I sold a bass to Norway (hi if you are reading this). Customs in Norway told me that CITIES said they could destroy the bass if I could not prove it was the right sort of Ebony. I don't think I have ever spontaneously sweated like that before. I eventually proved that it was the right sort of Ebony, but that is the last time I will do that. On a side note the courier managed to break the bass, but the insurance coughed up full whack eventually.
I am hugely looking forward to seeing him in London with his own band on May the 25th. I do realise that this is a thread hijack. But I do not care and it will be back on track before we know it.
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SSL goodness for less money. I particulalry like their saturator. It is just so very musical.
I have a bunch of hangers on the wall. I fancy a change. I am thinking an 8 bass/guitar stand in a cupboard. But I am open to ideas. What are people using? Some nice long but shallow drawers look cool, but are mind bendingly expensive.
We bought some nice QSC active wooden cabs at work. The KW112 is really very nice. I got very excited about plugging my Hellborg preamp into the KW118 (1Kw 18" active sub)/KW112 combo. I was expecting to be washed by waves of LF goodness. It was massively underwhelming.
FWIW I have bass with two Smith type pickups. I have two push pull vol pots. I never use the "weaker" settings. I always fall into the trap of having the most options. And then I find the beefiest settings and stay with it.
I have one of these. It is the absolute bomb. No need to pack it for a courier. Slap a label on it and off it goes. If it can cope with aircraft baggage handlers (it can) then it cope with couriers (it can).