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I was watching a YouTube interview recently ( Questlove and Ad Rock from the Beastie boys) where it was said, it's easier to be booed at by thousands of people than a tiny audience in a small venue. I'd agree with this, having been put on a bill on a tour support years ago very early in the evening. The indifference or apathy from the audience can give a band a siege mentality that makes you dig in more. Likewise, on a tour support it's possible for you to go down better than you deserve purely down to the size of the event...they must be good as it's a big gig syndrome. As for small gigs to nobody...that's tough no matter what. I personally think it can look silly to try too hard; sometimes I have found pulling in the punters that ( hopefully) enjoy it, perhaps make it more intimate, make them feel they're eavesdropping at a rehearsal where you'd perhaps play more experimentally than you would have? All bands and situations are unique obviously. Yes Daryl, likewise I would love to be able to adapt better. I think it highlights that the audience is the additional band member that makes it or breaks it. Martin

I never wanted one before but that burnt orange one could rule my world...

Re. chorus - I think he was using an external chorus as I can't see anything on the pedal itself that does chorus? But if I missed that, even better! He goes 4 semitones down (= 2 steps in his terminology) at 01.40 and says it get "flubby", although it sounds way better than on my multifx! Going down from E --> B is 5 semis i.e. 2.5 steps (not 4) using his terminology - he's actually open to requests (see the equivalent post on Talkbass), so you could ask him there? (If you're on that, if not I can gladly ask him on your behalf?) My sense is it won't be awful, but probably not great either?

Superb basses - I had one for a bit (white) and it was awesome, the Neve preamp is great.

It would be used with my amp ( in front of) every gig as part of tone shaping so I would know it works and in the event of amp failure it’s ready as a backup

Really cool bass, enjoy it! I love the clank with rounds, but I've recently (4 years ago, so recently in terms of the life span of flats!) put TI Jazz Flats on my Ric and love them.

Same here, great little bits of kit that will easily cover a gig if needed

I get that it’s a way of changing sounds, but for me it’s all about finding an amp you really like the sound of in the first place. Personally I don’t get buying an expensive pre when you could get another amp for the same outlay. I think that if you have to run one as well as your amp then you need to maybe reconsider which amp you use.

Loved the gigs at The Dolls House, great venue, that`s a real shame that it`s closed.

Absolutely. I carry mine as a last resort really, just to see me through the gig. I use an amp for the consistency of sound , and for the gigs I do relying on just the PA / potentially dodgy (or non existent) monitors isn’t an option.

Very nice my friend…very nice!👌

Dolls House was two-thirds empty when I played it. Had another date booked a few months later, but it had closed by then 😧