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Finally, more or less satisfying setup. I had this DIY, oldschool, solid and bulky single-row pedalboard made from fiberboard for almost a decade now and since the guitar cable was pulling the FurFur (first effect in the chain) upwards, I've decided to fit the board with built-in input and output jacks with their cables. I bought it originally from some kid (he had his dad built it for him, and was upgrading). Originally it had a built-in 3-socket power extension cable plugged via IEC power socket. It also had a "carpet" and nailed-on silver edge slats. I swapped the carpet for the loop side of adhesive h&l, vinyl-wrapped the slats black, added corner guards, and replaced nails with screws, and also removed the extension cord w/sockets to accommodate the JOYO battery power unit. And I used IEC hole for input jack, drilled the new hole for output on the opposite side, masked the imperfections with vinyl wrap and installed the sockets with cables. It's quite clean, but still with neat DIY vibe, so I like it, though I'd prefer a bit more room since there's still one huge pedal I want to add. In the future I will also use a method to mask the holes that is slightly better than the wrap.

Well, I've a community hall, nearby, in derby. Available quite often for a reasonable fee. Parkings a bit tight, but it has some ..and on road for a small fee. https://maps.app.goo.gl/9fuHa9czZ9U4LS4a8 Any good? Can enquire.

Sadly these are virtually extinct in England. Now I have a functional work-round, and I know it's M2, there isn't so much urgency so I can try different places.

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Well I got me another quality P Bass loom off John. Easy, straightforward and great Comms as always. Cheers.

Bought some pickups off Fatos. Straightforward transaction and great Comms. Cheers. 👍

Sold a Deluxe Big Muff to Norris. Easy transaction, and top Comms. Cheers.

This is for sale locally but I can't work out who it's made by, any ideas?

Yes I saw that Elwood, but I've just tried out a medium scale 5 string and my hands are too small . It's pity cos that one is near me. @ Obrienp thanks for the heads up on the string availability.

At least it wasn't the Park Avenue split with only half the lines from Don't Go Breaking My Heart 🤣 - sadly I can't find the video. I am still mates will all former bandmates, indeed the drummer comes back and sits in with the band (that has been going yonkers) on occasion.. We even get together with the original guitarist from years ago and have a session banging out the old tunes. Still tight with all of them and able to catch changes/mistakes on the fly with a quick look or nod Back in the day said guitarist and original vocalist could clash at times, eventually guitar went, we kept going with a couple of other guitarists, then vocals guitars left and we carried on for a bit with another guitar & vocals, but eventually drums had had enough and went & I followed. Roll on some years and drums vocals & I got together for a showcase with the guitarist from the band the drummer had ended up with and that continued for many years 'til the vocalist emigrated and we enrolled the vocals from the band drummer & guitarist had been in during the interim before the showcase gig. Drums has moved on but we still all get together for parties, Christmas, and sadly most recently funerals Pretty much all splits were amicable though I have memories of difficult moments with the original lot as guitar & vox clashed heads. Did a gig around Easter time. Guitarist thought it would be a good idea to give the audience eggs and got some bags of the candy coated eggs for the vocalist to hand out. Vocalist just hurled handfuls towards the bemused crowd. Guitarist had a hissy and walked off. Thankfully I think it was pretty much the end of the night. Girlfriends throwing their 6p in and screams of "Kev's the worst one" ... a phrase that still gets bandied about on occasion 40 years later 😄 Also had a difficult one with the guitarist in a club band I played with. He was in a bad place and had started drinking...a lot. Driving him and the drummer home from a gig one night he got us to stop by a club so he could go in and get some ciggies. Gone for ages to the point where I was about to say "**** it" leave him to it and tell the doorman to let him know he could find his own way home. But even with him, now he's settled down many years later, I do the occasional dep.

Thanks for your insight. I’m probably a veteran, been playing bass in bands for 40+ years. I play with fingers only and still use a backline amp on stage. The reason for my question is that I’ve just become the owner of a Guild B301 strng with roto nickels, it has what I call a woody tone and I’ve not had that vibe from a bass in years, I love it. So I wondered if I could encourage that sound from some of my other instruments. I guess the answer is no seeing as this bass just seems to do it naturally and my others don’t.