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  1. Happy Jack
    These things are just astoundingly good ... WAY better than you'd expect. The 'library' of sounds it comes with is pretty hopeless, but the range of free sounds that you can download through the Yamaha Soundmondo website means that you can have a 32-preset synth to your own satisfaction with just a couple of hours of faffing about online. Check out Tom Ansink's YouTube channel:
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    If the right SB320 with gold hardware turned up, I could be tempted.
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    That's a Real Man's action ...
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    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.
  5. Happy Jack
    The genuine German basses are MUCH better made and finished, but they are MUCH MUCH more expensive. 🤑
  6. Happy Jack
    Has anyone actualy worked out the cost of the materials used in the Mona Lisa?
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    Just bought an EBS MicroBass II ... very fast despatch & delivery, well-packed, good comms. All in all, a credit to Basschat. 🙂
  8. Happy Jack
    Pretty sure he pre-dated rock'n'roll and was never actualy accused of it.
  9. Happy Jack
    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?".
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    That's a very cool micro-rig. Do you offer a build service? 😉
  11. Happy Jack
    But what can you get from the most powerful output on the power bank? Does it have a single socket that can deliver >1A?
  12. Happy Jack
    Interesting. That's not what I think of when I think about the Clarus 2. Mine is
  13. Happy Jack
    I rather think not. I haven't used my Clarus for ages (it's in a box somewhere) but I don't recall it having phantom power and there's no dedicated XLR input on it. When I use my Nadine, I use it with an EA Doubler which is designed for exactly this sort of rig. They're discontinued but can still be found pre-owned. Alternatively you could of course run the signal through a preamp (or maybe a DI box?) which supplies the 48V, but in that case life is starting to get complicated. The Nadine sounds absolutely excellent, really lush, and looks way too cool, but it's not as feedback-resistant as their marketing would have you believe. For low-volume gigs where your tone is what you want to capture faithfully, Nadine is a perfect choice. For louder gigs and/or noisier environments, not so much.
  14. Happy Jack
    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. ☹️
  15. Happy Jack
    Yes folks, it's true! You need the all-new light-weight cheap-as-chips disposable Stadium Stack!
  16. Happy Jack
    Judging by the latest photos on their website, they now use knurled knobs/wheels instead.
  17. Happy Jack
    Yeh, really sorry mate, it must have fallen into my trouser turn-up and I didn't notice until I got home ...
  18. Happy Jack
    Well, they don't buy them out ...
  19. Happy Jack
    Apart from the fact that this is a horrible thing to happen to any bassist, what sort of plonker thinks that there's mileage in (and big money to be made in) stealing, of all things, a double bass?
  20. Happy Jack
    Wow! Not Suzi Quattro, then?
  21. Happy Jack
    Without seeing how you have tethered this to the end pin, it's hard to get a clear picture of what you've actually done.
  22. Happy Jack
    Many users ask “What is HMPE/Dyneema ® and Dyneema ropes”? The short answer is that Dyneema ® is the world's strongest man-made fibre™. Dyneema ® is also called ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), used for manufacturing several types of ropes, slings and tethers.
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    Intriguingly, that link returns a 403: Forbidden Now I'm really curious! 😂
  25. Happy Jack
    34" scale Precision tuned down SIX steps and you think it's the AMP that's woolly? Are you using the BEAD strings from a 5-set? I've done that myself and it works of course, up to a point, but IMHO there are few 34" scale basses that can properly deliver a low B, let alone a low A#.
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