Bridgehouse

I was wondering whether I should go for a really oddball cheaper bass for the fun factor. Something a bit wacky. Criteria would be: - Not white - Not Made in Taiwan - Not have “BB” in the title - Not be made by a manufacturer whose name starts with a “Y”

Well beyond Mrs B’s budget. And I suspect that they wouldn’t help unless my brain was swapped out at the same time...

GSS 06B400 What now? (Catchy name tho!) Shuker still at the Shuker hospital. More likely will be for ACG fretless 5. I probably do need another preamp DI pedal tho. I’ve not bought one for about 4 months..

That looks like a 5’ 7” scale to me...

You need a new jacket as well...

Got my ultimate strap.. Effects pedal is a def possibility but it’s an area with quite a bit of choice.....! I’m more likely to go with 400 AAA batteries for the b#*%+}^% wireless Extract actual cash from the missus rather than something she has to spend about 6 hours wrapping? Are you mad?!

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I saw your van last week....

You’d need a decent pair of stepladders to do that!

I’m gonna start charging you for advertising in my thread!! Cmon folks - I need a wide range of ideas for the missus or it’s slippers for me again !

That stack would be taller than that bloke off Pointless...

You hacked the Alexa in my bedroom again?

See I’ve always thought you held back too much and underpitched your sales mate - you need to work on your sales patter and try a harder sell 😎

And I was expecting about 30 people to post 30 different preamp/DI pedals as well - clearly I don’t bang on about them half as much as I thought!

All this chit chat ain’t getting me a good mix of birthday pressie ideas either 😂 (but it’s always good to chit chat with the legend that is @AndyTravis tho)

Bit heavy for a sports tourer tho innit?

I was looking for something a bit, um, sportier - not a Mondeo

@AndyTravis - Don’t tell me - One careful lady owner, never raced, full warranty etc etc?

Do you know of such a beast for sale?

It’s my birthday this week and Mrs B wants to get me something bass related. Oddly, I’m struggling for ideas.. Imagine a budget up to about £400 or so (I could add a bit of cash) What would you ask for? And if you know me, what would you suggest I ask for?

Yep full fat helix - but I use it to record at home, and vocals, and all sorts of other audio interface stuff... TBH I reckon you could get away with 2x preamps on a board in serial and switching on and off as needed. That’s about as simple as it would get...

@Frank Blank I know you won’t like it, but if I want two distinct sounds and two basses, I use my Helix. Bass -> Helix -> QSC

@Frank Blank - Personally I would build a mini board (I use a pedal train Nano) and have two preamps going to the QSC. I’ve done this a few times. You could use a Boss line switcher for input or output or some other a/b pedal if you only wanted one lead to the QSC. Thing is, you love the fish man sound - so keep it. It won’t do what you want for the other bass so a small board with 2 on will cover both. You can then delight in the joy of trying loads of preamp pedals. Personally it’s one of my fave hobbies - I love trying preamp pedals out. Got my eye on a subway next and it will no doubt continue ad Infinitum....

Yes, the ACG will be a great thing to have! And I’m not convinced I’ll need 2 fretless basses - I’m using the ACG 5 more and more now, and it may well be that I stick to mostly using 2 ACG 5’s - one fretted one fretless Which does leave me wondering whether it’s worthwhile holding on to the Shuker.

I’ve not tried him yet. I’ll leave it for a bit and drop him a line later in the month. I think it is fixable (from when I dropped it off) and I guess I will see what the cost is etc. However, whether I keep it when it’s back here is up in the air. I’m sure it will be totally strong as a fix and perfect - but, you know, when the confidence goes, it’s difficult to get back