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Whoah you really cranked up that modulation 😁 I'm super excited you're enjoying the pedal!

Internet innit. People have made creating terrible videos into a career. I don’t really watch YouTube, if I’m honest, but if I saw any of these it’s pretty self evident they’re fake BS. The kind of faux outrage is what it is. People seem personally upset because I guess the my assume that because they’ve seen the videos they have some kind of relationship with them. I find all this a bit weird.

Change of plans this weekend, so sadly can’t make it now.

Just bought a lovely Vanderkley cab from Dave. Really easy transaction. Arrived nice and quickly in perfect condition. Good comms all the way.

I anticipate arriving c.10.00.

That’s probably the one I’ve heard then. However, @Wolverinebass makes a good point. I remember when I first bought my Schroeder cab, that everyone was raving about back the. I got it home and hated it. But I trusted the words of others, stuck with it and took it to rehearsal, where it just sat in the mix and was sweet as a sweet thing. I did many gigs with that cab and only once did it not sound good, due the lousy venue acoustics (basically a glass box with a carpeted floor). All that said, The Ox’s tone at the end of his career, didn’t even sound good in the mix to me, just all fizz, but he liked it and he was who was and who I’ll never be, so what do I know, other than what I like?

You'll be looking for 'double ball end' for headless bass. Here's a useful start: https://www.basscentre.com/elites-dbe-series/elites-double-ball-end-v.html

I can't find anywhere online.. Do I need to buy the adapter? So I can use any strings?

You just might be misunderstanding how power amps are rated and specified however, therefore your generalization inaccuracy.

I get points for effort if not distance … Bus to station Edinburgh to Glasgow on train, walk across Glasgow centre, train to paisley, bus to random suburb and then back the other way… why the extra points, it was a peavey t40 in its case and another bass or something I forget. The bass anlone was over 14lb. Ever tried to carry a T40 by hand across the central belt? Couldn’t even switch hands because of whatever the other thing was, a combo amp maybe??

If the amp is quiet with nothing plugged into the input, this means that the interference signal is entering from the bass or wiring. Now, when it's quiet using humbuckers but noisy using single coil (or split coil), this confirms that the noise is environmental and is entering the bass through the pickups. In humbucking mode, this cancels common mode environmental noise, which is working as it should. The same thing applies to the Nordstrand pickups, which allow you to sweep between single coil and hum bucking, and the noise nulls out when fully humbucking. Also, the noise profile is mostly 50 (or 60Hz) with very little second or third harmonics which also indicates that the noise is radiated from the power source and is unrelated to the amp's power supply. I bet the noise changes with your position in the room, or just turning it around a bit? Things that cause this include an amp with a noisy line frequency (lead sled) transformer that has a loose radiated electro-magentic field, large motors, some lighting, and some old school fans. There is a slight possibility that the noise is due to circulating currents in your power ground/earthing system, but unlikely since the amp would usually have some noise with nothing plugged into it.

Swallowed By The Oceans Tide - Sulphur Aeon

You sure I can’t sway you @Geek99

I do mean to go back and watch more. It popped up on my YouTube feed today and I watched about three minutes. Does it get better? I was always intrigued by Entwhistle's bass collection (I had the hardcover book years ago!) but bloody hell, is he boring to listen to! I know he had a reputation as a fairly sombre and unenthusiastic sort...

No joy after a couple of days to settle. I might just put the flats back on. They were showing it who was boss.

I'll be there early doors - no point otherwise!

I may need to borrow this on Saturday before it goes to its new owner, if that's OK with the new owner. Ordered some stands last week but it is unclear if they will arrive in time