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I think this shows how they value you Daryl. Hang in there.

Two very intimate gigs in London so far this week Monday was Emma Swift at The Troubadour, with her other half Robyn Hitchcock as support, then Wednesday was Robyn aboard the replica of Drake's ship The Golden Hinde in Southwark, with Emma providing b/vox for a few numbers.

I used them for a while now! Grew to like them! But gone through 2 G's already! Anyone got a spare old G for sale?

Nothing wrong with the TL072 - I've used it in many products. I would have considered it for this, but I wanted something that was a bit less current hungry so it could be phantom powered. The output of the pedal is AC coupled, but it takes a while for everything to settle after it's been powered up. A lot of that is due to the "artificial" mid point which is filtered heavily to keep noise out of it

On parking prices for stadium gigs, when #2 son and I went to the O2 for Dream Theater I was still non weight bearing on my left ankle but I drove anyway as I have an EV, so automatic and don’t need my left foot. I used the valet parking and probably would again as it really wasn’t that expensive, particularly if spread across four in a car. Drove past the trucks and up to the door, handed over the keys and went in. Leaving the car was waiting at the door and the drive out was fairly easy. A bit of a queue once we met the carparks exiting, but I’d do it again. For Stray Kids at White Hart Lane with my granddaughter I found a primary school that makes a bit of extra money for school funds by letting parking spaces for events that’s right next to the ground. £40 IIRC but a couple of minutes walk in and out, though you have to arrive a little earlier to miss road closures and we picked the wrong way out and got stuck at a road closure, but again worth it particularly if you have a car-full, easy access and gives a small school some much needed extra funds. Granddaughter was happy at the wait on the way out confusing the heck out of my Spotify algorithm finding K-Pop on Apple CarPlay 🤦🤣 Gig wise we tend not to do stadium gigs - DT at the O2 could possibly be the first gig of that size I have been to. More normally we are at smaller theatre or club gigs. Prices can get up a bit on occasion and paying an extra £2 or so for the ‘privilege’ of printing a ticket at home, or receiving it electronically to my phone is always galling.

Hi, that would be great 😃. SE Bassbash 9/11 👍🏼

I've been on here for decades and I'm very familiar with Daryl's threads. Just this one seemed a bit different and some of his recent posts might have indicated a slight lack of confidence / self deprecation. I'm much reassured by his reply though 👍

The Bass Bros website seems to have been upgraded and it seems easier to navigate and more consistent. Plus they have a couple of very nice Mo Foster basses for sale.

Hey Norris, If you have been on BC for a while, you will know that Daryl is well known for staring threads like this for discussions.

No you can only order direct from sushibox

Rush have announced a small tour with their new drummer Anika Nilles , tickets going for about $350 to $1500 for VIP tickets , most fans are not very happy .Seems most of the money going to the promotors/ tour organisers rather than the band ?

Just put jazz in the garden on ..after a solo home practice session with iReal What impresses me is that Stan's in time and in tune, sometimes playing in perfect unison with a complicated piano melody, but also exercises great restraint, playing the same apparently simple bass line over and over without straying into unnecessary complexity. It's very skilled and "grown up" playing. I fear my own playing fails on both counts! Too many notes and not at the right time! Also listened to VSOP today and remembered how good Ron Carter can be.

For sure, nitro aside it’s unbelievable how close the neck profiles are. Yeah there is a 2mm nut difference which makes the cv feel slinkier to play, but that aside it punches well above its weight.