Hellzero

Yep, beware of specifications, Schroeder, for example has delirious ones. Everything is too much, because with their announced sensitivity (always around 105 dB/1W/1m) you would only need a 50 Watts amp to drive these speakers to total madness. I've tried a few and this is pure snake oil as you need a damn powerful amp to get the amount of sound they pretend out of it. I've owned the Audiokinesis Hathor 18134 speaker, which was a monster able able to manage 1580 Watts RMS at 4 Ohms at ... 95 dB sensivity. The downside was it needed a very powerful amp with lot of current to move this 18 inches speaker. It did very well with the GSS Sumo 1000. That's this :

Indeed, Flavius, thus Laurus looks better now and the gold headstock piece suits it perfectly without looking weird. Couriers are a strange destroyers breed. Reminds me of a quite similar accident with a one of kind bass. It was in the UK and the company was, the already well known for this kind of job, ParcelFarce, not to name them. See my feedback if you want to read the story. That said, I enjoyed that bass, but ended up trading to a friend who also traded it to another friend, who traded it back to you. And I know how much you love this bass. Enjoy this new Phenix. 👍

IBTLT.

Awesome !

So Ric's do exist. 😱 Very nice one, that said. Did you buy enough bottles ? 🤣

Lars Danielsson, Liberetto III next Friday.

Urm, urm, Mick, I was talking about The Rutles, All you need is cash. 😉

Hi girlie, so you're here now. 😉

1,82 m in new money, and 10 to 11 size gloves (depends on the brand), built like a wood cutter of the old money days. 😁

This, just superb.

Yep, and not basse chatte. 😉

Salut mon gars, alors comme ça t'en as marre de tourner en rond sur le forum français ? 😉

Harry, forget the GruvGear Duo Strap, I've met you and, like me, you have large shoulders and are tall. Even with the longer Duo Strap to its maximum length, you'll be playing with the bass right under your chin. I bought one and gave it to a friend on the very next day. Furthermore it won't balance the weight at all as you have a serious scoliosis, just like me, minus my other back injuries (66% crippled because of that. Some days I can hardly move)... The strap made by @solo4652 is way far better. When I see my rheumatologist, 3 or 4 times a year, he always looks at my scoliosis saying : Ah yes, it's the young man who makes you dizzy when you look at his back. 🤣 By the way, I'm 54 years old with a completely destroyed back due to a severe car crash in 2009 while making my job as a medical advisor... Concerning scoliosis, we all have one, because we all have a shorter leg. You can live with it without any problem, but being a bassist and having something too heavy on one shoulder will severely exacerbate this scoliosis. Are there solutions? Yes! The obvious one is correcting your posture with adapted exercices and wearing an orthopedic insole to compensate for that spine deviation originated way down under. Making some fitness is certainly a good idea, just like what @Happy Jack is explaining in his video. Avoid classical medication or start looking for a new liver... Playing sitting without any strap is also a very good idea, and using a foot rest with the bass between your legs will release the tensions on the back. If you also have too powerful muscles pulling on your spine, working on your posture is the first thing to do (it's my main problem linked to my heavy scoliosis). Going light is simply mandatory if you still want to play standing. If you decide to make some sport(s), don't run as you'll finish the work and end up in a wheel chair. Swimming or nordic walking are the best choices, but just walking is already very good. Cycling is good too, but not on a Dutch bike as you'll compress your spine disks by the wrong posture (ultra straight vertical spine). So a standard non Dutch bike is best, because leaning forward will release the spine disks pressure. Also avoid all schocks on your spine and remember that your car is your enemy. And go see a nutritionist as food is important too. PM or WhatsApp me if you want more information.

Which Wooten ?