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You must be relieved that Rishi Sunak is no longer on television.

Three Little Turds - Bob Marley

That's Quishquosh drivers. Totally oblivious to their surroundings. Juke drivers aren't quite as bad.

Were you watching us last night. 🙂

Just remembered, I was YouTube hopping yesterday and saw the Flamma FB200 demoed, that would do the job very well and for not much money either.

Personally I use a pre-amp pedal as part of my DI chain. My current choice is an Ampeg SCRDI but, of course, it's down to taste. I like to have the option of a compressor and tuner and recently I've been using a noise gate. All of these come from a Zoom MS60b and the reality is that I could use it to give me an acceptable rehearsal pre-amp patch too. The beauty of that pedal is that if you or some one else suggests using chorus/octave/other on a song, you can easily call up something to try it out on the fly. I originally bought my MS60b so I could do just that with the intention of using a dedicated pedal for the final board. However, through all the iterations of my board, the MS60b has rarely been off it.

The Stool On The Hill - The Beatles

Flush's Theme - Queen

Thanks for all the replies. Will be investigating the labellas.

WC you later, Alligator! - Bill Haley and His Comets

Depends on your situation. You could literally go DI straight into the FOH. Turn up to a gig with a bass and lead, get a clip on tuner for a tenner and your pretty much sorted. If you want a bit of tone sculpting plus a tuner, then you're spoilt for choice. I'm an HX stomp man, but I also happily use a 10 year old Zoom MS60b for basic needs. Pretty much anything these days will do a decent job. Don't discount something without an XLR out, that seems to be a deal breaker for some when it's really not.

Something like the Tech21 Fly Rig would do it.

Really depends on what you need. An old Zoom b3 would be incredibly simple as its basically lined up as individual pedals which you can mix and match. Once you learn how the menus work, its pretty easy and they sound decent enough. Bit old and limited as to whats available these days though. If you're not after major flexibility, one of those "flyrig" type systems would probably be as easy as you can get... not digital menus etc. I've never tried one but always fancied having one as a wee back up system.

Good lord that's tasty

Wasn't sure in which section to post this but In the times in which I don't have my amp to hand just a bass and a pedal for rehearsals and gigging which one pedal would cover everything I'd need? This might be a silly question but I've been looking at ampless and I'm confusing myself 😂

So the LEDJ 211’S arrived this week and I used them last night when I was “Dad’s Disco” at my youngest daughter’s 30th birthday party (wife’s suggestion, an upstairs hump 😤). Unlike my old iColors, the LEDJ’s use five-pin DMX and you need a minimum 6-channel controller so more expense buying a new controller and three five-pin to three-pin adapters. Anyway, I’m very impressed with the lights, they filled the dance floor beautifully and were bright and colourful. Interestingly, they are almost as heavy as the iColor’s they’ve replaced which I was not expecting, but the level of built-in control more than makes up for this.

I liked a bit of BJH back in the day. Will have a look, Dave.

Proud owner of my all original Mustang from 1973. Bought it from the first owner and sounds the absolute business.

For the most part that has been my experience too. Rowdiness may have been the wrong word and I didn't mean to imply a negative, just a lively audience which may have distracted me from my crib sheet 😀 But there was one gig (as a duo a few years ago) in a local rugby club where it was a nightmare - no separation between us and the dance floor, we both got covered in beer from the constant and energetic dancing with beer glasses in hand, broken glass everywhere, people grabbing microphones (I'd managed to switch mine off at that point) and while there was no actual violence, it wasn't a pleasant atmosphere.