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I've now found that simplest and most cost effective way to sort out these Canva files is to rasterise them at 1200DPI into Photoshop and then use the AI generative tools to add the missing bleed. Drop the resulting PSD into InDesign to add whatever printers marks that are needed and make a new PDF.

Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead

Bark at the Moon - Ozzy

Queensryche - Empire (or maybe Simple Minds - New Gold Dream)

Now gone

Diamond Dogs - Bowie

Bit more Gary Weinrib. The complete bass part from 'The Body Electric' ' from the 1984 Rush album 'Grace Under Pressure'.

Oh my! It's here, and it's VERY VERY nice! More to follow...

Atomic Dog - George Clinton

Strap pin's too far down the neck. Looks like a diver to me.

More than the cab I purchased!!

Dog Breath (in the year of the plague) - The Mothers -

New home, Studio Shoe getting set up, recording in the future. (no, that's not all of them)

Even better, cut the whole messy lot off and make sure there's no balance problems by making it headless.

Only if you need to go to Specsavers. The Warwick headstock is waisted, that's just a rather dull headstock with a squiggle on the end.

Ease but not fully solve. A possible solution for two historically aggrieved mismatch owners. Step 1. Agree a value differential between older stack and new[ish] stack. Step 2 agree value of present stacks as stand. Important if one got a a bit shabbier than the other or one is vastly newer. Flip coin. Winner gets to choose to pay other out to get the newer stack or get paid out and receive the older stack.

Just got back in from this week's episode of the Crown at Shard End. I was using (as I have been for a few weeks) my Tecamp Puma 900 with the home built cab powered by an Eminence Deltalite II, except that after 20 minutes to half an hour it ceased to be powered. I was also being sent through the PA, so my fabulous bass playing was still audible. I wasn't sure what had gone wrong, whether it was the power stage in the amp or the speaker, but when I got it home it became evident that the speaker was the culprit. I know I'm using a 900W amp with a 250W speaker, but it was barely ticking over. So much for "Made in USA" as a mark of quality, I'll stick to Chinese from now on. Anyroadup, a couple of people dropped out so there were slightly more songs per person than normally, and I finished up accompanying three of the acts. Some really impressive singing by the four women who sang (I shall draw a veil, mercifully, across the young girls who are always there and absolutely exemplify that clause often seen in adverts, "enthusiasm more important than ability", though a couple of them do show a little promise). Mrs Zero was unwell so I decided not to inflict my voice on the assembled masses.

I thought the original MM Stingray EQ was cut and boost but without a centre detent. There isn't the same amount of cut available on bass and treble though. The bass only has a slight cut available, if I remember correctly. I'm pretty sure that has been confirmed by both by MusicMan and other boffins who would know.

Yeah, clarification required i.e. in the budget compact format end of the market that the Xvive U4 etc being discussed have muscled into. It was certainly one of the more popular wireless devices on BC a few years back. Seems to have faded from view these days.