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Anyway, I've sussed it out - it's not a big bass; he's just a very small bloke!

With the mic where it was it was picking up the finger-squeaks... ...maybe they should put a pickup in it.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1493643595' post='3289617'] All sold out so someone must like them, or no one liked them so they gave up. [/quote] Yes - maybe sales tanked, so they canned the idea.

OK - I answered my question; it's a MIDI Thru box.

The most obvious question is - Why?

You could just wear a pullover with baggy sleeves.

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1492953028' post='3284316'] How are you finding the Status fretless neck? Always been intrigued by the idea of one. Lovely collection btw! [/quote] Cheers! Status necks are rock-solid. As it stands I seem to have 5 Statuses/Statii (The two J's, a headless and two 5-string wooden neck ones), so I might've overdone it... I think the fretless one is going to go.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1493537588' post='3288935'] Bear in mind there's a 24% buyer's premium to add to the final hammer price. But even so, yes, some of those estimates are very (deliberately?) low. [/quote] I think that things have generally gone above estimate on previous auctions. Unlikely to get a bargain, IMHO.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1492122815' post='3278199'] Yep, the service diagram shows these have 500k pots on both volume and tone. Changing these to 250k - which is standard Fender spec - will really help mellow this, and be as said, much cheaper than a change of pickups. A trip to a luthier, or a message to Kiogon for one of his wiring looms and adios twang. [/quote] Why does changing pots from 500k to 250k mellow the tone?

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1493543930' post='3288977'] Good for Metal? [/quote] Perfect for this: https://youtu.be/pWB5JZRGl0U

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1424468362' post='2696787'] The moogs are a long way north of 200, even second hand, although the minitaur is impressive. [/quote]I recently bought a Minitaur for £300, so not entirely out of reach...

I've been tinkering around and have acquired a few pieces of MIDI kit; some have in+out DIN connectors and some don't, so I can't daisy-chain everything. I've got bass pedals (Ketron), synth units (Roland, Minitaur, Peavey) and a couple of budget keyboards (Yamaha, Casio), but I've never got them all connected at the same time. Is there a box I could run everything to? I have a MidiSport 4x4, but I don't want it to require a computer to operate (but would like to be able to connect one if I choose to). Apologies if I sound slightly confused, because I am!

I have a Peavey Spectrum Bass unit - it is just presets and some of them are close to a bass guitar. (It's a MIDI 19" rack unit.)

There are some FB pages.

I have a Minitaur and it does what it does; I'm planning to get a KMI 12 Step to play it, as I can't select things with my current Ketron pedals. I don't want a computer in the loop, though. I've also got a Roland SH-32 and it is a pretty awesome piece of kit.

[quote name='Danuman' timestamp='1491835150' post='3275730'] Does it sound OK unplugged? [/quote] Yep - unplugged will tell you its essential character.

I once had a guitar where the truss rod nut came loose and rattled.

[quote name='aguacollas' timestamp='1493452298' post='3288374'] I've been playing fretless for the last 3 months, unlined with side dots on the fretboard. After some weeks struggling with intonation it is somehow happening, it seems like my fingertips find the right spot more easily these days, but still there are days I can't play a note right. I'll just continue on playing it and I know my intonation will improve slowly. It has been very helpful to use a clip tuner in the process of playing it and learning how to intonate properly. But it is a long journey, I guess. Fretless is a different instrument altogether for me, I had to change and improve my technique to play it, well at least I am trying . I will have my first gig with a new band playing fretless on june 30th. Old time Rock'n'roll, swing... Right now I am worried about not being able to see the side dots in my fretboard if the stage is too dark. These are abalone dots, not really white dots. Any cheap trick to make your dots shine a bit more in the dark that doesn't involve getting leds installed? Not looking for miracles, but I know a bass player who used nail polish to make the dots shine on stage a bit more. [/quote] I've sometimes thought about putting little raised dots (like Braille) on the neck, so that you can feel where you are with your thumb.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1493223233' post='3286702'] Well, that is never going to catch on! [/quote] Nothing to fret about, though.

If you put a cover on the bridge of a P- or J- bass, then you can hide the sponge under there. (Originally, Rickenbackers had a sliding bridge cover with a mute pad.)

Just put a sponge under the strings. Or buy a Ric. :-)

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1490435810' post='3265100'] I've posted these before The one on the left I bought like that: Warmoth body, John East pre-amp, Badass bridge, Status Graphite neck, 3 Schallers and a Hipshot D-tuner/eXtender, Schaller straplocks. The one on the right I made up from parts: Squier body, Mighty Mite fretless neck, Shadow pickup, my wiring assembly (CTS pots, Sprague cap & Switchcraft socket), 3 Wilkinson & a Hipshot D-tuner/eXtender, Schaller straplocks. (I have a custom "Prowla" logo transfer for the headstock, when I get around to it.) The one on the left has a fretless sibling too: Warmoth Body, Status Graphite neck, 4 Schallers, EMG pickups. I don't have a picture of it just now. [/quote] And the green fretless...

I've got a couple of Status basses and the action is low. Status strings also seem to have less tension than other brands.

Hmmm, it's a hour's drive for me.

I've been thinking of going , but I'd be setting off from Berks at lunchtime, so it might be too late in the day.