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Machine Messiah is definitely one of my favourite songs. Good shout ref Homeworld & Magnification to which I would maybe add The Ladder too.

Geoffrey Downes (keys on Drama) is no Rick Wakeman for sure. If you are liking the newer Yes then maybe give Fly From Here a go? IIRC some of the tracks date from around that time.

Always good to listen to stuff outside your normal play list but not compulsory to like anything no matter how highly regarded the musicians may be. I listen to all kinds of 'unfashionable' music from 70s pop to math metal. One genre I really struggle with is Jazz though. Try as I might it just doesn't float my boat although I nearly liked some acid jazz once. I happen to really like Yes but then I rather grew up with them, the very first LP I saved up for and bought was Close To The Edge. Goodness knows how many Yes gigs I've benn to.

Yup always a risk. I anotate the set list in big writing

I used to have an obsession about swapping any BBOT to something more substantial. I then realised that my basses work for a lving (at least they used to) so in the context of a band I could never hear a difference so I stopped doing it.

Always on the look out

The covers band I play uses a few different tunings so for rehearsing and gigging I use one of these for one or two semitones down. Dead easy and you can keep everything at std set up and tuning: https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/guitar-pedals/pitch-shifter-pedals/digitech-drop-pedal Purists will of course hate it, and tbf I would never record with it, but it's fine for messing around with. Everything from Greenday to slower stuff.

Midnight Wine for me. No pics as the Fender ones all have Rosewood boards, sorry.

Good point. Will the active EMGs be OK with the two fitted volume pots or should I swap them for the two 25k pots that came with the pickups. Sorry, not an area of much personal expertise

Cheers. In that case I could look at the retaining the two volume controls and just add the BQC control.

Do you know if the centres for the pots on the Haz would slot into a Legend by any chance? Several £s too, suddenly the EMG option seems very appealing! Given the EMG PJ active set comes with the std V/V/T wiring kit and I quite like the idea of retaining a tone control, I was thinking about sticking a BTC stack in there in a V/V/BTC/T type configuration. Do you know if this works? I have emailed EMG in the USA but slow to respond atm.

Just picked this up in a trade. Identical to my first proper bass in all but serial number, this one being a tad newer I think. I also picked up a set of active EMGs that might well find their way into the bass when I decide what preamp to go for...

Probably try a few new things out to see what floats your boat. Personally, when not playing a Fender, I do like my Spectors. (P/J x 2 and P x 1)

This is the truth

Hopefully very soon. Forecast was the end of the month so fingers crossed. I'll sort out some recordings but please bear in mind my paying is a best absolutely average

The specs on this one are: Body One piece rippled Sycamore with Callinda (burnt) finish Aged brass pickguards Finish Satin Scale length 34” Neck Wenge Fretboard Wenge 21 frets - Jescar FW55090 EVO Gold Radius 12” Side dots Luminlay Bridge Hipshot “Kickass” bridge Electronics Passive V/V/T Pickups 2x Nordstrand hum cancelling 51P pickups Strap locks Dunlop Dual Design Tuners Hipshot Ultralite lollipop style tuners Hardware colour Black

By a country mile my ACG bitsa jazz type bass. Was originally active but now vol/tone/4-way pickup switch. Cost less than £1k and is the dog's danglies.

How did they get away with the body shape without being assaulted by His High Rickenbackeriness?

Is this a real thing? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/cort-bass-guitar/114412367360?hash=item1aa3822e00%3Ag%3AWWQAAOSwudpfPpbD&LH_ItemCondition=3000

Lovely looking bass. Glad you have hopefully found The One.

Not floating my boat tbh, sorry.

Whoa, respect. I shy away from vigorous tapping of either foot on health and safety grounds. I will occasionally rythmically raise and lower my big toe during particularly up-tempo passages but only with supervision and having had the appropriate training.

You're going to get loads of different views. I've experimented a little and my preference so far have been the Wizard '84s. Not sure you can still get these so that was massively unhelpful, sorry about that. Also a fan of EMGs but I've only had the active variety.

I have one where I can play.