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Mani was married to my partner's cousin and although I only met him a handful of times over the years he was always incredibly charming and humble. He was kind and indulgent both when I was a slightly awestruck fan and when I had my own brief foray into not-quite the big time. Such a fantastic musician, sharp dresser and hero to vertically challenged bassists the world over. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say a bad word about him. Just over two years ago the whole family was in the room next to me celebrating my in-laws' 50th wedding anniversary - now Imelda, Mani and Imelda's mum are all gone. It's really sad here tonight.

Started listening to his Rockonteurs interview just last night so hearing the sad news today after listening to him talking and in fine form was weird and unbelievable. Such sad news. That Stone Roses debut album was epic and those basslines were a thing of beauty... I'll admit I shed a few tears on the way home listening to Adored, Resurrection and Fool's Gold on 6 music. RIP Mani

Finally, something worth visiting Maidstone for!

The LV would definitely be an infringement. The JD waveform is more interesting. I guess you would need to find the original publication they copied the waveform from and ask them. Or not worry about it for a one off.

I've got a VTDI I can loan if you fancy doing a comparison. I think of the Sansamp as a "close enough" pedal. I'm using it to get the character of an SVT or B15, rather than trying to emulate an exact amp. I've found that just because something sounds more like the amp it's replicating doesn't necessarily make it better

BC Road Trip 👍

That sounds like a great place! My "last of the mom & pop" stores closed two years ago because of exorbitant rent.

Meantime by Helmet has some killer bass lines. Really punchy tones and big riffs. Occasionally even dropping odd time signatures in post hardcore songs.

I started with a Cub (2x5) as a practise tool, then added the PB300, powered cab and gigged that a lot. I then replaced the Cub with a Bass Buddy for an even smaller rig, which also did the job fine, but I finally ended up with a Flightcase (4x5) on top of the PB300 as I liked the idea of having a more powerful head for when I don’t need the ‘big rig’. Every version of my PJ setups have never failed to deliver, whether using a 5 stringer or an octave box, there’s plenty of clear, low end. For complete transparency, in case you haven’t guessed already, I’m a Phil Jones fanboy, but with good reason.

Pretty sure it’s a keeper for me. My only complaint is that I didn’t get it at the same price as the other two BassRigs (which I bought used).🙂

Tell me you're xxxx without telling me you're xxxx Anyone who says that is a grade A cu.......

Agree, I loved Zia but most of them are Roly Wynne's parts adapted by Zia. I think Pungent Effulgent, Erpland and Strangeitude are all great bass albums. Roly Wynne is one of my absolute bass heroes.

Sad news - had the pleasure of briefly meeting him at Wembley at a Man Utd champions league final. Came across as a really decent bloke. i miight buy a toby jug to put on my amp at the next gig in his honour

Ben Packham?

This has made me genuinely feel empty inside. A real hero from my youth and a definite influence on me when I was around that age. The Roses purple patch produced what, to my taste, is some of the best and most evocative music and a lot of that was the bass riffs and how they worked in with Reni's drumming (this hi hats!) He even made Primal Scream sound decent for a while, which was no mean feat! I will be raising a glass tonight, and dusting off the old Roses songbook. RIP Mr Mountfield

The best bass speaker known to humanity!!

Yup, humping the Bassman rig around is a bugger. I used to run my 135 with a Bassman vertical 2x15 cab, but it could fart out. I glued & screwed all the seems to full lengths of 1x2 and braced the baffle to the back panel with three lengtts of 2x2; this made a huge difference.... no farting and tone to die for; but it took two to move it! Even my 1x15 and that heavy head is getting a bit much to lump about now; hence the likely move to modern gear, and I probably don't want to even try to recreate that Bassman tone, as I think I will only be disappointed and always be thinking of the Bassman. I really like the hifi transparency of the PJB gear and am amazed so far at how well those little 5" neo speakers can hold the bottom end at home, through my PJB BG110 (2x5 and 20w). Luckily I have two very good basses that produce plenty of natural tone, and happy to just hear that. One Q...isn't 4x5" the equivalent of 1x20" or 2x10"?

Met him around the time of the stones reunion, he just mooched in to the shop, we spoke about neck dives on Jack Casady basses. He was lovely. great player and a big hero to many.

I will add the phrase 'It is what it is' I hate myself every time I say it