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Or 'Every Breath You Take'. Or 'It should have been me'. Or 'Ho Hey'. Or any number of other weird choices. Probably a thread in its own right.

I'm not a fan of flats either. I have a set of TIs which have been on and off about 4 times, but I've always gone back to Nickel rounds, usually DR Sunbeams or D'Addario. I much prefer the sound of rounds. Back in the '80s I had a set of Rotosound 'Piano-wound' on my Yamaha (with only the central core passing over the saddle, and the winding starting later. I liked that sound too. Much more 'live'.

I had one of these once (the entire rig) and I'm pretty sure the head only goes down to 8 Ohms. I seem to recall asking someone called Guy at Ashdown about it, although I don't have the email any longer. Have to wonder why you would want one of these. Even with the matching cabs it wasn't loud enough to gig with, even without a drummer. OK for home practice but there are better options.

Riviolting.

That website must be at least 10 years out of date. I didn't realise Brandoni were still in business.

Check out Kiwi's thread from a few weeks ago about synths and arpeggiators.

Sylvia the H2N is an audio-only device, it doesn't do video. Did you mean the Q2N?

I think there was some discussion about these back in the summer. Conclusion seemed to be that it was a great amp, but you could be paying over the odds for features that some people wouldn't find useful. Can't find the thread though, think it might have had something to do with Mark King and Markbass.

A Zoom would do very well for that. I have a H4N which has a microphone angle of 120 degrees so you might need to experiment a bit with placement. It doesn't seem to matter so much where the bass and drums are, they seem to get picked up whichever way the unit is pointing. THe H2 has a 'surround' mode which will work even better for a circle.

If you can find someone with an external laptop battery that would at least confirm or deny your theory about the PSU. If you're anywhere near Ipswich you're welcome to come round and give it a try on my PSU, which is still working fine touch wood.

Z-Syn is probably the best synth effect for this kind of thing. I found that putting an EQ in front of it and removing most of the bass and mids helped the tracking. Putting a compressor upstream also helped. Putting a chorus downstream can help to fatten the sound up a bit, but I think you're limited to 3 effects in the chain with a B3n?

I'm pretty sure that the Charlie Jones basses were made by Crimson Guitars. When they used to publish a workshop diary there was a series of pictures showing its construction. The web site has since been revamped but the content might still on the Wayback machine.

My son has a Fender Princeton , which is about 12 watts and does that clean fender-y sound very nicely.

Perfect for noodling!

THat looks to be in very good condition. Oddly enough I'm going to Inverness next week, but the luggage might be an issue on the plane.

That's enough about Gallagher, what about the Amyls?

A lovely example of a Greco Les Paul bass copy. I'd really like this but I think the price is a bit optimistic. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Japanese-Greco-Les-Paul-CTM-Bass-Guitar-EGB-850-Returns-Accepted/202646842968?hash=item2f2eb16e58:g:z0MAAOSwetBb1Wi~

I've changed my mind - I now think it's a Bass Collection. The headstock is 3 + 2, where the Tune TB5 is 2 + 3. The cable routing in the second picture is a red herring - either a mod or an optical illusion.

I don't do Facebook either, but I seek out your reviews whenever I'm contemplating a purchase and it's fair to say that at least one review has led directly to me buying a piece of kit - the Zoom MS60B.

It was great to meet some old friends and put some new faces to Avatars. Just wanted to add my thanks to Nik, Hamster, Mrs. Hamster, Cetera, Pete and everyone else who helped out.

Somebody was using one of the Boss units at the SE Bass Bash and it seemed to work very well. This Harley Benton unit seems to do the same thing and is less than half the price of the boss unit - anybody tried one? https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_airborne_instrument.htm

I think Tune. The jack socket is in the wrong place and at the wrong angle for it to be a Bass Collection.

That's outstanding. Wonderful. Thank you for sharing it.

Hey Roger, that looks great in sunburst and is pretty rare. Glad you found one!

The BB2005 is a great bass in it's own right, but there are significant differences which no doubt contribute to the difference in price: Both are made in Japan, but the BBNE2 is assembled in the Yamaha custom shop by Yamaha's best craftsmen; Completely different pre-amp; Completely different pickups - the BBNE2 are dual-stacked humbuckers, the BB2005 are single coil (at least according to the spec sheet https://www.manualslib.com/manual/539175/Yamaha-Bb2005.html?page=11) BBNE2 has an ebony fingerboard, BB2005 has rosewood. I think there's a lot more to it than the label.