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And for clarity, “the worst” is:

I thought they were all universities now...?

Yes sort of - just to prove that they were either tooled pre agreement, or have the right paperwork for post agreement

Given it's current schedule, is there a way to get it near(ish) to me by 24th Nov?

There's some corking mistakes in that: 1. Markbass amp and cab.. 2. 5 string bass 3. Too many notes 4. Too many slides 5. Too much smiling - no pouty constipated "bass face" 6. Although seated, too much moving about - not enough "rigid bass player scared stiff" pose 7. Too much groove pushing and pulling - needs far more rigidity and lack of expression 8. Vertical blinds - in 2018?? 9. Should have oiled that fretboard 10. Not enough clank/mwah/thump/bounce/slap/twang* *delete as appropriate

I presume you mean CITES and not London, Paris, Milan etc..? The rules are complex, and a pain in the twerker.. it depends on the wood, which treaty it's covered by, and whether the original manufacturer got cites certification. If not, you need to get a cert to ship it outside of the EU, and the importer needs to do the same. Unless it's Braz Rosewood... don't even go there....

The fretted will be fine for the 24th You should do a lined fretless tho - yum yum !

I'd probably say the LR Baggs Stadium Bass DI will do the closest job to the AER - or maybe the Fishman Multi-instrument one. (platinum?) Other ones to consider: GK Plex (lots of tonal options) - Sansamp Bass DI (industry staple) - MXR (tends to be the least "coloured" tone)

See the problem is, if I like this bass I might get you to do a fretless one If someone can get it over to me before the 24th Nov then I'll take it to the Jam and let loads of people have a go on it. (With guitar, drums, keys, vocs etc in context too)

Yeah - I looked twice and came to the same conclusion - very low action but optical illusion makes it look huge!

A good DI/Preamp will give you control over your sound without having to lug the amp to do the same job tbh. Plus... and I think this is a biggie - having a Preamp/DI box in your bass bag is a good reserve/backup if your amp goes pop... Plus plus... they are great for recording directly into a desk as well to give you some tone shaping before it hits the desk

I’m playing bass at an organised jam on 24th November in Leicester which I could take it to and there will be half a dozen bass players there who could try - would be video’d too.. if that’s of interest

Here’s mine:

Mini pedalboard - google pedaltrain nano You could just use a Preamp pedal on the floor but I put mine on one of these with a tuner and wireless receiver with one power supply (so only one plug)

If you find a Preamp you like and build a mini board (I have a pedaltrain nano) then you effectively get the Preamp section of your amp as a board mounted pedal that has a DI out for connection to Front of House

Yep. Agreed. Doesn’t need the valve stuff - just a nice simple DI with core ashdown tone

I don’t quite get why they don’t do a classic Preamp DI with the mag 300 style Preamp in it, or emulated - just a simple EQ and gain etc.

I see he’s liberally applied a tube of “No More Headstock” on that...

Serious answer - no - it’s all too easy to mix up DI, balanced, impedance, trs, trss, xlr etc