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His guitars are fantastic. If I was going get a custom Les Paul made I'd be using him without a doubt. He preserves all that is great about the original but makes them much more comfy and easy to play.

There is amazing music in every generation. The issue is that now we have reached saturation and it's difficult to find it. Put some effort in and you'll find it. Probably won't be on any popular radio show, but now there's hundreds of internet radio stations as well as spotify and the like. I grew up on a mainly metal and rock diet. Tastes change and I'm listening to old RnB but even things like youtube then recommend something newer and quite often I'll like it. I discovered Vulfpeck and Cory Wong in a very round about way. Saw Joe Dart on a magazine - I silently mocked him for the shades and leather jacket travolta thing. Then I heard him play, and he can really play. So I listened more and then when Cory Wong (who was only a touring member of Vulf at the time) did some solo albums, with Sonny T on bass I was interested. With the spinoffs from all that I've now got about another 8 albums I really like to listen to. There will be loads of stuff to your taste out there. Just have to look a bit harder, but also make use of the algorithms on the streaming services to suggest stuff.

Can you swap the Scarlett to Line level rather than instrument?

That bridge, the string cover and the headstock are all making my teeth itch. Lower horn is bang on though!

If the lower horn was shorter it would be perfect.

Micro Thumpinator can really help with mushy boom too.

The EMGs are really noiseless. I have them in several basses. The original J series EMGs were designed to sound like 1960s fender pickups, and they do. They are not super hot output like more modern pickups, they are just a great J sound.

I like battery for backup, but there's no denying battery waste is a big problem. So I'm cool with that. I've had other mains only pedals for years - and some battery ones that will consume a 9V in under an hour so they are effectively mains only.

I like them a lot. Nice small enclosures, easier to connect. All good!

Won't sound like a jazz with regular humbuckers. Stacked hum cancelling ones will though.

Used Sandberg California II TT4 would be perfect.

Mine is last before the amp with my octave just in front. That way the thump kills all the subsonic crap from the octave. I stole that idea from Dusty Hill. He had a subtle always on octave to thicken his sound up and the thump stopped anything below a low A getting through. So he didn’t have to turn it off. this is basically my chain. For today anyway!

There’s no rules. Half the fun is trying different combinations. Modulation in to drive sounds very different to the other way round. Trust your ears.

Line 6 Stomp. All the sounds you'll ever need.

"Used by MM at Ronnie Scott's...." So it was probably a loan / hire amp then? Not his personally?

https://myvolts.co.uk/ do a wide range of voltage changing cables. Definitely worth a look.

The active PA cab won't sound the same as your regular cab. the PA cab will be designed to be as close to FRFR as possible as PA cabs are, and the bass cab will be far more of a sound shaping device. I'd expect to EQ the PA cab very differently to the regular bass cab. If that is an issue for you.

They are close enough in tension.

Black wins. Geddy P all the way.

yup. I wear foam ear plugs so I’m very used to setting the sound and then putting up with the “tone” I hear through the plugs.

technically possible, but it shouldn’t be needed. Such a faff. I just won’t buy a notched amp. If I ever manage to get the money for an Evo5 I’ll ask Dave to put smooth pots in.

If it’s a dictatorship then as an employee I want paying.

it was me. And it was a big fat “NO” about eBay. Ive got the emails from them.

I've had a Mk1 and a Mk3 Should have kept the Mk1. The 3 was 12lb and was killing my back and shoulders, and that was 10 years ago when I was much younger and fitter. One day I'll make a bitsa with sensibly weighted parts.

I get that if you don't use any pedals. I have a couple and if I adjust my bass volume it affects what the pedal is doing. Not just overdrive reducing - it would ruin an envelope filter setting. Bit moot at the moment though, with kids at uni I won't be buying anything spendy for a while now. They better get rich quickly!