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I’ve toyed with the idea of getting one of these Neil , do you have one?

Don't get rid, consider modifying your practice room to something with this.. a simple lift with the right equipment.

I don't mind a few things to sort, how tricky was the Switchcraft toggle to sort? I can do most electrical, but I ant a dentist.... you know what I mean. Don't like the look of the Starfire.

No you haven't touched a nerve, it's just that IME most people who claim to boycott streaming also appear to have given up listening to anything made after 1976 and in that respect your avatar wasn't doing you any favours. So it's gratifying to hear that you're out supporting new bands. For me (and my band) streaming is essentially advertising that actually pays us, so I have no problem with it. I know that it pays a pittance, but it does pay and we actually get to see the money from it, unlike releasing records and CD in the 80s and 90s where unless you were massively successful the record company ended up with everything. If you really want to cut out "The Man" from benefiting financially from music we'd probably need to go back to the DIY cassette days of the late 70s and early 80s. On the other hand instead of spending the best part of 6 months duplicating cassettes in real time to reach less than 200 people, I can put up a new song on Spotify and reach that number in less than a single day.

Story of the Blues - Wah

Have you managed to test the mics yet? The Neumann has been getting some good reviews. There's also the xylson . I haven't had a chance to try either. most of my gigs are in tight spaces with an amp. The xylson is reputed to have good isolation but has to be taken on and off each gig.

Touched a nerve have I? I'm a regular gig goer and always attend local unsigned acts. Bare in mind, I will never attend one of your gigs because you're only one gig from superstardom, right? 😁

Warwick StarBass

The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934) - Elton John

LMAO dumpster diving is a thing here too. I guess @tauzero wants to arrest the homeless now 😂

The Ballad of Lucy Jordan - Marianne Faithful & others.

So what are you doing to support bands - person whose avatar is an album cover from 1972? I hope you are out at least once a fortnight going to see new bands and buying a T-shirt from their merch table.

Play one in a store? Assuming your nearest music outlet has not closed.

Exactly. You're a musician so you bought from Bandcamp. There's loads of well-known and mainstream artists on there. However I can guarantee you that as a proportion of their overall sales, those from Bandcamp are minuscule. My band's music is available there, but we sell more CDs at gigs than we do downloads from Bandcamp. There's a good chance that at the end of this year our income from Spotify will have overtaken that from Bandcamp.

Streaming is a cancer. If you stream music, you're part of the problem.

Just bought Dave’s Genz Benz head …awesome chap to deal with ..great price with fast delivery.. cheers Dave ..

The photo doesn't do the sapphire burst justice, it is utterly gorgeous in the flesh. If I was to buy one, it would absolutely be in that blue. And IMO, they are damned fine basses. Surprisingly versatile sound.

Cheers, I'll check it out...

Havnt heard good reports about the Chowny, there's not many I like the look of, all crazy colours, like bright blue and bright green, love to see a black one, or a white...

Long scale? Epiphone Jack Casady. *mic drop*