pete.young

Maplins? https://www.maplin.co.uk/home-office/home-leisure-travel/flight-cases?p=2

Peavey Milestone I think. I thought they were made in Korea - the Grinds were Vietnam. Could easily be wrong though.

The dimensions of the Mesa soft bag are 11.5" wide, 13" deep and 3" wide if that helps. Might be a bit tight front-to-back (the 13" measurement), the only way to is to try one and see.

That's the worst attempt at putting on strings I've seen yet.

Weirdly, I have no problem hearing those.

"Vocalist has no transport" ? To my old-fashioned way of thinking, a vocal-only PA (forget putting a bass drum through something like this) needs to be provided and transported by the vocalist. The singer in my old band bought a Stagepas 400 for use on her solo Karaoke-style gigs to backing tracks and with the odd acoustic guitar accompaniment. It wasn't up to the job and she eventually replaced it with a Bose L1 system. Neither would have coped with the full band. This system does have a single monitor channel, it's the row of blue knobs. Not sure why they labelled these monitor instead of aux 1 - normally on a Yamaha mixer 'monitor' does something altogether different. I think a better starting point would be one of those oblong mixer amps with 7 or 8 channels and stereo power allowing you to drive FOH and monitor speakers - these pop up from time to time, usually made by Peavey or Yamaha. No particular issue with ABS cabs but cheapo powered cabs need to be treated with respect. We had a pair of Behringer 15s, one of which got dropped, and the impact was enough to separate the heavy transformer from the lightweight circuit board that it was soldered directly to.

+1 for Status. I have a medium set on my short-scale Duesenberg, very nice old-school sound but still has some definition.

AH, of course. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm really not safe to be allowed out without a minder these days 🙂

Is there any possibility that these are real, and not fakes? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142816406026

There are some talented luthiers in the 'Build Diaries' forum who can build what you need.

Rose of England - Nick Lowe

Just bought a pedal from Matthew. Great comms, pedal arrived very swiftly and was extremely well-packaged. Recommended.

Tanglewood EB-18 Elf. 19.75 inch scale length. Dont think they're available new any more, but they pop up second-hand from time to time.

Peach Guitars in Colchester have a pretty good selection these days.

Could try giving the pot a squirt of Servisol?

Not always. The VT1 Pro Bass Drive works off a centre neg. I have a 2-way 13A extension socket on my pedal board, I'm not a fan of training wall wart cables across stages either.

And fans of the Sound of Music will recall the song which helps you remember: Do, a beer, a mexican beer Ray, a bloke who buys me beer Me, a blike I buy beer for Fa, a long way to the bar So, I'll have another beer La, la la la la la la Ti, no thanks I'll have a beer Which will bring me back to do do do do ...

Tim bought a Markbass LM2 from me. A perfect transaction, Tim is an absolute pleasure to deal with. Recommended.

That'll keep you busy for a couple of hours.

Now here's something a little different: Kawai teardrop, some kind of Vox copy. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960s-Kawai-Teardrop-Bass-Guitar-Rare-Japan-Teisco/264385929740?hash=item3d8ea1220c:g:w4QAAOSwC4FdHJpY

MXR will fix pedals under warranty for £75 quid? Some warranty! If MXR have specced the wrong chip it's their fault, so they should fix it free of charge.

New Moon, and don't forget that there is a discount for Basschatters

I have a copy of Magic Touch. The first time I saw him was on 'The Tube'. Jools said 'here's Stanley Jordan, who is going to play a tune on his guitar'. Geniune jaw-drop moment for me. I think he got his break when someone spotted him busking on the NY Metro - image that!