Bridgehouse

IIRC they did an utterly cracking bass amp in the late 80s that looked like an oversize Bandit with a big 15” driver in it.

Yep - specially if it was one with a Scorpion speaker in. Frank would love it too as it had a proper smorgasbord of connections round the back

I must admit I've had better relationships with some amps than with some previous band members

Oh man those green Carlsbro amps. Mate of mine had one and the grille on the front used to rattle but only when he played an A fretted as 5th fret on the E string. Open A? no rattle.

Nice to see this lil thread of mine is still going Took the QSC over to a Jam last week and shoved the Helix Floor into it. There were at least 4 or 5 loud guitar amps to compete with, and it did a sterling job.

I suspect there’s a very liberal dose of sentimentality in my viewpoint. Just like I will always have a soft spot for Peavey Bandits.

I loved those old HH combos. No idea why…

Very true. You wouldn’t find that sort of shocking spelling in the DoI….

J-Tone gives you either volume/volume or volume/blend as a single stack, bass and treble as a stack and then a tone which works in active and passive. IMHO this is a more flexible arrangement if you think you’ll be using it in passive as much as active

Passive mode - the j-tone passive mode is the same as VVT or VBT, whereas the J-Retro’s passive mode is a bit more limited.

Sorry - must have been autocorrect..

Mind yer own business Slab Mongrel - my cage and who rattles it is a private matter! As for non-tort guards, well… pffft

Has it got tort on it as well?

Ah, but so is "nope, cries friend"

Not with my fingers it doesn't!

Does that mean a fretless Precision is an oxymoron?

I joined a band who were having a real torrid time with their "lead" guitarist. Too loud, too centred on his "solos" and too concerned by how he sounded and really didn't care about anyone else or their enjoyment of the situation. One rehearsal the conversation was had. He was told in no uncertain terms that he was just too loud. Sadly he wouldn't have any of it, so we decided to take more drastic action. It went something along the lines of: [End of song being rehearsed. Guitarist still about 15395db too loud] Guitarist: Right, I'm off out for a tab [Door closes] Everyone else: Go! [Fuse extracted from amp plug and from pedalboard power supply amp and replaced with pre-determined duds] [Guitarist returns] Guitarist: Er... I have no power. What's going on? Lead Singer: Dunno mate, my amp is fine and the PA is on...? Me: Bass amp on over here mate.. [Guitarist swaps plug sockets, extension lead etc..] Guitarist: WTAF?? Keys Player: I reckon you've blown that amp mate - told you it was too loud.. Guitarist: Blown it? Really? Lead Singer: Yeah. I did hear a popping noise when you were out. Me: And a bit of a crackle... Guitarist: Oh poop. This is my dad's amp as well.. [Guitarist packs up in a hurry and leaves] We didn't see him again.....

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I remember one particular evening, down the Dog and Duck with my old mate Jimbo Jamerson. He had his usual pint of mild on the go with a pack of Players Navy Cut and he was harping on about the virtues of these new fangled "flat wound" strings he'd put on his beat up old Bass. Anyway, me and the lads had a good old laugh about it and told him to get real and get some proper Rotosounds on there and that they'd never catch on.

Hmmm. Missed this thread. Anyway, here's a few of the good old CS 62 Charcoal Frost Jazz-a-relic

I always found TI's to be pretty difficult to get along with too. I use Chromes mostly - more tension, better feel, brighter and more playable...

I don’t see why not….

I’ve always preferred them…

Give it a drag round the garden first for a bit of authentic relic work as well!