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Oh no I've done a few photo shoots.

Me & my partner/bandmate are currently 3 songs into a concept album, LastDay, ideas for which have been kicking about for years. Obviously the plan is to generate a few more ideas, & knock them & the remaining years-old ones into another 6 or 7 songs, in a sort-of organised & flowing-into-each-other sequence, sometime before the heat-death of the universe and hopefully by this time next year. It feels like a vain hope but I'd like this to actually be properly mixed & finished, and released out into the world in some tangile form, rather than languishing on my hard drive with 'sod it, that'll do' mixes, and a couple of YouTube uploads with 25 views between them. Not sure how to achieve that, but that part still feels reassuringly distant. Prior to that, progress will be accelerated by good weather - as my co-conspirator has been absolutely snowed-under by work for the last year or so, generating lyrics has fallen to me, at least for 2 of the 3 new songs, and I find I often come back from long, aimless, moderate intensity bike rides with fully-formed, functional lyrics that we both actually like! Who knew? But not in the howling wind, biting cold & pissing rain... Otherwise I'd like to finally find the motivation to offload a bunch of guitars & basses that are gathering dust, finish an unspecified number of seemingly abandoned projects, and maybe, just maybe -get in the practice room with an old ex-bandmate who's back from living abroad for a number of years. Jazz Odyssey is inevitable, but finding out if we still get on as musicians could be fun!

I tend to send a lot of small parcels containing cables that I have made to fellow BCers. I have sent with both Royal Mail and Evri in the past but even though they cost more for many parcels, Evri were .....unreliable. Royal Mail are generally fine, often delivering second class next day, When I see DHL or DPD on the postage/shipping from anywhere, my heart sinks.

Thanks. I am looking for active boxes. My 1982 B&W DM110i + Mission Cyrus 1 amp have been doing sterling service, but it is time for an upgrade.

The 4.4mm plugs are called bantam plugs and are used in professional audio applications, for example, high density patch fields. I have only heard of them being used for headphones, using high impedance headphones. You can plug the 'phones directly into the jack field to check for a signal.

Edited to correct typo HTH

Is that the bit where you practice takeoff? Or the bit where you compete with siblings for a worm? 😛

I'd heard of this method, but how to effectively apply it in the case of a cab?

Yes it’s one of my favourite Fender colour schemes too. I’ve spent all afternoon noodling on it and I’m surprised how quickly I adjusted to the not so flat fingerboard. It’s actually quite comfortable. I can’t wait for next rehearsal.

Duff link, I think..?

Baking Soda... absorbs moisture and odour

Got rid of some, still far too many 😀 Happy Birthday when it comes lads. Must have been something in the water, I'm pretty sure you both have the same first name too 🙂

A buckle-less belt that holds up my trousers since I lost a bit of weight that doesn't scratch my basses. Don't want for much and simple things please these days! https://amzn.eu/d/98Wez6U

Bought a second-hand PJB C8 from Bass Direct (sight unseen). Lovely little thing sonically, and a combo-sized footprint with grown-up performance. Opened the well-packed box, and Poof! A nasty stale smell (? Tobacco) emerged long before I managed to extricate the cab. I'm hoping it'll diffuse away in time, but otherwise, does anyone have any tips to deodorise a bass cab?

The common jack plug sizes for headphones were 1/4 inch (6.35mm) originally for hifi, and 3.5mm (USA 1/8 inch) for Walkmans and similar small gear. Both of these were tip/ring/sleeve (TRS) giving connections for left/right/common ground. A quick google search suggests that the 4.4mm connector appears to be mainly aimed at headphone connectors where the user needs to keep the left and right return conductors separate, so it is a TRRS, but connected differently to phones' 3.5mm mic and earphone headset TRRS. This may be why they went for a different size. Just guessing. David

Hypothetically, where would I place this Synth pedal in my signal chain?