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Great article.

I’ve used UPS a lot, know the driver like an old friend. Then a couple of weeks ago the Mrs wanted to ship some stuff and I recommended UPS. No one came.Went via ParcelForcetwo days later. UPS tantric sex: you stay in all day, no one comes.

I thought that one was ‘How many bass players does it take to change a lightbulb?’ Higher irony quotient, you see.

I’d suggest a seat pad that triggers a high voltage shock. Wired in series with the keyboard player that kicks in when he plays on the bottom two octaves.

Plus one for Laurence Dixon. Brought my Bryant back to life for a very reasonable cost.

I use an old spring balance that my late F-I-L used for weighing milk churns. It’s probably at least 100 years old but it works well. Not metric, of course.

I played in a band long ago the used a slap stick in some numbers. Hell of a crack. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=slap+sticks&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#imgdii=jkOBJKdpl1E-XM:&imgrc=YGNiskOfrKXs6M:

No he won’t. He’s sold it. So he won’t be able to torment HJ anymore 😂

Pure gold, all of ‘em.

An autonomous double bass that gets itself to the gig so I don’t have to get it in and out of the car. Then further on a development so it plays itself and I don’t even have to turn up to the gig.

They like to hear what the bass is playing, which means not a dull thump but clear mids. And remember, it’s the drums that make them tap their feet but the bass that makes them swing their hips.

And watch this space. As part of my ‘rationalising’ I will probably put my Felix up for sale as soon as I can get round to doing a pic. It’s certainly a great piece of kit but I don’t use two channels these days.

Good spelling, dharling!

A great day and thanks to all who set it up. And much thanks to those who let me make off with their amps to a/b with my double bass. Nice people, all of you!

Permit me to hijack. Has anyone here an opinion re the merits of hi mid/lo mid over a parametric mid? It seems to me that however sophisticated the para, even one with the third variable (bandwidth) is still one mid, whereas lo/hi allow a much more versatile adjustment. This has been bugging me for a while. BTW, I certainly agree that it’s all about the mids.

I had offered to bring a cab stand for the raffle but it is too mangled to be much good to anyone, so it’s the skip. But I will bring a Boss LS-2 Line Selector and a Boss FV-50H volume pedal, new/boxed/unused. Note to organisers, if the raffle is becoming full I’ll be happy to offer these for sale and proceeds added to the raffle fund. See you Saturday!

And keyboard players have their left hands ‘deactivated’.

Since girls bought records.😛

Yes, although I don’t use an Acoustic Image with HPF anymore, I use an outboard usually set for 120-140Hz to bring out the best in the amp. And that’s with a 10” cab.

With the fecking added?

And I’ve been playing bloody So What for 50 years.