Woodinblack

For me it is definitely a pleasure. Yes, I like gigging too, but if I wasn't gigging I would be playing anyway. i would move on basses that I don't play, and I do try to rotate the, so they all get bogged, but some have done a lot more than others

If I wasn't gigging I would try and go down to one guitar, one bass, one stick, one keyboard, one synth module, one roli keyboard, one linstrument and an ewi. And maybe a flute. Oh who am I kidding

I'm not sure that many people view that, though obviously some do. I am sure most people understand that other peoples use of something can be different to their own. I think more so with the bass than the guitar or piano, a lot of people only view a bass as a means to an end in a band and don't view it as an instrument in its own right. Obviously not. My most expensive instrument (admittedly only by a tiny bit) is my chapman stick. I haven't gigged that and I can't see I am going to any time soon!

I read that as 'If *I* didn't want to play a bass.. I didn't read it as 'noone can have one if they aren't gigging', just that he wouldn't.

In the last 200 gigs I have seen two fights, one where some security people just jumped on them (the only place I have even been to with security so i guess they expected it) and one drunk guy who just wanted to have a go at anyone and was promptly dragged outside. The more likely the pub was to have dodgy people in it, the more likely the landlord / landlady was good at getting rid of dodgy people. A lot of irritating people sure, no real violent ones.

See, I don't see that as any different to a kid knocking the headstock of an old gibson. I mean, the value is different, but not the value to them, they both love it the same, but in her case the person who made it is still alive so it is just a question of buying another one. And the kid probably wouldn't have insurance. I am sure she can persuade him to fit a couple of other pedals, shes only got two feet anyway

I have a Helix HX but I also (since I got that) bought a Zoom B3n, which is perfect for some things. My Helix is on my gigging pedalboard (well, it isn't at the moment, no gigs for a month so got a chance to use it with the stick), my zoom comes with me to practices with the other group as a stand alone pedal, and it is fine for everything. I probably wouldn't use it for recording, but I am not currently doing much of that, and if I do I have helix native, which beats both of them, but it is good enough for every other situation. I had been weighing up whether having 2 B1Fours on one pedalboard was an option, and some kind of mixer and maybe some kind of midi control to synchronize them. Haven't decided yet - its either that or a custom teensy board.

I have two from america made with recycled car parts, they are from couch.

So what is this new strap? Where are the pictures - why are you keeping it to yourself?

And reminds me I *still* haven't put the badge on!

Just because he eats peoples hands doesn't make him weird. Oh hang on, I might be mixing up realities here...

Oh that is going to be nice!

I did - a friend of mine that I had been in a couple of bands and been involved in music a lot, but no actually qualifications in that way. I gave youtube and facebook group page.

Take the gig, see how it goes but keep an eye out for something else.

Not if it is a valve stereo system!

I have an old EB and the sound it made was great. It just had a string spacing that was too large for me and coupled with an ugliness that I couldn't bear as I am terribly shallow, it was not to be. However, I think the newer ones get round the ugliness, but swap it for looking a bit meh. I guess meh is easier to live with than ugh, so if the string spacing is fine with you it is probably a very good bass.

No Because: There are only two ways to wire two speakers. In parallel or in series. In series the total resistance is = R1 + R2 - if these speakers are the same that is 2 x R. in parallel the total resistance is total = 1 / (1 / R1 + 1/R2) - if the speakers are the same that is R / 2 So if they are wired in series, the individual speakers would have to be half the total resistance, so 2 x 4 ohm speakers, so rewiring them in parallel would give you a 2 ohm output. If they were wired in parallel they would need to be double the total, so 2 x 16 ohm speakers, so wiring them in series would give you a 32 ohm output. I am guessing the former.

Did they actually say no then?

Oh well, fancy that, I got a reply saying it was successful. Hey get that, I am a musician If I can get that done, anyone can.

Wow, you lot are so organised and neat. I take the mixer out of the case, connect power, iem leads and WiFi and then everyone else plugs all their stuff in! i have a couple of base snapshots for normal rooms and some of the more challenging ones

They are showing as still in stock for the 1505MS, 1505, 1005 and 1005MS

I was tempted to order, but I really want to try it first. I find it very odd that GAK have them in stock, whereas all the other companies are showing stock not due until the end of Feb or the beginning of March. Very odd, as in I don't believe it.

I have a TC RH450 and a Ashdown CTM100. The 450 does 95% of the gigs but the CTM does the occasional one when I can find the space in the car to take it out. The CTM does sound very nice for a lot of things.