Lozz196

I just hope it`s factual, and that the actors have been chosen wisely. In Sid & Nancy the guy chosen to play Johnny Rotten had a scouse accent. Kind-of made it unbelievable from there on really.

Yep, wouldn’t do to have this - and the grass-cutters in summer - on the roads between 10am & 4pm, that would just be common sense.

The 50 is the stompox version, so fits into a pedal-board etc, and I think it has different cable length simulation settings, whereas the 20 is two little bugs and only simulates a 3 metre cable. I`ve been well chuffed with my WL-20, one of my better purchases.

They do a version where the receiver is a standard BOSS sized pedal as well.

Small and compact wireless system = Boss WL20 to me. Two little units, one plugged into the bass, one into the amp. No mains power leads, no on/off switch, you simply plug one into the other and they pair automatically choosing the best available frequency. Charge `em up overnight, but each full charge lasts for at least 5hrs - think it`s 10.

Yep, SD Quarterpounder, Rotosound or Warwick Red Label steel rounds - and as suggested a Sansamp will help all this no end.

Well I tried, one can only do ones best

Look at it this way Rich, at least you know where all the nob-heads are, and can plan a night out knowing you can successfully avoid them. If it weren`t for Wetherspoons you may well end up in their midst.........

Thinking back on his music in the 70s it does seem to have a bit "more" to it than the regular glam-stuff of that era. I also think that Eastenders sorely misses his Eddie Moon character. Talented guy, Mr Essex.

Apparently being touted as "And Justice for Jason"

The way it seems on here Paul, he could pay his employees £100 an hour, give them 27 weeks paid leave a year, and hand gold bars to his customers on entering his premises, but if he reads the Daily Mail and voted for Brexit, well he`s immediately classed as a lower human being than Stalin - the same Stalin that killed over 10 million people, in case there are others who are reasonable human beings.

I`ve played with a drummer who did this, however he angled the amp towards himself. I presume his habit of rim-shots on every hit on the snare made it impossible for him to hear his own bass drum, hence the amp. Now if it were me I`d have just learned to play the snare drum without said rim-shots...……….

All this is very much about John Deacon, NOT! To get back on track a bit, I`ve just re-read the article about him in this months Bass Guitar Mag - turns out that he refinished one of his Precisions as and when he felt like a change, rather than buy a new one. I think that`s quality, sure he probably had enough money to buy Fender, but keeping with the bass he liked to play/how it sounded, just with a fresh coat of paint, nice one.

I`m certainly no techy expert, but the majority of the cabs I`ve liked the sound of have been sealed. And I far prefer my Ashdown ABM410 now it`s sealed.

Quality, nicely tongue-in-cheek, well done.

A few weeks back I saw The Last Resort at Bedford and JJ, their bassist was using this gear - the event was sponsored by Blackstar I believe. Not sure about on-stage but out front it sounded great, and not that dissimilar from his usual Ampeg SVT.

Why not contact Ashdown and ask for their opinions - give the workshop a call, Dave who works there is a gem, really helpful and should be able to offer the best solution for the cab.

None at all, makes sense to me. Surely any country supporting its own jobs and industry is in principle a good thing. And that row in Wetherspoons above, well I don`t see many there that looked like they`re contenders in the next boxing/martial arts contests, most couldn`t punch their way out of a paper bag.

I have a Cooperstand, link below. Folds up nice and small and is pretty stable when the bass is on it. I don`t really get to play many gigs where I need it as it`s usually 15min turnaround gigs, so bass is last out of the case/first in but always nice to have it just in case it`s needed. https://www.cooperstand.com/products/ecco-g

The bassist in The Cockney Rejects uses one of these, he gets a great sound from it. I think a lot of people associate the Darkglass products with gain/metal sounds but having heard said CR bassists tone they`re capable of some quality tones as well as the gainy stuff.

That`s what I was going to suggest too, quality bits of kit. If the Sansamp tone isn`t for you then maybe a Zoom B3/B3n - similarly you can set up patches for each instrument.

Thanks Paul, didn`t think of on-line, doh. Just read it and far from a character assassination I think it portrays him as a fairly ordinary, genuine man, who was in one of the best/biggest bands in the world, and a man who was devastated by the death of a mate. Also seems pretty grounded and down to earth, which must have been rather hard to keep a grip of, being in Queen, the most flamboyant, over the top band ever.

Not read it, and won`t. Nothing to do with the hysterical hate the mail ethos, it`s just that I don`t buy the paper, and no-one at work today has a copy either. I`m pretty much in agreement that JD from the tv show last night seemed the most grounded, and from what I understand his reasons for slipping away from the public eye seem to be pretty sensible to me.

I bought my first ever Sansamp BDDI from there. An added extra thrown in was being taught how to play Down In The Tube Station, by The Jam when the sales-guy was demoing said BDDI.

For a small footprint tuner the Pitchblack Mini is good, and unlike many of the smaller ones it runs on batteries so no need for PSUs etc. Nice an accurate too.