lemmywinks

I take it these are a slimmer version of the normal Pro Go? I have one of those and it's ace so this should be right up my street. In fact in a few days it literally will be right up my street as I've ordered one!

No worries ped if you get in any legal trouble I know a guy near me who will get you a signed affidavit from the Queen proclaiming your innocence.

Medals with the sides lopped off and signed by the Red Baron by any chance?

Funnily enough his extremely large stock of autographed pictures (mostly from the a small pool of artists) was brought up last time I put one of his auctions on here. Seems to sell quite a few of them and always has the odd negative feedback from disgruntled buyers who received Lemmy's/Bowie's/Mercury's name signed by this guy:

The thing is even if it was £6.50 you'd think twice. I've mentioned before that this guy also used to sell condoms which were past their use by date with the line "I use these myself and they're fine", probably not the best choice of words all things considered.

I've posted some of this absolute madman's creations before, he's pretty local to me which is something that keeps me up at night. They walk amongst us! I did wonder what happened to that old park bench down my street though, looks like it has now been repurposed..... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CUSTOM-BUILT-DISTRESSED-BASS-GUITAR-by-pro-artist-NEW/273797164271?hash=item3fbf952cef:g:WUQAAOSwCqZcqdyn Apparently he's a pro artist and the RRP on this is £650 so the start bid is amazingly low, the guy must be crazy! Also forgot to mention he can't solder pots so all his basses are wired straight to the jack, I would also love to see the routing underneath that scratchplate. Fret markers on the back of the neck, genius!!!!! Nuts screwed over the pickup cover just in case playing it becomes too comfortable

I pretty much do this, the DI pedal I use has a 3 band eq with sweepable mids but I only really ever use it for a bit of compression and a brightness roll off. The eq on the bass gets the sound I like so there's no need to tinker.

Who came up with that headstock, did they assemble it from a cheapo eBay kit and thought that's how it was meant to look?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-vintage-80s-headless-bass-possible-Hondo-Alien-Kramer-Duke/323739290261?hash=item4b605d8a95:g:DOwAAOSwhBpcjOs- Seller isn't sure what this is, @Bassassin will probably know though! Looks shabby, non original knobs and has been refinished.

Have a look at DJ backpacks, Magma, UDG and Gator do good ones but you'll be paying over a ton.

Did P basses have the original contour body decal?

I do some more delicate work than the usual bass related stuff so the pen style irons are great, just much nicer to use than the big clunky irons I used to have. You can go nuts with soldering equipment and spend hundreds (like any tool if you're using it a lot it's worth it) but the ~£50 stuff now is great. Hakko and Weller both do extremely well priced cordless irons too so they're worth checking out, may take a while longer to heat up than the TS100 though.

The USB port is just for firmware updates and editing as far as I know, not for power. A lot of people use generic 19v laptop power supplies (it can work with a variety of voltages) with them but the variable one I linked to works fine and gives it the full 24v. No experience of the TS80 but it looks smart, has the same boot screen as the TS100 so if it's basically a lower power (guessing ~20w?) version then it should be adequate, may struggle with bigger blobs of solder for grounding pots etc. Looks really convenient for use with a power bank or something, looks like they've made fitting the tip tool free too - on the TS100 you have an annoyingly tiny hex screw.

I have a TS100 which is great, they're usually £30-£40 on sale: https://www.banggood.com/MINI-TS100-Digital-OLED-Programmable-Interface-DC-5525-Soldering-Iron-Station-Built-in-STM32-Chip-p-984214.html?rmmds=search You'll need a power supply for it though, here's what i use: https://www.banggood.com/Excellway-9-24V-3A-72W-ACDC-Adapter-Display-Adajustable-Power-Adapter-Switching-Power-Supply-UK-p-1304491.html?rmmds=myorder I also have a silly cheap (ie £4 off eBay) USB powered iron for small jobs when I can't be bothered setting up the proper one which is surprisingly good, better than a lot of cheap irons and I can plug it into any USB port and be soldering in under a minute. Recently soldered a Micro USB port onto a board with it and it was easily capable of delicate work, spare tips are about £1 too and they're actually nice to use. I use this much more than I intended to do purely down to it being so convenient and me being lazy! A lot of those cheap solder stations have really poor quality tips which are fine for a few leads etc but quickly deteriorate even if you look after them, I've had two of those generic (branded under a million different names like Silverline etc) ones fail on me. In the long run it's more cost effective to just get a better iron, those £40 TS100 ones are the first cheap iron which has been genuinely good. Tips are cheap and you can get really fine ones too.

He had a stint in Cambodia and Vietnam too and has been found guilty of raping underage girls as young as 11. I had no idea people were still covering his songs, that's genuinely odd.

I think paedos and nazis is probably a good place to draw the line personally.

Aerosmith or The Who?

The amp module in the FR800 is this btw: https://www.hypex.nl/product/psc2-400d/67

Christ somebody actually bought those other ones: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Headless-Precision-Bass-Guitar-/163534898108?item=163534898108&ViewItem=&nma=true&si=Qj9EQi%252BhleQ5CrneNMEnfVKOey8%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Headless-Jazz-Bass-Guitar-/163534900607?item=163534900607&ViewItem=&nma=true&si=Qj9EQi%252BhleQ5CrneNMEnfVKOey8%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 £175 + £20 p&p, what is wrong with people?

The main point of contention for me is that I would rather see any R&D go towards improving the weak links to make the V series even more of a killer proposition than they already are. Smaller bridge saddles, moving the through body holes back a touch and using more durable intonation screws would fix the bridge issues for example. Btw Harley Benton are doing roasted maple necks and stainless steel frets on sub £350 guitars which is crazy.

We have a pair of 735 cabs (same deal aside from the voice coil I think?) and carrying one in each hand with my arms straight down using the top handle is no problem, this is how I usually get them into gigs. If I'm carrying just one I use the side handle and hold them a little higher, they aren't particularly heavy. My old Markbass cabs were actually more of a pain to carry despite being very light as they were cube-ish with one recessed top handle in the middle which meant they had to be held away from my body. Plus on the Barfaced that handle will probably fall off or disintegrate after a few gigs so you'll have to cradle it into the venue like a newborn baby! 😁

I'm pretty sure your bass rig isn't putting out 31hz either. I don't know where this idea that an RCF 745 is somehow inferior for bass than a dedicated cab comes from, they'll blow most setups out of the water in terms of sheer power and volume. We used a pair of 735 cabs on their own in good sized venues with the entire band going through them (inc bass and fully mic'd up kit) and they didn't struggle one bit, just lots of clean power and fat low end. Using one as my bass amp would be total overkill, I use a K10.2 and it doesn't struggle with a 5 string for monitoring even at volume. I went from a 2x12 Markbass rig and haven't sacrificed anything, a K12.2 would be more than enough for pretty much any bass player I think.

A pair of RCF 745 cabs can do a decent sized venue with a full band going through them, they are very powerful full range cabs.

I can't remember the last time my on stage rig had any effect on my FoH sound so the point is moot for me. It's a question of wanting something which can produce a clean bass signal, points directly at my ears and takes up barely any room on stage with the absolute minimum of setup faff. Having a small powered PA cab does that in one package with power to spare and IMO sounds like a better bass amp than my old Markbass rig (LMII with 2 x Club121 cabs).