Japhet

I guess you'd describe it as TS based although I don't particularly like TSs but I do like this. TSs get a bit too 'thin for my liking but this maintains the bottom end really well, especially with the 'fat' option selected on the side switch. I also particularly like being able to blend in as much clean tone as you want. I bought it to fatten up the sound of a Strat (which it does really well) but then tried it with the bass (admittedly at low volume) and have found that to be a sound I really like as well. I'm not into heavy distortion and I'd only really describe this as low to moderate gain, but it does a really nice full but gritty sound on both 6 and 4 strings. It also cleans up really well if you roll off a bit of volume on the guitar. No idea when I'll be able to give it a proper blast but I'd say it's well worth checking out. I'll be very surprised if it doesn't nail down a place on my pedal board.

Bought a T Rex Diva drive from Thomann. Nice and cheap (£60 ish). Bought it for electric guitar but it sounds great with bass too. It has a kind of 'voice' switch which gives you Normal, Mids or Fat but also has a blend control so you can mix in your dry sound. Think it could be a cracking pedal but won't really know til I can try it out at a gig - if that ever happens again.

I enjoy playing a lot of stuff I'll never get to play in a band. Quite a bit of Steely Dan stuff. One of my current favorites to play along to is Anthony Jackson's bass line on Donald Fagan's version of Ruby Baby. This guy Troy also picks some cracking stuff to cover from all genres on his channel and does a great job.

I've also found that other band members have introduced me to a whole load of stuff I've never heard of. I'd never have discovered bands like Storyville, Government Mule, The Rival Sons or Cry of Love without them and they're all great bands that I listen to a lot now.

I hardly listen to what I'd call 'new' music, mainly because in spite of a lifetime of listening, there's still a vast cache of quality stuff I've never experienced, so much so that with many artists they've done so much I have no idea where to start. I had random Ry Cooder stuff playing on Alexa the other day for hours. I've got Sonny Landreth on there at the moment.

If my Mum had imposed her musical tastes on me I'd be listening to The Sound of Music and South Pacific instead of Robin Trower and Meshell NdegeOcello. Just sayin'.

That would be a killer rig. You could just use a split signal and run 1 clean and the other one with a bit of grit.

With any luck he'll be sitting down having a jam with Danny Kirwin right now.

Loved this. Lovely bass groove too which is probably why I like it so much.

Sade and Paul Denman were a good pairing.

I'll add a few to a pretty impressive collection. Right at the top for me - Dusty Springfield. Just love her voice. Sarah Maclachlan. Great singer. Eva Cassidy. Bless her. Annie Lennox. EDIT; Thought it was just favorite female singers - didn't see the bit about bass players so.............I'll add Susan Tedeschi with Oteil Burbridge on the fat strings.

Might have a go at this. I've got some of that foam pipe lagging knocking around somewhere that looks about right for the job.

Nothing doing for me. Our practice room is on an Air Force base and they have everything locked down super tight still. Perhaps they know something we don't. I'm expecting a second big hit from Covid anyway so I'm happy enough to sit tight for now.

Wouldn't part with mine (TechSoundsystems 2x12 4 Ohm). Weighs next to nothing, sounds fantastic, superb build quality and handles anything you could throw at it. Just a brilliant cab. All I need now is some gigs to take it to.

I love the sound of these. Would love to have a go.

Saw a bloke demonstrating mandolins at a show for Collings a few years back. He was the size of a grizzly bear with hands like frying pans and he was playing some amazing stuff on the mandolin.

Helix and Kemper are obviously far more convenient than a big old valve amp and corresponding cab, but it's not much hardship to gig with a decent class D head and lighweight cab. Reliability could become an issue when the Helix type stuff gets old whereas I've always found class D amp 100% reliable. The other obvious thing for me is that nothing sounds anything like a valve amp into a decent cab. I've invested in the gear I have because I like the sound and the presence of it and am fully aware that most audience members wouldn't notice any difference whatever I was playing through.

I've got a Mywatt 200 and it's a thing of beauty. You certainly don't need to worry about running out of power either because it has headroom by the bucket load. I'd like to see anyone tell it apart from a Hiwatt DR201 too. Absolute beast of an amp. I've toyed with letting mine go through lack of gigging opportunities too, but wouldn't mind keeping it one teensy weensy bit either. Edit; I'll add a few more musings. In my opinion, the best way to use this amp is to bridge the normal and bright inputs. It really comes alive then. The power delivery on it is very linear and it doesn't run out of steam and start losing it's character however hard you push it. Everything remains crystal clear and it really cuts through in a live setting. Weight wise it's very manageable if you're relatively fit and certainly nothing even approaching an SVT or similar. It's certainly the best sounding amp I've ever had and I personally prefer it way above the few Ampeg valve amps I've played through. It also blows away the best of the non valve amps I've had which include Eden, Tecamp, Genz Benz, Gallien Kreuger and Mesa.

So it is! You'd think I'd be able to count to 3 by now.

Money - Pink Floyd - (7/4 I think but changes to 4/4 later on). Manic Depression - Hendrix (9/4 maybe??)

The Riverboat Song - Ocean Colour Scene (6/4) Turn it On Again - Genesis ( Something weird)

This is brilliant (in my humble opinion)

Very helpful and excellent to deal with.