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I awake from hibernation this weekend! If you're in or near Aberdeen or Peterhead, get off your fat one, come to one of my gigs and heckle me! Friday 23rd it's original music time with The Inevitable Teaspoons at Drummonds in Aberdeen. Music from from 8.45pm (we're on about 10.30pm), free entry. https://www.facebook.com/events/1393956658848714 Then Saturday 24th it's rock/indie covers time with Nine Lives at The Harbour Lights in Peterhead. Free entry, music 9-12. The snow's gone, you've got no excuse!

Unfortunately I have been too busy working on mixes for existing songs and finishing off the arrangements on new songs started last year to have spent any serious time with it yet. The only thing I have worked out so far is that the synth part will be of very limited use to me since my Bass VI playing is far too polyphonic.

Oh brother i just love seeing the future compact out in the wild! Thanks man x

Not connected either to wifi or bluetooth. Inputs: - Stereo in from PC - plus a couple inputs from Zoom (for drums) and bass via GX10. Was coming through both speakers.

Slow Loud & Banging - Chamillionaire

Oh thats really bad, I assumed you meant just like the occasional pop or click. Is it on one side or is it both? oh I see what you mean, it appears as a signal on all inputs. Are those inputs plugged into anything. It does rule out the speakers, and I would think it either has to be the power supply or the unit itself. Is it connected to any bluetooth / wifi at this point?

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I'll send you a message

I’ve actually grown to love the tight string spacing…horses for courses

That's a very generous offer, Sir. Thank you 👍

The point is that the Ric ones switch out the tone cap with the pickup, so they're not both in-circuit all the time.

Dingwall probably.

And after 30 mins of fettling - simplicity.

If you can find one…you can’t have mine…..but very happy to let you try it when in my neck of the woods.

Owned 72 Peavey basses, from all models released between 1978 and 2010. My 5 string DynaBass was some gunmetal grey finish. Can't say I was too impressed by Peavey's decision to stick a pickup designed for 4 string basses into a 5'er. Was the early 90's before they got around to having an actual 5 string pickup. 2nd gen DynaBass and 2nd gen TL-5 were improvements IMHO. Look how tight 5 strings are on the Ferrites compared to my 2nd Gen TL-5

Mmmm....Me thinks I might need to check one out 🤔 Thanks for that 👍

Flo Rider - War

Thanks both, I'll give BD a call in the week and hopefully get this sorted in time

I'll probably do the whole first album. Just have to double-check Phase Dance. 3/4 of April Joy ready. San Lorenzo and Lone Jack next. No bass in April Wind.

Been seeing a lot of stuff on social media about this, and the release is on the 20th, but I got an early access email today. I don't think I'll get one, I use a Noble, but could be ideal for a smaller board. LUCE – light in Italian – is a studio-quality, transformer-based tube DI (Direct Injection) box; a unity-gain (1:1) tube preamplifier and active summing unit. The main purpose of a DI box is to convert an unbalanced, high-impedance instrument signal into a balanced, low-impedance signal — allowing long cable runs without interference and enabling direct connection to a mixing console or studio interface. Beyond that, LUCE also provides an additional unbalanced output that benefits from the tube circuit, plus an active summing stage that allows two instruments to be connected at once. All in a compact, pedalboard-friendly format. Inside the LUCE you’ll find one high-quality, low-noise ECC88/6922 tube and one OEP/Carnhill audio transformer, just like those found in legendary British consoles. SPECIFICATIONS

A USA-made Peavey bass is going to be a quality instrument. I've played the Palladium Bass they made for Jeff Berlin back in the early '90's and that was excellent. I wish I had bought one. They've become a bit of a cult classic on the used market and get snapped up very quickly. The same shop had a Rudy Sarzo signature model too, and that was also a very nice pro-level bass. Peavy basses have got a decent pedigree. I remember seeing Roger Glover playing a Peavey DynaBass four string with Deep Purple back in the '80's. John Taylor used Peavey Cirrus basses for a long time, and he's a good judge of a bass. Also, I don't know if anyone remembers a top London-based session player called Kevin Powell, used to play with Chris Rea, Midge Ure ect. Superb player. He used a Peavey TL 5 from the early '90's onwards as his main bass. Last time I saw him on some TV show or other about ten or fifteen years ago he was still using one.