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Two years ago I bought a cab and cover that stank of cigarette smoke. I sprayed it with this (bought from Tesco). It immediately masked the bad smell with a pungent floral whiff but once this wore off (it took a couple of weeks) the fag smell had completely gone.

a minimalist approach...

The drive is good, but the compressor and sub are not to my taste.

Thanks for the recommendation, the Freeze looks as though it will do what I want.

Does anyone know of a pedal that gives out a constant fixed tone (with a presetable pitch) - like a sine wave generator? I guess like an organ pedal but in a compact box.

This year I've changed my rig from all Fender Bassman to Ashdown ABM with a LFSYS Monaco which has been a fine upgrade, but the best investment has been to go wireless. The freedom to move around without a cable and to go FoH to have a listen has been a revelation. And that's all I have bought, so therefore the ABM/Monaco must be my worst!

A few years ago I sold a rather nice violin through Maple Violins of London (they sell all classical stringed instruments, despite the name). They were a pleasure to deal with. I took my violin to a local valuation session and they made me an offer subject to contract on the spot - I handed over the violin (I'm very trusting!) and was paid about a week later. They clearly had pro buyers on their books that they were sourcing instruments for. I can't remember what commission they took, but I was pleased with the final price. It was more that I think I could have got without a good knowledge of that specialist market. And giving it to a dealer to sell took all the hassle away from me.

I bought the M-Vave WP-5G system which was ridiculously cheap (around £30 IIRC) and it has been really solid.

have done for the last ten years. Either a Musicmaster, a Les Paul Tribute or a Junior Jet, depending on how the mode takes me.

the band I'm in covers 'Dreadlock Holiday' - what a fun song to play.

one of the best observations I've heard in a long time. It's certainly true for me.

I've put a Thunderblade in my Junior Jet, and it's been a really good upgrade.

sounds a fun set up

Many moons ago I was working as a stage manager at Nottingham Playhouse. On the night Forest were in the European Cup final we had an audience of two. But the show still went on...

Here's my main gigging bass, a '71 of Fullerton goodness upgraded with a Curtis Novak 51P pup and Hosco compensated saddles:

I first noticed the hiss this weekend at a gig.

Hi ABM users: I've just had a similar problem to Dagrev occur: when there is nothing plugged in to the amp it is silent with the master volume up; plug anything in and it hisses, even when the input gain is right down (and master up). I've tried different cables, basses and the problem remains; and these same cables and basses are fine into another amp. The hiss is right at the 2.6kH frequency, so it can be pretty much eliminated by taking that eq fader down to the mid point, but I need to get it fixed. The amp was serviced three months ago when it had a new preamp tube and a thorough pot clean. Any insight into what this might be? I can easily take it back to the tech who serviced it, but would welcome any thoughts first.