Happy Jack

So ... what happened next? Well that busking gig got cancelled at short notice (the guy is much younger than me and had family duties on the half-term) so there was a 3-week delay before I could join him and a friend on congas this last weekend. I don't know where you live, but around here Sunday was barely above freezing and absolutely NOT ideal busking weather. The guitarist was playing with his teeth quite literally chattering throughout and his fingers refusing to obey his brain. Also, I forgot my 'dead cat' for the mics on the Zoom H4 and it turned out to be far windier than I'd expected, so the sound quality wasn't great. Bit what the hell? Could you hear the GR Pocket 50 in a busy-ish market, up against a guitar using a battery Orange Crush 30 and a pair of mic'd up congas going through a mini-tower batter PA?

Just watched the first two episodes. Impressive. Very bloody impressive.

Yes, I saw that one. Agreed that it's way too expensive and yet, and yet, and yet that's actually a far better price match for the quality of that bass than the piffling numbers they used to change hands for.

Isn't Friday Ten March managing Man Utd at the moment?

Active/Passive - it depends. If you're using the preamp in a very subtle, low-gain sort of way then you may find the Passive input is fine. If you're cranking the preamp up high, then deffo go Active. Trust your ears, try both, see which works. Strings which you (and a lot of us too) describe as "floppy" are probably better described as more compliant. https://www.liutaiomottola.com/myth/perception.htm The feel of different brands & types of strings can vary hugely, and what the player looks for in those strings varies even more. This is why God invented BassBashes.

How did it go?

If the right SB320 with gold hardware turned up, I could be tempted.

That's a Real Man's action ...

They're properly-built, old-school instruments, built and finished in the same way and to the same standards as they build violins and cellos.

The genuine German basses are MUCH better made and finished, but they are MUCH MUCH more expensive. 🤑

Has anyone actualy worked out the cost of the materials used in the Mona Lisa?

Just bought an EBS MicroBass II ... very fast despatch & delivery, well-packed, good comms. All in all, a credit to Basschat. 🙂

Pretty sure he pre-dated rock'n'roll and was never actualy accused of it.

I picked up a bass guitar for the first time ever on my 49th birthday, so I'm struggling to see your age as being somehow 'over the hill'. 😂 Now is a LOUSY time to be selling valuable kit. The market is in the toilet and will likely stay there for the whole of 2023, so don't sell nuthin' unless you're desperate. If you're working hours that make it hard for you to join a band, why not invest some time into starting your own band, built around the hours you CAN play. You're not unique ... there will be other musos in the same position as you; hopefully one will be a drummer, and another will be a guitarist. You never know until you try. And @Steve Browning is absolutely right. If you want to improve generally as a musician, learning to play keyboards has to be the best bet. It's also age-proof. Nobody ever pointed at a seated keyboard player and said, "Well that's not very rock'n'roll, is it?".

That's a very cool micro-rig. Do you offer a build service? 😉

But what can you get from the most powerful output on the power bank? Does it have a single socket that can deliver >1A?

You're not seriously going to get back onto the bike? 😨 Giving up biking is one hell of a wrench (don't ask me how I know) but there comes a time when you know it makes sense. ☹️

Yes folks, it's true! You need the all-new light-weight cheap-as-chips disposable Stadium Stack!