MichaelDean

2 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

probably a better bet? I wonder why they say just SS amps?

Ah, missed that SS amps caveat. 

Ashdown do a similar device for less money:
https://ashdownmusic.com/products/b-stock-phone-box-headphone-out-di-box

No reverb at all on the bass one...

That is gorgeous!

Post Rock:

Mono - Holy Ground

Sorry, this is the whole performance, but it is SO worth the watch.

Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine

Sigur Rós - Glósóli

2 hours ago, neepheid said:

Something's been bugging me about these - it's the single colour on the headstock.  Should Epiphone have done a trad black headstock with colour outline?  Here's a quick and dirty mockup:

 

                                  VS                             

 

FIGHT

 

Just get some vinyl cut to size...

Solid "yes" to also recording a dry signal. If you have the switchblade pro, run a line out of that into the instrument input on your audio interface plus the XLR out the back of the amp as before. Mute it while recording too. You don't need to hear it, but it could save you later. 

My band did some recording in a studio a last year and the recorded bass and guitars both sounded great in the room, but terrible at home. We had to re-record EVERYTHING, which was made much less painful by having the dry signals to work with. 

Gotsta have a matching strap!

1 hour ago, Rayman said:

FREEZING night in Wrexham, taking part in the Metal For The Masses competition…. lots of fun though, and delighted to be through to the semi final.  
 

The Greco Thunderbird was awesome, and the TC head into an Ashdown 8x10 sounded great.

 

I’m literally just about warning up now! It was COLD!! 🥶
 

Good luck at the semis!

Love it! I've often wondered what those are like and I'd like to try it against my real Combustion.

I spotted this a while ago and keep going back to look.

Just now, Ashborygirl said:

All true, but its odd the supply chain issues only arose once Gibson took ownership.  Meanwhile MB's competitors have been able to churn amps out by the thousand.

 

Kudos to Peavey for bringing back TE, especially using UK manufacture.  The Elf is a terrific amp.  But it doesn't reflect well on Gibson that they sacked all the staff and mothballed the brand yet Peavey have now made the brand a commercial & critical success.

Gibson bought MB in 2021. What with COVID supply chains, Suez Canal blockage, etc. It has taken a while to get everything back on track. Plus they're all made in the US, not offshored and made in China.

Gibson sacking all of the TE employees is indefensible!

I don't think Peavey are using UK manufacture currently. From pictures on retailer's sites, it says on the back of the TE-1200 and Elf that it is designed in the UK & USA, made in China.

26 minutes ago, Ashborygirl said:

Find me a Gibson made MB for sale in the UK, there are none & haven't been any since Gibson bought them.

 

Gibson shut down production of TE in 2002.

 

Those are demonstrable facts.  

 

 

UK sellers are taking pre-orders for Mesa Boogie stuff now.
https://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-dept/bass-amps/bass-amp-heads?facet=ads_f11006_ntk_cs%3A"Mesa+Boogie"

Due supply chain issues over the last few years they've not been able to make enough to export, or something like that. See the thread here with the amp designer chiming in:

Peavey now own Trace Elliot, have done since 2005. They've had the Elf out for 5-ish years. The TE-1200 isn't cheap, and is currently on back order.

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/trace-elliot-te-1200-bass-amplifier-head/959229

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226021739346

Does seem odd that a 2 band Stingray has 4 knobs. But, 5 minutes of internet sleuthing shows that it has a 2 band active EQ and a passive tone control. I can understand the confusion, it isn't a common setup. 

It's already in the calendar! Happy to pay in advance again! 🙂

I'm still a bit sad that they discontinued the white version. That was the coolest (other opinions are available). I guess the Silver Mist is nice though.

First gig with the band this evening. Played the first heat of the Bristol Metal 2 the Masses competition, where we had a chance to play at Bloodstock. The last gig I played was probably 2019 and was with a function band, so a very different thing tonight. 

