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Thanks so much for responding so quickly. I hadn't noticed the LED. I guess another (last?) question is why three sets of wires from the TRS jack? I would think you just need to be able to close the switch/connection for each of the three poles (T,R,S) on the jack (to mimic the behavior when there is no TRS inserted)? It looks like you have three sets of wires connected to only two contacts per pole? The reason I ask is I think you could implement this (absent the LED) by soldering directly to the exposed/top of the jacks as they are and not have to take the board out (lazy me

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Im very excited to follow your build !

I was in a covers band, bit of a vanity project for the singer/guitarist. He liked a lot of the same music as myself and the drummer though...blues, early ZZ Top, Little Feat, Zappa, sometimes punk, reggae and country...a real mixed bag, gigs were few and far between. We'd usually rehearse in his shack/shed home in his parents meadow (they had a garden and beyond that was where he 'lived') Most rehearsal nights were accompanied by a spliff going round the 3 of us, our rehearsals were great! Everything sounded wonderful, we were tight...our actual gigs were proper ramshackle though, I guess we missed the spliff when performing 😄 I can't believe we played Salisbury Arts Centre and a similar size venue in Stroud with that band but probably the least organised band I've played with due to the smoke, I remember getting stuck in a loop playing American Idiot cos he couldn't remember the song structure (damn that Green Day for writing complex songs 😄) .. I think I miss a bit of that haziness sometimes Stay off drugs, kidz!

I generally don't subscribe to the idea that substances do anything for creativity or the like, but it's a fact that The Faces in live recordings – with a line of liquor bottles set up on the organ and the band giggling and jeering – were an absolute racous powerhouse, while The Faces in the studio were always a bit underwhelming.

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In a related vein, it's definitely worth having a listen to Storm Corrosion - a 2012 collaboration between SW and Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth. And counterintuitively - it's very much not a metal recommendation!

Sorry bud couldn't resist. Harley Benton teased some new models on their Instagram story. Most brands wait til the first big run of guitar shows these days instead of doing it Jan 1st. If there are certain brands you are interested in id recommended following their socials or checking sites like Andertons, cme etc for launch info 👍

Thanks for all the lovely comments.

Those preamps (Touring, Spyder, probably any Dual Tube ones) are muted bevor Master Volume, that is the grid of its first triode is connected to the ground (muted), but the rest isn’t. This valve, especially when not very good one, could be the “receiver”. You might like to replace this valve with another one labeled as V1 (low noise, less microphonic, etc.). If you are going to do so, you need to check whether it’s a 12AX7/ECC83 or something else.

I had a Violin bass and many years ago learnt on a borrowed Senator bass. The spacing at the bridge is about 14mm which I found too close for finger style playing, my other basses are 18/19 mm. I think they lend themselves to plectrum playing. Almost all their basses are short scale which I suspect also lead to there lack of popularity back when everyone else was using long scale.

If you hadn't, I would have. . . . As it is, I am entirely satisfied with @ash's old E-MU Classic Keys.

Nowadays, even the ABSRM syllabus is not entirely classical. For Grade 3, students have 48 pieces to choose from. I am learning Henry Mancini's Moon River, and a simple ragtime piece from the 1950s. And, I confess, the entirely classical Chanson Italienne by Tchaikovsky. There is also a choice of Joni Mitchell (Both Sides Now), something from Oliver, a piece from Spirited Away, the Muppet Show theme, and Can You Feel the Love Tonight from the Lion King. Admittedly, even this is not really cutting-edge and modern, but they are recognisable tunes (well, not when I play them, but you get my drift).

Good luck!

Creativity probably depends a lot on the drug. Maybe mushrooms or LSD could help the creative process while crystal meth or heroin probably won't. Im no expert on this. I smoked the odd joint in my early twenties and thats the limit of my experience.

£721 quoted by Danny at Bass Japan Direct which I assume includes everything except 20% UK VAT. Although I have a feeling it would be worth it in absolute terms, can't help thinking about what else could I buy for £865.

Is it male or female? Choose between Hedepuss or Shedepuss.

As you say, sometimes it works. I look at clips of bands like Motley Crue back in the 80s when they were drunk/drugged to the eyeballs and they were great. Look at clips since they’ve gotten sober and, well not so good would be diplomacy at work.