Owen

I guess you could. I did not try that!

I have had it since the DB bass bash (waiting for strings and a preamp build) and it has just gone back to Toby. Actual build time has been eyewateringly fast as far as my experience of custom builds goes. It is essentially a prototype so there is a lot of backwards and forwards chat going on.

I just get my roadie to hand me the correct instrument and let him deal with that tedious backline malarky.

Nope CAR with matching headstock.

I have dealt with Jim with regards to my 15+ year old Berg cab which I bought 2nd hand. He was the very model of customer service. I have no desire to enter into a debate here, and we all have off days (or so my wife tells me).

Regrets..... I have a few...... I flogged my Sei J5. I often wonder where it went. Ho hum.

No, he was looking for an England flag. That is not a UK flag

I will take this to pm otherwise I will be a contender for the wildest thread derail ever.

Did you work with a company over Treaddur Bay way? I saw the most sublime tall boy chest of drawers they made years ago and I regret not buying it even now.

I'm in Bangor.

A comprehensive reply. Thanks

Closest build to me EVER!

Hi! It is no further than it was in the Bass Bash at the moment. The 5 string set I bought (cos I need a B) turned out to be a 4 strings set and it has taken till now to get the proper set so it is all on hold at the moment

Could you expand on passive v active DI use? Is it a buffering thing? Thanks.

I used to own a U5. What it did offer for me was real immediacy and bucketloads of headroom. I really liked it for that. I am not suggesting you are wrong and I am right. It is all subjective and situation specific.

Fabulous, obv.

I owned one of these in black. Bought from AC/DC's drum tech with the money I had left over at the end of my 2nd year of University. Grants and all that stuff. Sorry kids.

I did, but the Bolin had a Fishman OEM piezo pickup and preamp set up that I could not source.

I have a set of Ghost saddles in a bass. I once had a Bolin NS bass and foolishly sold it. I NEEDED something else. Live and learn - one day maybe. Anyway, it had a lovely, lovely piezo sound. I have tried to recreate that with this set of Ghosts. I have not managed, I do not know if it is the bass, the saddles or the preamp or a combination of all. They just do not bloom like the Bolin did. Mind you, nothing else has either (MM Bongo with piezo bridge and another custom).