Jonse

Right next to the pint of beer 🍺

Yep, medium length strings, 32" will see you right. I only play flats now but I really liked DR HI-Beams in the past. They seemed to last a long while longer than other brands, for me at least. Don't know if they do 32" though.

Lovely bit of history right there.

Serious piece of kit and beautifully wired.

Ashdown Amps 💪

I'd hate to think what I've spent on strings over the years. Always comes back to TI flats though.

Tower of power right there

Well it's a sliding scale isn't it. TI flats are brighter and more punchy than the majority of flatwounds. They're certainly closer to rounds than something like Labella Deep Talking flats or Olympias. TI flats are lower tension than something like Labella Low Tension flats and they're more roundwound-like as well. You can't expect that roundwound zing from them but they're a great string.

TI flats or Ernie Ball Cobalt Flatwounds

I've done a bit of research into this over the last few days. This was the clearest image I could find. Red silks at the ball end of the string and black silks at the head. Sounds like flats (going off recent performances) but the two different string colours is puzzling. Labellas maybe?

I went from using a Diamond BCP1 (couldn't really tell what it was doing) to using the onboard Ashdown compressor and I gotta say I'm a fan. Nice little bit of smoothing out and with the FS-4 I can switch it off on the fly for the more rocky numbers. Using the onboard comp means it's another pedal that I don't have to worry about really.

Damn, an underrated bassist and a big influence on me as an early player. I spent many a night as a young teen trying to play along to my Dad's 'Best of Budgie' CD. In For The Kill, Parents and Breadfan kicked my derriere and really helped me with my pick playing. RIP.

They used to be. EVO ii and Klystron (EVO iii) were made in the UK I believe. There's no doubt that the current models are quality though. I've toyed with buying a dual VU / rack mounted Evo IV and I just don't see the point.

Seen various ABM600 on here in the ballpark of £400, all in good condition since it's Basschat. They're indestructible and worth their weight in gold.

I was a bit obsessed with Rob DeLeo for a while and think I read somewhere that he currently uses DR HI-Beams.

Further to this I can recommend Tom from https://www.dontfretguitarworks.com/ He's based in Countesthorpe and did a great job on my P bass. Howard passed me on to him when he was too busy / on holiday. Howard taught Tom apparently. Think it cost me £40.

Think I just coined it. I think it's 'Leicestairian' officially but my version is much cooler ✌️

Always good to have a fellow Leicesterfarian on here 👍

This is horrible

Fiddling with the settings a bit but my drummer is very loud with a huge Ludwig kit!

Stuck my new Sansamp in front of this today and there was the sound in my head. Brilliant stuff.

I've been umming and ahing about getting a new amp/cab but I plugged in my recently acquired Sansamp into this today and it sounded bloody marvellous.