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It's similar to auto tune on vocals. Used on every recording - then when you see a real singer they don't meet expectations. I think we may already have covered bass players who can play several complex tunes at home in the bedroom along to the recordings, but can't play at a simple blues jam.

yep I got the 5th week email too

I quite like that. Good band name as well.

Update, I took the combo over to a mates house this afternoon, the always lovely @Tmg, with the intention of swapping out the preamp valves, and the amp was not making any strange noises at his place, nor his place of work around the corner, which he assures me has dodgy electrical wiring. We even set it up right next to an old tower PC running 3 monitors and could not get any unhealthy noises out of it. And once back home it was still behaving itself. So, with the lack of interest when I had it up for sale last year for months, plus a possible intermittent issue (although the only place this has happened was at Ainsleys' place as discussed in the original post) I think I might as well hang onto it as it really does sound glorious especially when cranked up. In the words of my late granddad, Well, bugger me, boy.

Ask what the CEO is on a year ? and offer to do it for 1% of that..

I tried it today. The first strange thing was my Kaka ukulele bass just doesn't play nice with the AH300. There's a high pitched interference that sounds a bit like RF interference. My other instruments don't do this, so I'm thinking it must be the Kala's pre-amp circuits. Anyway, I switched to my Squier Jazz which is a much better choice anyway. I actually didn't like the 15" on its own much, the sound was too muddy and felt like it was reacting slowly. I loved the sound of the 2x10" cabinet on its own though. That's definitely the one to take.

And my contribution this month: Mystic whiskey with a quite oriental side effect : 3rd take, played on my LTD B4-JR 28.5" scale length, tenor bass, tuned in A standard tuning (as in the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning), directly into my handheld Zoom H4n recorder, and only edited through a simple Wav editor.

🎶How much is that bass in the window🎵

I bought one of these recently. Amazing little tool for the money, but the main use I had for it straight away was an octave effect, and despite all of the other effects and blocks being quite decent for bass, the 'Octa' effect's tracking was too scatty to be useable. I'll save up for a HX Stomp now I think, which would also do everything this does, other than the battery, so I returned it the next day. I particularly liked the Aguilar and SVT NAM captures, I thought they sounded excellent. Unless octave is important to you, these are a great little device if it fits your needs.

Every year I promise my wife 'no more new basses and no more new gear'. Every year I fail. But I'm weak you see. And I'm retired and it rains a lot in Cornwall. Woe is me I shall go and disembowel myself 😔 Just get myself another bass before I do.

I like the harshness of it this year. "I walked past a shop and saw a nice bass in the window." "Get tae f**k, yer oot!" 😁

I’ve done charity gigs. They cost me money, so I expect to be paid. I object to the expectation that it's OK for musicians to give their time for free and no one else is expected to. They don't use that line on the bar, venue or catering companies!! I guess being a musician isn't a real job, so it doesn't matter! Giving your time for free for charity? A neighbour used to be a senior executive in the Red Cross. You wouldn't want to know what his salary was, and pension now is!!!

I think tony lost his original 3 string in a fire...still pretty funny ;)

ok, they have arrived, and after a few days now of comparing them. there was no doubt something wrong with the other pair as these new ones are definitely better with no phasing going on. soooo.... after a good listen.. and from back up responses from my older mixes. the last few mixes i have done with the superlux HD660 some have said the mix is a little dull and needing more sparkle at the top. this i can now put down to the superlux are alot brighter at the top end so when i do my mixing or more to the point adding EQ at the end, i am pulling down the hi end thinking there is quite a lot going on up there, when in fact it was the HD660s ( being over bright) Very noticeable when i now use the Beyer DT770 pro. so i went back to one of my mixes, and reEQ the mix as a quick test, and hay presto my mix is now brighter, and more accurate to the top end when trying against the monitors they now seem right. the bass end also is is better i can clearly hear the more subby lows in as much as the Beyers will go to that i just could not hear with superlux. But for now... thats all i have for you guys as usable information, i can only see how it all goes as some of you say they need to "Burn in" ? But as AL Nico says above "they really let you know if something is a bit harsh in the highs." i can only agree with him there, thats bang on as prooved in the twice mixing of the same song. A real learning curve here, we are always learning. but i still maintain when you get use to one set of headphones and then change them you have to almost reEQ you head. Anyway i am really happy now with the DT770s so i will just stick with them for now and see how i get on the more i use and get use to them Cheers guys

Some things it would be nice to do in 2026: 1. Improve my DB soloing. 2. Improve DB speed and endurance for when horn players call rhythm changes at high tempos etc. 3. Do more jazz gigs on DB, ideally with multiple horns. 4. Get together a jazz group with me on guitar.