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Well I think it’s fair to say the doubters were wrong and that that audience absolutely loved it. Just my humble opinion but in the mid nineties they made playing guitars cool again and I’m grateful for that as I bought their first two albums, bought a nice fender strat with a work bonus and started playing again which led me to taking up bass again and playing live in several bands which had always been an ambition. They are making a lot of people happy at this moment when the rest of the world is a bit of a sh*t show PS My 23 year old daughter and boyfriend have tickets for London. She wasn’t even born during their heyday.

Maybe it's time for Channel 4 to take it on again. I think there's too much political influence in the BBC for it to work with them.

Charlie Escher's (@passinwind) design is a good place to start with that. https://github.com/Passinwind/PW3B-LPF/blob/main/V4 Schematics and BOMs.md

Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale

I see there's a predictable storm about Gary Glitter getting a royalty payment for Hello, but it does seem the obvious song to start with, but as Glitter is bankrupt maybe his victims (creditors) will get it? edit, anyway he's still in jail so won't do him much good, Mike Leander will be pleased though

Thanks , I will try that ! Pete

Nice plans! I have some of my own as well 😁 My prunes and custard clone, the Plüm will go through some changes. I want to build my own version, slightly changing some stuff, e.g. trying out some LEDs instead of the diodes, etc. I think it could do with softer clipping, and I am a sucker for the sound of LEDs. Not that satisfied with the OD part of the original, and the drive pot's usable range is also quite small in my opinion. I found anything apart from between 2pm-4pm positions basically useless. That's going to the breadboard soon. I also need to test if a P&C can benefit from a BLEND, or if it's useless in that context. What can I say, I am a big BLEND fan, I think almost every pedal should have it 😁 If I get the Fázz working, I am also looking to change some pots and R and C values in there to fine-tune it a bit to what I think it should sound like E.g. the original Mastotron has a switch to cut off the whole bass or some of it - NOT IN MY HOUSE! Already removed that switch. Once that's done, I want to create an SMT version of it and slowly transition away from through-holes. Speaking of SMTs, how do you do yours? Your Aotearoa looks so nice. Do you use a hot plate / hot air gun, or are you a solder iron wizard? I got a hot plate, but haven't got the chance to use it yet.

Ahh, mine's 2015 (if it wasn't obvious from the serial number). So, they mess with the programme whenever they feel like it, I guess - including changing which tuners they use.

Nothing particular to advise. The above recommendations are on the money. I use glue very sparingly, in a single spot, on the base of the nut. This should avoid a repeat of the present cause but also allow removal of the nut as necessary at another time. I have had to deal with removing a nut that was glued in with so much glue it was a real pain to remove……..and, it was a bound neck. Nasty.

Channel 4 were the first terrestrial channel to cover Glasto. They did the 1994 and 1995 festivals. They did it much better too.

Well spotted. I basically placed that early into the process, and as this was my first PCB design ever, I struggled with changing part footprints, etc. But it is an internal trim indeed, part of the BLEND circuit. Ultimately I just measured if I can bend my existing trims' legs in a way that it fits this pot-like space - and I think it will be able to do that But that's certainly a future enhancement once I made sure the prototypes actually work, I want to use one of those 5-pole universal trim sockets.

Erase and Rewind - The Cardigans

GHS Precision Flats have purple silks.

I have gigged a £1200 bass £300 bass and a £50 (SH) bass. Non lt me down. Ironically the £50 one is that only one that has had no hardware changes, only new pots and jack socket.

Courtesy of @Dosi Y'Anarchy

History Repeating - Propellerheads

It's quite woody and hollow sounding...Pick and flats, of course. Sounds more like a Burns Bass, Jazz Bass type to my ears (or sim, Hagstom etc). A Bass with more than one pick up. Like 'chris_b' said, Dave Richmond, or even Russ Stableford had similar sounds. From a Chatgpt search: "Sven Wunder himself plays bass—specifically, the double bass—on his albums (including Eastern Flowers, Wabi Sabi, Natura Morta, and Late Again). He’s a trained jazz double-bassist who began playing at a young age, a fact he's mentioned in interviews and profiles open.spotify.com+15psychedelicbabymag.com+15steppinintotomorrow.com+15. Credits for Natura Morta list "electric bass" among the instruments used, which, given his involvement as the arranger, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, points to him handling the bass parts . So on any Sven Wunder album, the bass lines—double or electric—are performed by Sven Wunder himself." "I couldn’t find any reliable information detailing the brand or model of Sven Wunder’s electric bass guitar. Most available sources—including recording credits for Natura Morta—simply list “electric bass” without specifying manufacturer or model prestomusic.com+8svenwunder.bandcamp.com+8banbantonton.com+8. Given his background as a trained jazz double-bassist, it’s likely that electric bass serves more as a functional studio instrument for him rather than a signature piece of gear. He frequently records with vintage and analogue equipment, but no interviews or gear rundowns specify the brand of his bass guitar prestomusic.com. If you're trying to match his tone, you might focus more on his production/mixing approach—vintage analogue gear, tape recording, and a jazz-influenced playing style—rather than the exact bass model. Would you like help identifying gear similar in tone, or tracking down studio session credits where he might be more specific?"

A dwarf?

I’m running both my BassRigs off a single output from a Zuma with negligible noise.