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Donald, Where’s Your Troosers? - Andy Stewart

Thanks ped👍 Yes I knew I could not afford it, but I so wanted it.. So alot of negotiating later

Yes it is

Thanks for the reply, JPJ. I will put this on the shopping list along with a suitable replacement for the dying amp.

Bit late but saw the Illegal Eagles on Wednesday night at the Civic Theatre in Chelmsford. This is their 30 year anniversary tour although, a true Triggers broom, it is an entirely different band now. Certainly an entirely different band to the one I used to see when Ray Brown was singing. Anyhoo. They are nothing short of brilliant. Five in the band, five vocals (Including Blow Monkeys drummer Tony Kiley), four of whom are good enough to front any band, one of whom (bass player and apparent band leader Trevor Newnham) has one of the finest voices I have heard live. Harmonies are out of this world and three of them are talented multi-instrumentalists. They aren't scared to do deep cuts - starting the evening off with 'Midnight Flyer' and throw in some Joe Walsh and Don Henley solo stuff. Last year they played all of 'Desperado' including obscure songs like 'Bitter Creek'. Fabulous. I saw the Eagles proper on their 'History' tour, while everyone was still alive, and reckon this bunch can walk shoulder to shoulder with them. If you like the music of the Eagles, go seek them out - they tour constantly all over the country.

They should be more like this

I can't see my Goliath Jr III cabs going anywhere - their sound is still so good. They had a good but busy life before they came to me but I'm at least ten years in with them now and have found little else that keeps up tonally. My modded Ashdown 2x10 is very good (fitted with Celestion Pulse - myself and Phil Starr had extensive communication over their suitability plus I took it upon myself to remove the resistor in HF circuit) and is now notably closer to the SWR cabs than the original spec. Proper job! 🥰

It frustrates the hell out of me, Brits using Imperial measurements. I am 74, I grew up with the Imperial system but when I started in Engineering in the late 60s, I had to change to the SI system. Imperial disappeared for the public 50 odd years ago. Get over it. You would not want to buy something fitted with UNC or UNF threads on the screws, why live your life in the past? Now I have to decide whether to take my 34" or 30" bass to rehearsal.🤣

We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Ella Eyre

Annie Got Hot Pants Power — Syl Johnson

Yes it has phantom on the XLR (mic) input and yes you can combine both channels (there’s an A + B switch on the side between the two jack inputs). I must admit I’ve never used that option as I’ve always used mine on doubling gigs with EUB and electric fretless, or more recently with upright but I only have a Realist Copperhead on my upright and no mic. They really are a great bit of kit. My only complaints are the post clip light is a bit sensitive, and the selector for tuner always on is inside the case requiring a screwdriver session to change to on mute only. Other than that, they are built like a tank and do exactly what they say on the tin.

Just did a very nice deal with @petecarlton Who I can't speak highly enough about.. ... Great comms, easy to deal with and all round top Basschatter, so deal with in complete confidence, Folks! 👌😊 Thanks again Pete and I hope you enjoy the Eden head. Nik

It seems that to do what I want to do ,I’d need a DI box . I’m just wondering if my zoom B3 is a DI box of sorts 🤔 There always a sandamp ,but that may be expensive overkill ..

Sadly not. There's at least a coach-load of us with older 4-string Spectors looking for these (in gold). Putting a GB7 on is about as close as you're going to get. I've got 2 of mine with "odd" Xtenders and no one, including me ever notices. I'd rather have a slightly odd one than not have one.

I use GarageBand on my iPad at home and if we decide to proceed we dump the project into logic to record full drums etc. Its just a lot easier to use - the capabilities of logic far exceed that of GarageBand in terms of plug ins etc. but for any demoing etc - GarageBand is ace, really good for getting ideas down. Ive done some really good little projects on it and it’s really amazing that’s its free

I have a problem and it looks like this piece of kit may present a solution. I have long been using an Acoustic Image Clarus using both a pick up AND a microphone for my double bass. My amp is looking like it may be on its way out and, as we all know, AI are no longer operating. I have various options for replacing the amp but none of them have two channels I can use to continue with the pick up/mic approach. This looks like it may do the job ( I have used a Fishman pre-amp to date but that is getting old now as well). Can anyone confirm that it has phantom power on the mic line and whether you can use both inputs simultaneously? It looks promising but I am an idiot when it comes to tech so need the help of a grown up. Many thanks.

Then I'll have only spent 30 quid on a big pile of plugins, 🤷🏻. Have you never gained something for free on top of a purchase you wanted and not looked the gift horse in the mouth? As it happens, all of the plugins in question are well supported in to hardware that I don't even own yet, so that's a non-issue anyway. You do come across as the fun police in this post. So what if someone wants to get a plugin in because, I dunno, it looks pretty. And, actually, there are plenty of plugins out there whose presets are very valuable in learning how to set up sounds yourself. (Logic's plugin presets can be helpful ) Sonible's 'Learn' suite is a great place to start offering features that Logic does not and it was available for a super deal on Plugin Boutique recently. Logic IS very good, but lets be honest, there are better sounding plugin products out there, you know that, I know that. Of the piles of examples I could give, Spitfire's free orchestral strings sound better than Logic's. Loud_Melody has already said they want to pursue music, so why not have this discussion rather than gatekeeping the learning process? Music creation is supposed to be fun too and if a 3rd party sampler, plugin or utility product helps turn ideas in to reality, then why TF not? I just got lucky with an online promotion and maybe Loud_Melody will too. Then £30 for a professional musican / producer is looking like a pretty good deal, I guess.

Last live music we went to was Floor Jansen’s Strijdlust concert in the Musiekgebouw in Eindhoven. Really great performance, this was an extra evening put on and it got sold out in less than an hour. The videoed the concert with the prospect of releasing it. the concept was of Floor’s fight to get where she is now, Strijdlust translates as Fighting Spirit. My wife is not a Floor fan at all and she was quite moved by the concert and the stories between the music, myself, at times it was very difficult to hold the emotions under control, especially when my wife was holding on to me very tightly.