Skybone

Hey Bulldog - That Lot Again

Had one a wee while back. From what I recall, the body was slightly oversized, compared to an Epiphone / Gibson, and it has a 44mm nut (opposed to 38mm on the Epiphone / Gibson models). The oversized body meant that it won't fit into a shaped T'bird case, but does fit into a gig bag. Other than that, it's a solid bass. Prone to the usual T'bird complaints of course. I didn't find it head heavy, but you have to have long arms (especially if you want to play it sat down!). If you play with it on a strap, then you need to have the body resting on the hip rather than having the body resting across you (as you would with an FSO for example).

Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann

Ship of Fools - Lucky Leif and the Longships

Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Slade

After Forever - Black Sabbath

Les Cigares Volants - Voivod

Live and Let Die - Wings

At least it's not being used as reinforcing bars, there's a concrete shortage as well.

Which ones have -30dB filters? All the ones I've seen are between 15 & 20dB, which is one reason why I've never gone down the custom route.

Whatever feels right for the particular song.

Time to panic buy.

Calling International Rescue - We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It

TBH, I have no idea. I suppose it comes from thinking that rounds might damage the fret board (or lack-of-fret board in this case). With flats, there would be nothing to damage the 'board. And always assuming that the typical fretless "mwah" sound was flats. 🤷‍♂️

Surprised at folk using rounds for fretless, would have thought the de-rigeur choice would have been flats.

Indecisive - Newton Faulkner

Have you tried it with a lower Gain setting? 90% is a hell of a lot of gain, and will produce hiss, no matter what volume you're playing at. Just a thought.

Just goes to show that you really can't beat moving a bit of air.

Had to relearn how to play when I stopped using a plectrum. It was worth it IMO. Just something very satisfying about playing. Though, as others have said, horses for courses. There's merit in all techniques.

Tears of a Clown - The Beat

Blasteroid - Mastodon

Bought Mudpup's surplus to requirements Mono strap on Sunday evening, arrived Tuesday afternoon. Great stuff. Top bloke to deal with too.

If this is all you're using, then POD Go would be ideal. When you say running 2 basses into it, is it 2 basses at the same time, or do you swap basses? Both the POD Go & HX Stomp only have 1 guitar input, so if 2 basses were playing at the same time, then you'd need 2 units. Still just scratching the surface of the POD Go, and not really looked at the output options. Not sure about HX Stomp's output options.

The POD Go has the same amp, cab, mic models as the Helix, it's just a few of the effects models that are missing. Recently bought a POD Go, and getting some really great results from it, bought it to replace a POD HD500X (which is still a great option BTW). The big question is how many effects are you running at the same time? Only need 2 or 3 at once? POD Go is better. More than 4? Maybe a parallel signal path? HX Stomp definitely. Will you use the amp / cab modelling, or are you just interested in the effects? Both the Helix & the POD Go share the same amp & cab models. You can load third party IR's onto either if you want. However, if you're only wanting to use the effects, then go for the HX FX instead. You get all of the effect models from Helix without having the amp/cab modelling.

That's probably why the importers charge so much more for lefty Ric's. I think it's probably more down to the cellulose lacquer they use. Cracks around the feet, but also in the corners of the case. I think that moisture must get in to the broken case and reacts with the glue or foam or something. Why can't they provide cases that are harder wearing? Must admit, that one always baffled me as well. I think that there's enough space to trim the plastic, but I'm not going to attempt it. My other one has a black plate & TRC, so you don't notice the gap. Yes, single ply scratchplates, and it's quite a thick chunk of plastic as well. When you consider your standard FSO style scratchplate is approx. 2mm thick, a Ric's is about 4mm.