songofthewind

I’ve had three of the original analogue Roland Blues Cubes (3x10 and 1x12 models), as well as the Roland Cube 60, and the Tech21 Trademark 60, and a Fender Mustang. I also had a JC120 decades ago. The Rolands are all fine amps. I think the original Blues Cube is very hard to beat. Very versatile clean and overdrive possibilities, excellent parallel fx loop with level control. Super solid build quality and good vintage looks, totally reliable. I love mine. Shame I don’t use it any more. My next choice would be the Tech21, also analogue. Quite hard to find, and sometimes pricy. Tech21 customer support is excellent. I loved mine after I put an Eminence Red Coat Governor in it. Next would be the Cube 60, which I couldn’t quite bring myself to trust, since I felt its build quality was not as good as the other two. But, Roland is top notch gear in my humble opinion. I had a Mustang III for a while, just to see what it was like. Meh. Hope this helps you in your quest!

I have a THR10, which I use for both guitar and bass. I like it very much for bass. The drivers, though tiny, have HUGE magnets, and it can get surprisingly loud without distorting. There are various "filter mods" you can do (look YouTube or Gear Page) which change the EQ for the better with guitar, cutting treble a bit. This mod makes it great in my estimation, because I HATE too much treble. I would seriously consider a THR10 if I were looking for a neat, compact, well made practice amp for both guitar and bass.

Dark red or brown tort guard would be luvverly on that.

I visited Sean today to try and buy his Markbass CMD102p. As everyone above says, he is a top guy, and from what I briefly saw, a sh*t hot bass player too. Nice cuppa too, strong the way I like it. Threw in a Gramma pad as well. What a gent!

Nice job indeed. I loves me a Jazz.

Parking tickets! That’s Embra for ye!

A cherry 1964 Gibson ES 335 stoptail. Bought for 280 quid in 1978, and sold for three hundred quid a couple of years later. What. An. Eejit.

Steely Dan etc at the O2. God, I love Steely Dan, and they were great. Donald was clearly very shook up by his recent loss, and the band seemed looser. Aja was downright weird but brilliant. And, as usual at SD gigs in the UK, I could not hear Freddie Washington properly.

If you’re going to spend up to £150, I suggest you spend the extra fifty notes and get Logic. It’s a much better tool than GB, and the drummer possibilities are legion, including as they do Ultrabeat, drum Designer, Drummer, EXS 24. HUGE value for money, and very tweakable. Logic Drummer has just been the subject of an upgrade, and now includes percussionists. Just my two copper discs.

Tasty. I loves me a Strat. Brown tort guard, mebbe?

I'm stunned. Steely Dan is the soundtrack to my life. Take care out there, Walter.

Barf.

Off topic, but all this talk of Rickie Lee Jones reminds me of seeing her perform her debut album in Edinburgh in September 1979. Reggie McBride was on bass, licking his thumb and index finger before slapping and popping like a mutha. What a band that was..

In the eighties this record made me want to switch from guitar to bass. Nuff said.

Well, I can hardly wait to hear about your progress with the Roland installation, and the subsequent use thereof. Good luck with it all.

Tommy Emmanuel all the way.

A five string bass lap steel! Crazy!

Wire wool is really messy. It goes into tiny clogging filaments in moments. Micro mesh is the way to go. I wish i had discovered it ages ago!

I just got a nice neck and Wilkinson tuners from Gary. The tuners and neck were packed very securely, and all was well. Thanks, Gary!

Anybody here do laser engraving, or know of a supplier of said process? I am repairing a nice Tacoma EKK9 acoustic, kindly damaged for me by DHL (big hand for DHL!!) The headstock break is all but invisibly repaired, but the rosewood headstock veneer was destroyed. I have a new piece of rosewood, which I need to have engraved with the Tacoma logo. This is so that the logo, which is made up of tiny plastic letters, can be inlaid. See the attached images. Any thoughts, or advice re laser engraving? I have seen this done on a Telecaster clone on some American site, and it looked very good. I'm surprised it's not used more widely.

Lovely job!