Jo.gwillim

I like practising at home with the same amp I'm going to gig with, one day! The trouble has always been everything is too loud, even if I crack open the master volume just a fraction. So I made up a short jack lead with a 56k resistor between the tips and plug it in between fx send and return. Yes I know the attention depends on input and output impedances but works fine on darkglass gk and ashdown amps.

it was a GK fusion MB500! i'm still using it many many gigs later. tried lots of other amps, but keep on coming back to it. thanks Mudpup!

dear Pete, thanks for the east preamp. great price, great delivery, many thanks! Jo

I was being cheeky and offering less than the asking price for a preamp the deal didn't go through as he had a better offer but David treated me with consideration, and I came from our away pm's thinking what a nice guy. Best wishes

Just got some nice strings from Trevor. Everything was perfect! Many thanks.

First gig I went to was the nice at Bournemouth winter gardens. He had such a distinctive sound. They did about 6 encores whilst my dad waited in the car...

Shipbuilding still makes me cry, after all these years..... early Elvis Costello lyrics are just so clever and poignant. It's just a rumor that was spread around town A telegram for a picture postcard Within weeks they'll be reopening the shipyard And notifying the next of kin Once again.

I like The boy done good The girl done better Seasons pass and we're still together. Mr Bragg is exceedingly good

Her eyes are a blue million miles.

Stepping out of the grey day she came Her hair falling like the sky

It's a pain isn't it? My only suggestion is fit the scratch plate with the pickups wired up but loose. Then you can align them before screwing them in. It's probably what you tried anyway!

I just bought a second hand ash body that had been finished with gun stock oil, a bottle kindly came with. After heavily modding it to reduce the weight I used said oil, 2 coats was fine for me. Dried quickly.

I'm pretty sure that's right. I'm not saying they're shorting but those Jack socket solder joints don't look as though they've been made by someone who solders very often... doesn't inspire confidence. Good luck!

Well I feel the muppet now, you and mr fretmeister were of course quite right and I had been thinking "mmm that's subtle, but I'm sure there's a difference". I did take the DI out to another amp and onto my BF cabs, it did sound really good on one or two IR's, I guess because the cabs are so flat frequency response. Oh well One less button to worry about! Thx guys

That's thrown me, I could have sworn i could hear the difference. The power of auto suggestion, I shall report back after further investigation!

for gigs I use a bf super compact with a bf midget. Really easy to carry individually and they stack well. I can fill a small hall with a gk mb200, at a push. Gk mb500 fusion is more than enough for any gig I've done. The midget on its own keeps up with a loud drum kit so fine for rehearsals and really easy to carry. The only drawback gigging I've found is I can mess with the eq for quite some time until I get a nice fenderesque thump. I've just got a darkglass head with cab sim built in, you can turn it off if you want clean, it seems to go well with the bf cabs but no gigs yet, so only tried it in my living room so far. Having read the thread I really don't rate trying cabs/amps out in shops. They never sound the same when there's no band. I buy second hand, and if I don't get on with it sell it on. I might loose a bit of cash, but nothing like as much as buying new, and it's a lot less nerve racking. Oh, the other thing about bf cabs is they do need breaking in, they sound much better after a few hours of hard playing. I don't know if that's true for all cabs. Good luck!

I've just bought a lovely Darkglass Amp from Jonny in really good condition, the amp that is, dont know about Jon. He was very flexible and accommodating over my delivery preferences . A really nice guy and easy purchase. Many thanks

I had my first big drive out of Wales since lockdown to buy a crackin bass off Mark. Great to talk "bass" with someone, your wife did manage to be interested for teh first 20 mins. you've a top woman there!