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Straight out of the box, you get useable synth/moog sounds! It’s not hard to dial in and I think this responds better than most of the presets I liked in my C4. Anyway, here’s my small board project.

So we have black stain and a first coat of Tru-Oil on the neck More coats and lots of flatting required ... but it's really starting to look the part - old but well looked after - rather than utterly borked. 😁

Without sounding like an immediate acolyte for many gigging bass players who need a couple of familiar sounds to nail the wedding gig/pub gig it’s gonna do a lot of the heavy lifting. It’s not gonna have the flexibility of a dedicated synth but has the accessibility of a pedal with some nice added flexibility to fine tune for folks who want to or need to deep dive. I think what MXR have offered is a pedal most of us can add to a board and have useable practical sounds that cover a lot of what we need. Calling it BassSynth will garner scrutiny from those who want a full synth in a pedal but realistically it’s a mass appeal unit serving 80%+ of the gigging player. It’s nice to see a synth pedal which isn’t just showcasing the tech wizardry and offering go to tones out of the box.

I always find it incomprehensible that folk form a loving bond with a wholly inanimate, impersonal object like, say, a car or a house, and yet here I am genuinely bereft at the passing of a loudspeaker. Strange chaps us humans. I just plugged into my hefty old 15" Trace Elliot cab and annoyed the neighbours one last time. Dreamed of owning this when I was a callow bass player with a Woolworths guitar and a head full of dreams. Now I'm at the far end of that road, grizzled, cynical, ancient beyond counting, and I can neither afford a vehicle that can carry it nor lift the damn thing. I put a solid old fashioned amp into it and cranked it beyond any level of neighborhood decency. Still sounds as amazing today as I dreamed it would way back when. It's going to a new home, for a new lease of life. I hope it will still bring joy long after I'm returned to dust. Adieu old friend, you were such a heavy ba$tard.

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Excelent, that is on my 'buy second hand when someone gets bored of it' list!

I wouldn't worry about it until you are getting gigs. That gives you plenty of opportunity to see if the 200w is enough. 20W is twice as loud as 2W 200W is twice as loud as 20W 2000W blows up your cab way trying to be half as loud again. 500W is just a bump up.

Funnily enough my mum's piano is still with us... Her parents bought it thinking it was new from the makers (Pfeiffer) in 1932. My mum learned to play on it, then did all her practice for LRAM, I did lessons on it, my mum gave lessons on it and recently we decided it needed a good service. So we found a really good piano builder who almost fell over when he saw it! He spent a quite few hours re-felting, adjusting hammers, sorting out the pedals and putting on a couple of replacement "ivories". It cost us about £400. Turns out it was actually made between 1872-74 and had been sitting in their warehouse for 60 odd years. And pianoman said it had possibly the best bass he'd ever heard from a piano - as good as a concert Bösendorfer he reckoned. So if you can find an oak overstrung Pfeiffer, buy it! And find someone very strong to move it. I've been involved in 6 moves with it so far and 'er's a reet bugger!

Can't wait for Jools to do a Eurovision medley in the Legends slot at Glasto.

Just in! Sharing my little project board.

Seems familiar to me. How 'bout you?

we support each other. We are a team I'm lucky in that my wife adores me and also is a musician she has 3 pianos, two acoustic guitars, 2 Ibanez 6 stringers, 2 P basses, a bass collection thing me I have about 30 assorted guitars and we have rooms to put them all in I fancied a Rik recently, for the Jam tribute, she said get it, so I did we don't hide anything from each other, as we've discovered again recently Life is short (Bro-in law RIP 56 years old and dog walking friend, 63 just the other week) Be kind to each other

When I were a lad there were only two cores (apart from apple) - soft and hard. Soft was found under the Magic Porn Bush, with its pages stuck together by rain and who knows what, and hard was near-mythical - most certainly not what was shown in cinemas with titles like "Confessions of a Window Cleaner" or "Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse".

... to those of you who joined in on tonight's Live Chat on my YouTube Channel. We shifted to a new format for the first time tonight, so to then be joined by Lee Sklar of all people, for a 45 minute chat, was a little 'headspinning' to say the least. But if you watched or joined in by video or on the text chat... THANK YOU! Legends!

We had just a drum'n'basses rehearsal on Sunday... I think I've convinced them this is a good way to go as they're all learning exactly what everyone else plays without just relying on a particular cue - means we'll be tighter and clashing parts will be ironed out as you can't hide so much. Last week was basses and guitars, so hopefully next weeks rehearsal for full band will have everyone knowing exactly what to do for gig a week Friday. So new drums and guitar will be tight as after only 4 rehearsals, including getting guitar and drums to occasionally follow me to bring out the progfunk part of of our punk!

