt, who doesn't play the bass.

Not really how it can work, as there is powered gear everywhere and not really much instrument only!

If its the same as mine it is 101cm - I know that as that is a pain size to get the bag (which I now have!)

I just pick one and play it. Next time I am playing chances are I will pick a different one and play it. Unless there is some compelling reason, I don't actually swap basses once I have started playing (like I was planning to take a different bass to a gig or if I want to see something is easier to play on some piece or not)

It seems to say that USB is purely for audio in/out.

The full size one has midi program change and parameter changing and a full size midi socket.

Transfer of faff - in one case it is you doing it, in the other case is someone else doing it! It probably could but it is a free plugin that we didn't write that does it.

I know, that is what I meant - it uses the first picture you upload, there is no mechanism to change that after the fact. As far as I can see it would have to be manually edited to work, but I have never done it or looked at what needs to be done, I would imagine that in some way it would be a faff.

you don't, it just automatically picks the first picture you uploaded

Oh there are definately times in the set of a wedding that the audience have all buggered off outside, but then they are not there to see you. They come in later and there is cake!

Sadly I missed my chance to get one of those just after brexit when thoman had them for €1350 but didn't know how the whole import tax thing worked, by the time they added it they had none left. I am not sure I wanted a 5 like that anyway. Well, I have a genuine 4004 ric with 5 string and its neck seems fine with the strings on it, I just used lighter than normal ones, 40-125 and it seems happy. It is one of my most played basses, that and the maruschyk but the look of the 4003 was always an appeal. I spoke with HW, he said he put a Shaller 3D bridge on it so I could get the spacing smaller - ironically my 4004 started with one of those but now has a narrower bridge on it otherwise it wouldn't fit on the neck and would go outside the pickups. I keep thinking i could just get a normal ric, but they are such stupid money even tatty these days, and ultimately a 4 string is not really going to be something I end up gigging, and if I don't gig it, what is the point having it?

Harry White

We are not a wedding band either, but we have done a load of weddings and none of them have been bad, the last one was a bit faffy, but most of them have been really good. I guess we have just been lucky, the people who have hired us had seen us before and were happy with what they got.

I saw that one, it looked great. Sure it will be after a bit of work. Uberhorns are great

Hes the one who wrote the Ozzy Osborne albums that are credited to Ozzy.

That is the spirit, but it is hard. Luckily our singer can summon the energy to put the same level of performance on to a single person or a crowded pub. No, its an on/off thing. This friday was like this, heaving on the friday and practically empty on the saturday. Actually I kind of prefered that as I was pretty tired on the saturday and didn't want to have another stage crush But I have done the same venue on two different nights, one when you couldn't move and the other where you couldn't see anyone - depends on what else is on, whether people have been paid, the weather and just wether people feel like coming out or not.

I think that is covered 4 posts up!

So I am thinking that as I enjoy my 4004/5 so much it would be nice to have a 5 string 4003. Obviously they don't make one of those, but there are people who do. So I have contacted the most prominant one and asked him about it. He can do it, they aren't particulary cheap, so they would be about the price of a cheap used real one. Has anyone had one built and what were they like? I thought I could just get a used one (and originally after brexit, thomman were selling the actual 5 string 4003s/5s for that price, but not for long) but the 4003s/5s weren't that cheap, and there arent any 4003 non Ss in 5. Anyone gone this route? Yes, I know that 'tributes' is doing a bit of heavy lifting there!

Love the orange ones here - it just works better in orange. If you are going to make a design like that, it kind of has to scream to be looked at!

I have already played it and it is testament to the fact fender could do the right thing if they wanted

Not sure what precision comfort is - the further away from 16 it gets, the worse it gets at finding strings!

I got one like that, but 10x10 as I just have the one pole, and don't know if I am getting others. Seems ok, it has padding but as you said, I wouldn't put anything on it.

Even if I could get past the hideous headstock, the string spacing is a non starter for me.

See I used to think they were hideous, and then one day it just switched. Now I have one and wouldn't be without it.