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I havren't had any problems with 5.8 being busy, even though I am a heavy user of it - i have the IEMs, the XVvive transmitter for the bass and a 5.8g modem for the X18, also the singer is on my wireless microphone transmitter and has just got a wireless sax. Its surprisingly been trouble free

24 hours is more than enough. For many years my valve amps took the ride to the gig in the back of a van, where there was little to no heat, while being stored during the week in an unheated shed. Mind you the over night temperatures in my area during winter are -5C and lower, often dipping to -20C. The time between when my amp got into the heated club and when I fired it up was about an hour. I never had a problem.

Yeah I’d wait a while too, especially in this weather, best to be safe

It'll dry quicker switched on and cranked. Whatever happens serves you right for asking chatgpt before us.

FFS, new date is also gigbound. Sorry folks, no invasion from me this year

Hold Your Head Up - Argent

Hubert Eaves IV's bass lines on this live album are a masterclass in groove. Erykah Badu - On & On (Live)

They were very good friends with Ox, Squire and Lemmie. 😉

Me too.

They're punchy and cut through a mix. A pair of Js is scooped by nature but these are bright and sparkly. I was so happy with them that I got Lee to make me a pair of splittable J humbuckers for another bass so that I could effectively have the same j pair available on a push-pull pot. He also did me P+J set that is brighter and less nasal than typical. They have longer bobbins. I've had three sets of pickupsfrom him and he's nailed what I wanted each time. He changes the recipe to capture what you need.

So good! Happy new bass day! I love a good MIJ...which is all of them really.

Thank you, Young grasshopper 🤣 that made me giggle, I needed that

There is a difference between the vibrato and chorus on mine but it seems to be a very subtle difference.

Elixir should start making short scale strings.

I am intrigued also, but not cross-country level of intrigued It's just this does make me wonder as its not really a subjective thing. Latency is latency, and I think I remember reading a very geeky post on TB or perhaps on reddit about someone actually measured what it was at a specific fret on a specific string from the waveform and it came out at something silly like 2ms, which of course isn't perceptible! I think my Shure wireless is double that, and again that's just not something you're ever going to notice. Given that it is digital though, I feel like it must vary somewhat depending on the input signal, as opposed to the analog OC-2 type circuits that just flip whatever comes in back at you . So its an interesting one, though perhaps one for the Dull Mens Club on Facebook 😅

Yep I think this is the answer and just found a pair new for £16 !

A bit of a necro thread... I was a BF user, had a BB2 and later a One10. I found the One10 started distorting at quite low levels, so stopped using it. I later fancied changing to a combo and bought a GR Bass AT800 Cube (1x12 combo) and sold the BB2, and later went back to separates and went for a GR Bass AT212 to go with my Tecamp Puma 900 (despite having built a BC 112 Mk3, which I also sold).

All of my extended crew have been on IEMs this past year, which is so much better than just half of us a couple of years back with a previous line up, which felt a bit like a dog's breakfast with the guitarist still using a stage amp for monitoring. We're still a mix of wired and wireless for mics, IEMs and instruments, but, as it happens, one of the singers has been making noises about getting a wireless for her IEMs so I'll be recommending the Swiff WX520 to her and suggest she gets it off AliExpress which seems to be considerably cheaper. I'm definitely tempted to join her and then have my old Xvive U4 as a back up for the occasional dep. And yup she and I could both go stereo...

Resist, resist. Just another day to wait. Better that than be asking for details of a competent repair person for a blown-up valve amp, no..? Wise advice for any electronic equipment, really, but for an amp which will, by its functioning, heat up cold glass rapidly, it's a 'no-brainer'. Patience, young grasshopper; patience.

Thanks Sean. How do you find the mids with them? My Jazz is so annoyingly boomy with the Toneriders that I just don't play it at all !

I've only had excellent experiences with Lee Laverack, he's magic at understanding pickup requirements. I have a set of bright overwound J pickups here that are fantastic.

Lovely Sunday Evening service this week. It was Epiphany so officially the last on e of the Christmas season. That meant we were huddled together in one corner as the altar area and stage was still set up for Christmas nativities and the like. Not ideal for foldback sound purposes or band sightlines but it worked out OK in th end. It was a nice meditative service with a lovely song list including some old favourites, a blast from the past and a couple of songs I’d never heard before. Unfortunately with Christmas and New Year we didn’t have the final list and keys until Thursday but “needs must” and all that. Thankfully, most of the songs were pretty straightforward. The setlist was: Great In Power Noel Here I Am To Worship Manger Throne This I Believe, and The Blessing. I’d not come across “Manger Throne” before but what a powerful song - Phil Wickham in uncharacteristically mellow and philosophical mood. I guess I always think of him as a bit of a praise rocker, or maybe that’s just the tunes of his that I’ve played. The band was small but perfectly formed… keys, (shy) acoustic guitarist (who doesn’t really seem to want to be heard), saxophone, bass and drums (not played with that drummer before), and two female vocalists. It’s pretty much one of the two regular groups I play with at church so it was all nice and familiar. It was a nice opportunity to give the Sandberg a rest for a week and remind my (more festively coloured) Wal Pro bass that Daddy still loves it. 🤣 it does have a lovely round and plummy tone which you ca roughen up at the flick of a switch if needed - but that wasn’t really the tone of this week’s service. Listened through on the stream and it sounded OK. Next time up is end of the month. https://www.youtube.com/live/1vZbSY2Z_2I?si=LrTLSrBfpkxDrOyz

I used to play the original TT line on fretless with my old band; it's a lovely bassline. I don't currently own a fretless (not much call for one with my current band) but it doesn't seem the same playing on a fretted even with lots of chorus.