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The bss di has a mu-metal screening can on the di transformer, the behringer copy doesn’t so can’t be anywhere near a mains transformer without picking up loads of hum.

For passive boxes the EMO ones are absolutely bulletproof and last for ever. Some of the radial ones can damage the transformers when dropped, but are good boxes otherwise. (I think it was the stereo one that had this problem) The BSS AR133 active boxes are pretty much the universal choice in uk pro audio, they are just a bit bulky IMO.

Anyone opened one of these up yet? Icepower module?

This is such a tricky question. If the band owns the PA, who owns the band? If I was ever in a band again (unlikely) and they didn’t already have a PA then I’d probably buy something basic that I owned myself (I already have quite a few mics, DIs and cables). I used to be an audio professional until I retired and it would drive me nuts if someone else was bodging it.

If I was in the market for a digital desk I’d go for the Soundcraft models that run with an inbuilt web server to provide the UI. That has a much better chance of longevity and can’t be randomly borked by OS updates like the Xair products.

Good choice. The Martindale CP501 is also a good basic tester.

This is “Desolate Shore” with Clam on bass…..

Yes, on my Jazz in those gauges. (Tension feels the same as 45-105 roundwounds) I really like them for the mellower stuff I mostly play nowadays.

I grew up in South Durham and went to uni in Newcastle. I remember being on the bus once in town and I heard some old people speaking what I thought was German. It turned out to be English, but the thickest Geordie accent imaginable. I had a great time there. A lovely city.

I can’t remember what the actual settings were, but I checked my MB500 with REW and it could definitely be set flat with the 4 band eq and the contour control all the way off. Setting all the eq pots to noon does give a pre-shape as that isn’t the 0- point, but there isn’t any other “hidden” shaping in the system.

Good cable lasts effectively forever. I have a Klotz cable with Neutrik jacks that is over 30 years old. My other Van Damme + Neutrik cables are over 20 years old. If they don’t get mechanically damaged I expect them to see me out.

Awesome set list, looks like a complete hoot.

That is hilarious. I got “Ammonia Welder Boys” within seconds which is a name that just has to have a band attached.

Nice tone and playing. Very good!

Dunlops. I used to use Schaller, but the fixed screw in the new design makes them useless. I tried the rubber washer idea briefly, but they would split.

The Crimson Guitars fret erasers are really good. I have the set of 4, but I have only really needed the fine and super-fine. I’d steer clear of steel wool, the tiny metal particles go everywhere and can embed themselves in an open-pored fingerboard.

That is fab. I love the fact that she plays the flute parts too, super talented.

I had one bass for many years. Then I joined some bass forums and now I have 3 (very moderate for Basschat I know). The reality is I play my USA Fender Jazz almost exclusively and the other 2 sit in cases and only come out occasionally.

When I was working in production I hired lots of freelance sound engineers to do corporate gigs. The best came from musical theatre and church backgrounds, the worst came from band backgrounds. We never hired ones that came from dance music backgrounds. The very worst thing was when we had installed a killer system that one of our system engineers had tweaked to perfection, then a band engineer came in and made it sound like an over-loud muddy mess. We just had to grin and bear it, the (name) bands contracts always gave them full control so we couldn’t intervene.

I have always used the mini wire cutters that are part of my electronics kit. I always found nail clippers to be too flexible and blunt to really do a clean job. The wire cutters leave a clean edge so I never need to file. Oddly enough, I had my first ever podiatrist visit a couple of weeks back to look at a corn problem I am having and he used what looked exactly like a stainless-steel version of my mini wire cutters.

To revive an old thread, I’m surprised no-one mentioned the Specials: I’ve been messing about with this and it’s a great exercise in stamina at the original 161bpm.

Watching with interest, I’ve got a too-big router too.

There are a whole lot of circuit boards and loads of interconnect in there, that’s never going to be cheap to build outside the Far East.

Outstanding cakeage!

In the output description it says “The output stage is a full bridge topology with a 2nd order filter.”. That says it all, neither side of the speaker connection is a ground, both are signal (in antiphase).