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SNAP! I love it. All my basses sound different with it, as they should, and it takes pedals really well too.

Presumably like the Joe Dart signature model. Now I've listened to the vid - yup. Just like Joe Darts. I quite like it.

Just found this... not bad for a street busking band!

Their best tune. EDIT: Thinking about it - it's almost like Glover had been listening to Entwhistle quite a bit before recording this part.

As much as I like DG pedals and the M900 amp I agree. It's got a distinctive baked in sound just like a SVT has.

That's a shame. I've never had any hiss on my 800W one. But also I don't have any tweeters in my cabs. Does the Vanderkley have a tweeter control? Some tweeters go up to 20Khz, which in my mind is absolutely useless for bass, but that is where hiss can be.

Thank you! I don't get paid for any music related activity, but I do volunteer every week (pre lockdown) for the local music & performing arts trust. I will email them and ask.

The Barefaced 8x10 is 79lb That's a big difference. I remember when DG released their first cabs. Old tech and very heavy. The comments they got all over social media quickly showed it was a mistake to assume the world still wanted heavy cabs. Now the new cabs are much lighter and the smaller ones are competitive on weight, but the larger cabs are not. Perhaps the 4x12 and 8x10 are aimed at pros who have roadies. The pricing will be vital though. The lightweight DG 4x10 is £1125 at bass direct, and the Barefaced is £959 (steel) and £1009 (cloth) That difference is probably not enough to be a huge issue for anyone wanting to drop a grand on a cab and the weights are so close (cloth grill on the BF) that it's not an issue either. Be interesting to see what the prices of the bigger cabs are. I'd still love to try one of the Aerotech cabs though - seem to have dropped another third in weight. I love the way that tech is going!

Any recommendations for custom molded in-ears and plugs? I'm fed up with the standard little rubber things not quite fitting how I want, and many years ago I had some custom fitted ear plugs that were great, but the little audiologist shop that did them closed donkeys ago. ta.

They have both types. Country and, err West Country.

The ancient Marshall VBC412 cabs are lighter than the new “ultra lightweight “ Darkglass 4x12. DG really are pushing the marketing bollocks on the cabs.

Helix Stomp.

Have you got a soldering iron? You could wire the pickup straight to the jack. If it works fine then you know the problem is with the pots / caps and not the pickup itself.

Any bridge screws missing?

Have you put new strings on it? Is it on every string? Can you record a clip. "Distortion" takes many forms.

I think that is the secret with all of them. Needs to be in a mix to see how it works. Otherwise they can sound a bit fake purely because it is processing just 1 voice rather than having different singers with their slightly different tones and timings.

2003 Fender American Strat. Now with a black plate and a set of fantastic Lollar Black Face single coils. I bought it new in 2003 to commemorate the birth of my first child. I'm usually a Gibson scale fan for guitars, but this strat is fantastic.

TC voice stuff is great. I have their little Harmony Singer pedal and the Mic Mechanic. I use the MM all the time - it a magic button just called "Tone" and that engages an EQ, adaptive compression, and a De-esser. Then I can add some verb and if I want some pitch correction. I don't use the pitch correction, and most of the time I don't use the verb either - I leave that for FOH. But the 3 effects under the Tone button are fantastic - just makes it sound like a well EQ'd and compressed sound with 1 push of a button. Back in gigging days it saved loads of time in PA setup and sound check. The Harmony Singer adds harmonies to the vocal depending on what guitar chord it hears. So it follows the maj / min structure without the need for programming. If I was playing bass and not guitar then I'd put it on the guitarists board but it would be my microphone feeding it. Worked best when the harmony effects were subtle and not overbearing. Both of mine are the V1 - I imagine the newer models are even better.

It's a offcut of carpet on my work bench. Stops me scratching my instruments.

I don’t think there is a consensus. Aston Barrett and Jamerson preferred to only use 1 finger. Others use 2,3,4. I use however many the music needs. Each finger sounds very slightly different, not least because pinky and index are quite far apart on the string, so sometimes I stick to 1 finger for slow even notes, but will happily use all 4 for fast runs and rakes. 10 different players will have 10 different approaches.

Thank you. Amazon don’t have my gauge. Germany it is then!

@BigRedX Where do you get your black labels from? I can’t find a UK stockist. Ta.

It sounds excellent! Very SVT like. Surprisingly loud, lovely grit to the tone. Can be clean too but not quite as loud. The power supply is an 18V outboard unit. No hiss at all. Might be the perfect lounge amp.

Won't be able to plug it in until this evening. Will be into a Barefaced One10.