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  1. YellowLedBetterBass
    I haven't watched the English Teacher set but if the consensus from people who have seen it is anything to go by, I think it'll be the first thing I put on when I'm back home later today. Also going to try and find the Fratellis and Ash sets from yesterday if I can. Very much looking forward to watching Maccabees tomorrow night too.
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    As a show of hands from the people complaining, is your taste in music: A: purely music over 30 years old and firmly placed in the classic rock camp (IE- Guns n Roses, AC/DC, any of a number of other bands still touring but sounding like shite because they're clearly too old to still be doing it) Or B: never been particularly popular, like some of this assemblage-of-words-and-throw-"core"-on-the-end that only real nerds of the genre have heard of (looking at you, "post-folkcore").
  3. YellowLedBetterBass
    There's been some good acts on today - Supergrass, Franz Ferdinand, Alanis Morisette, Biffy Clyro and now 1975 and Fratellis. I get it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but they are mine, and these are all bands/artists that are either currently popular or have been at some point in the past 30 years.
  4. YellowLedBetterBass
    I've gone ahead and whacked it on Klarna. Couldn't resist. Can anyone recommend which (preferably free) apps they use?
  5. YellowLedBetterBass
    I'm incredibly tempted by an XR18 to replace our ageing and slowly dying Xenyx mixer. I think the XR18 will solve a lot of needs - we're planning on going over to IEMs to reduce the volume of gear (both in terms of noise volume and physical volume), and I was looking at getting an 8-channel interface and an adat extension to do recordings with anyway. It looks like it'll do everything I want/need. Someone talk me into/out of buying it.
  6. YellowLedBetterBass
    Musically, pretty solid. What worries me is my bandmates gear - or lack thereof. Our guitarist especially isn't equipped to gig, his pedals are just "every knob turned all the way up" and in a bizarre order, and powered by a daisy chain that feeds back terrible. We run silent stage with in ears and it means he blows out our ears when he stomps on his distortion, the whirring hum sound of it is unbearable. The drummer has 2 cracked cymbals and given how hard he hits them I am worried that the rip he has in one will get bigger and bigger until a shard of metal comes loose and flies at my head. And none of them own their own mic, then complain that the house mics at the rehearsal room aren't the best. Easy solution to that problem folks!
  7. YellowLedBetterBass
    Selling off my Jet Tele-style guitar. As far as I know, this is completely stock. These come from the factory with Alnico V pickups, through body stringing and locking tuners - all upgrades over the stock JT-300. One small but somewhat insignificant defect with it is that the control plate doesn't quite line up with the routing underneath, creating a small gap which is about half a millimetre wide. I personally didn't notice it until it was pointed out to me. Otherwise this is a fantastic guitar, with a really comfortable roasted maple neck and good sounding pickups, and I have happily gifted it two or three times. Only selling as I am no longer playing guitar in this band, and have half a dozen other guitars (including some other Telecasters), and want to cut down on gear before an upcoming house move. Collection only from Birmingham/Solihull (Near Brum airport) or can meet nearby. Would entertain trades involving a P-style Bass coming my way, and some cash going either way. It's on Reverb for £165 but for folk of this parish I will say £150. Any questions, please drop me a message Pictures are here: https://imgur.com/a/jet-jt-350-fs-e1o8R9Y
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    "we are a guitar factory in China" Authentic? No. Scam? Also no. Just don't expect high quality with it.
  9. YellowLedBetterBass
    As promised, here's a little picture and write up of the Chinese Amazon special in the Bronco. As I said previously, it fits in the stock pickguard and the mounting screw holes line up perfectly. The pole pieces almost line up perfectly, at most the strings are 1mm misaligned from the very middle of each pole piece. Also feels like a well made unit, cloth pushback wire and enough potting wax to keep a Yankee candle aflame for a few days. Really quite impressed with it. Sounds a lot more balanced than the stock pickup, and is a lot quieter in regards to background hum. Also sounds like there's more low end in it than stock, almost as if it's a bass pickup and not a cheap guitar pickup. Does sound similar-ish to a 51 P Bass style sound albeit with the thump of a short scale. Keen to try it out in a band mix at rehearsals tomorrow night. All in all, I'd highly recommend it. Absolute bargain if you own a Bronco and don't want to put the normal cheapo hot rail in but don't also want to spunk £60-100 for a Toltec or McNelly or something. Link to it is here if anyone is interested: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B06XQVZG72?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
  10. YellowLedBetterBass
    I had 15 minutes between Teams meetings so I've put the new £15 Chinese special pickup into the bronco. Still yet to adjust pickup height or anything yet but happy to report it slot right into place with no adjustment to the pickguard or the screw holes. Strings line up almost perfectly with the middle of each pole pieces too. Nice and easy job. Will update with pictures and a write up later when I get chance to have a proper go but early signs are positive. Fingers crossed it can be a solid, recommendable upgrade (that isn't a hot rail or an expensive McNelly) for anyone with a Bronco.
