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My plans changed earlier and I replaced the battery box in the Hamer. It had green corrosion on the copper connectors and wasn’t right and I just happened to have an identical new one in my spares. It’s 100% now. I’ve already had a mess around with the HX Stomp today. What you say above is what my first thoughts are after running a few different iterations of bi-amping patches. If you give the sound engineer a premixed signal then he should expect to treat you like he does the keys player or the backing track; just adjust for the ambient rather than trying to get the bass sound that is in his head. I think more sound engineers are getting used to modelling and going that way. It makes life easier for them. The patch I’ve done this morning uses that same split at 500hz. Mandarin 80 for the highs with 412 Mandarin Cab and Mandarin Bass 200 for the lows with the 6x10 Cali Power. Then I’ve saved another patch that is just into the G Cougar 800 with 6x10 Cali Power and as good as it is, it’s not bi-amped and doesn’t have anywhere near the same impact. I’m happy to share these patches as starting points if anyone wants them. One question on the HX Stomp. Do I need to carry one of those jack to XLR DI boxes to give the man my HX stomp out? So, as in HX Stomp “Send” (front RHS) to Behringer DI100 type of box?

Bough an HX Stomp from John. Perfect transaction. Item in top condition, clearly well cared for. Great communication throughout. Very well packaged and quick despatch & delivery. Thank you John

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Can cultural appropriation exist in a truly multicultural society?

I saw that Tower of Power before Rocco died, but he was unwell enough to miss the gig. There was no stand in for that gig either. One could charitably suggest he was irreplaceable, perhaps?

Must be the only thing miss about working in our office since going fully remote , Scrounging in the Waste electricals bin , Pretty sure this old surface pro came from there too , but yes a 4 is a bit slow for actual office work these days . So much great stuff used to get timed out or taken out of circulation due to mergers / policy change , Non standard gear couldnt be refreshed and we weren't allowed to sell it on as business had to prove it had been " ethically disposed of " , / lots of forms stating it had been manually disposed of by one of the team. The TPM Module fiasco had me fill by boots with I7 Thinkpads , which i'd rebuild for friends and family as chromebooks with either Flex , forced upgrade to Win 11 or Nix for the more adventurous. My Current home theatre projector used to live in the main boardroom ... but apparently " wasn't bright enough" Translation They wanted a 4k 100 inch telepresence screen like they had seen in another boardroom , one chromecast later and i've been using it as a smart projector for the last 3 years.

I've rather fancied one for ages. Just got to see if the 35" scale causes any issues, given that my other fretlesses are 34". At least it's not a 42" scale...

I would use one of those if i got to the stage where my currently heavy basses started to be a problem. Though I do wonder how stable they are as they would have a high centre of gravity with a bass on the top.

I confess that part of me baulks at the arrogance of people who expect others to chauffeur them around. Arrogance may be a little strong but I struggle with the concept. I have mentioned my drummer friend. He tried driving but suffered an unbelievable trauma at the age of 4 (older brother vs lorry) that I fully understand his position. By the same token, I have driven 432 miles to collect and deliver a bandmate home when he was stuck.

Butane Skies Shutterspeed Crooked Snout Wisdom Teeth Frances (session bassist for solo singer) Butane Skies is the only one with material released. They're doing really well playing festivals and moving up the stages. Shutterspeed are getting really good support slots and Crooked Snout are headlining the second stage at a punk day festival.

Cultural appropriation = telling people they can not do something because of their culture or the colour of their skin. The last vestige of acceptable racism?

That's just the sort of barking mad eccentricity that appeals to me.

Here @RonC: https://meisterworks.myshopify.com/collections/luminlay-products Always order there and nowhere else as there are many fakes and it's the maker's webshop.

That Zombie is applicable (as @tegs07 said) to any conflict situation where there's an unquestioning force doing evil things. Another Zombie (by the Cranberries) was about a specific conflict and its aftermath, and I don't hear anyone English doing any sort of introduction for it to give the context (it gets played a lot at open mics).

I think it depends how much you want to sit 'in' the mix vs being distinct. IME the pre-special Stingrays have a definite lack of subtlety, especially in what I hear as a very artificial top end. When people say "the active bass sound" I think of Rays whereas something like a Sadowsky sounds like a passive bass with more eq control.

wow! another great build! beautifull finish and i love the luminlay side dots, @Basvarken where did you get those? they would be great on the fretless 5 i'm building at the moment~.

Having been in bands with people who have had no transport, and inevitably ending up being the one responsible for getting them to rehearsals/gigs, I wouldn’t do it again. I don’t mind sharing the travel but as designated driver, no not again.

We've had a 2nd guitarist express interest in joining our band. He doesn't drive. He lives 10 - 15 minutes away from me, but in the other direction from rehearsals. It's not far, but I'd be committing to getting and dropping him home for every rehearsal and probable gigs, too. It felt like far too big a commitment to mke before I'd even met him.

I know that 'Rays are really hard to get to sit in a mix - tough live, even harder in the studio - but I've used mine in loads of recordings and it's been a joy. I've often just plugged straight into a desk and the results have been fantastic, but I know a lot of people who get eye-rolling from the sound person when rocking up with a 3EQ Musicman. I never got that with mine and I don't think it's down to the wood so much as the electrics. That's just opinion. I've no evidence!

Very different lol

Another thread reminds me of two. White guys calling each other 'man' or referring to someone as a 'cat'. Actually, add 'dude' to that list.