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How often do you need the same EQ settings when moving between venues? I wouldn't have a problem with it on EQ - but on the Input and Master volume is silly. 1 notch to go from too quiet to deafening.

I had one of those too. So heavy!

Head and a Barefaced One10 for rehearsals. Head, nano pedal board and BF Super Twin for most gigs. No PA for 99% of shows. The One10 is very capable though so if it's a proper small gig or just supporting woodwind then the One10 is plenty.

Muppet - did you ever get the Input and Volume controls swapped for smooth pots?

I’ve had 3 Dual Recs. In the end I decided that although a TS pedal was best, a Les Paul with a Pearly Gates was the best non pedal option. The PG has a bit of a mid hump that works great with that amp.

@Waddo Soqable Parcel Force do NOT insure instruments against damage even if you pay for extra insurance. It’s in their terms.

Thank you - but Steve has offered to donate me one, the scholar and gentleman that he is.

Depends entirely on the individual deal. Like with Marshall amps, even those with signature models (Slash / Kerry King / Joe Satriani etc) had to buy them. Marshall don't do free stuff. But for their artists they have a worldwide support structure, local loan amps so the artist doesn't have to air freight a load of heavy amps and cabs, local tech access etc etc. All probably worth a lot more than a free £1500 amp head. And with dealers in every city on earth likely to host a good sized gig that's a monster network. In the 90s all the metal bands were swapping to Mesa Dual Recs and Mesa was supplying them for big discounts and some free items. It was a good strategy for them as until the Dual Rec they were not a metal brand at all. It made a massive difference to their customer base. Marshall didn't have to do that, but for Mesa it worked so well that the Dual Rec became the must have metal amp for a good 10 years * So it's all a mix of the needs of the company and the artist. * even though it is actually a really flubby sounding thing without a TS type pedal boosting the mids and cutting the lows.

I started with a Focusrite and it was great. He will be able to hear a di signal without launching software but it might be a bit uninspiring. There are actually tons of free VST / Amp sims out there these days. Some need to be run in a DAW or a shell, but others run without the DAW being launched. TBH though he can set up a Practice project in a DAW and just do a click or 2 to launch that when he wants to play. If the VST is already loaded on a track - boom, he's in business. Doesn't have to record while the DAW is open. Reaper is a very powerful DAW that has an infinitely renewable demo period, but is only about £60 anyway. Very easy to use and YT is full of demoes and tutorials.

You star! Very generous.

Get the regular ones. There's a lot of crap spouted about cables.

Those MM conversions are in mad decimals! Did someone really need a difference between 0.9119 and 1.024mm?

Silly question about gauges. I see on some sites that a chunky gauge should be used with amps that are about 1000W, but up there ^ 18 gauge has been suggested as ok. So what's the deal? And why do some sites use mm measurements rather than gauges? ta

So I could order the parts and then have to find some time to assemble it and then be paranoid that I’ve done it wrong and I’ll cause a fire or something, or I could just order a ready made one? That’s a tough choice! 😂

I don’t even do my own pickup swaps! you know instructions on a soldering iron that say “don’t hold the hot end”? That’s my fault!

As it says! 1m will be fine.

Ah! So I'm 1 out then. (Nothing to see here 😬)

I swapped over to EBS flat cables. They seem to have the smallest plugs on them. Got me a few extra inches over the full board. Regarding the power supply - have you checked the current draw of the pedals you are going to use? You need to make sure that each pedal can draw what it needs.

Some of them are. The early ones were A/B and then they swapped to D.

7 basses 2 guitars 1 sax 1 clarinet.

I have dozens of compressors. The Cali76, DG SS, Empress etc etc. I like the Boss BC-1X better than any of them. It's magical. I'd just like to not need to take it with me at all!

Some of the newer amps now have a Limiter control knob on them. So at least it is now adjustable.

My Sandberg TT4 Super Light. Pic from before the ramp was fitted.

Sounds good to me!

The little Zoom multi effect would be great fun. I wish there was something like that when I was a kid.