  11. YellowLedBetterBass
    That looks awesome. I really like the "not-offset Mustang"-esque body shape
  12. YellowLedBetterBass
    A Gen 1 Sire M2 and one of the new Squier Sonic Broncos.
  13. YellowLedBetterBass
    I have a rehearsal in a couple of days and a gig next weekend. Needed to move quickly. I did see a few bits of Trace gear nearby (the one you linked is about 3.5hrs away so could be in China for all it's worth), but a lot of it I think wouldn't meet the "can be shifted by me alone" criteria. That said, I'll keep an eye out in the future.
  14. YellowLedBetterBass
    Back home now with the BG250 115 combo. In almost unused condition, came with a lovely padded leather cover and I think I got it for a great price too.
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    Stay tuned. I might be making a trip out this evening to pick one up...
  16. YellowLedBetterBass
    Cheers for the advice folks. I'm going tomorrow to look at a Peavey Max 115. One of the 300w ones from about a decade ago. Allegedly weighs no more than my Marshall DSL40cr did (which is about as heavy as I'd comfortably lug across a car park and up a flight of stairs), and the guy only wants £50 for it. EDIT: bloke has pulled out of the sale because "his son wants it" - I think he just doesn't want to let it go so cheap
  17. YellowLedBetterBass
    Morning folks. After a changeup in band lineup I am back to playing bass, which I am really excited by. However, having played guitar in this band for 2 years, and mostly playing guitar for the 4 years prior to that, I am without a giggable bass amp. For some of our gigs, that'd be fine as I have a Tonex One and DI box to run into the desk, and they provide backline for us as stage monitoring. However, some gigs we have to supply our own PA. Our PA set up is fairly basic - 12 channel mixer, 2 tops and 4 foldbacks. No subs. Our band consists of a loud-ish drummer, 2 guitars, vocals and bass. So I'm looking for a bass amp for these gigs. Nothing too expensive, the more I can shave off £250 the better. It's not unreasonable to find a quality guitar amp for that sort of money (Boss, Peavey, even some Marshall DSLs can be had for that kind of money). Doesn't have to be mega lightweight, but so long as I can move it on my own (so none of your ancient 410s made of solid lead thanks). Having an inbuilt DI out would also be useful I suppose. I have scoured eBay and Facebook marketplace and found: - Peavey Max 115 300w for £50 - 2 separate Ashdown Mag300 115s. Each £90. - Ashdown Mag300 210 £130 - Bugera BXD15 £180 Fwiw, I did once own a Fender Rumble 500 and Orange 410 cab. I had to sell that as I was going to Uni, didn't have the space for that rig and needed the money. I wish I'd have kept that rig because it sounded excellent. That being said, I still don't have the space or the money to justify it.
  18. YellowLedBetterBass
    I think if I manage to go 57 years playing in bands without at least punching one person it'd be a miracle, so caps off to you. Enjoy the retirement!
  19. YellowLedBetterBass
    Apparently not - the reviews say people have them fitted in Broncos without any modification. I think the pickup itself is the wrong size for a typical 51-style P Bass. There's a YouTube video from the Tape Farm where he says the same thing about this pickup too. We'll see when it arrives. EDIT :- link to the same pickup on US Amazon - some reviews at the bottom show it in a Squier Bronco without modification. https://www.amazon.com/LYWS-String-Guitar-Pickup-Alnico/dp/B01L907IV8#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor
  20. YellowLedBetterBass
    We use a Google calendar for our bands email address. We email meeting invites for rehearsals, gigs, when people are away, etc. to that email address, and it comes up on the calendar for everyone to see.
  21. YellowLedBetterBass
    Ordered one of these for the Bronco. £16ish delivered. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XQVZG72?psc=1&smid=A1D9H82PQUNOH5&ref_=chk_typ_quicklook_titleToDp Will have to wait a week or so for delivery but we'll see how it goes. Apparently it goes straight into a Bronco pickguard with no modification. There's a couple of reviews on YT of it in Broncos and Glarry copies that sound decent. And if it's crap, it was only cheap.
  22. YellowLedBetterBass
    The words piss-up and brewery come to mind.
  23. YellowLedBetterBass
    Toying with a new pickup for the Bronco but unsure what to go for. There's the hot rail type pickup which most go for, or there's the purpose-made types from McNelly and Toltec which also look good. I also see Retrovibe make a blade/rail type pickup "for bass" but I don't see how it is any different from the plethora of cheap hot rail-alikes on Amazon/eBay Anyone have any input on what they've done to theirs?
  24. YellowLedBetterBass
    Yeah I remember going to an Ibanez event at PMT Birmingham before they moved and tried a Talman short scale then. It looked pretty cool - offset, seafoam green, strat style jack socket. Weighed more than my mega heavy Harley Benton Jazz Bass (which Andy ended up hollowing out for me - there's a build thread on here of that process). And it still had massive neck dive.
  25. YellowLedBetterBass
    I also mentioned elsewhere - Amazon are currently selling Ibanez TMB100s in yellow for £128. I'm not sure how much cheaper than normal that is, but it looks like it's very cheap for what it is.
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