PatrickJ

I'm shy too (and incidentally grew up just outside of Plymouth, must be a west country thing!!). Despite its numerous flaws you can have success with JMB and I haven't found a better alternative. I've used it a couple of times to set up bands with people similar to me, i.e a dads band for people with commitments but who still want to get together every few weeks to jam and gig a few times a year for fun. I actually had a really positive response, sure there were some time wasters but also some really good musicians and singers. It was pretty ease to weed out the crap from the serious. I also once sent a enquiry to a big band who were looking for a bassist. I never got to audition stage as I worked out pretty quickly that I wasn't going to be the right guy for them (given I couldn't sight read) but it was a friendly and positive experience. I'd say give it a try, you have nothing to lose.

Cheers Bas, will look over that thread

Since becoming bandless I've been really interested in a lot of old Jamoriquai. I'm interested in a synthy fuzz to play songs like Deeper Underground and Feels Just Like It Should. Any recommendations, I don't have a lot of room on my board so something no bigger than an MXR sized pedal and I'd like a dry single blend feature too.

Great stuff.

+1 , would love to have a listen

Jon sent me a few pictures.

Thanks - going to check these guys out!

Booked matched pieces.

I haven't got that far yet

Oh, June 8th London. Very tempted by this, I wouldn't mind keeping a singed mint copy for future investment. Would go nicely with my sealed Robert Trujillo signed copy of the Jaco movie.

Things have been on hold for a little while with my build; which is OK because things have gone on hold for a little while with my playing too :). The reason for the delay was me asking Jon to find some Walnut for the drop top, after seeing some amazing walnut examples posted by Alpher on Social Media I was hoping Jon could find something similar. Alas not, however, he did pick up this lovely piece of English Elm which I've commissioned. Hopefully Jon will be able to slice it up this week and show me the book matched pieces and we can get the build going again.

+1 for The Cones

Having grown up listening to alternative and hard rock music through the 90s and early 00s I thought I was going to be a rock fan for life. However since becoming a bass player I've really fallen out of love with the genre as I struggle to get excited about Rock baselines (Geddy excluded) Now I'd now much rather listen to funk, soul or blues - rock has most definitely died for me.

Getting a good band name is almost as difficult as finding a reliable lead guitarist!!

+1 on this. Have seen a few of these threads posted recently and was thinking that a forum sub-section where BC'ers can post and promote their Online Content would be useful to help keep the General Discussion chann clear.

I've got real GAS for a California II VM2 or TM2

Is it just me or are Sandberg really raising their game (or at least marketing) of their custom options.

The manual for the Plex pre-amp gives details of the frequencies affected by the filters. I don't know if they will be the exactly the same for the Legacy amps as they seem to be either on or off but will share them for reference.

IIRC from my old Plex pre-amp and MB head Contour is a mid-scoop filter Bump gives a bump to the low end frequencies Presence boosts the mids

G4M always do this, list items with an expected date that is completely unrealistic just to drive pre-order revenue. I first encountered this issue when I pre-ordered a GK Plex through them - was about 3-4 months after their estimated date that they were actually released in the UK but I've seen them do it with a number of products (including the new Tech21 Geddy pedal).