paul_5

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Eggbound and down - Jerry Reed

Nine!

I’ve never found mine to be all that ‘Lemmy’. It’s a useful distortion pedal in its own right, but doesn’t really get near to the classic Motörhead sound.

To paraphrase Frank Zappa “talking about (how a bass guitar sounds) is like tap-dancing about architecture” looks nice, but it seems like a pointless video unless we can hear the thing!

The Hornet VHS has been doing this for a couple of years. Granted it's not free, but will do most of the more popular headphone types for €11, including the ubiquitous KZ ZS10s

😄 that would do it!

Don’t know if this is of any use, but it’s FAR easier to add a TRS plug to a MIDI cable than the other way around - bigger terminals make for easier soldering. Get yourself a MIDI cable and chip one end off rather than trying to fit a MIDI jack to a TRS. Why make life difficult for yourself?

Be aware though that there are 2 types of MIDI to TRS cable - one has the tip of the TRS going to pin 4 of the MIDI connector and the TRS ring to MIDI pin 5, and the other type has these connections reversed. They are (unsurprisingly) called type A and type B, so I'd check with your kit's manufacturer which one you need. It's not the end of the world if you wire them the wrong way round, as it won't cause any damage.

It controls patches on my Line6 M5 multi effects, although it can do lots of other stuff too. Basically it controls things that are in the signal path.

Hmm, neither is a MIDI controller *technically*, can I get a steward’s enquiry on this?

Hot off the back of last year’s triumph I have had a tier 1 failure this year, as I bought a Chocolate MIDI controller pedal in the first week of 2026. Ah well, there’s always next year!

I’ve not seen this mentioned yet, so I’d also like to nominate my 2nd place (by a very small nose) album - Led Zeppelin II. Listening to John Paul Jones’ genius on this album taught me LOADS about not just being a bass player, but about being a musician who plays the bass.

That’s what my GP recommended!

Bought a chocolate m-vave to make my M5 giggable with zero hassles or problems. Recommended BC'er

Not even 'Punk Jazz'?

The Crow and the Nightingale - Marillion

I used to gig aBF Compact, but missed the added 200Hz ‘boom’ that my older, shitter cabs used to give me, so went back to an Ampeg 4x10”. Then I realised that I’d stopped using said cabs due to weight and bulk, so I made myself a 1x12” that ticks all of the boxes.

Hanging Around - the Stranglers

As a few of my favourites have already been listed I’ll go for Bloodsugarsexmagic by RHCP. phenomenal playing by flea throughout!

Rats - Pearl Jam

March of the pigs - NIN

Fuzz Face?

Duvet know it’s Christmas - band aid