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And there's even one for sale here:

Discontinued @kwmlondon ? Don't know where you've been looking... https://www.thomann.co.uk/markbass_mark_stand.htm

It's definitely his Roland G33 fitted with a mirror pickguard. Check this:

It's definitely his Roland G33 fitted with a mirror pickguard. Check this:

Interesting @itu. That said my Noguera Yves Carbonne 8 (non octave) strings fretless was originally meant to be played in this sub octave tuning with a 34 inches scale and it worked flawlessly, the low E0 is a 0.185 string with, from what I can see in the talented Nate Navarro video, a tighter low E0. Check out Yves Carbonne work to hear the sound of this bass. 😉

Strangely I've seen it instantly without cropping, but I think I can see a lot better than most people (with my glasses)... 🤓

I guess you meant: Bet that gridge brounded!

Interesting article: https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/headless-guitar-westone-rail-replica-homage-88759 And interesting photos of a refinishing proving that the bridge is grounded on the treble side tube:

If it's an active EMG, don't forget the battery in the sliding compartment. 😉

Way more clear here @Stub Mandrel :

To me, there are indeed 2 Bartolini preamps and a buffer for the piezos (the one with the 2 dip switches that are certainly for the phase). One preamp is a 3 bands model and the other a 2 bands model (for the piezo obviously). One of the switches is an active/passive switch not working for the piezos in passive mode. The other looks to be for some LED's powered by 2 AA(A) batteries where there is a the white unknown thing on a PCB (it could be the power management of the LED's). Worth putting 2 AA(A) batteries there to see if the LED's turn on.

The two home made preamps are probably buffers for the piezos. May we have a photo of that preamps fair?

A real contrabass guitar scale for once. 😉

I also owned a brand new red Westone "The Rail" in ... 1992 and I've always been picky about ground noise. The one I had had no ground issues, but when locking the pickup block into the desired position, I always noticed a kind of spring resistance with the knob, so I guess the metal tubes were grounding the bridge and that the locking screw was in contact with the output jack ground through a wire soldered to the metallic thread of that locking system. As a side note, the screw was bare and leaving slight marks on the metallic lower tube where the contact was made. That said a good grounded shielding of the pickup cavity helps a lot too.

Love your new toy @Burns-bass ! 😍

Same as @prowla and @rwillett. I bought mine brand new for 350 Deutsch Mark (around 150 GBP) in 1992 in Trier, Germany, and the store was more than happy to eventually sell it after a few years without any interest...

Not my favourite Toto tune, but that bass sounds great, I really liked the end with the chorus. Congratulations Johna. 👌🏻

And here is the recommended backline hiring company: https://www.ats-sonorisation.com/location-sonorisation

Magic is a sub brand from Venlonia from ... Venlo in the Netherlands who were also making instruments under the Unicorn and Famos names. The instruments mere made from the 40's on by H. SCHREURS. https://goedegitaren.nl/gitaar?l=en&t=76

@acidbass I've asked two friends living and playing in Brussels, but for now, the only answer I have is this society, which seems to be the only one remaining in Brussels city... Poor offer I know, but Brussels has never been a good place for musicians to hire backline. So here's the link: https://locinstrum.be/ The son of one these friends is into events management (and a musician too) so I'm waiting for his answer. 🤞

I've been listening to this live video many times, it's so groovy, but I never noticed this mistake. But this are good news: Anthony Jackson is human! 😉

I could return them, but I love the D'Appolito speakers configuration and the offer is only for the iLoud Precision 5 or 6, not the high end Precision MTM, otherwise it would have been done tomorrow. 😉

Oops, just bought a pair of iLoud MTM MkII last week. 🤦🏻 Excellent speakers when calibrated that said (you'll have to install the new firmware version of the monitors first, using the provided X-Monitor software). Calibration is fast and easy compared to my Lyngdorf RoomPerfect system and the results are as good.

Best review ever!

These days I only play sixers basses and all have a 34 inches scale, but are also all luthier made basses: the low B is just excellent as well as the high C. I've played 33 inches scale basses that had a terrific low B, but again they were luthier basses and I played a lot of 35 inches scale basses with a terrible low B, but most of these were mass production instruments. Is there a link between the quality of the low B and the quality of the craftsmanship: of course.