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  1. Happy Jack
    I just bought one of these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291784784897 Bizarrely, it gives the 'capacity' as being 40L - 60L. There can't be many liquids where 40L weighs less than 70/80lbs so I'm guessing that this will take the weight of a rack case ...
  2. Happy Jack
    Now that is a very nice piece of lateral thinking.
  3. Happy Jack
    I have one of these. Strong & versatile. https://www.thomann.de/intl/fun_generation_universal_stand.htm I also have one of these. Slightly tilted, 'tis true, but very practical. https://www.thomann.de/intl/millenium_mx1000_mixerstaender.htm
  4. Happy Jack
    Can I just say that I believe in Yes today.
  5. Happy Jack
    Nah. It was that solo on Tainted Love. Kinell mate, what was that all about?
  6. Happy Jack
    Anyway, where's @MacDaddy?
  7. Happy Jack
    But Shirley the singer could charge the original bassist a couple of hundred in storage charges? Her name is Shirley, right?
  8. Happy Jack
    And as soon as there were "bass amps", guitarists started using them!
  9. Happy Jack
    And will any of this help when you play Mustang Sally?
  10. Happy Jack
    @Clarky, come on, own up ... was it you?
  11. Happy Jack
    Isn't there a polarity issue to be overcome?
  12. Happy Jack
    I wonder what "light, for a Wal" actually means ...
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    Did some further testing today, focused on 'noise' on the system. The Xvive works very well with mag pickups, no noise or interference at all, but with piezo systems it deffo produces more noise when exposed to the usual suspects ... fluorescent lights and computer screens. Hardly a major issue at most gigs, noticeable at rehearsal. Once again I A/B'd it against the Smoothhound, once again the Smoothhound trumps it - far quieter with the noise. For myself I'm still very happy with my purchase. At doubling gigs I will use the Smoothhound with the DB and the Xvive with the Precision, so no money has been wasted here, but there's no denying that I'm disappointed with the performance of the Xvive when used with piezo systems. If my battery explodes in three years, I'll be sure to come and post about it here.
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    Just toss it down the dustpipe ...
  16. Happy Jack
    The lead pieces attached to the back of the body are weights to enable the guitar to hang at the correct angle when Alan was standing and strapped. Neck dive? Sorted.
  17. Happy Jack
    I would refer the Honorable Member to my previous answer ... Are you talking about gigging (as I am) or about making money (as you seem to be)? I do understand that many musicians, including some here on Basschat, struggle to distinguish between the two activities. Speaking purely for myself, I see this as a Venn diagram. Where Gigging and Money overlap is a sweet spot, but that overlap is neither obligatory nor some sort of absolute necessity.
  18. Happy Jack
    Those Stealth Tornados were a bit special, eh?
  19. Happy Jack
    Nice work @Aalin.9
  20. Happy Jack
    Mind you, I'd be very tempted to put some knobs on that.
  21. Happy Jack
    If the look & feel of the bass are a direct result of decades of you playing it ... leave it alone! If you do nothing now, then you retain the option to something later. If you do a refin now then that history is destroyed, and you can never get it back.
  22. Happy Jack
    OK, that's ominous. Is there a known issue with these units only lasting three years?
  23. Happy Jack
    That red weave is a thing, and it's an expensive custom option. I have it on my Streamline 5 (along with LEDs and stuff) sitting next to me as I type this.
  24. Happy Jack
    Agreed, which is one good reason for not putting the pieces down in the first place. Not trying for a smile here, I'm perfectly serious.
  25. Happy Jack
    I make no effort to keep practising the set lists of the bands I'm in if we're not gigging. I know the songs and I'm unlikely to forget the basslines in anything less than a decade. My solution to the whole 'lack of music' thing is to get involved with other bands and projects. Last week I was rehearsing with a Pink Floyd tribute in start-up mode, this week I joined an established soul band that has just lost its bassist, next week I expect to do a bit of session work for a singer/songwriter. For the first time since I joined my first 'proper' band, it's virtually impossible to have a diary clash, at least for gig dates, so being an active member of half a dozen different bands is a perfectly reasonable thing to be doing. I'm learning new material, meeting new people, finding new uses for old pedals, you name it.
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