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That's what we do, and did with Atomic. We all learned the full-length version but after we'd been through it a few times, we all agreed it was too long and meandering to play live. We couldn't nail an arrangement we all liked - the closest we came was to heavily prune the lead into and out of the bass solo, and finish on a shortened verse with the final 'Atomic' sung a capella. But we had gigs coming up and half-a-dozen other songs to learn for them, so we just let it go. I've suggested reviving it a couple of times, but no-one seems that keen. As an aside, Atomic's not the only Blondie song guilty of going on too long - when we did Heart of Glass, we decided to go with the Miley Cyrus arrangement as that felt much tighter. It goes down well.

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Gave Gregg a set of strings I could NOT get on with, hopefully he'll find they work for his application. Not strictly a purcase as there was no money changing hands but great comms back and forth about coated strings so happy to give good feedback!

i had a epi thunderbird with a moody fret job (from factory) and played a gig with my weeding ring on. i could feel it catching a few times and didnt realise until the set was over that the pinching had cut my finger open

you're welcome - hope they do the job!

Had a FREE set of DR strings off Kim; I can only confirm the comments above - great guy, great communications, posted super-fast. Thanks fella!

Nothing I can see here.. although hitting a surface that is designed for tensioned steel strings to be heavily pressed, slapped and vibrated on it with a small piece of soft silver or gold doesn't seem like it would be devastating for it - I would assume there would be more damage to the rings and I see none!

My last pedal - Aguilar octamizer

Quick question. Do you think that all manufacturers measure their amps' power output the same way? Is there an audible difference in maximum output between different different models quoting identical specs? In my sound system days I found huge differences between well regarded, name brand (not chinese no name) power amps claiming similar performance, particularly in terms of burst vs sustained output. Theres an entirely reasonable school of thought that music is made almost entirely of transients and the ability to cleanly reproduce high levels momentarily is more important than the ability to sustain signals at full pelt indefinitely. It is very common for amps to drop their output by 6db or so after a few milliseconds Theres also the question of the frequency response of the power amp section. Most power amps quote their output at 1khz (and at significant thd). Lower frequencies have a more intense duty cycle and are more demanding of the power supply and cooling system. Consequently the output at 40hz may be a good few db down from the output at 1khz. Unfortunately, we play an instrument that is often quite demanding in both these regards. The ancient Crest 8001 lurking in my gear pile is rated at around 2400w bridged into 8ohms - at the point where most similarly rated amps run out of steam this one still has plenty of headroom left. Predictably this comes at a price - in this case, having to lug around a 3u 36kg lump of metal. There are newer amps that will keep up with it at a fraction of the weight and cost but they quote power ratings that are substantially higher - somewhere in the 5-10kw range. In terms of output (if not practicality) it will absolutely eat a modern 2.5kw amp for breakfast. I guess that the point I'm skirting around is that the power figures quoted by the manufacturers are largely a work of optimistic marketing fiction, bodged to produce the most impressive number - often at the point of destruction, rather than actual measured engineering reports, referencing testing methodology. I find myself very skeptical/cynical and think that comparison via ad blurb is fairly pointless compared to empirical comparison. So, do you have a 200w amp that seems more powerful than someone else's 800w? It's quite possible

Just sold a cab to Bri, very smooth transaction and great comms. Deal with confidence! Thanks again

Bet it is! Got it. The Saturn was the active one I was looking at but I'm afraid of getting an old instrument w less than ok electronics. That might end up being expensive and annoying to fix The reason why I wanted one is most music I like is from the 70s-80s or inspired but I realized these are highly sought after so I started looking for MIKs. Not sure that holds any logic, maybe a more modern instrument can produce the same sound at a lower price point. Thanks a lot! Amazing, thanks I asked because it's hard to deduce what a bass sounds like from videos so I am trusting reviews. And they often don't match what I hear and I don't know if it's my gear's fault, the gear of the person who recorded or the manufacturer who kept switching factories Thanks! The PJs I have been looking at I heard they have slimmer necks like Ibanez, Aria Pro II and Samick. Am I right? I may wait for another GSR200 to pop up for the sake of reliability, I want something very cheap for a beginner, versatile but also not total crap, will hopefully return to report!

Aah man, lost both my mam and dad in the last 2 years. They were always huge fans of the show and went a few times, including to the last one. Memoriiieeesss! Hope it all goes well WoT!