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Blimey, how bad a keyboard player is she?

Bass and synth bass doubled can sound really great. I suspect the original recording is exactly this. You'll have to be locked in together though and I fear that when the syncopation inevitably drifts it will be you who gets the blame 😞

I used them in the past. I liked the idea of a UK based company. I would never use them again. Correspondence on any issue I raised with them was non-existent. One issue was exactly the same as yours. It took over a month for some of my music to pass through their review system and I heard nothing from them when I queried this delay. Hope your issue does get resolved

The caramel river looks fantastic! Excited to see the finished neck (and bass)

Which fingerboard wood did you go for in the end?

Looks fantastic! Looking forward to hearing how you find it

In the late 90s My bass teacher had one of these basses and always used it passive. Sounded great!

My dream is to be able to travel to all my London based shows by bike. If I didn't live in a first floor flat with a winding staircase I would already own an Omnium cargo bike.

Ha yes, true!

I'm sorry to hear it was bad. I know he's deviated quite a bit from what he represented in his younger days, but always hoped he might still have an edge.... I just looked at the tour dates. Wow he's really packing the shows in over May and June. I wonder if people will walk out from every show?

I really liked the demo video so will be keen to hear your thoughts once you have played through the cab.

Zooming in on your photo I can't tell if it's reflection or if you can actually thread the strings through the bridge rather than the body. Have a look. If there are four holes on the metal plate next to the intonation adjustment screws then try stringing through there.

That's definitely a short scale bass, but the through body stringing is adding a good inch to the length of string you need. If that had through bridge stringing your current strings would fit. The recommendation to find medium scale strings is probably a good one. First hit on Google when I searched for medium scale bass strings brought up Rotosound 66s. I'm not recommending these strings (I can't stand Rotosounds) and with those gauges the feel will seem very light on a medium scale, but it's just an example of what's out there. You could also buy some regular long scale strings and be prepared to cut them down a bit. Good luck on your hunt.

Seeing the bridge I'm guessing it's equivalent to the Sterling Sub Ray 4 rather than the sterling Ray34? Not that that means anything really, other than the cheaper price.

SUNN0))) at the Barbican last week. Completely Phenomenal show. The cohesion between the sound and lighting was remarkable. I last saw them 21 years ago at the Underworld in Camden and that ended up being a (musically) life changing experience - I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing now if I hadn't gone to that show. While I don't think the Barbican show will have such a profound impact on my music, it left me feeling very charged to perform live.

This is what I want to hear. Excellent run of shows! People I know in my neck of the woods (various types of music) seem to be having the same issues as me so it's great to see people gigging regularly.

I wanted to see how originals acts around the UK are finding the live scene this year. I'm based in London which skews my view slightly as there have been closures of some great venues. I'm in the process of booking a few shows around the UK to tie in with my next release and frankly I'm finding it harder than ever before. From 2022 onwards I realised there would be fewer shows, but there had been a considerable step up in quality in what was on offer which was a fantastic boost, but this is not the case so far this year. I'm not finding many shows I want to go to as an audience member either. Interested in experiences, opinions and hopefully some optimism.

Very lucky your cab made it out unscathed. Things go wrong, things break etc etc as annoying as that is, it's how people/companies deal with sorting things out that customers remember. Your experience with GSS is terrible and I wouldn't buy one of their amps as a result. Sorry you had to go through that

Very interested to hear what you think of it.

Not that I played the same status bass as you, but on my 5 string status my preference was 135 B, 100 -40 E -G (I'd just buy a 4 string set and add the 135 B) this was with Elites stainless. The tension matched well and had a wonderful low B. I always found the 125 that was bundled with 100-40 gauge as way too light and this is coming from someone who prefers light gauge strings (most of my playing previously was on 35-95 with 130 for the B). I think if you're used to a 37" scale with a 150 gauge string there isn't really going to be something that will immediately match the tone and feel on 34". Going up to 175 may get you close, but I suspect the string will play like crap once you're heading up the neck. Have you got some old or surplus 150's from your dingwall? May be worth getting one in your status as a rough starting point - I'm aware it will be too long, but chopping some length at the tuning head and then devising some way to add length to the silk/ball end (using a washer and the tube from an old metal ball point pen for example). This will let you know just how far out the feel and sound is and what you want to aim for. Let us know how you get on as I'd be keen to hear the results

🤣🤣 Sadly most of the businesses I frequent with any regularity no longer take cash at all so I can't even have the fun of this

Admittedly I play solo, but just use my current account for all Sumup transactions. Don't worry about a business account

Good info, thank you. Touch wood I've never needed their support.

I'm a long time sumup user, but they are all much of a muchness really. I think Izettle has a feature that's good for buskers where you can have a preset tap function ie you set it at 2quid and the machine will automatically do a transaction for £2 when a punter taps their card. Exactly as BigRedX says the 2.5% or whatever it is now that sumup take becomes moot when you sell merch you wouldn't have otherwise. That said when I played in Edinburgh last year more people had cash than any other show I've played in the last few years. I still have a load of Scottish £10 and £20 notes that I haven't been able to get to a bank to pay in yet 🤣

These are UK based factories: The Vinyl Factory https://thevinylfactory.com/plant/ Press On https://pressonvinyl.com/ Seabass Vinyl https://seabassvinyl.com/ Vinyl Press https://vinylpressuk.com/ I think there are a couple of other small outfits as well. I would do extensive research into any of these if you do go for a UK based company. Think hard about the mastering as well. The advantage of using a UK based pressing plant is it makes it far easier to have your lacquers or DMM cut by a UK mastering engineer. Getting a vinyl release together is very costly. Don't rush. Have a plan about what you want to achieve with the record, but also enjoy how exciting it is to have such a large physical product. All the very best with it!