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Funnily, I'm telling myself that it would be great to sell my Casio AP-750 and buy a Roland LX-9 to be able to use Pianoteq 9 through an iPad with it and especially because this "new" Roland ticks all the boxes for me (having an USB TO HOST with audio plus MIDI both ways and an excellent amplification alongside the marvellous PHA-100 keybed with haptic feedback). I'm still thinking...

Saw him live alone with his guitars and fabulous tapping technique, but after 30 minutes, it became really boring...

There's also the Trinity College of London proposing the 8 grades and you can pass the exams remotely...

This pedal should work with the Roland FP-30X if you don't want to buy the whole cabinet: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mq9ET5v

And if money is tight, Bonners, Andertons and many others offer real 0% finance over 3 to 6 months: This could be a great plus allowing you to buy the best keyboard for you, and not especially the more expensive one.

In this case put the money in and buy the real deal, which is 2.5 times more expensive. I have an Ibanez 6 strings bass set, an Hosco 6 strings guitar set and some other different gauges Hosco files since more than 2 decades and only some of the Ibanez files start to show some wear, but I made hundreds of nuts with these... So buy well, buy once. 😉

Why don't you go for the Roland FP-30X as it will tick all your boxes without the need for an external audio interface and as you'll also need the 3 pedals option for the next grades, it will be the perfect companion. Sometimes looking only at the price is the worst thing to do.

And this showed up today in the Netherlands: https://link.marktplaats.nl/m2343556955

This set is labelled and will work for your needs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holmer-Nut-Slotting-Crowning-Luthier/dp/B08JGDN2V2

That said, great bass, mate, congratulations!👏🏼

I don't drive a bus.

Nope, the original Cort Curbow had an ebonol fretboard. 😉 Only the second generation from the 2010's had a rosewood fretboard, but this one is a first generation model.

The question is simply about the size, so are those knobs 6 mm, 6.3 mm, 4+6 mm or 6+8 mm? Simply unscrew one and measure the shaft. These guys have a huge selection: https://www.banzaimusic.com/Knobs/

Sold Darren my BassLab L-Bow V, ultra fast payment, great communication, super friendly person. Highly recommend BassChatter. Enjoy your new bass, mate.

In fact, the USB TO HOST must also support the audio back, so the device should have an integrated audio interface, which the Kawai ES series doesn't support, but, for instance, the Roland FP-30X does have this function, as well as all upper range models, not sure if the FP-10 has it.

Furthermore, digital devices are highly prone to voltage variation (think logic gates), that's why many CD players have become faulty over the years, as a simple capacitance variation can have a huge impact on the circuit making it work incorrectly or not at all.

Sold a DIY Stingray preamp to Chris. All went smooth and easy. A++++++++ as they say elsewhere.

The string spacing IS the distance between the strings and here too.

There is around 2 mm of scope, just like on Hipshots and equivalent. I had loads of basses with this bridge.

You could try a hub like this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Headphone-Control-Charging-Earphone-6-in1-USB-c-hub-Space-Gray/dp/B08LQ3HF9N/ It's the one I'm using, but there are others...

Any material will have a dead spot as it has a resonant frequency, for wood it's really audible around the D2 and it's upper harmonics, and if you add more mass to the headstock you'll move it between two notes, that's the idea. Carbon or composite designed instruments are the less prone to audible dead spot: There will be one as it's inevitable, but it will be at very high frequencies.

For those wanting to play Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, don't use the Trinity Grade 7 score, as it's in the wrong key (Db when the original is in Ab, furthermore there is no pedal and most of the opening chords are wrong, "Europeanised and simplified", and I stopped there...), but buy the official score here instead: https://score-en.sitesakamoto.com/products/merry_christmas_mr_lawrence_piano_solo

My bad, I need to reformulate my post correctly.

This one?

I guess you mean it must have the "regular" high mass one, but it was also an add-on.