mcnach

Yeah, I like the idea of having one of those in my gig bag.

That's like permanent-drool-inducing beautiful, and by the sounds of it, it also makes very righteous noises! I have a Sandberg VM4 (in metallic orange!) which is pretty much the same configuration and I keep looking for a justification to get one of these too, as I've discovered how good some Harley Benton models can be... You're just feeding the fire... (fine, I'll say it!) mist.

If you already did it by taking the plate off and it came loose, the tool will allow you to tighten it without removing the plate but it'll come loose again. Best to address the loosening by using a locking washer, whichever method you use, and ensure it'll stay tight for the foreseeable.

Yeah, "back killers" maybe, but I didn't see anything Stingray Killer about the one I had (which was very nice, but a real boat anchor).

You can, but it doesn't mean you should. However, if you do, please do better than UB40 They started out so well, and they lost the plot after 3-4 albums...

I misread the board as saying "Skaturday" instead of Saturday...

I just got one of these (£41 on Amazon). I have been using a wired IEM system for a little while, simple but it works, although that thick combined instrument/phones cable is not the most comfy. I bought a U4 to give the wireless option a try but ended up selling it unused since, of course, most of my gigs at the moment seem to be those where I need an amplifier. But for £41, being stereo, I thought it could be useful at home, and that's what I got it for. It sounds good, no significant noise added (I thought for a minute that there was some hiss but turned out to be my drum machine, so very quiet overall), and the units are tiny and superlight. I'm waiting for a Backbeat (ordered in September, shipping this month, yay!), so with the MS-1 and the Backbeat I hope to have a nice home setup at least. I have not yet experimented with cummulative latencies, that's for the weekend. Used on its own (using a Zoom R16 as a mixer/recorder, where the drum track is recorded direct, and sent to my ears via the MS-1) it's just fine. I tried adding my ancient Line6 G30 wireless instrument unit to the mix. Not sure what's its latency, but I'm pretty sure it was around 4-5ms. Again, that worked well. But I'm not sure how it'll be once I start adding digital FX etc, this unit is not going to suit everybody but if you use no effects, or a few analog ones it'll probably be okay too. For a cheap home-use solution they seem quite useful as long as your personal chain does not take the latency to the point it gets noticeable.

It's a very nice pickup (I do prefer slightly the SMB-4A), but it's not trying to replicate the Stingray pickups. If you want to get as close as possible to a classic Stingray sound you'd be better off with the Nordstrand MM4.2 which sounds very much like the original in my Stingray, or the Aguilar (I forget the model) one. If you just want a great sounding pickup, the Seymour Duncan (both D and A versions) is a great option. It'll still sound unmistakeably Stingrayesque, no question about it, it's just that the Nordstrand/Aguilar ones are closer to the originals. I used to play an OLP with the SMB-4A and the Seymour Duncan preamp, as well as the Stingray. They sounded different but they were just different flavours of 'nice'

Chris bought my Broughton HPF pedal. Transaction as smooth like a baby's bum.

Nik bought my Mooer Radar. Very pleasant transaction/communications 👍

Thank you, Nik

Sandberg won't post accessories to the UK anymore... B-loody B-nuisance. (what B word?) Fortunately they post to Spain and I'll be there in a few weeks.