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ABY can do either and both together. AB is what I want.

Oh, man, I'd love this. Shame I'm about 200 miles too far away!!

I use a Radial Bigshot I/O which, until recently, has done everything I needed - it allowed me to switch between basses, and mute when not needed. However, recently it's* proven lacking - it's one of the earlier ones, which is entirely passive and therefore doesn't have indicator LEDs to show which channel is active and when it's muted or not. In a couple of pieces I've been switching between electric bass and triggered orchestral percussion sounds, and in the heat of the moment (a timp roll right up to the end of the bar and bass in at the first beat of the next bar!) I've either fluffed the switchover or inadvertently pressed the mute by mistake. Since I can't see visually which it is, it causes a delay and can be very problematic whilst I'm supposed to be playing - especially if I carry over into the supposed quiet parts and suddenly 'klannggg' a string which I thought was muted/switched to the other channel. Anyway, that is a very long-winded way of setting the scene for my question, which is, is it possible to add LEDs to the pedal, and if so, can anyone recommend a 'modder' to do it for me (I am not going to pretend I have anywhere the aptitude to do it)? I'm S/W based if that makes a difference. I could just buy a new version but that's £95+ - if modding is possible and cheaper it would make sense. Otherwise, can anyone recommend an alternative? Looked at the LS-2 but it doesn't seem quite right (needing a 'dummy jack' in the input to get it working as an A/B switcher. Don't want an ABY pedal, just a channel switcher with indicators! *Or, rather, I have!

I think someone mentioned above that the M pups were not so hot - certainly that was my experience, they sounded ‘smoother’. The controls had pots instead of switches, so you can pan between the pups rather than switch, and the tone controls were cut and boost rather than just cut. The neck on my M2000T was much slimmer than on the L2000 I had - much more jazz-like.

Hmm, I’m confused; I distinctly remember all my L’s having an active/passive switch - am I misremembering?

I’ve had four G&L’s over the years, liked each one but never quite ‘clicked’ with any of them - or, at least, enough not to sell on when I had to. I’ve had an L2000T and L2500T, an L2500US and most recently a M2000T. The first two I moved on because I didn’t like the necks, but I loved the sound; the US went when I needed cash more than a bass (still regret that, but it had its issues - a flat top with no forearm carve meant it got a bit painful after a while!). The M2000 I felt never quite hit the heights of the L’s - too polite, not aggro enough. Liked the pup blend pot through - I was going to do that to the L’s had I kept them. I do still have a hankering for an L2000 again though...

Well, I’m in Bath and I might be heading to Hertfordshire over the Easter weekend if that’s of any use?

Can't help with the specific sound, but in the past I've been known to ask the bar staff what the tune is, or if they don't know, where they get their tunes from - many places now have a specific 'stream' sent to the venue by head office, and if you email the company sometimes they'll give you a playlist. Yes, I am that sad... Or (no help on this occasion) but for the future an app like 'Shazam' helps you to locate the specific tune.

Another one coming up:

Not true. Harder to evidence, but a verbal contract is very much binding and just as enforceable in court.

I’ve recently had to add some sounds for an orchestral performance, and I’ve found the best way to get the variety needed for me is by using Apple’s Mainstage. Of course, you need a Mac etc, but if you have that then Mainstage is great when paired with a MIDI keyboard.

I was playing drums at a gig on the Gloucester Road in Bristol a couple of years back. A young crowd, a lot of them students doing a pub crawl up the road, and we were playing rock covers, so lots of shouting, dancing and general merriment. All fun and games, until one young blonde girl, seemingly the worse for alcohol, tripped backwards on the edge of the low stage, and fell directly into the drum kit, wiping out the whole right side and scattering it across the stage. We finished the song as she disentangled herself, and that got the biggest cheer of the evening! She’d have been pretty bruised afterwards I’d have thought. Very surprising at the time, and thankfully no serious damage done. To the drums, I mean, no idea how she was!

I was playing a part for weeks before I realised I’d been reading the treble clef part as a bass part. No wonder everyone kept giving me funny looks...😆

Still waiting for it. Apparently I had to transfer them £500 as a deposit to their Nigerian bank, which I’m sure I’ll get back just as soon as they deliver the phone. I’m expecting it any day now - I left the house keys for them so they can drop it in securely. Nice of them to offer, wasn’t it?

Is this a high pass filter, or does it act more like a compressor?

A few years back I ended up playing with a singer-songwriter guitarist. He was American, and had come over here and married his (much older) wife. She was a rock survivor, former groupie who’d slept with some well known rock stars (I forget who, but it was a pretty big list...) Anyway, they had some good gigs lined up but when we actually got to play, the reality never matched up: for example, what was sold to us as a headline gig, was actually an appearance on a multi-band line up. I ended up as the defacto driver as neither of them drove, and one memorable gig involved them bringing their young daughter (who had special needs) on a drive from the Midlands to a central London gig. Cue massive row at the venue when they refused to allow a small child into the gig (unsurprisingly!) and a potential refusal to perform (at what was, again, a good gig but not a headline slot). I ended up just sacking it off as it was clear they had delusions of grandeur which never met the reality of the situation. A quick google shows they’re still plodding along. Nice bloke, but she was VERY odd.

PA testing (‘PAT’ means portable appliance test) is actually only legally required as part of an employer’s duties to ensure equipment used by employees is safe. There is no specific legislation which requires it to be tested, but the onus is on an employer to ensure all equipment is safe, so you do that by PA testing. Therefore there is no legal obligation by which a venue can compel you to have equipment tested, but they can require it as a condition of allowing you to play there (in much the same way they can insist on public lability cover).

It’s a great scheme, but eligibility is only for “someone who has earned their living substantially from music for a significant proportion of their working life”. If you’re a professional musician definitely worth a look, but sadly weekend warriors are excluded.

I don’t think it’s device and/or user specific: https://www.fastcompany.com/40516897/a-new-wave-of-bad-ads-is-hijacking-even-top-tier-websites

Yep, that’s what it eventually was on t’other forum. So so you’re saying I haven’t won a new phone?

Oh, and that was just opening a new window in Safari and navigating straight to BC.

Don’t see how it can be on non jail broken iPhone - far more likely to be a dodgy redirect in one of the ad services. A forum I was a member of suffered from it and it turned out to be dodgy ads. Anyway, what are the odds Beedster and I have the same taste in “exotica”? 😜 Managed to grab a pic just now:

Woot! 😜

So far... 😉