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I'm really liking the DR Black Beauties. Now got them on 3 basses.

Mine was white with white plate if i remember right. Dave

I had a white Ric back in 80's but cant remember how it felt as i couldn't really take to it back then. More about the tone than feel of the bass. I didn,t know they had done away with the twin truss rods. I quite like a slim neck. Dave

Are the newer necks better than the old ones. ? Dave

Had the Lo Tension flats on my VM4 for about a year and really liked them but they didn't really suit the music i was playing. Dave

Yep that is my dream Ric colour altho i'd go for a fretted one. Dave

Not just as bad as that altho we had one venue the first time i played it with the band. The owner had gone home and the staff asked us how much we get paid. Unfortunately the band are regulars there and always get paid same amount and we are an honest bunch.

Dumpy's used to play our local venue many years ago. I could see what you mean. LOL

Probably good advice. I'll not bother then. Those guys were seriously lucky you talked me out of that. Our singer Lynn knows them all and was there from the Fri - Sun and said some already had the virus symptoms on the Fri night. We played it last year on the Fri night and she caught the virus then too but rest of us were fine. Dave

Update that Lynn our other singer now has covid. That's the full band now. Dave

I prefer 3:1 compression sometimes a little less but Threshold same as yours and Gain 12 o'clock too. Dave

Have to say that's a good result from both Keeley and the shop. Well done to all involved. Dave

Unfortunately all of the band except myself and Lynn have now got covid after the bike rally gig on Sat night. Since heard that quite a few had it from the Fri. I had it 10 days ago but all clear tests Fri & Sat morning meant it wasn't me that passed it on. Looks like our private birthday party gig this Sat night will be cancelled. Dave Have to say it was no worse than a head cold for me and no serious symptoms and what i did have lasted 1-2 days.

I think that was a big part of it plus i didn't always get the US sense of humour. We definitely view things in a different way. Dave

On the other hand i've spoken with some really nice guys on TB too who have been exceptionally helpful with one offering to sell me his Mesa TT800 at enough of a reduced cost that even adding import tax etc it worked out same as a new one which wasn't too bad as there was no chance of getting one for few yrs but it was too much of a risk getting it sent over and i didn't want to risk that offer of friendship with it getting lost in transit. Still a great offer when he could have sold it in US for almost new price. Met some really nice people on TB so its not all bad but with the amount of members you are bound to get the bad ones. BC is more like a big family of friends that want to help each other no matter what the issue is, good or bad. That's why i like being on BC. Dave

To be fair it wasn't the mods that were the problem for me. Dave

You're just making me so jealous now Daryl. Dave

That's good news and seems like a quick response to you as well. Fingers crossed you have a replacement soon. Think its worth sticking with the Keeley as they do seem to make good gear but like everything electronic you will get a faulty unit once in a while. Yours must have been a Mon morning hangover unit. Good luck Dave

Yep 100% agree. Hope all is good with the big C and you've beaten that into the ground. Dave

Your post was attached to the bottom of the last pic as if i had written it for some weird reason. Dave

Our male singer has been doing a solo Glam act for many years and our drummer was in The Glitter Band in 90's era and has played some huge stadiums. He was good friends with The Sweet back in the day and even had some lessons from the amazing Mick Tucker. I think he lived near Steve Priest altho he was a good bit younger than them. Our guitarist had been doing the Glam thing for 13yrs until their singer left for NZ. We started in 2018 but took a year faffing about trying different keys but gave up on them and settled for Lynn who was the singer in the punk covers band i'm now in too. We benefited far more with Lynn sharing vocals with Mickee than we ever got from keys. Keys players are an odd bunch. We were just getting things all sorted and gigs coming in when BAM covid struck and it all stopped. Not enough time to get a following yet so started from scratch last year again. I did play in Hot Love from Glasgow who have been doing the Glam covers thing for many years too. I was there 17th bass player LOL Great guys but they wanted to gig 2-3 times a week and i had just retired from work and found it all a bit too much. Learned their set in 3 weeks, no rehearsals as singers Dad passed away just after i joined. After 7-8 days i was told a lot of the songs were in different keys from originals and had to redo them, then after first 2 gigs that weekend they asked me to learn another 20 songs within 10 days. Just too much for me i'm afraid i needed a break from learning songs. I still keep in touch with them as they are all really nice guys in Hot Love. And that is our band history in short Dave

I missed the selection bit at the top. Brilliant wee programme. Dave

From what i read about Keeley they are a very well respected company and hopefully your dealer will simply replace under warranty. I wouldn't want a repair done either. As its new you are entitled to a replacement unit. Keep us posted how you get on. Dave

Yep i hear it. Its like a slight hiss as it turns red to green. I dont get that on mine and i tried mine at a decent volume at home just to check for you. I dont think it would be noticed in a band set up but it would annoy me that something isn't right and if something is failing now you dont know how or if that will worsen as time goes on. Dave