Stub Mandrel

Used the GR cab in anger for the first time today, rehearsing with a new band. As my Orange Terror hasn't arrived, I used my ancient (~1983) 150W Laney Probass. It has very complex sound shaping, I just lifted the low end very slightly and a small low-Q boost on the parametric at 400Hz. In the past, this amp has never had any particularly great praise, but today the guys couldn't stop praising the sound I was getting. Full, rich, lows, harmonics bell-like, great clarity for sounds up at the dusty end. I am expecting it to sound utterly mindblowing with the Bass Terror.

Not a gig, but had my first rehearsal with a new band (a six piece!) today. Last one was over a year ago, and before that not since the start of Covid.

I can justify all 10 of my basses as each one has a distinct features. I don't get having lots of the same bass with similar setups & sounds but can understand some folks enjoying such a collection. Having a collection of beautiful things that you can regularly use and play seems totally sound to me. Mind you I have a large collection of Floras (books about the plants of a region), some of which are little more than lists...

I don't blame them for moving to Halesowen 🙂

Digbeth? An odd place to name an amp after, I suspect their tongue was firmly in their cheek. Do they smell of stale tobacco and wee? I have a Laney humming gently to itself right here, it is very old - even the very nice people from Laney said it is an early one.

I didn't change my g-string for over a year, and now I have dhobi itch.

Peter Hook is one of those people Radio 4 picks up for a programme, keeps their number and rolls out at irregular intervals for half a dozen years. Regardless of their actual relevance or public profile. A good example was the fairly obscure musician 'Scanner' who they rolled out every time there was something to do with electronic music; even though he's at the 'experimental/arts' end of the spectrum he would be interviewed about dance music etc.

That's a common problem you have there. Have you cleared your mind and tried to get to the root of what might be causing the uncomfortable feeling of wanting to sell basses?

Thanks to @stewblack for the reminder... I have the 45, I'd just turned 12 at the time.

Roxy?

I finally made my choice, GR AT 212 Slim 27lbs, 4R, 103dB, 800W and broke my budget... 🙄

It's odd. On my first time around, my second and third bands both played nothing but originals. Both bands used to play two-sets of all own material, in ordinary pubs and get invited back. I don't think that was unusual in the early '90s.

My ideal is to be in a band who play covers to keep sharp and get gigs, but have an alter-ego writing songs and aiming to do festivals etc.

Please don't use that black, those of us using dark theme can't read it on a dark grey background.

Err... when they sound crap? 🙂 I was going to say 'when you notice they are smooth and flat' but I now have a bass strung with flats and it's OK 🙂

Coincidentally, I've been sprucing up a few ZZ Top basslines recently. They may not be hugely complex but Dusty could certainly play for the song, and it puts a grin on your face to play his music.

Yep Fender strings.

Great bass growl. YT knows I like James Brown so it fed me this (God Bless the Algorhythm):

I want to share my new rig.. but the courier has lost a shipment between Orange and Andertons, so they could only offer me the slightly scratched demo one 😭 I decided to wait and get a new one.

Has anyone else experienced the delicious irony of reading this post in the dark theme?

You should be OK swapping red, green, yellow or orange - but you will probably need to tweak resistors to get even brightness, especially as you don't know the efficiency of the existing ones. Blue may not work as they need more volts, and even if they light they would probably be very faint.

Oh Pretty Woman, Albert King. It's a Duck Dunn bassline and just a little bit unusual and for somew reason I'm finding it far trickier to get it nailed than many much more complex and quick lines. I gotta get that groove!

Units manufactured, presumably, or individual designs 🙂

Easier to find than a modest guitarist 😈

Is it possible to make the difference between the read and unread star symbols a bit more obvious: