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Good point. If you're earning then your time does literally mean money. Otherwise the meths hack would only work if you didn't have to buy the meths I suppose.

I don't do any of the above boiling, or soaking as I am lazy. However buying something isn't really much of a hack for people on a tight budget so the meths guy wins that round

Notched straight edge can be made from a metal ruler. Just notch it yourself with a saw, file, or grinder.

This fret crown and polish tool is amazing!

Which site do you recommend to download the midi files?

You win 🚔

I don't watch TV but damn I'd watch this.

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About to plug in. Anyone remember the opening scene of Back To The Future?

Just realised my new head will run into 2 ohms.... Too much?

Rotten luck. Mine has been very clean.

Whether he actually felt Sue Lawley or not is more of a mystery.

I do believe he has taken his tea in the Sahara though so we'll have to give him that one.

I'm new to the Ampeg camp and it's like I can stop searching now. Sit me down with a Precision through an SVT and it's like all that scrabbling around is over. Unlike Bono I found what I was looking for. I also believe Trace Elliot has a special tone and Eden amps have a character all their own. Behringer and Markbass, Orange and Carlsboro - all distinct, and I've gigged with them all and more - but you know what? I bet you any money I could not tell them apart in a blind test. At least I couldn't tell which was which. Even the valve Ampeg sounded OK but nothing special when I first plugged in, but once I played it with the band it just oozed class throughout the whole sound. It needed that context to make sense. As you say, tough to describe the sound, my singer said it was like melted chocolate poured over the mix, which I rather like. Of course the thing with bass is you and I and everyone else on Basschat will make precisely the same gear sound different by what we do with our hands.

Hilarious, love that guy.

I was so looking forward to seeing them at Reading festival, I think it was 1978, either way we got arrested and spent the evening enjoying the gentle hospitality of Thames Valley Police instead. Yes, we got arrested while Sting Stu and Andy got away with it. Go figure. The irony wasn't lost on one cheerful Bobby "don't worry son, you'll be seeing plenty of the Police tonight." He quipped as he gave my mate another friendly slap.

I must confess I am a little bit excited...

Thanks in no small part to the encouragement and good sense on this thread I am buggering on regardless. In fact I just applied to 2 more bands, one for a dep job the other asking for a pro bassist. So thank you all again.

Looking forward to trying it out in anger. Bedroom volume tells me it works - no more.

So I did the deed and traded my little tiny 12" BF cab for the 1X15 I was after. I am sad to see the little thing go it was truly a box of wonder - but who knows what the future holds? Maybe we'll reunite one day. For now I had to trade as funds are exhausted. This is what my A rig now looks like: