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My preamp appeared to stop working ahead of Friday nights gig but my trusty old basswitch has came to the rescue. I must have this pedal for 11yrs or more. Quick rewire this morning and the board sounds great for both IEM/FOH testing with headphones and into the amp. Added a Genzler 4OTF Classic bass for an always on sound to warm up the clean preamp which hits my two LBA 2020s transformers hidden underneath before the input stage on the Basswitch. The Dual Band comp is in the always on serial loop of the Basswitch before DI’ing this combined drive and comp sound out to the Cab M+. Sound great! The line out hits the remaining pedals before running into a Thumpinator hidden underneath the other side of the board before going to the amp. Pork and Pickle is more recent anddition and gain staging with the 4OTF just to the amp does exactly what I enjoy and wanted them to do. Adding a nice oomph on stage for me and the drummer but the FOH/IEM remains ‘clean’ and punchy. I’ve gotten compliments by sound techs before running this combination as it doesn’t mess with the FOH sound they’re trying to get right and they can give me a sign if I need to turn down the amp to get the balance right out front.

I thought 'accident waiting to happen...'

I bet! I would love to need that much umph behind me but most of the gigs I play, one LFSys Monza is all I need (11Kg). Occasionally I use the second Monza, when I want a bit more. My back loves me now 😀 and both kidneys are intact.

I quite like the rustic look of it and its history.

😄 Yes - can bust a few Kidneys with that, doesn't get out much these days. Back to 1 x 12 next week.

I’m getting a little tired of the higher tension of Elixir SS, even the lighter sets. I do like how smooth they feel though. Does anyone know if the Dragon Skin steels feel very grippy? I might try the quantum nickels if so…or maybe I’ll get round to the Rotosound Nexus sets I keep thinking about…

I don't think I posted this one yesterday even though I finished it - what a plonker. Dave's request for the Kenny Gradney bass part to 'Let It Roll' from Little Feat's 1988 album of the same name. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/let-it-roll-little-feat/

That’s a great looking setup.

It's sometimes a hit or miss playing an amplified ABG indoors. I've done gigs with no problem and three weeks later in the same venue, it's like a banshee has moved in. Sometimes, the banshee appears in the middle of a song and never returns? I play an Ovation Elite V and always use multiple plugs - the bass has about a million sound-holes of differing sizes and to be honest, I'm not too sure they make all that much difference in the end. Anyhow, best of luck in your quest.

I’ve owned both amps and both played through the SVT212AV cab CTM100 was nice but took took a bit of fiddling getting the EQ right The Ampeg V4B was better, fitted the cab better, sounded more valve like and easy EQ to get a good sound In my last rock band ( loud ) it was running around 1/2 volume so had more to give but after it warmed up and was pushing a decent volume the sound was the best. CTM 100 nice but V4B awesome and clearly a better amp I feel

Blown Away - Carrie Underwood

Went well , the bass player was awesome 😁

Bang Bang - B.A. Robertson