Didn't get through, which has bummed me out a bit. A thrash band and the first one with the bunch of early 20s went through. I think maybe doom is a bit of a harder sell. I also had a couple of clangers too, so that might have had something to do with it. I need to practice with my multi fx. I can play the songs, but I don't use it at home. It'd help iron out a few things. Good fun though being back on stage mind you. We decided that the singer shouldn't be in the middle, so we flanked me with the guitarists and I got to throw lots of shapes. 

I had an Hohner Arbor series P bass, that I bought mainly because it looked cool in white/white/maple, and was sold to me as an '87, which makes it a birth year bass for me. The nut width was too much for a 4 string for my taste (44mm I reckon) and I don't think the pickup/wiring was great, plus it was weighty. AND the A string rattled, but due to the way the machine heads tapered, you couldn't get the windings lower without a lot of wraps. The Revelation PJ I have now sounds loads better and is more resonant. Held onto that Hohner for a lot longer than I should have, but at least I didn't lose money on it.

@Newfoundfreedom, yes, I understand that the green is period correct on a reissue Les Paul. But when you're already not making a period correct guitar, with a different body shape, and you've got the green tuners, white nut and cream binding, I don't really think it makes a lot of sense. I know you're not arguing their point, but clearly Harley Benton disagree with me! 😂

It still feels like a lot of guitar for the money, and I kinda like doing mods 😅 Makes it feel a bit more mine. Plus, from a function point of view, these tuners are SO much better. I can play for 5 minutes and it isn't out of tune, and they do feel good quality.

New tuners fitted. I got some fake Hipshot style locking tuners from Aliexpress. They're great. I had to enlarge the holes to 10mm, which was easy enough. One of the old screw holes then lined up with the old tuners too. They'll be super convenient when I get some new strings to put on it. It was quite a stabby faff fitting the old, curled, strings on again. Might want to fill and re-drill for one of the holes as the tuner is slightly off centre. I'll see how much it bothers me!

Really good rehearsal tonight. We've got our first gig on Wednesday, so we just kept it short and sweet. Played our 25 minute set 3 times to make sure we're all happy, and then called it a night. Don't want to overdo it.

Also had a photoshoot beforehand over in Chew Magna. We wanted to take some photos in a forest, but it was a bit damp for that. Not sure how metal it is to be photo'd in my wellies either, so we went with a local church, got kicked out after a bit. The weather got a bit better, so we hung out in the graveyard 😅 We'll need to wait and see what the finished pics come out like 

32 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

FFS, giggin' the night before

Oh no, a distant uncle has died and I must attend the funeral just outside Taunton...

2 hours ago, Slick Bass said:

Hi Phil,

 

is there a SW Bash happening this year? I can’t see anything in the events section at all (apart from Stingray Pete’s wedding anniversary reminder - Don’t forget Pete 😉

Yep, 13th of October. Get it in your diary now!

Similarly, the guitarist in my band has Gibson SGs, a Les Paul, a Heritage and a Dunable. All very nice instruments. The other day he bought an Epiphone Les Paul Modern on a whim. The ones with the chambering and sculpted heels. It sounds better than the others in the context of our band and plays as good as the USA counterpart - better if you consider the heel joint. Plus, he doesn't have to worry about taking an expensive instrument with a stupid neck design to gigs. 

44 minutes ago, mikegatward said:

What you also tend to find is they always offer to buy your ‘item’ not your ‘Dingwall ng3’ or whatever it is you’re selling. I’ve had scores of such messages over the years and it’s clearly a copy & paste job.

 

That’s the trouble with kids today. Too lazy to put some proper effort into scamming you😊

That part of the scam is designed to weed out the more switched on sellers. Only the naive/inexperienced/dumb sellers get stung with these scams. They send the message to everyone and maybe get a hit. It's a volume game. Same with the whole Nigerian Prince nonsense. You just need one or two people to bite to make it worthwhile.

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Rich said:

Phoenix Life, I claimed part of my pension early and they have done nothing but come up with fake excuses to stall the process and I'm still waiting for my money, months after I should've had it....I feel like I've been scammed, it's bordering on fraud.

I'm assuming it's all in hand, but there is a Pension Ombudsman. Might be worth contacting them in case you haven't already.
https://www.pensions-ombudsman.org.uk/making-complaint