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Here's a bit of a jam I recorded this morning. P pickup, flats, tone rolled off > R-400 with drive & bright engaged, tone flat > POST DI > laptop. http://youtu.be/tLOMYWj1GUA

En-route to me right now.... :-)

..and he's just sent me a pic of the back of mine. OOOOOF!

Forgot to mention - the lollipop tuners are special order Hipshot Ultralites, and the whole bass weighs... 7.3lbs. :-)

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1462437816' post='3042953'] Very nicely made.... [/quote] Isn't it? Hand-built, too. [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1462364191' post='3042373'] How are the overdriven sounds out of this thing? [/quote] I'll do some sound clips when I get a chance, but when it comes to overdrive, I'm probably not a great judge of what is and isn't good...

Very recently... Midgue Ure. I chatted to him for a while about a mutual acquaintance. It was only afterwards someone mentioned in passing that it was him. I felt very foolish.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1462381171' post='3042572'] Stunning Back of the neck shot please, need to see that flame! [/quote] Yeah - me too!

Drop him a mail - he's just got back from the workshop with a batch. I mailed him at just the right time :-)

Ha. Here it is in its full sofa shot glory:

I'm just going to leave this here...

I'm not going to mention heft. Instead, I'm going to suggest you have a look at [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/282884-new-amp-test-handbox-r-400-video-added/"]this amp from HandBox[/url]. Compact and lovely.

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1462215136' post='3041202'] I may have incorrectly assumed the Bassculture Bigbucker was an off the shelf pickup model, is it not? Iv also apparently incorrectly assumed this was a stock model and up for sale for the price listed! [/quote] Ah, no - you're right. I thought the basses of the month were generally custom-builds...

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1462210243' post='3041150'] Its a stunning instrument, but ruined by the pickup design. No need for them to resemble Wal so accurately, cheapens the whole thing for me [/quote] I'm guessing that's what the customer asked for...

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1462126225' post='3040485'] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]dictionary.com:[/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][b]heft[/b][/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]noun[/font] [color=#666666][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]1.[/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]weight; heaviness:[/font] [color=#979797][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][i]It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.[/i][/font][/color][/font][/color] [color=#666666][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]2.[/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]significance or importance.[/font][/font][/color] [color=#666666][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]3.[/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][i]Archaic. [/i]the bulk or main part.[/font][/font][/color] [/quote] ...and there you have it.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1462122998' post='3040448'] I'll fetch a cloth. [/quote] Could you bring a couple of 'em, please?

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1462103129' post='3040245'] Going to hint at any spec yet? Si [/quote] Nah. I'm waiting for the sofa shot :-)

My 10-week alarm clock has just started to ring. :-)

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1462094162' post='3040141'] Of no particular relevance, I was having a drink last week with the former Lindisfarne member who played mandolin on Maggie May. I could ask him about the bass next time I see him. [/quote] Jacka. Great player. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RqcL4QlAKA

What's the working conditions like in the factories these days? This isn't a loaded question - I genuinely don't know.

Yeah, there's a clanger, but it's got so much more life than the polished-to-blandness stuff populating the chart these days.

Fab. Nice to see him back in love with the bass... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhZ3RI2NAls

[quote name='Sammers' timestamp='1461851225' post='3038199'] Bit of a silly question but how would I go about valuing my bass, do I just put the RRP? or what it's worth to me? or something else entirely? eg, my Lull was sold by Bass Direct for something like £3400 but I brought it off the original buyer for a price nowhere near that, maybe around £1300ish. So if I was to put down £1300, I couldn't replace it like-for-like but I also didn't spend £3500 either. Never really dealt with insuring things before as I don't drive! [/quote] Insure it for whatever it will cost to replace.

I'm not sure about the 4-day thing, but give New Moon Insurance a bell. Or join the MU - their limit is capped quite low, though...