Happy Jack

That's not the full list, of course, since it omits all the vintage Hofners I've owned, a number which is well into double figures.

And now ... with pictures! http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses SOLD

Alternatively, it's a complete pile of poo. Your call.

Trouble is, any setup is only 'perfect' until something changes. Like the weather getting more humid, the strings starting to 'go off', how hard you pluck at your next gig, and so on. Setting up a bass is not a 'thing', it's a process. It's never perfect for more than a brief period before the next tweak is due. Probably the best comparison is with tuning. My Status Streamline stays in tune for unfeasibly long periods, but no matter how perfectly I tune it, sooner or later I will need to tune it again. You wouldn't pay a guitar tech to tune your bass, would you?

Good point - the only thing I don't like about my Elf is that it needs a 1/4" --> Speakon cable for output. Not much of a problem since I have several of those cables, but it's a nuisance having to take two different cables to gigs without either of them being a backup for the other!

Slightly taken aback at these recommendations for a BACKUP head. The Puma is very nice, absolutely, but a couple sold (preowned) here on Basschat for £325 and the others have all been £450 or more. That's a shedload of cash for a backup amp that will hopefully/probably never be used!

Oh I do ... believe me, I do.

And then the weather changed, and they might as well have been ..

And now, the first outing for the AliKat ... Note the fine guitar work by MacDaddy, too.

In fact, that guy could probably sell you some

£115 for a set up? That's some serious

On a 5-string that's only £13 per string. Unless you have a serious issue to resolve (or in my case anything that involves a soldering iron), any amount greater than a penny is too much to pay for a set up IMHO. Bass guitars are pretty simple - you'd be much better advised learning how to set it up for yourself.

Oooooh! I just noticed that the output socket is a 5-pin DIN plug. I really cannot wait to see the expression on the face of the sound engineer at your next gig ...

They're not switches. That's a revolutionary bass with no strings - you flip the paddles up and down instead.

Forget his choice of instrument ... you need to do something about his choice of reading material.

With any decent compressor, you shouldn't lose anything that they you don't want to lose. Notes on the low B will usually sound a bit more taut (which is a good thing) and of course your playing generally will sound to be at a more consistent level.

You could have someone's eye out with that ...

I don't think I've ever seen the expression "Enjoy Huddersfield" before.

It matters a lot to me - not that I've done that many recordings. Seven years ago we decided to record our NYE gig in order to put together a showreel. One of the songs that featured was Play That Funky Music, especially the guitar solo with me playing an impeccable funk riff beneath it all the way through. Trouble was, I knew damned well that I'd screwed up that riff several times on the night. Sure enough, the BL (who happens to be a pro video editor) had isolated one of the few occasions I'd got it bang on, and then he'd simply treated that as a sample throughout. Despite lots of jocularity and band banter ensuing, I was genuinely whizzed off.

Somewhere High Status, I imagine ...

https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-musicians-wanted/bass-player-needed-for-function-band/1311925635

Pick up change? Nah - leave it as a tip. Oh no, wait ...

That's no way to talk about the Basschat Marketplace!

Bloody Warwick players ...