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Cheers - it's a Chinese something like a 'berger. I acquired it off someone who had lost patience and given up trying to repair the hardware. It's surprisingly nice to play and doesn't sound bad either. I've got to do a little more setup and get round to replacing the guitar pickups.

🙂 My rules of thumb: If the pedal is labelled 9V then don't plug in a 12V supply or it might be damaged. If the pedal is labelled 1A and you plug in a 300mA (ie. 0.3A) power supply then it might not work, or the power supply could trip (if it has protection), or the power supply could be damaged. In summary: a. make sure the voltages match, and b. make sure the PSU can supply at least the required current. Other things to be aware of: Some PSUs have discrete outputs, meaning they can be combined to give higher voltages or currents, but some do not and if you try and combine outputs of those, they will be damaged. Most pedals have the Boss standard power: 9V DC 300mA, centre -ve, but not all do, so be sure to check. (Incidentally, centre -ve was a bizarre choice; most electrical equipment uses centre +ve, so I've no idea why they did what they did.)

The production on Sabbath's early albums was pretty grim: vocals way too forward and drums & bass hidden in the background. When Dio joined, Geezer got a lot more prominence, but Bill Ward (possibly my favourite drummer) didn't like the band and left. I'm just learning War Pigs and the bass lines are really just mucking about (not in a bad way!) in the pocket. I saw Heaven & Hell live and the bass sound was really good; I have a set of GZR pickups to put on a bass some time, but I actually like the current sound of my Precisions so I'm not sure when that'll happen.

The point about looking at the power requirements is indeed something to clarify before choosing the product: is 300mA OK or are there higher-draw pedals, are they all 9V, and so-on. Some power supplies give a mix of 9V/12V outputs and low/hi current capabilities: I've had situations where I'm daisy-chaining 9V pedals and leaving 12V outputs unused. CIOKS do some which have all the angles covered (switchable outputs, even USB), but they aren't cheap; however, every time I look at my second board I end up thinking I wish I had a DC-7 for that too... An option is to look for used rather than new. On the plus side, most supplies will fit under a PT Classic Jr, so size should not be a particular issue.

My go-to strings are Rotosound Swing Bass 40-60-80-100, but I've got Fender flats on a couple of fretless basses, Status or TE double-ball ones on my headless basses, various ones on some, and wehatever they came with on others.

Headless hardware can be very expensive, but don't be tempted to go for the Chinese "Overlord of Music" kit because it is utterly awful. Also two "ick"s for me are: Headless basses with normal tuners at the other end (eg. the Kramer one) - what's the point of that then? Headless bases with a headstock anyway - you might as well just have the normal tuners in the first place. I've done two headless projects from parts: The Rickenberger (based on a Steinberger Spirit) - yep, those are real Ric pickups, Treble surround, and knobs; I made the pickguard. A doubleneck whose hardware had failed and electrics were rubbish, so I replaced them (guitar pickups still pending fitting). The guitar's bridge is from a chap in Ireland called Matthew James Bean; it cost more than the entire rest of the instrument.

I've got an SB-600 which I happened across when I wandered into a shop.

I sometimes get a buzzing if I'm at the (in)correct angle and my Lutron dimmer is on. It was particularly pronounced when I tried a Darkglass pedal, to the point that I returned it. I haven't noticed it of late (but probably will next time, because of this thread!).

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Me three - I was just going to post that.

A great synth for almost pocket money.

This isn't a pitch for donations from the BC collective, is it? 🙂

Some of mine have my logo on them.

I often go to guitar shops and have a look; if I see something I like I'll buy it, but if I don't then I won't.

Nice work @Clarky; hope all the donations help @AndyTravis!

Two things that make you marvel at the working of the human brain!

He's actually a genius!

"pro set up"???

It's spreading - AI is taking over the world! This just appeared on Facebook.

Yes - I think it belonged to Andy Partridge. Jimmy Bain also used one in Dio.