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Emphasis on the + I think. I guess they discontinued the Walkabout with something like this in mind, but I very much doubt it'll get the same following. Re price, Mesa stuff is lovely but the prices make it a luxury. The older/heavier stuff is selling so cheap these days also, check this out, £1K for a rig the size of a small house https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mesa-Engineering-Pro-Bass-Rig/253994307565?hash=item3b233d8fed:g:J5wAAOSwhexb9rsc:rk:4:pf:0

Have you tried playing it at a different height (usually higher/shorter strap), it makes a huge difference. I played a gig with my bass only a few inches lower than normal (strap hole tore), and by midway through the set was struggling to hold even quite easy lines together.

No, not without moving the bridge as well, and then the PUPs are slightly out of the spot that makes a Precision sound like a Precision. I have small hands and have always found Precision necks - the fatter the better - easier than Jazz necks, on which I tire very quickly. Go figure?

Spent yesterday sorting through some old photos for my Mum and found a very old photo album I'd never seen before. Turns out that this is my great grandfather Not sure what being a Banjoist said bout you back then, but on seeing the pic and finding out who he was, I felt a really strong emotional link to my past (kinda wished it had been an upright, but c'est la vie). Anyone else got any old pics of distant musical relatives?

Can't argue with that

Except banjos of course

Mandolins generally drown out everything

Agree with this. I've played some good quality acoustic basses, and whilst unplugged and amplified at low volumes they sound authentically acoustic, with the volume up a little in a band mix and with a few people in the room they often sound similar to an electric (especially if using a standard bass guitar amp), and feedback and noise create more problems than they solve. Of course an acoustic can look more appropriate in certain settings, and might even help you play a little more 'acoustically', but a nice woody Precision tone will do the job just as well sound-wise. And of course, if you really want an acoustic bass tone at a decent volume, get an upright

Love it

Interesting that stuff often sells quicker and for a better price on eBay than is the case on BC, and ironically on occasion even to people who are BC members? Frankly I hate selling on eBay, but it's quicker and less hassle than BC; there's no endless PMs from folks who are definitely going to buy and will send PayPal payment later that day but then disappear, no silly/desultory cash offers (or at least they can be rejected automatically), no PX offers for gear that has been sitting in the FS forums for years, and no 'can you hold it for me until my ..... sells. That the final price on eBay is often quite high makes up for the commission, most of the time. More importantly, I'm finding I'm dealing with some really nice folks on eBay these days. And whilst I really hate to say it, I'm also getting a bit disillusioned buying on BC; I've been less than happy with the description and/or condition of about 50% of the stuff I've bought here recently, and whilst eBay gives you easy access to a claims process, BC doesn't. I just feel selling here has got a bit lazy, almost as if it relies on a community feel-good factor that is perhaps being taken for granted and/or abused. I'm seriously considering not using PayPal F&F option any more so that I can simply claim back money without hassle. I've bought three items in the last 10 days, and having got home and unpacked them this evening, two of them are going back, in both cases because the seller forgot to mention something pretty important in the description. Frankly, this really f***ks me off, and contrast with my recent experience on eBay So, IMO, if we want this market place to pick up, sellers have to up their game a bit to be honest, eBay sales show there's plenty of money changing hands for bass gear elsewhere.

Absolutely

https://www.thomann.de/gb/ampeg_pf_50t_bass_head.htm

Absolutely, music is ultimately about emotion, and emotion isn't in just the sound, it's in the feel of the gear, the response, the anticipation, the band and their gear, the audience, everything. Different components are more or less important to different people and elicit different emotional responses accordingly. For me, my own gear on stage, as well as that of bands I watch, is a big part of the emotion of live music. Am I going to try to explain it or justify it. Hell no

Great piece of entertainment and some great performances, but certainly not factual. Perhaps there's a tendency to expect movies to be too much of the latter these days. I remember watching The Last Waltz as a documentary, and then on reading Levon Helm's biography realising that it was probably far from it, so I guess this is nothing new