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A bigger brother to the GP-5. Two footswitches, more knobs so you can edit on device, MIDI In/Out with mini jacks, stereo out, expression/footswitch jack, 4 hour battery life. Looks good! https://www.valeton.net/product/gp-50/

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If you did a factory reset the firmware will revert to that installed at manufacture. Probably V1.1.x. The Mixpad Version must be in the same numeric area as the installed firmware. It is explained better on thr A&H website. So download a copy of Mixpad 1.1 and it will probably connect. You can then update the firmware, either directly via the Mixpad app OR via a USB stick with the updated software installed.

Agreed! Quite a change to the NBD picture, in a good way! Very cool that it was so easy to find alternate PUPs that are same size as the stock ones, and EMGs (from my experience with them on my Spector) are a great choice.

Why don't you go for the Roland FP-30X as it will tick all your boxes without the need for an external audio interface and as you'll also need the 3 pedals option for the next grades, it will be the perfect companion. Sometimes looking only at the price is the worst thing to do.

Hell of a player, that Jorge. Saw him with Julian Lage a while back and the level of musical telepathy between them was incredible.

Mrs Zero and I do a lot of songs at open mics. Last night - Hallelujah, Hero, Many rivers to cross. If you have one other who can do enough vocals to do duets, there's a few others to consider. We do Perfect Day as a duet by one of us singing the first two lines of each verse, then the other the last two. There's the somewhat dark Where the wild roses grow (Kylie and Nick Cave).

Well... slightly off-topic but still, a bit on. Anyway. The guitarist in one of my bands (a 3 piece - guitar/drums/bass) flat-out asked me if I was still into it and I had to say that I'm really not. I was meant to be going a rehearsal on Tuesday but he's asked to have a chat with me this weekend instead. Truth is, I find it really hard to work with the drummer as she's inconsistent with tempo, very loud too, focused on fills instead of getting the basic beat right and the two of the start fast and speed up. If I was into the material I'd try and work with them but I'm not enjoying the songs - the angular alt-punk thing grates on me after a few numbers. I feel really bad as I enjoy spending time with both but the beers after are much more fun than the music bit. Urgh. This bit of playing music sucks....

Just my bag. Cheers!

That looks really good @Chadu25 🔥🔥🔥

sorryyyyyyyy

I'm not a techy type so I'll likely describe this ALL wrong but whenever I've had connection issues it is my inability to recall what I need to turn off/disable on my device regarding connecting to the internet / WiFi. I always forget to go into my phone/tablet settings and switch off 'something' ergo the device can't see/interact. It is a basic thing that anyone reading this will likely have no issue with! LOL

Good points ! My Washburn status is a bit deceptive though . Whenever anyone sees that they say what a lovely bass , followed by “ that’s heavy !”🙂

Hi, I know I can't buy one off the shelf, so xan anyone recommend where in the UK I can get a new scratchplate made for my Lakland Skyline 44-64? I'm assuming I will need to send off the existing one so it can be cut to a perfect match. Thanks!

This seems to be the best ,and I’m tempted . Of course I don’t know if I’d have a chance due to the shipping costs etc and whether the seller would ship to uk .

#1 Morris band practice last night with double bass. We're learning a bunch of Welsh & English rugby songs ahead of a Mari Lywd and Wassail in January. There was much interesting discussion about chord choices e.g. F or Dm/F etc. as we have double bass and piano accordion. We also started on a jazz version of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer which I attempted on violin despite it being a couple of notches above my ability, and this morning my left hand pinky finger is complaining about overuse

It was a fun one despite the guitarist/singer not being able to make it. He has something weird going on with his shoulder so he didn't come in order to not make it worse. So, the other guitarist finally had his new Jaydee OIdboy after 3 years of waiting and missed deadlines (despite being quoted 18 months when he ordered it)*. It seemed to be worth the wait. It's a very well put together guitar. He's got the three pickup version and that middle pickup adds a lot of beef to the sound in a really good way. And then I had my new Spector NS Icon 5 which shared duties with my Dingwall Combustion. Dare I say the Spector cut through more... It's a fun bass. Took me a minute to work out why it sounded awful when I first plugged it in though. The treble control had been rolled all the way off! Really considering selling my Mustang at the moment. I don't really use it. I don't like the tone as much as my other basses when played back to back. Never thought I'd sell it but I guess opinions change... We got demo versions of two new-ish songs recorded and one unperformed song too which we were working on. Hopefully now we won't forget it all over Christmas 😂 *According to the guys at Jaydee, the order books are closed and they won't be building to order any more. They've got a backlog of 160 guitars/basses 🤯. As of 2027, they'll just make the standard models and then sell them when they're built.

Regarding reliability... Received the mixer, did a factory reset and attempted to connect using the MixPad app on an Android device. Error message 'failed to connect'. Repeated with a Windows 11 laptop. Nothing, can't even see the device in the MixPad menu (and using IP address doesn't work). Both apparently connect to the CQ wireless network but that's as far as it goes. Not a great start and exactly what I was afraid of using computers for live work!

I can't believe it has taken my this long to get to a bit of 'arris! The complete Steve Harris bass part for 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' from the 1982 Maiden classic 'The Number Of The Beast'. Monster! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/hollowed-be-thy-name-iron-maiden/

This popped up this morning, which might be interesting?