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I had never heard this, so I just did a search and I'm quite happy to never hear it again. 😂 Mark

Well, we live in a golden age of consumerism and benefit from 200+ years of manufacturing expertise, that’s certainly true. Sadly it’s wildly inequitable, not at all sustainable and will be the end of us but, hey!, why not enjoy it while it’s here. Two hundred years ago we’d have been digging coal or weaving cloth and dead by 35. Two hundred years hence -well, who knows, but it probably won’t involve a Squier jazz. We only get one turn round the wheel, we don’t get to choose when it is, we make the best fist of it we can. Right, enough empty philosophising - enjoy your bass!

Yet most audience members would prefer shorter than 15 minutes…

I use 15's for 30 years, a couple of Peavey 115 and 215's, a Fender 215, but mostly EV's in Dynacord, Musicman and Mesa Boogie cabs. They gave me the sound I liked. IMO these days well designed 12" cabs can do anything a 15 could do, and they'll do it better.

Going To A Gaugin - Rolling Stones

What a lovely thing. I had no idea that these existed.

After years and years of 2x10, 4x10, 2x12, 6x10, if convinced myself that 15s are where "my" sound is. Just love them, now that I understand eq. Years and years when I didn't fully understand eq, ago they were muddy and dull. Too bassy. Having played the odd one or two 15 combos in practice rooms I always was really impressed. Peavey, GK etc. Then my recent trace valve 15 (but that was glorious anyway). Then tonight played through a really cheap ashdown head and a 2x15 hartke cab - which started shocking, but one I boosted the mods and reduced a bit of treble sounded glorious. I'm never up with fashions... And all the recent bass cab fashions seems to be 10s and 12s... Any love for 15 inch cabs?

Some Brian Bromberg, maybe? With a piccolo, or anything. Tom Kennedy, and Jonas Hellborg. If double bass playing is allowed, Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen is a must, as well as Edgar Meyer. Palle Danielsson, Marc Johnson...

Have a search for "Orgel vreten"

top tip ... retroreel with the wow/flutter off and the saturation up is a nice fattener

Sorry mate, works at my end…..never did understand the machinations of FB though

I saw the Wood Brothers play a small venue in Bristol (upstairs room of a pub effectively) and it was one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. Incredible musicianship, stagecraft and songwriting. All for £12.

but 99% of people here aren't running the business. I get where you're coming from though, there is the risk that this move could end up with hobbyists in the crossfire, or at that price anyone selling a secondhand car or posh push bike would be reportable. buying secondhand stuff I don't have receipts for how much I paid or anything - but the taxman would have to show that you were selling your bitsas for profit, not that you're selling lots of nice bitsas - and the reality is if you set your music playing up as a self employed side hustle the costs of storage, strings, insurance, new pedals, depreciation etc would soon offset any potential profits you might be making.

Me too, Bass The World review just sounds like it ticks a box for me

The ZS10 Pro earpiece flanges are rather wide. The Comply Foam tips I use have a 5mm core (hence the name ‘Isolation 500’). Their site is very informative, as you can look up what IEMs you have and it will tell you which of their tips fit them. I can’t help specifically as regards the triple flange silicone, but as with the foam you’ll need something with a 5mm core. Just fitted a new set of foam buds ready for our carol services. By the way I don’t know how long this is valid for, but there’s currently 20% off Comply Foam Isolation 500 tips, so a pack of 3 pairs is £12 instead of the usual £15, with free UK postage. As I was down to my last spare pair, I’ve ordered another pack of 3 pairs in medium. I’d recommend them to anyone who uses the ZS10 Pro, they really give an excellent seal and are very comfortable.

Goodbye Toulouse (Lautrec) - The Stranglers

It's been an interesting year. Productive in terms of songwriting and recording. Got four new tracks down and ready to release (we've put two out already). Looking into making a video for one of them. We haven't gigged this year though, although we have one lined up in January. There's been various health issues in the band (drummer injured himself more than once, guitarist diagnosed with (benign) tumour in his intestine and has been receiving treatment) so that's meant having to take a few months of the year off. Hopefully 2026 will be a bit more productive, both in terms of gigging and getting some new material out there. In terms of personal music goals, I'm taking some time to learn how to do some fully-fledged composition and scoring stuff, kinda inspired by the fact that Hans Zimmer is a self-taught composer who has risen to the top of his profession. Early days, but it's fun. I've also been working a bit on my acoustic guitar playing and songwriting, although I've just got rid of two of my acoustic instruments - my employment with a well-known acoustic guitar manufacturer recently came to an end as a result of the f**king tariffs and them having to downsize significantly, and I'm a bit bitter about it - ended up removing any trace of them from my house, including the two instruments I got at employee prices, and even down to T-shirts and picks. So I've gone back to my nice old Lag and Ovation acoustics. My hopes for 2026 are relatively high, but I'm cautious.