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I could happily absorb a Big Al 5 into the house as well.

Cement cleaner in a tupperware box (other brands are avaiable). Machine heads in a smaller open box (Chinese takeaway). Smaller box into bigger box. Close lid on bigger box. Leave for an hour. Take machine heads out. Put in cardboard box. Shake for 5 seconds. Job done. Easay peasy.

The ones I have been to are usually mid morning to late afternoonish.

Sounds like one of my late night threads. The later I start the less likely the scenario is likely to happen in the cold light of day.

And then I realised that I had lent it to a student so I am afraid I will not be able to do this for a few days. Sorry.

I have a fretted one. I like being able to move it between DB and Plank orientation depending on song. I have not noticed a huge issue playing it horizontally, but I will try again to see.

Thanks for the review. A couple of the HB ones have passed through my hands and they were fine but my Kala was much nicer. These look significantly more Kalaesque.

Jazz 5 with equal sized pickups. Wrong.

[quote name='Tweedledum' timestamp='1438944116' post='2838818'] You guys seen [url=http://www.musicstore.de/de_DE/EUR/B-sse/4-Saiter/Jack-Danny-Ukulele-Bass-UK-BM1R-/art-BAS0007299-000]THIS[/url] yet? [/quote] I am LIKING that!

You are all probably following the thread on TB, but if not, it appears that the NAMM model has been left with a Berg dealer who has written that it will happily drive 2 x 4ohm cabs "The minimum factory is 4ohm. If you dig into the menu there is an option for 2.67 and 2ohm as well. I have personally run it on the 2ohm setting with 2 (4ohm) CN212 cabinets and I can honestly say it may be one of the best sounding bass rigs."

There is nothing I would change about my DB (which is odd given my insatiable plank GAS) but a tasty set of those machines would be very lovely indeed. I have always hankered after a REALLY tasty set of machine heads.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1438075730' post='2831340'] Mr Swift using a Roscoe Beck V? The last I saw in a magazine he was sporting a Sadowsky 5 string P type in an Aguilar ad. [/quote] I am sure Dave has multiple options

GuyR - maybe you did, maybe you did not. We need pictures otherwise we will never know for sure

A J and a P with a J nut. In matching Sonic Blue/white. Or Oly White/tort. Or Black/tort. Or Sunburst/tort. The irony is that I NEVER play 4 strings and should probably sell the J and P I do own.

I now have Bravewood order GAS.

Stream of consciousness early morning musing alert! I need wondering about a new preamp for Double Bass and bass guitar. for my own use. I have a J retro on a Jazz plate mounted in a metal box that does the EQ nicely. I would need enough clean gain for it to drive a power amp properly so guess that would need an extra stage of grunt. Output on DI level XLR + balanced jack to drive power amp. I would also like to incorporate a second channel using an fdeck HPf (which I also have) into it so that my piezo pickup on my DB gets buffered properly. It would be cool to have a passive roll off for the fdeck. I have never really had a need for EQ on my DB once the fdeck is on board, but I guess it would be nice to be able to patch into the J retro should the need arise. I am wondering about an FX loop running in parallel(?) with a vol control so that I can blend in fx/clean on a volume pedal depending on what the song needs. Also a normal FX loop. I understand that this would not be a thing of beauty but it would do what I want and simplify my set up. An overall mute with LED also please. I am umming and ahing about rack mounting or stomp box. If I went stomp box I would not need a breakout box for switching and ting. Is this doable by someone who actually knows that they are doing (I was thinking http://4114customeffects.co.uk/) Or I could get a Tech 21 VT deluxe which would seem to do a lot of this and is also programmable, but is rumoured to be a bit noisy. I cannot be doing with hiss. Are they mod-able to get a better signal to noise ratio?

I have been messing with a Mackie SRM350 10" cab recently. With a decent preamp it sounds WAY better than it has any right to.