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From the punk/Oi world I’d say BOSS TU2/3 and Sansamp BDDI, with possibly the BOSS BF2 (flanger) or CH1 (chorus) for the more goth/indie bands.

From what I read about their SCR DI pedal it can be noisy when the power is dropping, maybe all their pedals have this, are you using a battery and if so is it new/the pedal always been like this since you bought it? If using a power supply is it the right spec?

The more I think about this range the more I like the name. Rather than trying to be flash and glamorous they’re going with their heritage, well done to them, and I hope it proves successful.

Not on just Music Man basses but on all my basses I lower the height of the pickup under the E so that at home practice levels through my 15 watt 1x8 combo it is a bit quieter than the other strings. I then find it’s at equal volume at rehearsals when I’m using bigger cabs that handle lows better.

Similar happened in an old band I was in, drummer used to sing in silly voices as a “laugh” at rehearsals. Not only was he unprepared when we gigged but it put me off something rotten as not being the best singer even in my living room (and I’m alone at present) I need in tune vocals to pitch to. In the end we just asked him to not bring his mic (asking him to not sing would have been pointless as he wasn’t).

Rainbow - the band I’m in now does a few of their songs and although I knew the more popular chart/rock songs I wasn’t aware of the material with Dio on vox. Well now I am and really enjoy both playing it and listening to it.

Have to say that from what I’ve read of both brands the Yamaha seems to fit the bill more.

Good luck Sarah, I’m sure raising kids is more strenuous than gigging so it will be a walk in the park, relax & enjoy

That’s great Steve, thanks for posting this, I’ll certainly make use of it (at the rate I buy new basses probably weekly 😂)

Yeah, make them work for their dough, Col

Yeah, after carrying around 2 & 3kg Class D amps my Ashdown ABM600 at 13kgs seems a task - how times have changed, that would have been featherweight back in the 80s when I started playing.

Well I’ve had the 210/410 ABM set up and it was great, bags of power and sounded really good. Of course each cab will get the same amount of power but as long as you use your ears (and have the 210 on top) you’d hear if the 210 was being overloaded, though I’d doubt that would happen, those cabs take some serious power. I’ve had other brands 210/115 set ups and all have sounded good. The theory is always use two of the same cab but I’ve never had a problem mixing speaker sizes yet. Having different speaker sizes means that in all likelihood your sound would need re-eqing when pairing the two as opposed to using each individually. I put castors on my 410 and used that all the time, only dragging out the 210 for the bigger gigs. Once the cab had the castors it was so easy to move about, the only lifting was out of the car and up/down stairs. Much easier than carrying the 210 everywhere.

Yep, great songs made even greater by JJ

“They wouldn’t know a string quartet from a string vest” Sid Vicious

Great pickups, I’m sure you’ll be pleased with them, especially on such a great bass

Difficult, could be Rod from a demo or could be the OP…..

Sad day, but unless playing very big stages the RM amps can sound very much like the ABMs. The difference only becomes apparent when on those big stages and the weight/heft of the sound of the ABM shows up. In regular pub type venues the RM more than fills them out.

It’s funny but at the last practice where I used my ABM600 I had both the compressor on the amp and my Seymour Duncan Studio compressor pedal on. It was by accident but I found that I preferred it like that than with either one on its own. I’m sure I could get the same results with tinkering with the settings on the Seymour Duncan though, it’s a very flexible pedal.

IMO that’s the best single to come out of punk @Frank Blank

For me it’s one that as DiMarco says, reacts to touch and how you play. I’ve found all the Tech21 pedals to be good at this but my Para Driver to be the best. It can be set so that if you play with a regular touch you wouldn’t know there was any drive on there, but dig in and you get very nice breakup. Of course me lacking any degree of subtlety just used to play like that all the time which was great in a 3 piece as it helped fill the sound out very well.

Sadly the Rebellion Festival was cancelled again this year. Although falling after the intended and now rescheduled freedom day I suppose 10,000+ indoors over 4 days just wouldn’t have been possible, let alone having 250 bands playing as well. Fingers crossed for next year.

We have a mate we call Chewie. It’s not cos he looks like a Wookie, but that he sounds like one when singing.

I had one for a while and every time I DI’d with it the sound engineers made a point of seeking me out after the gig to say how good they thought the bass had sounded. It had to be the pedal as none did before, or since……..

Great band, and a good bunch of chaps too.

Comsat Angels Independence Day is a quality song, agree the band really should have gone further