Happy Jack

A PRS Levy sounds an awful lot like an unofficial tax that the venue is charging you ... best bet is that it will disappear straight into the venue manager's pocket. I've taken part in many, many jam nights at many, many venues, even organised a few myself. Nobody has ever even mentioned PRS, because it's the venue's liability to pay it. Best estimate? This is a blatant scam.

If that's a fully-functional and all-original Dalek, complete with Exterminator, then it might actually be worth £4k. I'm not a fan of the relic'd, re-issued Daleks and they rarely exterminate nearly as well.

Is it him you're looking for?

Hmmmm. Site's not doing well today, is it? Another duplicate post.

I do well in hearing tests, too. Thing is, tinnitus isn't 'real'; it's literally in the mind. Where you can't get at it. 🤔

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60258453

Far Canal ... what size of venue are you playing to need that much volume? In my bands, we have low-volume backline and put everything through our PA. On stage (clubs and pubs) we can hear ourselves just fine and nobody gets to go deaf. It helps if you tilt back the 210 against the back wall, and stand as far forward from it as you can. Personally I'd lose the 115 immediately. YMMV

And then of course there's combining a Digitech Drop with a 5-string bass, which is what I do and will be doing again tonight. Because our vocalist can't reach Radar Love in F# (original key) we play it in E. There's no way that I can get the feel of the original if I play that bassline in E, regardless of whether I choose the open E string or 5th fret on the B string, but the pedal does the job nicely.

My solution was to stop trying to use Jazz basses. Sorry.

There you go ... sorted. No need to thank me. 😉

The main thrust of the discussion seems to have veered towards the rights & wrongs of sound limiters and playing at low (sensible) volumes, but that would not be my concern in this situation. I have no problem working with sound limits and I personally hate overly loud bands anyway, but that doesn't mean that I'd be prepared to insist that my band gives up an afternoon's work/pay in order to - effectively - audition for the venue, still less take full responsibility for anything going wrong. The venue will be earning serious money from this event. They want my band to play for them (i.e. audition for their sound limited to get onto their approved list)? Fine, they can pay for that. They don't want to pay? Fine, sex & travel.

I'm impressed at how clean and dry the barns are near Bognor Regis. It's almost as if that bass has never been near a barn in its existence ...

I just hope the fee is large enough to justify all the electrons that have been sacrificed to this thread! My advice can be summarised thusly: Sex and Travel. One to walk away from.

Hi Richard, good to see you're keepin' busy. 😎 IMHO the audio (and your playing) deserve rather better video quality than this!

If what you want to do is (a) learn to play 5-string and (b) remain married, then this would seem to be the simple option. At that price, you haven't 'spent' £199, you have converted £199 worth of cash into £199 of bass, and you can convert back again at any time.

Best value in the BC Marketplace today (IMHO, YMMV, the value of basses may go down as well as up) =

You're over-thinking this ... just open a specialist bass shop and you'll have the run of the stock. Until you go bust.

Those GR dual-channel basses are lush, but ever so slightly more expensive than a pedal! There are options out there ... have a look at https://www.gak.co.uk/en/two-notes-audio-engineering-le-bass-preamp/127076?gclid=Cj0KCQiArt6PBhCoARIsAMF5wahuZQRnGykVb6ncZ1CtWcbK8IZQDtfDCJZfaxrqA97KR_KxCM8Uz38aArIaEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

The obvious Ikea-style solution is to flat-pack your basses. Just saying ...

If you have significant medical issues with your back, then I'm not sure a twin strap will help you. I use them extensively because they balance the load much better and improve my posture, but they don't actually reduce the weight! Have you considered playing a bass you don't carry ... DB or Upright?

Correctamundo! Sounds absolutely lush.

£1200? That's a pretty serious knockdown. These basses haven't been a commercial success and I don't know for how much longer RIC will carry on with them. They have previous form for abandoning 5-string basses. I didn't buy mine as an investment, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them start appreciating somewhere down the line.