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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

We've not done a lot of them but the band is only now managing to get started with pandemic holding us back just as the gigs were coming in fast then we had a change of guitarist altho Colin is exceptional and knew 80% of our set from when he was in Lieutenant Stardust so that helped. Gigs starting to come in now for this year and next so all good. Love doing this Glam stuff. Great fun and everyone seems to enjoy themselves. Its funny how a lot of the younger generation recognise most of the songs too. Good to see you guys are well booked up. That's always a good sign for us going ahead. 👍 Dave

Just clocked your impedance match calculator. That's a handy wee calculator that many people could use. I know you've probably posted it before but might be worth refreshing everyone's memory and post again. Cheers for having it on your posts. Liking that. I'm an electrical / electronic engineer so its easy for me to calculate in my napper but not everyone fully understands it. I've seen a lot of queries on the Mesa threads mainly on TB to be honest because the new Subway amps go down to 2ohms and people don't get how to calculate for 3 or even 4 cabs. Lot of the new amps go down to 2 ohms and maybe a wee update to show it would be pretty nice if that's an option of course. Just a thought. Dave

Couple of pics from our biker rally gig on Sat night. I've already described the gig further up the thread.

Absolutely nothing when going from red to green or green to red or switching on/off. Could you post a vid clip of it so we can hear what you're hearing. Dave.

Checked mine and its totally silent. No matter what I do with it there's no noise. Here's my settings.

Oooh that's not good. Mine is perfectly silent. Sorry to hear about this. Every company will have the occasional problem and perhaps you've just been unlucky. Dave

Definitely 100%.

To be fair we've not had a bad gig with this band and with our new guitarist joining last year its just going from strength to strength. Our singer mentioned something at the break in changing room that the one thing he's loving about the band is the fun we have and the sense of humour we all have. We can slate each other and not take it seriously but we just seem to be laughing a lot when we get together. I'm probably quite lucky but both bands are great fun altho its the same drummer singer and bass player in both bands Dave

Tried your settings at the gig last night but found the distortion/overdrive was a bit too heavy for me so took the distortion button out. That sorted it. Its amazing how much the amp tone changes at gig volume. Was using my VM4 active bass to be fair. Liked the mids at 3 o'clock and it made a huge difference to my overall tone. I was able to get far more flexibility of tone with the mids at 3. Use my Roland GR6B to flick between my normal smooth bass tone to a more Ric type tone and having the mids up on the amp gave me far more bite on the Ric tone. Dave

Had a fantastic night in Tinto Hotel Biggar 1.5 miles from my house at a biker rally. Played it last year with Emergency Exit punk band and this year they asked for BLOCKBUSTARZ Glam covers band. Sound was excellent with just vocal PA being used. I thought we were a little quiet but my wife said no it was just right and it sounded really good out front. Feedback was excellent with 8 people asking for booking details including an enquiry from a Swedish biker asking what we'd charge for another rally in Sweden. Will see if anything comes from that one. Others were Cumbria bike rally, and one of the Naval bases but not sure which one. One of the enquiries was form a booking agent for several venues so all good. Usual pleasant comments about an amazing set and the band were first class including comments from the band that used to play it every year but unfortunately their singer guitarist was very unwell and can no longer play. The Hotel itself was also very interested which would be nice for me. The organiser said he was stunned when we first came on with all the costumes and gear and spent the first few songs mesmerised and taking pics and vids. Lots of mobile phone vids being taken all night. Dancers up from about 3rd song to a packed dance floor on 2nd set. Organiser said they were used to the usual AC/DC covers bands playing but we put on a full show and that's what made the difference for him. He has also booked us for his brother birthday party later in year. Used my Sandberg VM4 into Roland GRGB and into Handbox WB-100 and Mesa SW210/115 cabs. I use the mfx pedal for a Ric style tone in some songs plus a funk-wah sound for mid section in Virginia Plain. All in all a great wee night. Dave

I stole it from your vid cliips

I've found that slower natural moving as if you're doing something around the house looks more professional than simply jumping about like an idiot or a flee on heat. Sway with the beat, take a few steps forward or back every now and again, If you have a big enough stage walk over to the guitarist for a little status quo style swing. Dont rush about like a demented dog, just take your time and it'll look as tho you know what you're doing. This is only my own observations i've picked up in recent years. I used to be called a John Entwhistle clone glued to floor looking at my bass neck all the time and so focused. Now i just enjoy what i'm doing, i know the songs well enough i'm not concentrating all the time and i've been using the same VM4 bass for past 4 yrs so i'm used to the neck. PS I'm no expert in stage movements and if you're in a younger band i'd expect a more erratic style of movement. Age plays a big part. I'm not getting any younger LOL Dave

That's pretty good and might be a better fit than the Fender P basses i've tried over the years. Dave

what;s the nut width on the electra P bass. I struggle a bit with my Vintera P bass neck width. I've always preferred the J neck width altho my VM4 is a great in between neck. Dave

Oohh that's nice. I do like tort pickguards on my basses too. Dave