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TBH, it sounds more like you need to have a band meeting to figure out where the band is going in the future, and whether it's worthwhile trying to rebuild the enthusiasm for it, rather than spending more money on something that sounds like you'll never see anything back from. If it's worth saving, then maybe get the tracks released & get gigging again. If not, shake hands & walk away.

Looks promising, would like to see the specs and amp/cab/effects models list and whether it's an HX or Legacy model. Are they finally getting around to making an HD500x replacement??? About time.

Geddy at least admits that he's a Squire disciple. And Ox, and Jack Casady...

I noticed when I was looking through the For Sale section earlier, that most of the instruments on the first two pages were mainly 5 or 6 strings. There seemed to be more 6's than 5's, very few 4 string basses though.

"Doing a Carlos"

My old Thunder 1A weighed a ton, but by god, it sounded ace.

Beautiful bass, congrats. Always really wanted one back in the day, like you say, good old Henry on Rock School. Enjoy, just make sure you have a padded strap to hand when you play it!

Nice to see another Faker join the ranks...

It was a really good documentary.

Oooh... Both look ace.

In the past, I had a few pedals which needed a 3.5mm jack to power them from a PSU (ProCo Rat, EHX Small Stone/Small Clone). I simply modified a few of the leads with a 3.5mm jack I bought from the local music shop, figured out the positive & negatives, then soldered the leads to the jacks. Lasted for years with no problems. Sold the pedals and included the leads.

Absolutely gutted to hear this. RIP Neil, thanks for the music.

Another competitor in the modelling market might liven things up a bit, especially if they can add something interesting. I suppose it's a bit early for a hardware upgrade, especially after releasing the HX Stomp last year. I suppose I better keep on saving up then!

Does this mean that there's an imminant upgrade due for the Helix hardware? If so, that'll mean that there will be a slew of current versions of Helix flooding onto the second hand market... 😉👍

Sweet

Bought some for one of my acoustic guitars years ago, never fitted them, as the Thomastik's that are on it still sound as bright as the day they were put on years ago.

What an ace story, and a superb bass, congrats.

So @jim_bass, what was the outcome of your experimentation?

I'm still thinking about getting a Helix LT, but the good old HD500x is still going strong and sounding great.

My Ashdown AMP300 210 combo (MAG Evo III). Not the lightest amp, but it sounds pretty good to me.

Yup, something like a Zoom B1four or something similar.