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That's my concern, that its just not going to sound natural. I have a second bass, so no panic. Alternatively I was going to install a drop tuner,tuning key. All I really need is to drop the E to D.

HI Folks Any recommendations for a pedal to do one specific task: Shift the pitch of my bass from E > D, A > B etc.

I really like the 'sturdiness' of the AH-500, I never really trusted the lightweight class D amps (I've had one or 2 power failures with these and anyway they just dance around the top of the cabinet). I think TE could have dumped the compressor and the 'preshape' and just leave the EQ.

HI Folks, Any Trace Elliot people out there ? I find the compression cuts the sound excessively and doesn't really allow you 'dig in' (even when turned down low) i.e. the compressor seems either 'on' or 'off'.. Also the 'preshape' function sounds good on its own just seems to scoops out the mids. I cant really hear myself over 2 guitars, apart from the E string. I switched these off completely at a recent gig and my EQ was set pretty much flat with a little boost on the mids. Bass sounded much more defined and clear afterwards. I bought the 500-AH second hand recently and I'm not sure what the purpose of the Pre-shape is when you have an EQ on tap? Some tips on set up would be great please, I play using fingers 95% of the time.

Thinking of fitting a scratch plate to my all black mayones jabba 4 . What colour do you reckon?...or none.

Backing Tracks being used in live performances. I just really cannot stand that.

A guitarist friend of mine moved out of home and his dad 'threw' his 'ancient' amp out into a damp shed to make room in the house. That 'ancient ' amp was a 1965 fender bandmaster. I found out about its fate about 5 years afterwards and tried to rescue it. Unfortunately every perishable paper based component was completely ruined. Such a sad fate. I remember how sweet it sounded.

Once I let a musicman stingray fall over and the neck slammed against a table corner leaving a pretty bad dent on the corner of the fretboard. Anyone else have a mishap with their gear. Spill a pint on their SVT etc.

I don't know how many times ive said to myself. "If I just get this one piece of gear I'll be happy and my GAS permanently sated"

I love bass gear also but I have very limited space to store it all in, so I've had to adopt a strict 'gear in, gear out' policy. It makes for very very hard decisions.

Hi Dood, saw your review on the Ashdown CTM-100 and it was the final straw for me GAS wise. I DO NOT REGRET THAT PURCHASE!!.

I bought a cheapo Bugera BVV3000, All valve 300W head once and it sounded fantastic. It weighed a ton and was a bit impractical. It would have been a great amp to leave in a rehearsal room. For all the badmouthing Bugera get I honestly could not fault that amp. The Little Bastard was the best sounding amp I ever owned.

My Stingray was a real work horse of a bass, had it for 11+ years. But it was becoming less and less my go-to bass. I came to prefer more passive sounding P and J type basses and I grew tired of its tone and weight. Whenever I hear Fugazi I get a little sad though.

Trace Elliot SMC7215, Warwick Corvette Fretless (German), Musicman Stingray, Fender Jazz (Jap), Ashdown Little Bastard, 1976 Rickenbacker 4001 ...There are among the items I regret selling. Why do we but these and why do we sell them (and what do we regret selling them). Whats your item(s) that you wish you had back.

this is all I can find https://en.audiofanzine.com/bass-guitar-speaker/hughes-kettner/bc-118/

Forgetting that the last time you packed up your gear you were drunk and now it's a big spaghetti mess of leads inside a flight case.

Like using lidl shopping bags to transport leads.

Hanging onto faulty components when they should have been thrown out long ago (By the way I'm going to get a soldering iron out and repair everything) . Like jack leads, XLR leads, Floppy mike stands, faulty guitar tuners, faulty patch leads, I could go on and on. Then having to sift through all these parts during stage set up.

Can a 4 ohm cab be converted to an 8 ohm cab without replacing the drivers ?

The best guitarists I've played with have been gentlemen.