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I had to sign up to Facebook for band reasons and didn't want to use my real name as I hate all that previous acquaintance 'wants to add you as a friend' shite (if I haven't stayed in touch there's a reason). It's not really a 'stage name' but I signed up as Lowdown Al (Allan being my real name) and it's kind of stuck as a stage name now as obviously that's what it says when I'm tagged in stuff. If/when I'm introduced on stage it's usually "On bass, Lowdown Al, lowering the tone since '73". My username is another story, which I probably should've used as a stage name looking back. 😁

That was really nice. Enjoyed that. I remember in mid 70's seeing their concert live on TV. That was when i first saw Neil Murray and it was a WOW moment. Was probably around 77. Dave

Purchased a pedal from Matt recently. Great comms. Good pictures. Prompt postage. Well packaged. Happy days. What more can you ask for! Thanks very much Matt!

With G&L being talked about much more than ever before, here are mine. The JB is new to me, was up for sale here a short time ago. The ASAT I believe is a one off colour scheme. All three I think are USA and option orders or custom shop. Now to find a SB-2 with matching headstock…

It'll be the same

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Chris P Trousers!

What's your take on introducing relatives of Site Administrators? Asking for a friend ...

1st actual gig with the 'A little more Gilmour' band https://alittlemoregilmour.com went well, I think....

I don't see the point of introducing band members. As a punter, I don't care that Bill is on drums unless its Bill Ward. No one in the audience is paying attention to the introductions or is interested.

Mine had tail lift and I much prefer heavy strings so something had to be done. I figured as the bridge was 'knackered' and would need replacing to use heavy strings then there was no harm in butchering it. I drilled two holes through the big rear flat area (OK slightly curved for the pendants 😉), countersunk them and put a pair of stainless steel screws through and pulled the tail down flush. It's been perfect for five years now. Rickenbacker started doing this themselves I believe, although somewhat more elegantly.

I like my Two Notes Revolt for this. Its a three channel, valve driven preamp pedal plus its got an effects loop so you can set it up with your effects before or after the preamp and the three channels give clean, dirty or really dirty options.

One thing I have noticed about G&L's recent strategy is that they reserved a lot of the really good stuff for one retailer - Sweetwater. There were lots of limited edition Tributes (including some lovely black'n'maple L2000/L2500s with blocks) and various nice custom shop one-offs with lovely finishes and interesting pickup combinations - there's a stunning P/MFD L2000 with a blackburst finish up there right now. By effectively only having one retail outlet for all their good stuff, they were massively shooting themselves in the foot.

The authority of that OMG setting on a fallout / L1000 is incredible, like the best active circuit ( that's passive) I'd want. A really hi-fi humbucker without phase cancellation in that setting. The P bass I was using was lovely but in the band mix the Fallout has all the clarity but seems to have an extra octave of depth. Subjective and hard to explain.

That was when I still lived at home. Who was your aunt?

Yes, I realise all of that. But you'll be the first to admit you'd rather see a genuine TRC on a faker rather than a Rickenbacker one. As it is definitely a Matsumoku build and all the information I have is that it was in originally branded Aria, and I have a Rickenbacker and Rickenbastard TRC to hand, what TRC would you opt for? There's a only one of those four that it could possibly left the factory with, or would you choose a different brand name that Matsumoku built for completely randomly. Leaving it off is not a an option either for aesthetic reasons. I completely understand that a brand name on most Japanese fakers is irrelevant as all you can be sure of, once the TRC is gone, is which factory made it but I've gotta to pick something.

500W is a bigger number than 300, that’s a fact. However, it’s only about 10% louder, through the same cab (assuming it can handle the power), as volume is logarithmic. So lots more power isn’t the whole story. But, as you say, the efficiency of the cab (and how many) are significant and it doesn’t matter anyway if your ears are already bleeding.

Already bought Phil, and with my eyes wide open. If I've screwed up then at least I can't lose too much money on a £200 sub. 😉 We've used the CP8s at The Load Of Hay once already and it's pretty clear that they're on the lightweight side ... not a criticism, just recognition that we're deliberately 'mis-using' them. We have a gig next weekend at a much larger pub but one where the space allotted to the band is about as big as your dining table, so I really wanted to get the sub on board in time for that gig.

A good bass is a good bass, expensive or not so expensive. It's just that if a brand loses it's aspirational dimension then it has no direction. It becomes like trying to sell replica kits for a mid-table Sunday League football team. Why would people want them? G&L is such a loss to the market because they have unique features and sounds that no one else has to offer. The L1000 and L2000 are inimitable, nothing else sounds like them.