At some point the Jools Holland and Glastonbury threads will merge. How many years of complaining about the mix or the acts do people endure before they realise it's not compulsory or legally binding to watch either of them?

Rehearsal on Mon night with Blockbustarz Glam band to run thru a few new songs for this Sat show at Dreadnought Rock venue in Bathgate. Also ran thru some songs we've not played for a while. Found a discrepancy in one song where guitar and bass was slightly out of sync. When i mentioned it and found guitarist was missing one note in a sequence he maintained that he's "playing it correctly because that's how the song is." and was adamant he was not at fault. Tried listening on a mobile but couldn't hear it clearly enough. Rather than make things worse i agreed to play it his way. Got home and following day it was annoying me so i checked my notes from 6 yrs ago and sure enough i was correct. I checked a bass tab and again my version was correct. I raised it with him again on messenger and hey ho he finally admitted he was wrong. That's what rehearsals are for but it was just the adamant "I'm right, your wrong" attitude with no compromise that took me aback. I'm one of those bassists that learn a song by ear and then looking for a bass tab or transcript to verify it and if a difficult part i'll use Youtube clips. Once i have it i write it all out myself for future reference. I rarely get it wrong because i spend the time researching it first. The original band members have always been aware of that fact and if i raise an issue they will stand by what i say but in 3 yrs the guitarist and myself have never had a difference in what was played. I think he'll listen to me if it happens again. Other than that we sorted out set list for Sat night as its a different type of venue to playing the clubs. More rock than dance songs. Drummer also brought some outfits that his mate from Glitter Band days had made and were not sold yet to see if we wanted any of them. We get a reduced rate. All bought from the guy. Rehearsal turned into a fashion show. 😂 Dave

It’s gone for simplicity and accessibility, I guess if you want more presets (plus more options) you would be looking at a Fi4, C4 or EnzoX rather than this. The accessibility means it wouldn’t surprise me if this MXR outsells those three combined!

You'd spend more time plugging and unplugging the USB lead than replacing a battery once a year.

First rehearsal for a while - singer has been quite busy rehearsing for his part as the monster in Young Frankenstein (at the Core Theatre in Solihull from 22nd to 26th July). Successful run throughs of three songs that we're putting in the set (we've played two of them live once apiece but wanted a further brush up) and then we had a go at Hotel California, which our singer was a bit reluctant to do but after we'd run through it he was pleased with it. Seeing as we hadn't planned to do it and were doing it unpracticed, it was rather good. Guitarist had had the bridge replaced on his Variax JTV-59 (the Les Paul-ish one) and only just got it back, and we're not sure if this was related but he broke the top E twice. Feeling pretty ready for the next gigs, successive nights in Polesworth and Gloucester on 11th and 12th July.

Was about to say that his granddad must have owned a DeLorean, but went in the wrong time direction... 🤪🤦🏻

Rise ... if s/he still can with a triple hernia and some broken vertebrae... 🤔🤪😂

Here we go. The top-hat is unobtrusive, albeit non-reversible. W for the win.

A small but extremely discerning club I like to think 😉. I know the Starstreams are a bit Marmite-y but everything about these basses is as good as the best I've ever experienced. I don't 'need' (?!) another bass but if I see a nice used A1H, I don't think I'll be able to resist buying it to keep my A2S company. The fact that heavy discounting by Vox has undermined their second-hand value makes them a steal too. It's my practice/back-up bass and much to my surprise my band-mates love it too - the sounds AND the look.

You could try the new TE-1200, but it is very expensive. You could also try some of the older Trace Elliot gear which can be found for relatively cheap second hand, but they are very heavy. However, 200 watts at 4 ohms should be plenty loud enough, if it isn't ask the guitarist to turn down.

Buy a second P bass, Simples😁

I think if you are needing a synth bass sound for just a few songs in your live set, this looks great! 2 or 3 very usable different synth sounds which track tightly, together with a usable filter, would certainly meet the needs for my covers band in a given 2 hour live set for filter/synth, I certainly won't ever need more than 8 at any one gig. I guess in the same way as a couple of dirt/drive/fuzz options are plenty for many of us for live use; we don't need loads - just a few really good ones.

