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I like both the green and the black version, IMO both colours work well, though shame really there isn't more colour choice. We all like to be a little more individual don't we?

Down Among The Dead Men - Flash and The Pan

The Coffin Ships - Primordial

This isn't for me. I'm still attending my GAS therapy sessions. My Counsellor reports I'm a hopeless case !😂😂

I found the Ampeg Optocomp very good as a pick player but less so fingerstyle. The pedal added a bit of depth when using a pick I’ve noticed that true with some compressors on amps such as the Orange LBT also optical

Just got back in from depping on a gig as part of a big fundraising evening for a cancer charity in Leicester’s Winstanley House. Lovely venue, huge room. Pretty late gig, starting at 10pm, but people were still up for a dance and it was pretty lively. Got completely lost in the dark trying to get out (I’ve only lived in Leicester for 20 years….) and was gonna find a McDonald’s on way home but it was super late and I couldn’t be bothered. Gear was my old vintage P bass with its new Labella DTB flats, thru the usual Markbass traveller rig and pedal board. Footwear was by Clarks. Black jeans by M&S.

I put my dislike of compression solely down to me being too rubbish to know how to use it properly.

Yep, at many gigs I did where the promoters hired in gear often it was Ashdown, which was the reason I started using it as the sound was good, but there is also the thought that hire companies will want reliable gear on their books, which was another factor for me.

Cort Elrick NSJ5 great basses that tend to get overlooked for some reason.

Just got in from my last Spacewasters gig as a full band member (I will be depping for them next year for one gig). Was at The Milton Arms, Southsea, Portsmouth, supporting The Witchdoktors (great band btw). The Witchdoktors provided the backline which was very decent of them, we only had to provide cymbal stands, so made for an easy gig, our drummer drove so all good there. We played well and went down well, though it wasn’t as large an audience as when we’d previously played there, even on pay day, maybe people holding onto cash for Xmas. I played my JMJ Mustang through an Orange Crush (I think) combo, which sounded very nice. Footwear was DM Chelsea/Dealer boots. And now back indoors, well I hurt all over, really reinforcing that my leaving is the right decision, a real shame but I’ve had 4 great years with the band, am so glad I joined them for those years.

I've grabbed the free Waves offer:- https://www.waves.com/plugins/magma-stressbox but I ahven't had the activation email yet. I grabbed Waves IDX last year for free, that is a pretty stunning plug-in, it's up there with Korneff's El Juan, another plugin I managed to snag free and use on pretty much everything. Hmm, I think I got Clarity VX free too... I use Clarity or Izotope's RX Essentials on all of my videos for super clean lav recording.

I actually clean forgot i grabbed it! I haven't even ran the plugin yet lol!

I remember back in 2009 ordering a Metro direct from Sadowsky in New York. The bass was a new RV5 and a bargain at £1500 shipped!!!!. How times have changed. Sounds awesome BTW.

Cm 🥹😅

Bear in mind that wood with a paint finish will have a different overall radius to wood with a rat-fur finish. I'd start with the corner radius and work out the wood edge radius to suit. David

On BBC4 now - Bonnie Raitt BBC Four Sessions.

Martin Barre and friends. Acoustic show and last minute as a friend had to cry off last minute so I took it on. Very enjoyable evening.

What's That Smells Like Fish? — Blind Boy Fuller

I have one now!! Not found the hp filter to make a heck of a difference tbh. Yet to try it "on stage";

Are you saying that it’s not done out of boundless generosity and a spirit of helping the great unwashed in difficult times? 🤷