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The 'A' Board. This is the heavyweight. The others I build and break down for the pleasure of it. A bit like other people do jigsaw puzzles. But if I ever gig again this is the one. Not totally finished yet. I may swap the Donner Flanger out for a second dirt pedal and have two in parallel. With the Mr Black Gilamondo providing modulated lusciousness aplenty and a possible chorus/flanger combo on the horizon the Jet Convolution may be surplus. Hidden below the top layer is a Zoom B1-4 always on (HPF and a little preamp colour and noise gate) and my octave pedal which is in a loop with the Ricochet, controlled by the LS-2 then blended with the main signal via the TPM. And a whole bunch of cables. Oh and my rechargeable power supply. Silent, slim and ridiculously long lasting.

Beautiful shot. Mondrian would have liked it.

In a previous life I had to maintain a spreadsheet and take data from it to meetings. It wasn't the greatest period of my life but at least i learned some basic excel. Except clearly I didn't. Tried creating a spreadsheet to use as a rehearsal log so I can see what has had time spent and what hasn't. Hate turning up for rehearsal only to realise I've not practised a particular song for months. But I could not remember a darned thing. Has anyone got something like this they could share? I have tried using notebooks but in the real 3D world I'm shockingly disorganised. On a computer I tend to be way better. Or do you have a better solution? I thought I could easily ask a spreadsheet the kind of questions I wan't answering - but even that may be wrong!

will do

Great tune but oh man - listen to the bass!

Cheers for this. I thought, a man of my talents this will be fun and not too hard. 3 finger plucking??? What now. Dammit.

I really have been a feckless wastrel.

Sorry - I didn't mean the advice wasn't good, just that as you took me in hand and walked me to the answer this - What you need now is for someone who knows what they're talking about to come along. Just felt like a great punchline.

You played me brilliantly there Jack. I thought wow! A serious answer - who'd a thunk it, but you just reeled me in. Bravo - beautifully done sir.

Yes, yes there is.

A guitarist I've worked with has been kicking boxes around for Hermes, now he's gone on to the buildings. 30 odd years teaching his fingers to create music and now those hands will be smashing lump hammers and shoving shovels. It's like a surgeon becoming a coal miner. Nothing wrong with any of these occupations, that really isn't my point. My singer has just applied for office work, I'm supporting a young disabled guy at his place of work a couple days a week. How are you guys putting new strings on your bass, or food on the table now that the arts cannot offer us a living?

They are a mean bunch. You should hear them laugh at how much some of the others cost. Right that's it. I'm phoning the vets

Is there a danger of electric shock to my dogs if any leaks out?

Cool, I will store it the other way up from now on. Thank you, glad it was a simple solution.

But a real expert on the armchair who pontificates from an armchair is more than just an armchair expert surely.

Bought an active bass. Immediately noticed the output was pretty weak so popped in a new 9v and all was fine. Just picked it up a few weeks later and nothing. The battery is totally flat. When it is unplugged on a stand what could be draining the juice out of it?

@Muzz I've been meaning to ask for a while now. I often read here how poor these bridges are, but I'm too technically deficient to understand whats wrong with them. In fact bridges in general are a bit of a closed book to me. I understand the problem with them bending or lifting, but otherwise don't know what makes a good or bad one. I am commissioning a builder soon so I need to swat up on all of this.

Can even get them elected!

Crack on. Don't wait, you might talk yourself out of it.

Goodness, that really does illustrate the age of the Internet Expert!

Someone trying to sell a Spectracomp this morning

It's interesting, often when folk do start a new thread on a familiar topic they run the risk of the "oh God not this again" reaction. (Rude and unnecessary but not mod worthy) so you're kind of damned if you do and damned if you don't. I love the atmosphere and humour on Basschat. Start too much regulation and you might kill the very thing makes it a fun place.

Oh and I'll be 2 not one (same guest I paid for before)