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I enjoyed that rehearsal very much. Really splendid to lock in with a real life drummer and just sit in that pocket for a few hours. The one thing I did wrong was to spend the weeks leading up to the practice playing a bass with a couple less frets than the one I took to rehearse with today. Spend the first few songs playing the occasional not sharp through not reaching quite far enough left. Once into it all was splendid though. Elf into BF Midget is a wonderful recipe for success.

An absolute dream of a bass. Plays itself, light, and sounds lovely, with loads of finger based tonal variety.

Been a long time since I saw this particular band.

Nice bass! You can never have too many. Bonus points for cheering up @Dood 😊

Looks great! Congrats on a real steal deal.

I had to spend an absolute fortune on expensive pedals in order to discover how good my Zoom multi effects are. Until I had actually played through several 150 - 200 quid envelope filters, I didn't realise how good the filters on the B1on actually are.

Room wouldn't be a problem! There are some people here who have rehoused their FIs in tiny enclosures. I never want to programme the pedal from the box, I only want to go up and down through the presets - which needs dedicated footswitches not double tapping the up to go down - and exactly as you say volume, and most crucial of all a dry mix.

I've never heard anyone dissing Joe Dart. And I certainly wouldn't take any further notice of them if I ever did.

You have a treat in store. Harley Benton makes great instruments at give away prices.

Well I got that horribly wrong. Sorry guys.

Fascinating isn't it? We spend literally 1000s on effects and very few of us would be happy with this sound. And yet, as you say, it's exactly perfect. Context is all.

Only on Basschat...

These are really beautifully done, good luck with the channel.

His video work could easily outstrip his pedal making. I think he's brilliant.

I couldn't sit like that for the length of a Wham! song, never mind play like that. She is a firm favourite of mine.

Thanks for this.

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Nice one! Did you know that 5 years ago you played in the 100 Club juat after Madness had been there? They had named clothes hangers!

I have a few gigs trickling tentatively into the diary, and one is a dep slot for my old Madness Tribute. I've got over my bruised pride that they are still going strong without me, and am rather looking forwrd to it. It's at the Llanelli Festival, only a couple of days beyond the alleged end of restrictions - so still very theoretical. Nonetheless I have been studiously relearning everything, and transcribing all the bass parts, it has kept me busy. I got to thinking about the really important stuff today. What bass to take? Obviously I have my two toned precision, which will make a great prop/2nd bass but I wonder what the man mr Bedford himself used. Wouldja believe it theres a five year old thread here where someone points out that he was using a Bruce Thomas Profile - and I , of course, have that very bass in my collection. A good omen? Maybe I shall be blowing the cobwebs from my passport and heading over the bridge in June after all. Now, what hats did he wear....

I should have bought it. Had a buy it now of £93 its now over that.

Just checking I'm not bidding against a fellow Basschatter. If so I'll drop out!

Exactly. I've filled the year off with learning to read music, and buying pedals. One is to help me become a more efficient musician, the other is for sheer pleasure.

I am unbelievably lucky to have such toys.