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It'll do that just nicely, although 4 times louder is pushing it.

Probably a tad louder unplugged than a solid unplugged, and you could play with an acoustic if they didnt play too loud Tone ? Well unplugged it has no bottom end, as you'd expect, and quite twangy, since it's not an acoustic bass.

Floating for me, as i dont like stretching, or keeping my plucking hand in one place. You get more tones over and above your bass eq and amp eq by moving the plucking hand nearer the neck or nearer the bridge. Also, muting comes from both hands, not just the plucking hand

Like a broken pencil. Pointless.

Likewise. I even had tickets to see him but covid facked all that up. Got refunded. I currently have an Ibanez SRHF 4 banger, and love it. Previously to that, i had an upright NS design NXT4 and an ESP LTD spalt maple. I wacked out this track with the ESP with a pal on guitar/keys. He did guitar keys and programming, i did bass and drums. It was just a bit of fun, nothing more

I have an SRHF, and its pretty fabulous IMO. Quite lightweight and very slim neck, typical Ibanez neck, but that suits me. Mwah with tapewound flats is plentiful, though i have removed my LaBella Deep Talkin Black Nylon flats for some Deep Talkin whites

Tell me about it - he has a bass of mine as we speak. Took 2 weeks just to book it in Still, this wasn't a hurry job

There's a couple of guys i know personally Dave Smart - he's a wizard, and he doesn't bodge to keep prices silly cheap. If you want a good job done.... I've used him countless times over the years. He's done many basses for me, but the most awkward thing he did was fixing switches on a vintage Trace Elliot 4x10 Combo. They were a right bar steward. Those little green push button jobs - he managed it and then serviced the amp and checked it over https://www.smartguitars.co.uk/

Free to a horrible home. Years of life left in it Collect from West Oxon

There's a review of the Boss CS3, in case it does some things you dont like. There's actually hundreds of reviews on compressors, though it looks there's not much on very modern ones http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/bosscs3.shtml

Steve Marriot, by the way.

" Life is just a bowl of All-bran "

Thats just how capitalism works. Just about every corporate monster keeps re-inventing.

Thanks Matt, seems like a good option. As i need a 2nd pedal, that might be the one to get

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Ta AT So, D'addario. I think they make them for Fender. Could be mistaken

I usually take off strings fitted to basses i've sold in the past, putting new strings on ..though not every time But those i take off , if in good nick, get coiled up and chucked in my accessories draw, but i never seem to remember to keep the packaging when i buy strings so any strings removed become ' unkown make ' after a few months. Just out of curiosity , i fished out some decent strings today but i'm wondering what they are. Hoping the colours are a clue. There's no silk wraps at the tuner end

PS those Bright Onion pedals look like biz.

Basically, i dont need both instruments to be live at the same time, but both amps will be. When we say amps, one is the bass amp, and the other is the desk I'll say it again, this time with the pedal in case i confused anyone. Both bass and acoustic wil be sharing an FX pedal ( has 1 in and 1 out ) so if i connnect both instruments into a 2 input switch box first, then out of the switch box is 1 output. That 1 output then goes to FX pedal input. Then out of the FX pedal into another AB , so each each instrument can be spilt off. Bass to bass rig /amp and Acoustic to the desk I guess ABY is not needed , just 2 AB boxes - does that sound more correct. I never need to combine bass and acoustic, so i guess the Y function of the switches is not needed I think

I'll PM

I had a think and it seems you are bang on. !

Forgot to mention, both instruments are sharing an FX pedal, which only has 1 in 1 out.

Tricky one I need a switching box with 2 inputs and 2 outputs, one for bass one for acoustic. Bass out to amp and acoustic out to a desk. Now, i cant seem to find a 2 in 2 out box, unless i pay some silly price, so will 2 x ABY boxes work if i reverse one of them ? I dont need them combining at all. Only one or the other. EG. First ABY used back to front, so 2 instruments in, and single out to another ABY single input, and then that gets me 2 outputs, if that makes sense. I can then split the 2 instruments off. Sounds messy and it means 2 pedals taking up a lot of space, but ABY boxes ( 1 in 2 out ) are helluva lot cheaper than the 2 in 2 out boxes i've seen... think Radial. No way hose a The Behringer AB200 looked like i was onto something till i found they've disappeared off the market, and then i discovered they're battery only. No way hose b Gotta be 9v mains supply. The other thing is, are all ABY boxes able to be used back to front as well as the regular way round ? I dont know how tell just by looking online, and it never seems to be in the descriptions as to whether its possible I was looking at the Fender model https://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/fender-aby-2-way-switch-pedal.html but again, doesnt say if it can be used in reverse Any suggestions on a 29 quid note please

I maintain my original post.