I arrived home to a package 😁 Beautifully presented and arrived lightning fast once shipped from Greece, though lead tine was a month. The steel pick made from an offcut used to make it is a very cool touch Very happy with how it looks and feels, just need to strip the bass down and get her started...

Time To Rock Festival in Sweden with Stray on Saturday. Got a great slot at 8.30pm!

I have that Hipshot retainer kicking around somewhere. I'd be happy to post it for you to check it out. Ian

No idea at all - pretty sure it's not weirdy MIJ - but it's awesome and I want it. 😎 I think it's a custom one-off, that said there's something a bit Ibanez SoundGear-y about the bridge, pickups & control layout, so there may be a donor bass involved. The bass with the 'R' on the head mentioned upthread was a BC Rich Ironbird - that's a coincidence, the font's different & this ain't no BCR!

I had that problem with one group (different song). Ultimately I just couldn't play it wrong! New side project does Dani California with different vocal timing in the chorus and it throws me right out - I have done it in the last 3 groups, probably played it north of 300 times in that time. Luckily I have a P16, so I just turn the vocals off for that track!

It seems a little strange that the connector is TRS but it only makes use of a single footswitch, either tap or hold to scroll up or down. A double footswitch with one up and one down would be handier.

Indeed. It would be a shame to see such innovative and iconic instruments disappear like Vigier, Pedulla and others.

Doesn't look that bad, to be fair what he says is actually 100% correct. It has one pickup, that is similar to old fenders and lots of other guitars and he says it not likely to be a Fender. Again that is 100% correct. "No branding but has just one pick up similar to old fenders but not likely to be." At £52.47 its not bad value. However it looks like it's 3/4 size or is that just the perspective. I note that you could probably slip another guitar under the strings as well. Rob

Believe that's a Yamaha RA200 rotating speaker cabinet for DG's guitar.

I have a couple of IMA's synth packs for my Helix that are excellent (particularly his vintage synth pack). I'm not great at dialling in these types of sounds, so these are a godsend. He put a video together several years ago explaining how to get a variety of synth sounds from typical stompbox effects such as fuzz, octave, filter and chorus - his Helix presets are largely the same formula. It seems to me this new MXR pedal takes that formula even further, but with an oscillator added. If I didn't already have the Helix, I might be tempted.

Blimey!! Just jumped on the Vox UK website to check if they've got a refurb'ed A1H (they haven't) and I see that the current Starstream range has gone headless - a 4-stringer and a fiver, both over two grand. I think that fits in well with the avant-garde design. https://www.voxamps.co.uk/collections/bass-guitars They're also doing a solid electric uke bass and the opening words of the promo spiel amused me: 'Enjoy the freedom of playing the ukulele without disturbing others.' Say no more! 🤣🤐

So this is what I made for the Yamaha HS7 speaker. As its printed in black with black extrusions, its rather difficult to see So here's the Fusion design. It's all parameterised so angles and sizes are simple to change. And this is the mixer holder. There's a lip at the front to hold it in and rubber strip at the bottom to stop it slipping and protect the speaker. The angle is more than the speaker support so it tilts back. Also the mixer is screwed into the stand using the holes in the back. It's an M5 from memory. Happy to print them out for the cost of filament and postage. Black extrusion costs me between £15 and £19 per meter at the moment, silver or raw is cheaper It's a volatile market sadly Rob Here's the F360 design to hold the mixer

Really sorry to hear this but good that you’ve had positive responses from BF and GSS. I hope you’re soon up and running again. An important lesson. I’ve rarely damaged my own gear, though have had it damaged via the carelessness/stupidity/anger of others. I’m very careful re: who gets near what now. I’ve been using a Baby Sumo with a few higher-end pres for a couple of years now. Very impressed. Not like using the power stage of an Agi DB750 (a personal favourite), but solid and responsive

Manual is up: https://www.jimdunlop.com/content/manuals/MB301.pdf

As per the advice above used the splitter to get EQ able IEM feed into my IEM mix, and a different EQ for FOH ( and back line). First outing for the CQ18T and all went well. Binned all the quick channels during set up/ sound check and went to the Full channel setup as lots of horrible boom and hints of related feedback. Sorted the sound within a few minutes per channel, and with a bit of help from the Feedback algorithm everything worked really well. Best 3 x vocal Mix I've tried so far and the majority of bass through FOH. After One outing I won't be going back to my analogue mixer,..just need to be wary of Rabbit Holes!!!! The Bass sound was naff, but the system works a treat, just need time to focus on me rather than everything else!! So thanks for the help👍👍

My fave Glasto moment, old friends reunited