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December 1982 the Jam played their last ever concert at the Brighton Centre. I had a ticket but stupidly told it for four times what I'd paid. I was 13 and didn't know the meaning of regret. I don't even know what I spent the £20 on.

I have a compressor. I like it and use it, but I could live without it and sometimes do.

If you fancy a Rat based pedal without loss of low end, they the Idiotbox Blower Box. Masses of low end.

I have the LH 500 and a rack mount compressor. The Harte site the says the fx loop is before the volume, but not on mine it isn't. Adjusting the volume on the amp means adjusting the threshold on the compressor. The LMB3 is a nice compressor pedal for not a lot of bucks. I've had a few different pedal comps and IMO you've got to spend 3X the price of a used LMB3 to get something significantly better.

But the one before that was more - Reeves Gabrells and his Imaginary Friends. He's also playing guitar for the Cure now and they were there in the same room as me.

Hooton Tennis Club at the end of last month

Could you give an example of the sound you hear that you think is compression? As other's have said, ovnilab.com is a great resource. I love compression. But not all compressors are created equal. After 20+ years and lots of different pedal compressors, I'm now using a rack compressor. It's great, and using a low threshold and very low ratio it subtly thickens my tone but doesn't kill my dynamics - compression as a tone tool. This then goes through to the second channel, with a high threshold and high ratio to catch any unwanted accidental spikes and makeup gain set to make the most of my amp's headroom - utility compression. A lot of pedals give you control of only one or two parameters, the rest of the action is preset. The old Trace Elliott dual band was highly regarded by some. I had one and to me it was just an expensive, large and heavy DFA box . The BBE I found to be smaller, lighter, cheaper version of the same. I've had a few Boss CS2 and CS3s. They're the opposite. Extreme squash and pump and great as an "effect" compressor. The Maxon CP9 Pro+ was great for tone thickening. Boss LMB-3 great for "utility" compression. One thing I've learnt over the last few years is that a lot of recording engineers won't apply just one compressor to a bass, they will apply several compressors for different qualities.

Holy poop! I never realised the Cali was THAT big!

With something like this [url="http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1505063.pdf"]http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1505063.pdf[/url] Although this is a 4 pole speakon. I don't know if you'd need to find a 2 pole speakon splitter.

Really nice guys. My wife has known Isaac (the singer/drummer) for years since they worked together, and I've watched Slaves' progression with interest. It's been really good to see someone who has worked bloody hard begin to get somewhere.

Awesome

This weeks: GASing for an Epiphone Jack Casady. Preferably in gold.

Thanks guys

Have liked/joined evryone else - my finger hurts now

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I've just seen that Fender are selling off the KMC percusion brands and Ovation guitars.

Long time no see! Good luck with the search for a band.

At least on the SG Bass 2015. Looks much more versatile (although I still prefer the Supertone) [url="http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2015/SG-Standard-Bass.aspx"]http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2015/SG-Standard-Bass.aspx[/url]

nice looking bass

Fretagain? As in fret from t595?

There is (was?) a Hartke LH500 in the for sales for £180. Bargain and great tone. That leaves you just over £600. I can thoroughly recommend the Barefaced Compact (gen 1 or 2) with this amp. Should leave you with £150 for cables, cab covers etc.

No bass stuff in or out this last 12 months. The only in musically was an acoustic Epiphone guitar that a friend of mine rescued from a skip. What have I learned? If someone puts a guitar in a skip, there's probably a reason for it

I saw that bass on Facebook the other day. Still think it's awesome

I have bought through DV247 before. A very positive experience.