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Yes, I used it for a lot of recording and live work with a fretless Warwick. Dead easy to get a good (enough for me) tone. Well built.

Nothing is simple, as one problem is overcome another one appears as a consequence

Following your first survey (and the advice above) you can carry out subsequent survey(s) to explore points that the first survey suggests for further exploration. Hint - As part of your research methods I am sure you you will have "trialled and discussed the (first) survey" with a critical friend prior to using it. In this discussion your critical friend will have raised issues with your survey which caused you to change some of the questions e.g. blah blah. During the survey several participants thoughtfully provided critique of the questions which caused me to reflect on bias I may have introduced. I will discuss the implications of this on the reliability and validity of my work later. Enjoy.

I rate both my VT Deluxe and MXR M80, plenty of control available and phantom power is a great thing imo. Beyond that in a live setting I do not get too bothered about what DI/pre I am using, most effort is expended on managing how the room. the audience and the pa impact on getting a reasonable bass tone in the room. Today, we did some live video recordings in our rehearsal hall, the light was way to bright so we pulled the blinds down. Sound was ok no more than that. Afterwards we lifted the blinds up, played same stuff again, no changes to the kit/settings (less mistakes though lol), the sound was way better - go figure. Recording otoh is a totally different matter.

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@Happy Jack could help resolve the earthed / not earthed question with a quick multimeter continuity check. I suspect unearthed. Another solution would be to use an active EMG pickup, fit the battery inside the sliding part, no need for an earth.

Received some Spiro Weichs from Roberto. Excellent communication, well packed and very quick posting. Many thanks to a first rate BC chap.

Find a local nut/bolt/fasteners supplier. Call in with the saddle, you will probably walk out having paid 50p to £1 and have a full set of the required part. I use Bearing Man, (BML) locally. Exceptionally helpful.

Likewise, what a great bit of kit.... heads towards shed to make sawdust 🪚

Explains why the milestones are such a bargain used, the last one I bought was £80, including a Hiscox hard case. Well made and light.

It can be done, this is 31" scale roughly. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/454930-and-now-for-something-completely-different/#comment-4749708 The next variant will have an adjustable stainless steel tube to provide an upper bout. This will make adding the lead weight unnecessary, hence lighter still.

Three of my fretless basses are unlined, two are lined (don't ask, I have been playing for over 50 years... one owned from 1978/9) I prefer unlined, lines are no problem, but for me, the side dots have to be at 3,5,7 etc. not in between as fretted ones are. The bass I have owned from 78/79 has a novel arrangement, there is a dot at 10, not 9. I only noticed that after about 44 years of owning it, go figure!

A book arrived from Lawrie. well packed, rapid arrival and great communication as always. Many thanks.

You must have found enlightenment of the one true path, surely it is not possible to have too many basses?

As per @Beedster Live at Leeds is magical, always wished I could play like JE and have that tone, never going to happen though. As for the magic, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it You can have her for just one hundred pounds

This morning, in my bit, yes combined with ice. Some poor unfortunate has had a bad drive this morning: car down a ditch and totally wedged sideways into a full size hedge

Snowed in at present. Luckily I am a man of leisure these days so not a problem.

The Abbey regularly run music events, usually of a classical bent but also pop, poetry, bugles of The Rifles, etc. etc.. Our drummer (who lives near Shrewsbury) negotiated and persuaded the Abbey to try our Blues show. The business manager who is into music had seen us in another Shrewsbury venue so knew what they were getting. The money side was a complex arrangement of costs, equal shares and then door split, about 290 tickets sold, we organised the online tickets. The sound was challenging. Usually we are playing to about 100+ audiences, pa takes vocals only, we play to the volume of the sax and trumpet, i.e. deliberately lowish volume. The PA was at its limit in the Abbey, they also took feeds off vocals, guitar and the horns which went into small satellite speakers throughout the building. The delays due to the speaker separation and the reverb from the roof and altar behind us were very noticeable. Really tight stops in numbers ended up being `blurred`. If we did it again, we would hire in a sound engineer who knows the venue and has the kit to manage delays. We chose no to at the time since the whole venture was a bit of a financial unknown. The Abbey were more than happy with the number of tickets sold, significantly more than the target. We now have the (nice) problem of choosing RCF 945s or 932s since the `war chest` has been topped up. On a personal note, it was the largest audience I have played to since 1982. I only dropped two noticeable clangers and played my way out of them. In another number some solid bass playing dug our irons out of the fire. Live music, stuff happens or doesn't . A good night at the office.

Sunday at Shrewsbury Abbey. Getting something approaching a good sound was a challenge, a negative reverb feature would have helped considerably. Apart from my cables, the kit is all BC supplies (SG bass, Ashdown EVO combo), no effects just as it is. Hands got cold in the first set despite the heating (hmm) being on, being gentlemen of age we all found the temperature challenging. Aptly started with "Burning Hell" and ended with "John the Revelator" into "Let the good times roll". Pretty well filled the Abbey so a good result. Playing pic to follow.

Bought an acoustic bass case from Joel, what a gent. Excellent communication and he went that extra mile after our schedules made us like 'ships in the night'. Top BC chap.