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Don't frequent these parts too much now I'm a multi effects guy, but thought I'd share the current board! All mounted to a Rockboard Tres 3.1, patched through a Mod 3 module. A little jump patch lead let's me quickly switch from wireless to wired as needed. The Chunk OS is the new toy (it's PHENOMENAL!!) and is patched into a QC effects loop, where it works brilliantly. Also, because input gain of the loop can be set per scene on the QC, it effectively means the input gain of the OS is programmable, which is really useful when OS patches can be so sensitive to input dB.

One of my less frequent bands is a prog cover band nowadays doing mainly Floyd, Yes & Genesis. In the past we also did Porcupine Tree, UK & Spock’s Beard, which confused many 🤣 Fun gig to do, though the Floyd covers are a bit of a nothing for bass (IMO). It is a very few and far between gig - two + years between last March and the previous gig. The last gig was self promoted and had just under 100 paying customers through the door. Went pretty well as well. Photos of the set up for that including McMillen 12Step bass pedals through a soft synth on my iPad and acoustic on a playing stand. Probably the most demanding from that set was Firth of Fifth, Roundabout or Spirit of Radio and a lot of the ‘standard’ prog covers feel like it’s just pedalling a single note whilst stuff shifts around on keys and guitar. Volunteer Club in my sig is a proggy project with one of the guitarists in my main band. I was lucky and got the S2 during lockdown and just before Rob announced his retirement. The S2 was a constant at South East Bass Bashes for years and I eventually bought it from Barney when I was in need of a 5 string quickly to use whilst I had an insurance repair carried out on my old L2500. It looks a mess and was cheap, but plays well and sounds great so is always in

Beware, he's not prog at all, more quirky hard rock with a sense of humour. I would start here (but also look for Go For Soda, Rockland Wonderland, Ain't Life Amazing & anything off the Itch album):

Yes, stereo all the way for me.

In love with this amazing 55-94! I put together this quick montage and a bit of groovin' around in my favourite setting. Cheers!

A tenner hopefully 😂

He’ll not be keen on me mentioning it but I recently got a 6 string Ken Smith that I flipped for +£2,000 more than what I paid. Previously I’ve had most luck flipping Warwick’s, mainly… an ‘88 Stage 2 bought for £700 sold for £1500, and Streamer number 126 bought for £800 sold for almost £2000, and finally a rare as ‘92 5 string Stage 2, paid about £1k sold for £2k… don’t think I’ve made a loss, but probably have selective memories there…!

I'm in an originals band headed up by a guy from Seattle. He has a 'style', can't quite put my finger on, but it's all the US influences from the 50s really. None of it would be out of place in an American diner. I've been calling it Americana. It's not bluegrass, or country, or blues.

I suppose, although I'm no aficionado, it's a catch all, umbrella term for country, bluegrass, blues, jazz, etc without having the snobby "that's New Orleans Jazz not Appalachian Mountain Bluegrass" catagorising. One of the bands I play in does Mod(60s & rivival), Ska(1st & 2nd wave) and Northern Soul, there is also a crossover from punk where ska was prevalent. We could do with a similar catch all term as I usually just say "the Mod band" but you can get the odd '"The Clash aren't Mod", or similar comments. Unfortunately, catagories are annoying and useful in equal quantities.

With good reason.

Not heard any of his solo stuff. Will have a listen on youtube today. Dave

Certainly interested here - I have just gone cab-less with my new 2x Evo 8 setup, and at the moment I am not in love with the sound, although people seem to think it sounds fine. It could be that I am just a bit separated from the sound. I found rather than going straight from my board (which I am not setup for as my dwarf is still away being fixed), the better sound I got was taking my TC450 as a preamp and boosting my mids in the mixer. But I have only done this for one gig and two practices so far so I am nowhere near what the actual solution is yet.

Hiya, I have a nice vintage double bass for sale at the moment for £1000. Please feel free to message me Regards Mark

Touch-a touch-a touch me - Rocky Horror Cast

Other way around, I haven't heard his solo stuff but got several Max albums in the early 80s.