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Cool. There is also banjo hangout, www.banjohangout.org - it's fairly US-centric but there are some UK posters on there. Sorry, I'd forgotten about that when I did my first post.

All the above, plus get the kit tuned properly. All of it, not just the bass drum.

Either have a word with Phil Davidson to see if he will take it back as used stock, or put it on commission with Eagle Music in Huddersfield, https://www.eaglemusicshop.com . This is a very high-quality instrument but the case is not worth £400 on it's own - Phil's prices include the case. Difficult to price the instrument, best to get some specialist advice.

Some very interesting ideas here guys but please can I have my thead back? It looks as thought the OC-3 is the only game in town for the original requirement?

It kinda depends on the effects loop too. Many are set up to be parallel, so you get a blend of the return and the amp pre-amp signal. If you've got a bass plugged into both, you need to be able to turn off the bass you're not using. My preferred solution for this would be to use an LS-2, put one bass in one loop, and the other plus the BD121 in the other loop.

Yes - that's what the 'Range' control does when you're using 'Poly' mode.

So apart from the Boss OC-3, are there any octave down pedals on the market with an upper frequency cut-off, so that you can just octave all the notes below a certain frequency?

Depends how much of a hurry you're in - I'm going to buy the humbucking version for my lap steel, but haven't got around to it yet.

According to Fishman, it won't fit. 98.5 mm https://www.fishman.com/products/series/neo-d/neo-d-magnetic-soundhole-pickup/

Humble? A full set of Northumbrian small pipes costs thousands of pounds and takes many years to learn to play. I saw her band earlier this year and they were superb, I'd take that over Sting any day of the week.

wheresthegig.com is a distinct improvement on google calendar. It shows gigs, unconfirmed gigs, cancelled gigs and rehearsals as different colours, handles blackouts (non-availability), sends out updates and reminders to the band automatically. It also allows you to export the gig list to a google calendar if you have people who won't use wheresthegig (there's usually one in each band). If you're in two bands, it also gives you a 'composite' view of all your gigs. Seeing uk_lefty's comment, when you enter a gig it will also tell you whether people are unavailable at the time, so you know whether people booked off before or after the gig was confirmed. It will also allow you to list deps and offer the gig to someone else if someone is blacked out for a gig

Look what Parcelforce Pat brought me the other day!

According to the blurb on Amazon, they are designed to work with passive guitars only and won't work with active instruments. Seems they can also suffer from interference, presumably they are fixed channel 2.4GHz with no clever channel hopping such as you get with Line 6 kit or Smoothhounds.

Judging from this thread, you might have a K1-B, possibly from the late '60s.

Me too. I assumed that the functionality to post in the guitar forums had been withdrawn when GuitarChat was launched.

Thank you gents, some things for me to work on there. Much appreciated.

Well, it looks like I have an Anderwood solid Koa wood Type 1 incoming, in the next few days. TPJ - can you explain something to me - how do you play a harmonic with a steel slide, without it just 'fretting' the note?

Ry Cooder, in the Stadschouwberg, Antwerp. His passion for the music and his ability to put on a great show are undiminished by the years. He even turned the stage power going off into a triumph, by playing a totally acoustic version of '13 question method' while the techs got things working again. We're neither of us getting any younger, so this might have been the last opportunity I have to see him.

If it's worth more than £500 quid, go and pick it up yourself.

Yes, it's open D, but dropped a tone to open C - CGCEGC . I think they call this Vestapol in the former colonies 🙂 He seems to use the same trick of tuning down a whole tone for some of his acoustic guitar vids as well. Like the great Nic Jones also did. I was in Eagle Music this weekend and tried an Asher which has a solid koa wood top and laminated sides. It sounded a whole lot better than my entry-level box, but not quite enough for me to buy it on the spot. I think a trip to Anderwood is on the cards first to see what they have.

Frank, that is a magnificent offer. I can feel a trip to Sarfend coming on, I will ping you a PM and see if we can get together for a chat some time.

Well, I've been listening to this, and trying to work it out. I've just reached the point of reaching for the matches and kindling, and adding my Weissenborn to the fire! Perhaps things will seem better tomorrow|