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Vox AD range, obviously not as good as the full valve ACs (but they are hundreds) but a great range of sounds from the onboard amp models and even has a few effects thrown in. I bought an absolutely mint AD100VT a couple of weeks back for just £120.

We are all used to seeing horror stories about various companies but we don’t always report when service is above expectation. I ordered a pedal from GuitarFXDirect yesterday, communication was excellent and I was very very pleased when it arrived this morning. Checking the label I noticed the cost of postage was way over what I had been charged (presumably to ensure I got it before Christmas). Needless to say I will be using them again in the future, nice to know excellent service is still out there!

Bob Vylan, they supported the hives and The offspring in Brum a few weeks back, ‘kin loud and ‘not for everyone’ (their clean versions would be instrumental) but amazing energy.

One of the few bands that truly irritates me, everyone is entitled to an opinion but the fact that they have achieved fame over so many so much more deserving bands will forever be a stain on humanity (ok, so might be a small over exaggeration but fair I think….)

Welcome! Many people never use effects/ pedals but a few simple ones can be a lot of fun and really add to your sound.

Same here, love the precision sound, hate the cricket bat neck. Seems strange that with such a wide product range of both that they don’t offer a few options.

Out - quite a few including my Gibson Thunderbird

In - Fender Ultra Jazz and some new pedals

On 18/12/2021 at 22:13, binky_bass said:

Behringer are a mixed bag for me... some of their gear is very much sub-par, even for the money - which is often much less than any competitor product. But sometimes, just sometimes they absolutely nail it and you can grab a seriously good bit of kit for pennies on the pound. Some of their mics fall into that category. 

I was going to mention their mics, We tested my cheap one against an SM57 and 58 and it was the match of either. My sound engineer buddy was very sceptical before and gobsmacked after. Doesn’t make me sound any better though 😂

I bought a pedal off Paul, superb communication, pedal was well packaged. Would 100% recommend.

I could be being completely stupid (and when it comes to musical theory, I frequently am), but couldn’t you just fudge it by playing pentatonics up and down the fretboard? No experience in jazz but it has got me by playing a few old rock and roll standards.

4 minutes ago, Thunderbird said:

Replied 👍

Thanks! Money should be with you now 😁

37 minutes ago, Thunderbird said:

Hi just saw this it's 12 pounds posted 👍

I will take it mate, PM me your email for PayPal and I will send the cash over

Is it £12 or £15 posted?

47 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Think that's the sensible decision if you like the band and are all good musicians that generally have no other concerns then its a minor annoyance more than anything else. Think i'd be the same.

Some songs with some audiences just dont work and maybe it was just a combination of events.

What was the song out of curiosity ?

Dave

Marry you by Bruno Mars - bear in mind that we play alternative rock/ indie! So a few really fast numbers then that dirge. We only ever play it on the odd time we do weddings, this was a Christmas party for a local place. Set was divided into three sections - fast/ rockier songs ( the lighter end of our more usual stuff, we don’t do the heavier stuff at mixed gigs like this) then a few more mainstream ones (Oasis, Bruce Springsteen sort of stuff) then Christmas songs to finish. It was only right at the very end with Slade and Wizzard that we got back to the numbers we had had at first. Quite often the last minute additions will be stuff that they want to play with the other band (and hence the drummers agreement) which makes sense, but is still annoying, but why would you put it in a Christmas set? Teenage dirtbag was the song dropped to put it in. 

10 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

Send them a 'listen to me next time you want to throw something in' text while the memory is fresh. Don't forget the smiley.

Sadly there is no point, I work with two of the band and this happens all the time. It’s annoying and a shame as the band is brilliant apart from this one frustration. Usually it doesn’t have a big impact (apart from on me!) but this one just killed the set. I spoke to the others after but there were a million excuses as to why people stopped dancing. I don’t want to leave the band so I just put up with it I guess……….

2 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

Do you have a review process for that sort of thing? If not, you want to start one!

Sadly no, one of those things…. Bloody annoying but  there you go

Did a private function last night. Played well and a decent crowd. Lead guitarist had insisted on substituting a song in that he likes on the grounds it’s one ‘everyone loves’. Despite protestations I was outvoted (drummer always votes with lead guitarist as he is in another band with him). And guess what? Before that song we had 60+ up on the dance floor, after it, two lads who were bouncing around all night. Absolutely killed that part of the set.

Finally got it sorted but phoning them or emailing them is pointless. The only way I got things moving was to moan on their Facebook page and get PayPal involved. Bloody crazy way to run a business.

35 minutes ago, BassmanPaul said:

AND? 

And….. as promised it’s back, good as new and I am sure I posted about it, so unsure where that post went 🤔

22 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

You don't need to look at a scammed page, you can actually look at their own page and see a wall of complaints

I mentioned that but thought it also worth pointing out the other page - sure sign something is wrong when a page like that appears and gets the volume of traffic it is doing. Really sad as I have used them for ages with no issues but seems like they have changed or maybe I have just been really lucky in the past.

Quick update, I thought I had sorted it but turns out it was cow poop again. I have opened a PayPal dispute now. I will never use them again and judging by their Facebook page, and the new scammed by Bax Facebook page, I am not alone sadly.

5 hours ago, Jonesy said:

 

Yup, after about 2 weeks I notified them about the extended return and ended up sending it back after living with it for about 2 months. I got my refund, without any chasing, about a week after the bass left my possession. So I appear to have been in luck 😃

 

If anything, the hardest bit was dealing with the shops for the drop off point. I tried 3 of the local Hermes (I think it was them anyway) drop off points, each shop refused to take the bass because of the size of the package (fnarr, fnarr). A quick call to Hermes customer service though and they arranged for a courier to come to my house the next day, so pretty decent in the end.

What is this mythical Hermes customer service you speak of? They are impossible to contact, I have searched everywhere for a number to contact a human being and it always ended up with the same bot chat crap with no suitable options. Reading around they are notoriously impossible to contact. If you have a number that works you could make a lot of people very happy!

However in this case it turned out that it wasn’t actually Hermes to blame (although their appalling tracking system and contact issues above added to the hassle). It looks like the issue has been finally sorted but according to my phone I have spent just under 4 hours on to them, I waited in a day for a non existent delivery, my Father in law did the same, someone will have to wait for the replacement. So far from a decent service, I could be wrong but I wonder if my stating that I would seek recompense in the small claims court could have been the reason that my last email was answered whereas the others weren’t. It’s sad as they have some great stuff you can’t find elsewhere but it’s just not worth the hassle.

3 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

I am very surprised that you had so few problems before now!

I find they are very good if absolutely nothing goes wrong, but if it does, then they are beyond terrible.

Sounds like I have been lucky so far then! To be fair, I have never had an issue before but getting anything sorted is a bloody nightmare. I won’t be using them again.

I have used Bax many times without issues but had a bloody nightmare on two recent orders. The latest one of which may well end up at the small claims court. Takes an age to speak to anyone, when you do they are incredibly helpful. Or so it seems, but then nothing happens. You ring again (another 30 mins plus waiting time) and again someone very helpful tells you all is well, and again nothing happens. Repeat for two weeks so far.

Sounds like some real chancer, how loud are most gigs? I was at The offspring on Wednesday and the guy next to me was messing with a db meter on his phone that was showing 115-125 db through the set. I had my passive earplugs in for some of the set but not all and was fine. I have ever been in a pub gig that has come anywhere close to that (or many many other gigs at medium- large venues). I would imagine you would get loads of complaints before you came close to that level.