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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.

It's a bit smaller than I expected!

That must be new - When I had one (long time ago) it was hardwired.

It is a bit crap. Still - put something on ideascale if you want the developers to know what you'd like improved. That's where they get their customer feedback from.

Another vote for a Sandberg Super Light. I have a TT4 and it's fantastic.

Almost anything recorded by Jeremy Pelt. Trumpet.

I had a good chat, when they then tried to suggest I buy one of the last chance Retroglide 800 amps I knew it was really Ashdown! 😂

Are they good? I like the idea.

It gives name of someone I know is at Ashdown. No attachments on it.

EDIT All sorted - gave them a call. Someone can't type!

And I've just noticed - no fans!!!