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Ooh. Yes I do have it. Haven’t watched it for a while. I will report back.

All the ergonomic benefits of a headless but with added sharp edges to keep the guitarist in line

I've had three Peaveys: a Grind BXP 6, a Grind BXP 5, and a Zephyr C5. Both Grinds were 35" scale, the Zephyr was 34". String spacing on the Zephyr was 16mm, on the Grind 5 16.5mm, and on the Grind 6 a rather tighter 15.5mm. Sticker added for cosmetic purposes: The Zephyr had a slightly fatter neck than the Grinds - that went first, the other two later.

Depends on whether we think a change is needed or even whether, in our humble opinion, a change improves a song. The average pop song is not a work of great literature. It isn't sacrosanct. If changing it in some way improves it for your purposes, go for it.

This, or the Bas Extravaganza Punk Bass would be the instrument I would want to bring to any gig where I was told to use a Precision.

If you want to try different flavours of sound eg drive, octave down, tremolo, chorus, phaser which can work well with different songs, then a budget multifx can be a very cost effective way to do that. A Zoom B1-4 is an excellent entry-level multifx, offering an excellent built in tuner, plus drums, looper and headphones out for home practice. Other budget multis e.g. the recently released Valeton GP-50 are getting some favourable comments from fellow BC'ers too.

I like that ..but not in sunburst ! If it were about £800 max and in yellow , orange or green I’d have to track one down . I remember roughly around 15-20 years ago this design and the cheese bass / guitars were mentioned in a bass guitar magazine . Inflation and rarity has pushed the price up somewhat .

Brick Yard - The Commodores

Started and finished ? 😬

I don't like mixing cone types - not even different models of just 10s or just 12s etc. I always find that the perfect EQ for one cab / speaker is not the same as for the other so there's always a compromise that cannot be dialled out - at least not without cross overs or a completely different amp feeding each cab. If it was me, I'd pick the cab I liked best and just get another of the same. No compromises then and also no option paralysis in choosing which one to take on a smaller gig when only 1 is needed. It's not going to sound awful by any stretch of the imagination, but it might not sound exactly as you want. If you are relaxed about that - then no problem. Give it a try and see what happens - nothing will go wrong and your band mates won't even notice as long as they aren't asked to help you carry!

Great sounding preamp, had one for a while. Similar to a clean Fender Bassman or Alembic F1 preamp with the passive tone stack, but can add a little bit of valvey goodness when you crank the gain up. I heard somebody recently describe a similar preamp as "juicy" which summed it up quite nicely while telling you absolutely nothing!!!

NürburgRing My Bell - Anita Ward

What Le Mans Said - Wings

Sorry it hit a nerve! If organisers are using 'for charity' as a guise to get free bands for their own benefit, then that's a distinctly different situation to playing to support a genuine fundraiser. Definitely agree that if an event is being listed as 'for charity', then it should be really clear who and why etc, and the event should centre on that. If there's uncertainty about where money is going, then it's understandable that folk would want their fair cut. Maybe I've got a blindspot to this, as I work mostly in the charity sector, we're always really explicit about what we're doing and why. And so I'd expect it to be a clear, non-pressured decision on donating time or not. I can see how bad actors might exploit this though.

My teacher did sort of convince me to try and get more into classical stuff as there is so much to choose from and can see how the theory/progression developed over time, and with a few examples he demonstrated how the concepts can often be applied to pop and rock music. Although I suppose he didn't convince me enough as I'm going for 'Tarantella Twist', 'Always with Me (from Spirited Away)' and 'The Muppet Show Theme' for Grade 3 pieces so all from the last 50 years and not particularly classical!

I admire your optimism that he won't have started WW3 by then.

Well I'm 9 minutes closer to achieving my goal for 2026. Our synth player has just sent the latest mixes of two of the songs we've been working on and AFAIAC there are no further changes to be made. There's one more song that is in the process of being mixed and then we'll have to decide which other two songs to record vocals for so we'll have enough to complete our first album. I'm trying to keep the running time just under 40 minutes so we can consider doing a limited run on vinyl as well as CD. That will probably mean that the two formats have different running orders as the track we are likely to want at the end of the CD won't go well in that location from a technical PoV on vinyl.

Interesting though - Tech21's entire thing has been how analogue they are. The price makes it a lot more realistic but may also alienate the "digital is crap" brigade.

Yeah, at the earliest. And who knows what the price will be if Trump hasn’t calmed down 🙄