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Rehearsal for a gig in 2 weeks. Took my Maruszczyk custom Elwood L and just used the neck pickup (I normally use a Mustang or P bass in this band), added a bit of drive from the VTDI and it roared like a cross between a Ric and a P - glorious!

I have had quite a few PMs in the last few days but only a couple had email notifications.

Join Together - The Who

Take one out, measure it and go to the Hipshot website, their fitting instructions often have a dimensions schematic. Conversely, drop them an email, I’ve found them to be super helpful in the past.

I Am The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes

I Don’t Remember - Peter Gabriel

Massively overlooked.

With stairs no less! One of the venues we play has a decent stage, but no stairs and it’s the kind of height that requires a fair bit of effort to get up on (without rolling onto it and standing from there ). However, could the drummer have made this any more awkward to get on the stage?

A desert island track for me and the first time I became aware of them.

This is very true and I think that there is an era of Rush for everyone, but not necessarily all of them. For me, 80-93 (Permanent Waves - Counterparts) is where it’s at, although I’m not mad keen on Signals. There are tracks from the early day and more recently that I like, but not really whole albums (a lot of that has to do with the production though). Discovering Rush is such a lot of fun, as there is so much to investigate. 3 outstanding musicians incredibly managing to more than the sum of their parts.

The truth, right there.

Not a cheap fix either, £149 + £15 delivery. That said, that's nothing compared to £75 each for little bits of plastic or rubber (endpin holder & stick on 'body join' reference point).

Safe as houses IMO.

The shorty 'Ray manages to sound like a "Ray and that's passive. Pickup position is where it's at and the basis of electric bass tone IMO.

Just the stand, which isn't signal chain at all , but the tripod the EUB is currently on isn't broken, so I think I'm busted. I've not been playing it much recently and was wondering if it was time to move it on (doesn't look like I'll ever gig with it sadly, as much as I'd like to ), but I tried folding the tripod legs in to emulate an endpin and it was just so much more fun that I pulled the trigger on the endpin immediately (I had considered one before but was distracted by abstinence in '24 and kinda forgot about it). I often wonder about a bow, but man alive is that a rabbit warren and potentially a very expensive one too. NS WAV4. I really wanted a proper doghouse, but there was nothing doing down south. Then covid hit, so even less doing and then we moved to Scotland (arrived the day before lockdown #2). Since then there have been quite a few DBs for sale that would've suited if I hadn't moved house. Driving the 1000+ miles round trip the try and maybe buy is a non starter. Nothing remotely available up here (at least not on BC) so I bought the NS. I think it's really good and, with some judicious EQing via a cheap 10 band graphic, I think it gives a very convincing DB tone (YMMV). It currently features as my entry in this month's photo comp.

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I agree, very nice.

Bit the bullet and bought an endpin arrangement.

BOOM! Tier 1 fail!

The general vibe is dangerous. It’s a brilliant place, so much knowledge and advice is available from a great bunch of folks.

You’ve come to wrong place to avoid GAS, I’m afraid .

I’ve found Sire to be very helpful and responsive, so that’d be my first port of call for a replacement. If you can’t acquire a replacement from them or the other suggested sources, CPC Farnell might be worth trying. I bought my replacement knobs from them for my Maruszczyks to give them a bit of a Sadowsky vibe.

Just watched this video comparing (at the beginning anyway) the SLB 300 to an acoustic bass, with Chris Mihn Doky, who is awesome IMO. I’m amazed by the sound, but at the cost of a 300, it needs to be really good. I’ve been struggling with the idea of keeping my NS WAV4, as I don’t play it live and seem to be playing it less at home recently too. This video, however, may be the spur to get right back into it and buying the freestanding peg might be a good way forward. Can’t see me buying a 300 though, as much as I’d like to.