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Some oversized radio style knobs on a Kay I've refinished/restored, inspired by the brass Westone Thunder knobs. Bought on AliExpress.

In my limited knowledge, as wood ages the resins in it crystalise making the wood more solid. Instinct would tell me that this would make the wood more resonant as less frequencies would be absorbed, compared to a softer, spongier wood, but I could be wrong. What effect this has on any tone qualities is the age old debate. Is more resonant better? It depends what you want I suppose.

I used to use a UB1 years ago when I had my rediculous rig, the kind I thought looked cool dragging into a pub as a noob. It was four home made matching cabinets, a 2x15 on the bottom, then one housing a Line6 guitar combo, then a 4x12, topped off with a rack unit housing a Peavey Max valve pre-amp with crossover which split the high and low bass signal and fed into a stereo power amp via a stereo 30 channel graphic EQ. I went through the UB1 and sent the octave up plus a 5th to the guitar amp and the clean bass to the Peavey crossover. Upped the gain to get a little valve growl and sent the highs to the 4x12 and the lows to the 2x15, did I pioneer 'tri-amped'? When balanced properly, in more ways than one, I used to be able to create thunder with that thing. Insane and slightly embarrassing looking back. 😂😂😂

Brand New Cadillac - The Clash, Vince Taylor, The Renegades, etc Too slow, but it still works.

Some oddball bakelite knobs I found on ebay.

I Alone - Live And no, I can't think of that song without hearing Beavis & Butthead! 😁

Never Enough - The cure

You're The One For Me Fatty - Misery

They're perfect for a Shell Pink bass. Obviously it's not all about looks... but it is all about looks. 😁

In the Belly of a Shark - Gallows

It would appear so. The only strings I can find with powder pink silks rather than hot pink or cerise. A quick Google tells me you need to contact Dean Farley at Snake Oil Strings. It's a small American company but they do ship to UK. Is the company is still going? Who knows?

@Grimalkin you okay hun? ❤️

Saw Peter Hook at The Marble Factory, I'd never been there and thought it was a cool place, although in a dodgy looking area round some of the back steets. Agnostic Front should be great!

The stains must be a nightmare to get out. 😉 Seriously though, most gigs I've been to lately that have used your phone as a ticket have just been a QR code that gets scanned. I've screenshot the app incase of no network (and it's easier to open the last photo than apps or emails) and used that, at London Stadium we just had the QR printed out on paper. Always been fine. I can't speak of the 02 Bristol personally though.

With support from a Meteors tribute.

Forgive me father for I have sinned. I favoured the J pickup, and it sounded good. I've just been noodling along to Numans I Assassin album on the new 1100s fretless, and although I'm strictly a P guy, I found myself really liking just the J pickup, lovely a burbly. I don't know what Pino used on that album but I'm assuming his Stingray, and the bridge J is remarkably close to his tone. This is a fantastic bass. And yes, I did go full Partridge,

Sun Arise - Erm... um... well, you know.

Jump Around - House of Pain

I forgot to say that this needs a 15v power supply, so if you're planning on putting it on a pedal board you'll need the dedicated supply it comes with. A bit of a pain but not a deal breaker.

Suicide Solution - Ozzy

Murder the Government - NOFX

I have had a good play with the Glow Plug this morning, and I really like it. Just for clarity I'll say to start with that I'm not a tone chasing aficionado. I do care about the sound of our bands and aim for the best I can, but I'm also aware that the finer nuances of tone will be lost in a busy pub at high volume, so it's pointless fussing too much over it. I was looking for an always on pedal to just give me that very slight break up of signal as generally I don't use an amp. This gives a lovely warm growl to the bass when used on lower levels, just what I wanted. Switching it on and off to A/B with my bass's tone it replaces that slight sterility with a nice fat warmth. There's plenty to adjust to achieve this, either plenty of 'warmth' but dial in (I hate that phrase) more dry bass, less warmth but more wet. The volume is great to balance with your dry signal if you want to switch it on and off in songs/gigs. The crossover works well but I've found it's best set quite high or the high notes aren't affected, but a useful feature to get just the sound you want. If you up the warmth you get a great Geezer Butler type tone, plenty of vintage distortion but not heading into fuzzy territory. I could see using a couple of these, one for always on warmth and another for vintage growl would be very effective, and probably all the effects I ever need in my current band. I think I might try a 12at7 to get a greater range of lower distortion, as the 12ax7 does indeed get growly very quickly, no bad thing though if that's what you're after. As for the quality of valves, I'd probably never be able to tell one from another. I've just picked up a Yamaha BB1100S fretless and it sounds great through this pedal. Set low it really brings out the growly mwah. I'm quite keen to see how it sounds with my doublebass. So there you go, for £49 as far as I'm concerned if you need something like this pedal it's a no brainer. It's simple, intuitive and sounds great.

It's All Over Now - Stones

Ignore this now. As happens with these things, you spend days getting nowhere and then just after I posted on the here a band gets suggested. I look them up and they're excellent and available. Job done. Thanks for looking.

I wasn't sure where to put this as there doesn't seem to be a relevant section. I've been asked to find a band for an event. I've put ads in the local area Facebook groups but unfortunately got a few pub bands with not so good singers. I thought I'd put a post on here in case anyone has any suggestions. The main problem is it's short notice. November 12th, evening gig, couple of one hour sets to finish by 23:00. It'll be at the Eden Project in Cornwall. It's a private party to celebrate the life of Quo fan, Fred. Fred passed away last year so all the mourning has been done, this is definitely not a wake, if you know what I mean. Looking for a professional level Quo style band, either a tribute band or a 60s/70s rock, boogie, heavy blues type of band, Quo, ZZ Top, etc, you know the thing. Fred's wife used to organise wedding bands but has lost all of her contacts over the years and has asked me if I could find someone. She looking for something a bit more than your average pub band, quality is more important than the cost. If you know anybody suitable could you please post on here and I'll PM my contact details. Thanks, Allan. 🙂👍