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Paul Chambers on Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" , I don't play double bass but this album and Chambers playing is magic / spiritual / the business / my earliest musical memory Electric Bass probably Jerry Jemmott on "Completely Well" B.B.King the first tune is called "So Excited" and it's an exciting bassline for sure Joyous Music here

Did you know the pickup was knackered when you bought the bass (presumably not in the last 12 days)? If not then definitely allowed. If you did, then a heartless judge could argue it has a working bridge pickup and you should just play it. Regardless though, this jury tends towards leniency and is letting you replace the broken pickup so you can be a complete babe-magnet on stage. Though once they have seen THIS image they may change their minds 😉 Until then, you're still in.

I guess I don't worry as much as you about these things, as it's never been an issue for us to date. Our lovely KZ ZARs (£30 from Ali Express) getting trodden on / lost, on the other hand, seems to be a more regular occurrence! But given they cost no more than a set of bass strings, I'm pretty relaxed and, let's be honest, I lack anything close to your expertise to do anything about it anyway!!

Bought a lovely case from Mark which he was kind enough to package up and post and which arrived as described. Excellent communication throughout, a trusted bass basschatter

Sounds like Andertons may be employing the assistants too disinterested and rude to work in Denmark Street. (That used to be a pretty high bar).

Sorry, I missed this last week. I have not had a chance to check it live so the next big thing is an an Open Mic on Feb 12. The new setup will be used with the 4 piece layer in the year. I have been hammered by a shoulder injury but in listening to my speaker test playlist, it sounds glorious. Comparing the Typhon 8AXF to my Titan 12 Actives, the 8s seem to go lower. The DSP is quite subtle, 4 settings and non are too extreme. Most things sound really good but add the subs, even just one, and it is like someone put cream in your coffee. Ghe one thing I was worried about is the 65hz lower limit on the Casa 10 inch subs. However it seem fine to me on the one very large room (at my local Legion) . Time will tell in a band setting but I do have to convince our technophobe dinosaur of a singer to go full digital mixer plus full range PA. Ironically he is youngest in the band but I think it’s as much about control.

Hi, Can I just clear something up here? It says on the packaging that it's a DB500 head, but it looks as if it's a DB Foundry head - more controls? Don't they have the designation DBF500? Which one is it please?

I had some success using an Akai MPC as a Live Bass effects unit, it has a Tuner, Amp sims, lots of live effects with more parameter controls than most effect pedals have, all relatively easily edited via touchscreen and assigning knobs. There wasn't noticable latency. The main downside was it being relatively large and not being 'stompable' e.g. couldn't stomp on/off effects mid-song. So it could potentially sit on my amp for always on type effects but always seemed a bit big/expensive/complex for that vs just using a cheap Bass multi-fx like a Zoom MS 60B. So I never actually used it live for Bass effects but it seemed perfectly possible. I don't own the MPC anymore but I do like using hardware for sampling and drum stuff so am eyeing up the Roland SP 404 MK2. What is helping to convince me about it is that it seems quite a capable unit for adding live effects - basically using it as live multi-fx unit (all be it not stompable, and not bass specific). It has a big effects list - including Guitar Amp sims (unfortunately no Bass Amp sim though) so I'm hoping it could be both a useful multi-fx unit that sits on the Amp, sample trigger, and drum mackine....Bargain! I've also found that some quite limited effects on my mixing desk (Mackie FX 12v3) can be usefully assigned just to the Bass. It probably wouldn't be ideal all live stuff as again it isn't 'stompable' but does have potential to add stuff like Delay, Reverb, Chorus and use for EQ as long as you don't want them turned on/off mid-song. I also tried Laptop and interface hardware teamed up 'Gig Performer' software. It gives a huge potential for all the different effects you can use, latency was low, it turned into a faff to try and have Laptop etc for gigs though. , this Any other non-standard ways you've added live effects?

I’ve been using this case to house our XR18 and all the PA leads, and it’s done sterling service. However, I’ve recently decided to go sensible and fitted some rack ears to the XR18 so we could downsize to a standard 4U rack so this case is now feeling a bit unloved. Important bit: the case is less than 19 inches wide, so it’s not suitable for standard rack gear. That said, an XR18 fits in it very nicely if it’s still wearing its comfy little bumper ends. The front cover has a handy pocket for treats and one of the clasps doesn’t quite fasten fully, but it’s never caused me any grief. Free to anyone who can make use of it. Collection from Redfield, Bristol. Thanks for reading, and please reach out if you have any questions😄 (mixer not included)

Repair, it doesn’t work. Fill your boots.

They probably make more money off their utube channel than from sales now anyhow, so they don’t care.

Electrik Soup, at The Beehive, Brentford that London Saturday's gig. When we were offered it, we said about possible low attendance due to it being early January but they were up for it, and fortunately there was an audience. We brought a few people and the pub was full, without being packed. We were set up in a corner, but the pub extends around the bar, so we could hear applause from people not in front of us, who we couldn't see. Our 90s and 00s indie classics went down well, even though one of our guitarists was peely-wally. Fortunately adrenaline kicked in and he was glad he made it. The bar staff and Guvnors were all lovely, and we've been offered follow up gigs. Gear: Shuker 3 is at the menders having some DR Neons fitted (Xmas gift) so I used Camille (Shuker 1) -> Getaria wireless -> TC Electronics BH800 (DI out to PA) -> Orange isobaric 2x12. My opinion has changed about the BH800. I previously thought it only sounded good if using the tone prints, but it sounded great FOH on the recording even when I wasn't using FX. Footwear: Blues ASICS trainers.