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I came across this in my lunchtime interweb browse - I had no idea that SGC made guitar versions of the Bass Collection bass.

The sound of wing mount piezos will vary with fit - too tight and they sound very mid-focussed. You could try widening the slot in the bridge wing to give a looser fit and see if that gets closer to the sound you want.

I thought there were no wrong notes in jazz?

You'll have to send it 9 years back in time, mind.

We use iZettle. Whichever one you go for it's definitely worth it in terms of additional sales.

I only change my strings when a new set is released that claims to be the best string for everything, ever. And then I go back to what I've been using for the last 8 years.

I bought my late 60s Musima for £500 and over the years have spent about £400 on a finger board reshoot, full setup, new endpin & soundpost. It's perfect for me and I very much doubt I'd find a bass as good (for me) for £900*. All the work was done by Bristol Violin Shop. * Not including various experiments with strings and pickups, amps and cabs. That's a very different number that I don't want to talk about.

Personally, I don't have any bass through the monitor as there's too much risk of feedback, but it depends on how loud your band is on stage. An acoustic trio, plus HPF and F-mutes should keep everything well under control, but I'd try to place yourself or the monitor so that it fires at the side of your bass, rather than the front or back - that will reduce the chances of a random frequency setting off a sympathetic resonance in your bass. If, even with all of the above, you do experience feedback issues, then get the monitor up on a stool/chair and pointing at your ears rather than your bass.

It's never run out on me so I don't know! I've done 2 x 45 min sets without a recharge. Usually I only recharge it between the soundcheck and the start of the gig - so 30 min or so, and it's fine for the rest of the night. It has a feature where the transmitter shuts itself off if there's no signal for 90 seconds (or thereabouts). You wake it up again by playing a couple of notes. It's a useful feature which helps reserve the battery, but I've been caught out a few times when our singer has gone on a bit with his audience banter and I haven't noticed it's shut itself down.

We've got one of those - the band would be much worse off without his ability to engage the audience. He's also totally ego - free and values the input of everyone in the band. Some of our guitarists have been tw@ts mind, but the current one is a good'un.

I use the Line 6 G10ii. Of all the bug-style wireless units I tried, it sounded the most transparent. I also used to suffer from unintended lead removal - I installed a locking jack socket and used a velcro cable tie to secure the cable to my tailpiece. Wireless is the better solution though.

10 years ago I'd have slammed me nadgers in a drawer rather than play a bass with a '51 style scratch plate, but now I quite like them. Especially when they're sexed up a bit like this:

Does anyone know how much audio (i.e. minutes) will fit on the 32gb card if you're recording all 12 tracks?

That opened up a whole level of options i didn't even know existed..... Tidy.