Rollin Thunder

For me started around 9-10 years old Iron Maiden as they where my first real band obsession and everything that rolled for me musically started there. slightly about AC?Dc and as much as AC/DC are truly great Maiden always had so much more about them. this Led to Judas priest Kiss Def Leppard all the way through to thrash death grind core out n out hard rock and metal that's 80% of my music still nowadays. Before that it was shaken Stevens and Adam & the Ants (no bad thing specially Adam Ant) Next The Manic Street preachers, around 19 years old first real none metal band totally changed and opened my mind to other forms of music and what else was out there. Led be backwards onto The Clash (which i am blasting out as i am typing) The manics biggest inspiration, then backwards to the Who, west Londons predecessors to The Clash and the Who off course need no introduction the most important and inspirational band of all time for me more so than the Beatles. Then Thin Lizzy the band i discovered later in life in my mid to late 20's circa 2000 Ish i was always aware of them and had passing liking to (how could you not with such an impressive list of banging anthems) but started to really get into their albums, pre 2000 had a best of and live n dangerous. really Indulged them over the last 20 years and they are second to not many, arguably the greatest Hard rock band of all time, ahead of some pretty stiff competition. It just shows the bands that have the biggest effect are not always the ones you start listening to when your mid teens. I don't like the Beatles much overrated but i was brought up on my dads Beatles records and these where the first music of any kind i was introduced to at a very young age when the Beatles had only been split 5-6 years earlier, there influence is on everything to just about everybody, but too music hall and lacking any sort of edge at all for me, the Beatles simply don't rock.

I am sure the usual suspects will roll up on this one ie fender rumble, but I would highly recommend anything in the Peavey max range, great features great natural tone great price range, fantastic little practice amps and the 112 & 115 vesiobs can be used for small gigs rehearsals. the new Ashdown combi range looks great as well.

So if you go instrument out through the send output does this essentially bypass the Stomp completely, or I guess you can route two signal paths, one via send output and one in standard left or right out. Also following this as I want a to send my signal to GarageBand but want to still play using amp rather than headphones.

Sorry miss read, using the darkglass as a preamp without the distortion or using it really low level distortion like gain at 1-2 max gives plenty variety as a pre amp. I was originally just going to get the helix effects as I was not initially bothered about amp sims as I like my current amp, but effects was out of stock so took a punt on the stomp which I prefer now and really enjoy the amp sims.

All the amp sims are available as a pre amp only, this is pretty useful for getting a nice cleaner bass sound and eq/preamp. The Pearce on clean channel and GK are good for using as just a preamp, this is what I use then run effects into it, bit of light grit from the heir apparent works great.

Wow, I used to love moschops when I was a kid, though I was the only one to remember it. Someon shouls make make a distortion pedal in honour

I have used and saved as presets and used them as a base to tweak from. Still not quite nailed a Jon lord Hammond organ yet.

Been fiddling about using synths to get a Hammond organ sound,thinking Jon Lord or a bit Iron butterfly. Not quite getting there, but having fun experimenting. Has anybody got a setting for a patch.

Got this for sale, awesome pedal light drive to fill on, only selling as i have a helix stomp

Peavey max 112. 300 watts, 18kg very loud £280, I bought a rumble 100 and the Peavey to A B them and the rumble went back. Nothing wrong with the Rumble, but the Peavey beat it hands down in every department, the only thing the rumble has over it is a send return, but the newer Peavey has that now. Great sound on its own as well the Peavey but I mainly run it pretty clean with my stomp but not it. Its right price right watts (loud) cannot recommend it enough.

Fans not that noise, computer tower yes that's a fair comparison, it not seems loud at low volume practice, don't notice when it's cranked a bit.

I had a Mag 115, amazing sounding amp loads of features, sound wise hard to beat. How ever, fan can be a bit noisy at home for practice( fine for rehearsal/gigging)and its very heavy and award to carry, and the 210 is even heavier, it's a right workout moving it about, and I am a big strong lad. sound wise superb.

It looks like a really happy robot

It does not, I sent mine back with a strongly recorded bass line of complaint.

According to he spec on your amp it is 150w and 200w peak even though it's sold as 250w, so it's probably a good little practice amp but not a good gigging/rehearing amp. Use the Di out to pa speaker or to a powered cab, to get the extra volume you need.

This. And also speaker size is important, not just watts, a 250w 15” or 2x10 with push more air (volume) than a single 10” or 12” add an extension cab, Di out to an external pa speaker or unfortunately have to get a bigger rig, if you have a £150-£180 budget you can you an extention second hand or part ex on a bigger amp.

Love this pic might steal it

I like coil tapping the bridge pickup and having a slightly lower volume than the neck, get a great tone like that.

I've gotta one of these in wine and red, it's an awesome bass, everything from vintage warm to Spector style thump and growl. Love mine and some bargains about. Got mine from Dawsons too, ordered it in to collect from Leeds shop.

I had a second hand spectre, it was ok, nothing wow, bit muddy sounding, and harsh at the same time, moved it on. I have heard that neck thru models are better rounded warmer sound but still gave bite, my Gibson EB does that better than the spectre did. May try a NT model at some point in the future.

Bib throbbing purple ones that go to 11, obviously!

Beat me too it.