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They're not exactly modern sounding bands. They're mostly old bands playing old music or younger bands playing something sounding like classic rock aimed very much at older audiences. There's nothing breaking away from the standard rock formula. Id have at least expected some Idles and Royal Blood and maybe Frank Turner or Bloc Party.

Thank you @scrumpymike and all those involved in organizing these events. Best £15 I spent last year.

Thanks for the insight @Quatschmacher... Sounds like the VBO may not be what I'm after then - I'll stick with my Octabvre in that case I think.. You have no idea how pleased I am someone else has had the same experience with the OC-5 as me! The cavalry has arrived! 😄

Hello Kiwi, Haha, yes I do have Chinese connections, my wife is originally from China (Tangshan) I believe Ashley did the graphite stuff after I left (which was sometime in 1984 I think). The pickups were almost certainly Kent Armstrong but potted in black epoxy moulded from an original Ebony pickup cover Ashley carved himself. I seem to remember the actual ebony pickup covers on very early models) were problematic (resonance problems) which was solved by the epoxy. You may notice the impression of the grain of the original ebony former in the moulded pickup covers. Unless it has been replaced since, the 3 band you mention was actually a 4 band with both lower mid and upper mid filters controlled by one dual-gang log/antilog potentiometer. It was a bit experimental in those days but Ashley seem to like it. I am sure there are vastly better active units available these days. Here is is a pic of my fretless ...

A mere 6.30- 10, and a 10 minute drive home with no excuse for a food stop on the way for me last night. I was rehearsing with 'The Bartenders' - a scratch band playing on the 17th. They're guys I've depped with before but the music is mostly stuff I don't listen to regularly so I'm still picking up the little details. After a few years of relaxed social gathering style rehearsals with the Hulla, these sessions are more focussed, harder work and they leave me feeling tired. But I also feel a great sense of achievement and as I have mentioned in the past, it's revitalised my playing and my self confidence. It mostly went well apart from my faux pas in getting the key of one of the songs completely wrong. I even managed some decent backing vocals.

Not sure how Massive Wagons have a song in 2026, but thats the date Planet Rock have put down. Most of these are "newer" than 1970's and 1980's but I am no expert Rob

If that wasn't the case, the preamp would make a loud pop, when powered on. If I remember correctly Philip Kubicki made a preamp to his Ex-Factor basses where rotational switch has a stand-by (and mute) position before the sound is turned on. This removes pops.

The Meat Goes On - Sonny & Cher

Idles, Meryl Streek, Nova Twins, Wet Leg and even older (post 2000) bands like Skindred, Frank Turner, Royal Blood, Bloc Party, Alkaline Trio and Deftones.

Just for the record, our BL did a recap of 2025, and we did 56 gigs (I also did, IIRC, 8-10 gigs with other bands), and looking at dates, 42 of them were with the Lekato MS-02 system. Probably a dozen rehearsals, too. No dropouts, no issues, most gigs they're switched on for about three hours from start of soundcheck to inevitable encores, no battery life issues. I may have been lucky, but I'm stil rolling with the MS-02s, especially for the money. Still running in mono, mainly because the BL won't cluster two channels to one out of his XR-18 to give me a stereo feed.

Chris purchased a Mooer pedal from me - quick east transaction! Well recommended.

Black Cow - Steely Dan

What would class as a modern band playing modern rock music?

It's been a Weedeater morning today...

I know... I've just grown attached this guy, been on my board around 7 years now and does everything I need it to do. I've moaned about technical issues/headaches on here before, but I really do love it. Can I load on my current patches to a V4? Or will I need to start from scratch?

Veal meet again - Vera Lynn

They really don't like anything modern. It would be interesting to see what percentage of songs post 2000 are by much older bands playing old sounding music rather than modern bands playing modern music.

If @neepheid is going to the show. I'll need to make sure I'm away that weekend lest he entice me into bad ways such as buying things 😊

This has also worked! Thanks BigRed