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That would still be my job and thus a source of annoyance / stress / pain / disappointment/ etc.

I have no idea what I’d do to relax if playing was my job. There’s nothing better to get over a crap day in the office.

Ah! Could be. I had one for years. Excellent bit of kit. I’m amazed how cheap they go for on eBay now. If I had the room I’d get another. Mind you, I’d quite like to get a 121P if the wooden cabinet stuff is getting discontinued. The new material combos are quite a bit bigger, and I’m not yet convinced the mystery material will last as long as a wooden cab. Maybe I’ll just Hot glue / weld a head to a BF cab instead!

https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/bass-guitar-combo-amp/markbass-cmd-102p-8-ohm-2x10-inch-combo-bass-amplifier?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=17865987110&utm_term=&adgroup=&creative=&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI242MvpSyhAMVSZNQBh3N5ge6EAQYASABEgLNWPD_BwE That’s a decent saving if anyone is interested. EDIT: RRP is about £1050 ish. Thomann and Bonners (?) are equally cheap though.

I like the amps, but other than the Hyperdrive the pedals have left me completely cold. They did well to capture the big stage market when Ampeg had terrible QC issues and nobody trusted them for a while, but 99% of us are not playing stages like that. I would love to have the ABM Evo 5 750, now that they have a quiet cooking system and the fan noise wouldn’t make me want to climb a clock tower with a high powered rifle to pick off accountants who insist on putting cheap and noisy fans in expensive amps, but there’s no escaping the head weighs more than my amp and cab combined. And I’d still have to get it modified to swap the god awful stepped / notched gain and master controls.

I must order a pedal then!

Is that a readily available clone?

If your friends do that to you then they are not friends.

Wasn't it Billy Joel who binned his long standing band the minute he got a proper hit? I think I saw that on a documentary. Guys like Kenny Aronoff thrilled about playing on a hit then then getting a call from an agent telling them to go home.

Get a worse singer in and tell the current guy that it's an improvement. Then get proper new singer.

I get that. I sometimes think about having my Lionel routed out for a PJ and putting EMGs in it. And then I play it passively and tell myself to not be stupid! Although I do wish I had a pair of Lionels so I could have one with flats and one with rounds.

If I was going to get a TM4 now I would be deciding between an EMG J and MM or an Aguilar J and MM. I love those pickups but I'd be hard pushed to choose. Probably the Aguilar though as their MM is a bit more trad sounding. Either that or I'd have to buy a pair of TM4s!

Don't forget that for a small upcharge Sandberg will put any pickups you want in it. I'm not a fan of their pickups in general but I adore the rest of the instrument so I'm happy to do pickup changes. My TT4 Superlight now has EMG J set and an EMG EQ. I really like Bobby Vega's EMG Jazz sound and since I first heard him I have always put EMGS in jazz types. My Lionel came with the stock P pickup and I had heard the pickup was a bit modern sounding. That proved to be true. So I swapped that for an Aguilar AG4P that I had. I wanted a more traditional mid pushed P sound. The 'berg pickup has too much bass and was too hot for a traditional sound. I debated asking Sandberg to do the pickup change when I ordered it, but as I already owned the Aguilar there was no point in buying another one!

Which clone of it did you get?

Interesting! I did buy the SFT and I like it a lot. But it seems pedals with that sort of sound are now my new special interest / addiction / waste of money (opinions vary) so I'll have a look at that! Thank you.

I’d upgrade the monitors instead.

My TT4 Superlight is excellent. No dive, just very comfy to play. I do play the Lionel more these days, but sometimes I just want that jazz thing!

NOTHING! I don't have a band at the mo so my head is whirling with ideas for originals that I will half write and then abandon!

Should be fine for the nut. Almost certainly need a truss rod tweak though - and the intonation.

I have the original AO. It’s a very good pedal but I do find it surprisingly string dependent. I find it horrible with flats! Great with rounds though. It’s entirely possible it’s just my problem though!

I returned mine to Amazon.

Did you not like it then?

Mark Bass really need to spec quieter fans. It's not like it would actually add more than a few quid to the specs. Even going full beans and spec'ing Noctua fans would only add about £10. I really hate it when they cheap out on components like that.

I have 30/32/34 If I'm seated for a jazz gig - it's always 30. If I'm playing with a pick and Fronting / singing then it's 30 or 32. I can swap between those very easily. 34 gets used the least these days, but I do love the tone of my Sandberg so it's not going anywhere, but it is now definitely last in line. I've had 35 and over and I do not find them comfy at all.