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And a complete balls up today. In my anxiety to not make the speaker hole too big, I've used a router and circle thingie and managed to make the hole too small. As this means I no longer have a centre to work around, it looks like I'm going have to resort to what I'd been avoiding, using a jigsaw instead. Bollocks.

And back to my cab (maybe I should start a different thread). A little bit of action as I glued in the back and tried to round the edges, forgetting which side the workpiece should have been on, so they're a bit messy. I shall try and tidy up a bit tomorrow. Also put a brace in, far enough down so it won't foul the speaker. My quest to get my 110 back into service after the poxy Made in USA Eminence driver blew up has been a little less fruitful, I didn't do a great job of cutting out the speaker hole in the baffle in the first place, and had to bodge the fixings, and the replacement speaker hasn't got holes in quite the same places so I either have to drill new holes and redo my bodges or graft in a new section of baffle (removing the old baffle is impractical).

There's also the M-Vave Blackbox/ANNBlackbox or Lekato ME-01. I've just got one which I've started describing in

I've had a bit of a play, after updating the firmware and PC and Android software to the latest. Nice solid piece of kit. One conventional pot as master volume, one rotary transducer to set parameter values, with a click to select. There are two Bluetooth channels, one full Bluetooth and the other Bluetooth BLE, one for control and the other for audio interface. Limited effects - there's a chain of up to six, which, just like the old days, are one of each type. However, they can be reordered if required 1) FX Noise gate Boost Compressor AI Gate MS - I have no idea what this is, it's a recent addition that's not in the manual 2) AMP 1-15 for guitar 16-20 for bass (the models are AgDb750, ApSVT, PJBuddy, DgXu, MarkLm - four of them seem obvious, I assume the Dg one is DarkGlass but not sure what Xu signifies) Same controls for all: Gain, Level, Bass, Mid, Treble 3) MOD Chorus Phaser Tremolo Flanger Vibrato Univibe (combines chorus and phaser) 4) DLY Analog Ducking dTape (I want to have a play with this as it emulates tape saturation, my favourite bass distortion) Dual Lofi 5) REV Room Hall Swell Spring Shimmer Cloud 6) CAB 1-15 for guitar 16-20 for bass (models Agula410, AgSVT410, DgDG212N, MbSway210, Tace412) Same controls for all - Level, Lowcut, Highcut There's also a tuner which can be put in either Mute or Bypass mode, and the reference can be changed from 440Hz. It responds quickly and is easy to use and accurate (I put it in series with my Zoom MS-70CDR+ and it was as responsive and easy to use, and very visible). The Android software is easy to use too. It also allows you to load cab IRs and AMx files (AM2, AM3, and AM4 AFAIK) which are equivalent to NAM files - NAM files can be converted to them. That's something for me to try to see if I can get an octaver and a pitch shift emulated.

Is it your clothing or footwear causing static build up? Try taking your clothes and shoes off and playing. NB: not in the rehearsal room, or with the curtains open.

DPD managed to lose a Warwick that was heading for me. Got as far as their depot over the other side of Birmingham to me, then it was supposed to be loaded on a van, then it wasn't delivered, then it was supposed to be loaded on a van but wasn't. This continued for a few days until I contacted them, they managed to track it down somewhere in the warehouse, and I went in and picked it up myself because they were obviously too incompetent to manage to get it 30 miles along the M5/M6/M42 after it had got there from (IIRC) Italy.

It's arrived (impressive, I ordered it on the 23rd so it's taken 4 days 8 hours to get here). Haven't started playing with the noises yet. And it says "ANNBLACK BOX" on the case. The case is a little different to the Lekato ME-01 - the top doesn't have a downward slope. Other than that, the control layout is the same, and the Android and Windows control software is the same.

Could really do with a background other than black for the photos to show it to its best advantage.

I'm happy with my Lekato WS-90 and the M-Vave clone of it. Thinking of picking up another WS-50 as my old one has micro USB charging which became a little temperamental, and they've gone to USB-C.

Incidentally, I found this video: which says in the description "M-VAVE ANN BLACK BOX is same as the original BLACK BOX, they just emphasized the ANN Training capability of their device."

Now in the country...

The open mics I go to have a couple of different systems. Two of them are pre-book, with sometimes a bit of space available for ad hoc arrivals and occasionally a bit of pre-planning on collaborations. The other is book in on arrival and opt for a time slot. Although the pre-book ones have a running order decided by the organisers and you find out about it when one of them says "you're on next", you can ask where you are in the order. The book in on arrival one has the booking sheet with time slots displayed on one of the speaker stands. When people want me to bass for them, they generally ask me beforehand and tell me which songs (and key/capo) so I can at least scribble notes, although it's not infrequent that I've never heard a song before playing it, which is always fun. Another alternative is looking over their shoulder if they've got charts (not ideal with capos) or (worst option) watching their fingers, which again is sub-optimal when they're using capos.

Should do, assuming that the input sensitivity is sufficient (mic level rather than line level).

What sort of build time?