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And because people had asked, and my wife promised to get it posted, here are some public service announcements regarding food! Spanakopita recipe https://domesticgothess.com/blog/2020/01/11/vegan-spanakopita/ Vegan lardy cake is based on this recipe except I soak the fruit in boiling water with a teabag, then drain and let dry as much as possible. I then mix them in the fat/sugar/spice mix and laminate the dough, so I roll the dough out as a rectangle, cover the left 2/3 with some of the filling, fold the right side over then the left, roll out again and repeat until no mix is left. And I bake it as a loaf rather than 4 small cakes. https://www.sweeterthanoats.com/vegan-lardy-cake/

Another great and well attended bass bash today. Many thanks to @scrumpymike and the rest of the team for all their hard work and fantastic catering throughout the day. Also thanks to @Phil Starr for the blind speaker shootout. Interesting and thought provoking. Also thanks for everyone attending and bringing along a fantastic selection of gear and instruments!

@pantherairsoft got me thinking What are the great pedal names? 1. Wounded Paw - Attack Goat Bass Fuzz 2. Free The Tone - Silky Compressor

Allison Effect, the cancellation from the reflection off the rear wall. To prevent it the subs must be close to the wall, the mains far from it. When both are the same distance away it's unavoidable. See above. Since you can put the sub anywhere that relieves some of the space concerns. By dint of using a bass combo as a sub it is a sub, and the same placement rules apply.

I recall the 3.1 was really underpowered and heavy. The 3.2 was night and day over the first version. I’d get the ashdown.

I add my congratulations and thanks to @scrumpymike, Mrs Scrumpy and the Scrumpettes, and Graham on the door. Your hard work and dedication is much appreciated by us lowdowners. Thanks also to my fellow bottom dwellers for being good company, innovative (3D printing a bass body??) and prepared to share your toys with the rest of us. A great day. 4th October 2026 is already in the diary.

Seen a lot of folks complaining on various forums that Ticketmaster did their dynamic pricing trick with the tickets for the US gigs, so they were booking and the prices of the tickets in their baskets kept going up and up in front of their eyes…

@neepheid and I have just arrived back at Chez Clapham. 278 miles, one stop. Four hours and 30 mins. Thanks to all. Great day out. More thanks to follow when brain is working properly.

It was on the radio in the 70s, I never listened to it but my best mate at school loved it.

It wasn't the only thing odd about that book. 😀 I was an avid fan of it when I was a teenager. I remember the TV series coming out. Am I right in thinking it'd been a radio series first ? I seem to recall surreptitiously listening to it under the bedcovers.

https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/TC-Electronic-PLETHORA-X1-Toneprint-Pedal/6P8N?origin=product-ads&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22247591433&gbraid=0AAAAAD_kjLS5NywGiJyu22_D4PqNLrcgo&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo63HBhCKARIsAHOHV_WLQPW_-wOpJpxuZojbgNogseb1agLiKR1olNS9xvPVdJh9yAZmuO4aAqsUEALw_wcB

Overlooked that. Thanks!

I’ve sold guitars, mandolins, fiddles, audio gear, hifi, computers, sports gear, sunglasses, use the ‘Musically Related Items’ or Sell Anything forums 👍

Many thanks to @scrumpymike for organising and also for lunch. Also to @Sean for giving me a lift to and from the train station as well as letting me play his Laney amp and Spectors which were brilliant. I might have to try and find myself an Epiphone Les Paul bass after playing @neepheid's. It was fantastic. I think that after properly playing through @stevie's Lfsys cabs with a bass setup that I've recorded a lot, I think if one were to be in the market for new cabs his would be top of the list. Sonic fidelity in spades and frankly beyond any insane definition of "lightweight" you might have. Ultimately, it was good to see familiar and new faces. If anyone is going to the SE Bash, you may have to put up with me again. I was disappointed at the cab shootout replacing the cage fighting. I felt this was a missed opportunity for the community as a whole.

Look what was awaiting me for dinner. Red wine and More crumble! Sometimes life is good.

Some photos, while topping up the car with electrons. @rwillett 3D printed bass My gear. Everyone who played the V-bass enjoyed it, so worth bringing. @Stub Mandrel , playing heavy metal guitar Classic!! The second iteration of the Roland V-Bass system, plugged into @derreybass's beautiful handmade bass. @Phil Starr's cab shootout. 8" speakers rule. (IMHO) Idiot with Lego bass Part of the National Scottish Collection of Bass Guitars, of which @neepheid is the custodian.

I missed that!

Thanks for all the quick responses. Much appreciated. Isn’t BC just for bass sales? Oh, I’ll probably use eBay, as I’ve bought and sold in the past, and have a 100% satisfaction figure (sounds rude!).

I’ll check it out!

Another option is https://www.musicalchairs.info/sales all kinds of instruments for sale there; mostly clasical. ...although, I've singularly failed to sell a cello and some cello bows there; I guess that's because you need to try out such things and people don't want a journey to try just the one..unless it's something very special or very cheap. Reverb also ok .. pretty secure ( buyer pays reverb, seller ships, buyer receives, reverb pays seller ) ....whereas BC does rely on trust / reputation.

300 Hz here - there's a wide range around there that all sounds good, so I just went for the round number