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Oh, that's nothing. I bought my LPs from an obscure label! 🤘 😐

Great call. Great organ player too (and in my mind Peter Hammill must be one of the most overlooked prog composers but that's another thread). I remembered Banton's Farfisa and the organs he built himself, but only yesterday saw him playing a Hammond E100 (I think).

A little shout out for a fellow student of mine, Carlo de Wijs. IMS he also took my place in a jazz band when I quit, and in case did a better job. He's got rebuilt a Hammond into ultra light alu frame, and also has MIDI-fied it so he's playing synth at the same time as the Hammond. I'll dig up some footage of that. Edit: found something with the midified Hammond organ. Bare feet once again! I must be one of those pesky foot fetishists! Anyway, Carlo is one of the educated ones who use both toe and heel, which simply is better. Not the most interesting song, but it gives an impression about his sound:

"How fantastic to hear you talk about Jim Reeves! Now listen to this Stockhausen on my phone! You'll LURV it!" [presses PLAY without waiting for an answer].

Another fan here. Each and every time my parents were to buy a new organ, they contemplated finally buying that Hammond, but it never materialised because of the price. Even this last Xmas, my mum (now 87) proposed I buy a Hammond as "music is your life". In our family we loved Jimmy Smith, Rick van der Linden, Rhoda Scott and also Roy Phillips of The Peddlers who did sometimes play a Hammond with full pedal keyboard on Dutch tv, instead of what I understand was his regular organ, a Lowrey. Here's Rhoda Scott showing her barefoot pedal work:

Like. But yes, there may be some issues with the strength. Also, it reminded me of one of my very fave album covers - for "Pool" by the Norwegian band Bever. This is how you make an album cover when you're on a budget:

Whilst I don't play the guitar, I do try to learn to play it, and it's always by my side. In all essence, Jethro Tull's gorgeous "Life Is a Long Song" (sic) more than anything else made me buy not only a classical guitar but also a parlour guitar:

404? Don't get that. Maybe something with their server then. Anyway, your input was well appreciated, and I never felt you were negative - just reasonable, and explaining why you were wary of these things after having been burned. In the mean time, also the Kickstarter "stretch goal" was reached, this giving each pledger a case for the synth. I like that. best, bert

Thanks for explaining, @Woodinblack. I get where you're coming from re Kickstarter, and it's a dimension that continues to keep me sceptical to the point that I never even found out about the details of projects before this one by Modal. They have delivered before. As to the link, I was expecting some type of "banner underneath", but couldn't find one. My guess is I need to tweak my AdBlock and Privacy Badger settings. Copying my text string and adding the missing "h" in my browser's address field worked a treat for me in Chrome. Don't get why it wouldn't work for you. Anyway, thanks!

Thanks. @Woodinblack! I have no experience with Kickstarter myself, but my daughter was part of a campaign that worked very well if a few weeks late. It will be interesting to see how this works and works out. (Proud dad bit: she's autistic but still solved a problem with, and designed the double/triple bonds for, some molecular models called Snatoms.) Thanks for the correct link! How did you do that? I tried the exact same link twice, and both times it just gave the vid. That's why I removed the "h" from "https" so people could add it and make a working link out of it.

I opened a thread in the right place (Other Instruments), but since there are so few hours left of the Kickstarter project, I deemed it OK to link to that thread here in General Discussion:

This might be innersting to some. I just found a fun Kickstarter project: Modal's second CRAFT synth is seeing the light of day, and this time it's a monophonic wavetable synth with morphable waveforms and other goodies. Basically, at £119 for EU citizens (incl. VAT and probably before postage), it seems like a crafty little thing, and personally I've just backed it without knowing - or being interested in - all the details. It sounds well, will also operate on batteries, and I feel I will have fun with it one way or another. Only drawback I can see right now: the Kickstarter thing will close tomorrow. Edit: apparently, the link to the Kickstarter page just gives this vid. I have no idea how to edit that, so here's the link with a missing h: ttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skulpt/modal-craftsynth-20

Here's mine. Only for Music Man fans... ...or?

You're welcome. It was a pleasure to "Like" pete.young's post! 😁 Seriously though, this was great reading. Please keep us posted.

Hm. I think that Yes should be careful when singing their lyrics from now on.

Things happen, bad things happen, and family crises occur. That's why you just do not start a thread like this one single day after the incident, possibly damaging their reputation in the process. I'm not proposing to never react, but one single day? That, and/or your style could have been considerably less aggressive and accusing. Total waste of our time, IMHO.

Roughly speaking, indeed both cabs maximally "get" half of the amp's rating because the outputs on the amp are in parallel and connected to one single output stage. Normally you should be in the clear provided that you don't turn up the amp so much it starts clipping - depending on amp design. It has been said that more cabs have been ruined by "too small" amps than by "too big" amps. What complicates this slightly is that the rough impedance does not state anything about the different resistance measurements at different frequencies. Since the cabs are different, they will also have different resistance curves, and their being connected in parallel means that one cab's response to the signal does have an effect on the other one. This is one of the rare instances in playing music where listening is your friend. 😉 There's another aspect I know is important, but whilst writing the above I forgot what it was. Will edit if my brain starts working again.

Dunno about this exact xmas dribble awful pure torture song, but by large I do love her output including this recentish theatre release. An album that sometimes seems a bit overlooked is "The Dreaming", and I think it's wonderful, much like "Hounds of Love" is. IMHO of course.

Wow! That marketing text is a Corker. I mean it's exceptional and remarkable.

I forgot the details, but it now appears the psychology and social psychology of it all in fact means that reason and facts against their notions actually strengthen their conviction, just as documented earlier as regards to other well-known groups of people with delusions.

Watching a programme about Christmas cooking right now. Suddenly remembered that my punk band Nigella's Ahrse also got little momentum from its website. I blame Google.

Welkom, jochie! Geniet er maar van! Welcome, jochie! Enjoy it more from! Ja, hoor. Hier is 'tie: Yes, hear. Here is 'tie: 😉

Basically what Teebs says. Your basses are OK, as is your amplification. If you need to spend some money besides practising to become a better human. then I'd personally first get a multi effect of sorts, which can be very inspiring. Me, I'd just find a Boss or Zoom of some description, like a used Zoom B9.1ut, which I think is a wonderful machine but which probably has been surpassed by their newer offerings that are much cheaper. I'd keep the basses at any rate, as 600 quid doesn't get you into new ball parks (they're that good), and IF you really need to exchange the loud noise bits, then I'd look at getting a different brand than Ashdown (though I've loved my own Ashdowns), and go for separates, with one or two 112s - - not that I think it's really necessary but because it might inspire you to move into new territories.

I do seriously believe that 95% of flat earthers are scientifically inclined, and do this just for the fun of it and as some type of experiment. The last 5% OTOH, are deeply worrying, as are the nutcases people who studied "one and a half year - - on the Internet" (literally), and conclude that Earth is at the centre of the entire Universe - - of course without being able to provide the maths that prove the notion that the Sun orbits around the Earth.

DON'T!!! JUST DON'T!!! DO NOT EXPLAIN THE JOKE!!! 😂