Steve Browning

How about the lady who's going to give hers so she can have hair like Claudia Winkelman?

Dave Mattacks is a very fine player for sure. I have had the pleasure of playing with him a few times.

Basses made by SVL Guitars. Simon Law is Pete Townsend's guitar tech and an excellent luthier. He generally makes 6 strings (based on earlier employer Robben Ford's tele and Matt Schofield's strat) but he asked if he could make me a bass and these are using my 66 as the model. I didn't want to take the old basses on the road.

I must be so shallow. I look at a bass and think 'oh, it's just a Jazz' and then it's 'ooh but it's got a matching headstock'.

My trusty 66 Precision. The two pictures are about 35 years apart. I use my SVL's live but this will never go anywhere (until my eldest daughter inherits it).

They were called quarter pounders when originally released. Don't know when the name change happened.

Great question. Roger Taylor (Queen should use me as their bass player anyway 🙂 ) and I've always been a huge fan of Jeff Rich (from his days in Stretch). Some great names already. I think Simon Phillips would be good and Gerry Brown (played with Stevie Wonder). Here's Gerry Brown - if you can tear your eyes away from the backing singers.

Neil Innes. Rutle and Bonzo Dog bandsman.

It's a Fender Japan A/E fretless. It has a Lace Sensor in the usual position and a piezo in the bridge. The controls are (front to back) volume/active tone/pickup blend. Makes a great double bass sound on full piezo. Actually a very versatile bass. They did a fretless and a fretted and, as an HM model, a fretted and fretless with pointy headstocks. Only made for a couple of years I believe.

Personal taste is an interesting thing. I would imagine the build quality to be good but there's not a single element of that that I like. Enjoy your bass and it's great that you're so excited by its imminent arrival.

Which is exactly what it is, I believe.

Thanks Dave. I have to say, I'm very much an 'if it ain't broke' kind of chap. If you are happy with your sound then stick with that. Geography and circumstance combine to make giving my cabs a go impractical but you'd have been more than welcome to try them on a gig.

Here is a review of the WD-800 and Subway 2x15. If you substitute the Bass 400 for the WA and the TT-800 for WD-800 you get my experience. I previously used the same Diesel 2x15 cab and now use two separate Subway 1x15s (the 2x15 wasn't available when I got my cabs). https://www.bassgearmag.com/mesa-boogie-subway-wd-800-bass-head-and-subway-ultra-lite-2x15-vertical-bass-cab/

Possibly Duty because the country of origin is outside the EU. Duty free refers to goods that originate from within the EU. VAT is on top of all the charges, not just the price of the guitar.

"So, what's it got to do with you?" doesn't work then! 🙂

This makes me wonder. What happened to the relay bass in the end?

Something like trolling a perfectly reasonable discussion among like-minded people maybe?

Apologies. I looked at the width on the spec and assumed the final positioning of the rack bolts would be off.

The simple fact is that all logistics, in and out of the UK, is in a real mess at the moment. I doubt it'll improve quickly because many firms are deliberately hanging back on moving any goods at the moment. In the same way, tracking systems seem to be horribly behind too. My amps arrived from the US before they were actually due to arrive but the UPS tracking was way out of kilter. Anyone who gets 'good' service at the present time is lucky. There is fault at the root of it all but it is not down to the supplier, carrier or even HMRC, who are overwhelmed and understaffed.

The two amps are slightly different widths also.

Hi I have a Walkabout and TT-800, which uses the same set of rack ears. They don't seem to fit - the screws are in the wrong place.

Sorry. The Deluxe belongs to my friend.

My friend, who is Pete Townsend's guitar tech recounted how Pino did all the bass parts, on the last Who album, through his old Fender Deluxe.

I think the antidote is to listen to many isolated bass tracks. Many of them are not great on their own.

I aim to go back to the rehearsal space and have another play. I can only really use my phone but maybe that's better than nothing. Maybe I'll end up a wealthy influencer!! 🙂