Richard R

I bought an EBS Session 60 bass amp at the weekend from Pete ( @xzodar) . Good communications over PM before I drove down to try out the amp. Lovely amp, exactly as described (better in fact as he'd dug out the manual and a cover). Lovely chap and would cheerfully recommend buying from him. Rich

Well just to close this thread off, for the benefit of anyone who stumbles upon it in the future. I did buy the amp, and very nice it is too. For my "playing" it sounds best just all flat with the gain set high and the volume low - it just sounds natural and smooth. The controls encourage a of experiment to get variations to taste, but clean works for me. It's capable of going much too loud for use at home, so should be fine for coffee shop. And I discovered that line in not only has separate volume but feeds the speaker/headphones and not the DI out. The DI is post eq but pre volume. Which means one box could triple duty as a foldback monitor, amp, and DI in some situations. Very pleased and thank you @xzodar. Rich

Perfect! Though there is another weird instrument with too many strings, not sure what that's about 😉 Please tell me you own the copyright on that image and we can use it.

I'm going to get t-shirts printed with a picture of a Caterpillar sitting on a mushroom smoking a hookah and playing a bass guitar. Underneath will be the words "BassChat Forums - and you thought Alice went down a weird rabbit hole" Any takers?

It is a legal contract, so as others have said the best thing is to buy it then flog it later. The financial loss should be small, the grief from the missus will abate, you won't have p-d off the sellerand your conscience will be clear. The latter is worth a lot .

It's, marginally, less bad if you think of it as a left-hander. Turn the photo upside down and the cutaway make more sense.

The link wouldn't open 😞

I think you'll find it's actually DE6 5JQ. (Yes this is desperate bid to drag the thread back on topic!)

PM to follow when I work out how! Rich

I was 🙂. XYX has a pretty fearsome bassline!

This is rather calling to me, as I'm getting a bit tired of headphones or using my lad's 8" guitar practice amp. http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/EBS_Session_60_combo_sh.html This would be my only amp, so just for practice and the occasional coffee shop sized gig. Anything else I would use the church amp and PA. Anyone used them, like or loathe? Rich

What, not even the riff from XYZ?

Actually that does sound interesting - links to reference material please 🙂

Now we all know what a Stub Mandrel actually is, surely that's your porn name?

Second on the bill to Kempfinkle Gun Shop. Which is a real band.

Criccieth Kairos! Sounds more like an expletive than a stage name.

Lots of peeps from the West Midlands too, whereabouts are you? I'm in Solihull, there are others knocking about the outskirts of Brum too. You should Definitely check out the midlands bass bash for next year, on the events listings.

Blimey, I haven't listened to the Bozos since school days. Off to Spotify! 😁

I don't recognise that particular lyric, but that has surely got to be Half Man Half Biscuit!

Interesting question on whether a band can discriminate on grounds of age. An employer absolutely can't, and any company that explicitly said that a candidate was too old would be walking into court and out again a lot poorer.

So next question then - what amplification do people take? The travel bass I have is an Aria Sinsonido, so headphones plug straight in. Do others play unplugged, or with a little headphone amp, or a tiny cab?

Try using his lead, may well be a dry joint. I was at my tutor's on Thursday and had to crank the gain right up to get any volume. Since my guitar was just back from a full service with new strings and action low we knew it wasn't any of those. Swapped out the battery, no change. Swapped guitar leads for his and deafened the neighbours!

Not abroad, but I've taken a silent travel bass on the last two UK holidays. I'm still a relative newbie, so not playing for a whole week sets my muscle memory back aeons. And I intend to continue that argument even if one day I can play entire Yes albums from memory! 👍

"Maybe it's the way you wear your blue jeans so tight, I can put my finger on what you're doing right!" Status Quo, Something 'bout you baby I like. Every teenage boy, and the man he grew into, knows exactly what that's about 😁

It is the bank holiday Saturday. Any chance of the weekend before or after? I expect the missus will want to do something with the long weekend, so it would be easier to get a pass for other dates. Last event was fantastic, so I will make every effort to attend regardless! 👍👍