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  1. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    On the train home from Extreme supported by Living Colour at The Forum, Kentish Town. Great performances by both. Excellent sound. Extreme clocked in at almost two hours, but a well paced show. Pat played a blinder. I believe they are back there later this month. Tonight was sold out. Not sure if the other date is. Just made the last train at Liv St before the strike kicks in.
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    Not sure if anyone here was planning on going or had already bought tickets, but we've had to cancel due to illness. No one wants to listen a a Freddie with laryngitis. Absolutely gutted ☹️
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    Due to a strange twist of fate, I've ended up with two of these and as good as they are, I really don't need both. This one I purchased on this very forum a short while ago from @admiralchew and what a unit it is. The SGT switch is just nuts. Essentially the Ampeg sound (or sounds to be more precise) without the requirement to visit a chiropractor. It's in immaculate condition and could pass for new. Here is the Ampeg blurb.... The SGT-DI™ preamp and DI gives modern bassists an entire rig in a single stompbox. It delivers an enhanced Super Grit Technology™ overdrive circuit featuring iconic Ampeg SVT® and B15 voices, versatile 3-band EQ now with sweepable Mid circuit, Ultra-Hi and 3-way Ultra-Lo switches, a variable compressor, and an Aux /Headphone section. Plus! Introducing the first IR Loader/Cab Simulator from Ampeg. Choose from three classic factory cabs or up to three cabs of your own by using the free Ampeg IR Loader application. 3-Band EQ with sweepable Mid circuit SGT circuit with SVT and B15 voicing switch Onboard IR Loader/Cab Simulator Ultra-Hi and 3-way Ultra-Lo switches Variable 10:1 compressor Price is firm, but does include fully insured and tracked shipping. I'm not looking for any trades.
  4. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    It is 3 Leaf Audio. It’s exactly as announced on the web site along with links to those auctions.
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    It’s odd because it does not resolve the issue. His justification is that he’s had complaints about buyers reselling pedals at inflated prices, so his solution is to do what everyone has complained about, the only difference being, he gets the money instead. Well done Spencer 👏👏👏👏. By the way, he marketed this endeavour as ‘I’m selling these pedals at 99% off standard price’ which was the starting bid on the auction 🤷‍♂️. It doesn’t resolve what the buyers have complained about, but it does resolve what he obviously has a beef with. Now if he was passing the profits above $333 on to charity - different story. Maintaining an order list, in my view a fairer way to do things, would be more labour intensive for him, but at least he would know where they are going and just under 100 pedals wouldn’t disappear in an instant to bot buyers. At the time, I was really frustrated with FEA Labs (more the lack of commas than anything), even though I knew I was on their waiting list, but at least they came through in the end. I now have zero interest in passing any of my hard earned in his direction. I shall investigate other options instead.
  6. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    Whilst I don't expect him to give them away, I find this a bizarre move motivated purely for profit.
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    What did you go for in the end?
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    Yeah, that’s what he said last year. Nice to see he’s going to make a cracking profit on those ones on eBay. I do not understand the logic behind that at all.
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    Absolutely gutted that I've once again missed out on an Octabvre. I waited ages for Spencer to announce another run and 100 of them went live at 9am PST (5pm GMT). I couldn't possible have got through the order process quicker than I did. The clock was still showing 1700hrs when I clicked purchase and they had sold out. I thought FEA Labs were bad, but at least I was able to get on a list with them and they did eventually deliver. It seems a lot of these Octabvre pedals get re-sold for profit. What's worse 3Leaf have put 7 of the 100 on eBay and they're all going way above the site price of $333. Not a chance in hell I'm bidding any of them. I'll do without.
  10. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    Agreed. Just awful. Absolutely obliterates it.
  11. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    17 tickets remaining. Get 'em while you can.
  12. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    Queenage play Hatfield Peverel on December 2nd 2023. There are only 34 tickets left - available from the link below. QUEENAGE TICKET LINK
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    I had another couple of listens to this last night, just to see if would grow on me and I was struck by how horrible the production is. It sounds very uneven, guitars too loud, not enough bass. This never helps when I’m sitting down to learn new material. If it doesn’t sound good to begin with, I’m usually less than enthused about listening to it. This live version sounds loads better to my ears.
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    I was just thinking about the set from my gig last night and there's maybe one song I would happily lose as it's pretty uninspiring from a playing perspective. Ironically, it's one of those songs that always goes down well and last night was no exception (go on, have a guess which one it is). In this band we operate a kind of checklist system: 1. Are we all up for trying xxxx song? 2. Are we performing it well? 3. Is it going down well? 4. We've played it for a while now, are we still happy to keep it? Stagnation doesn't really feature in this band as we have another set of songs we can substitute in to keep it fresh.
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    Our guitarist despises that song although he's never come up with solid reasoning as to why. I don't mind it, but I don't have a burning desire to play it.
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    I just do not see the point of conceding. This song wouldn’t even be in the top ten to hear at an Alice in Chains gig.
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    I’m about today if you still need the amp mate.
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    I absolutely get where you’re coming from in the context of the other songs you’ve cited. I would have zero interest in learning this guitarists w**k-fest. I would definitely exercise my veto option. My humble opinion is that ‘If You Tolerate This’ isn’t even in the same ballpark. The guitarist(s), and I assume it’s them who really want to do it, need to get over themselves. I dep for a few bands where I look at the sets and my heart sinks, but I’m a hired hand in those situations and have no choice. Where you have a choice, I’d say use it.
  19. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    I keep coming back to this. Have a bump for a lovely looking J.
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    Continuing my disastrous run with keys players through various bands, I’ve had another one hand in his notice subject to an exchange of contracts on a house 200 miles away. We’ve only got 30 gigs to find cover for 😮

  21. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    Yes, absolutely @Paul S. He's definitely a class act, as his other half actually who is also a singing teacher. Both of them selfless to a fault and see themselves as part of the big picture. Has his own PA and there isn't much he doesn't know about the operation of them. We did our first rehearsal fully IEM'd the other week and if not for him, we would probably still be there trying to connect it all up 🤣. I feel truly fortunate to be in bands with each/both of them.
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    As you say @Paul S, seems like an absolute steal to me. Can’t believe it hasn’t sold at that price. Maybe the shipping options are holding it back, but there’s ways around that surely. GLWTS 🤘
  23. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    There's a bit of an 'Emperor's New Clothes' vibe in some of the comments here and I'm quite surprised. My view, for what it's worth (probably nothing), is that ramps are essentially a more visually appealing version of a Zero Mod thumb rest. I've used them on Ric's and most recently Stingrays and I really like them. The single H pick-up position on a Stingray always feels fractionally too far back for me when playing finger style. I enjoy the slightly less tension using the Zero Mod. YMMV of course.
  24. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    I’ve just tried to ‘accidentally’ hit a knob whilst playing my J. I’m genuinely confused as to how this can happen.
  25. hiram.k.hackenbacker
    I used to be the same as you, still am really as I have a soft spot for J’s that will never die, but I now have also grown to love P’s. Nice looking bass. Hope you’re not making a sale you’ll regret. Good luck.
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