moley6knipe

Those Helicon monitors are mint. Proper Swiss Army knife- loads of options for connecting, xlr through (that actually passes signal through unlike some mons I’ve used in the past!), local control of your mic and overall mix etc. And they clip on stands or are small enough to stand on a shelf. Great solution.

https://www.jonhaireguitar.co.uk Peterborough Impossible to recommend Jon highly enough. Been looking after my basses since forever. Brilliant tech, proper job every time. Last full service (neck off, setup, level etc) was £120 a couple of years back.

Yeah, it would be very unusual for a cab with two speakons sockets to be wired series. And at the least you’d expect a sodding great warning to that effect on the cab itself. If you’re new to speakons then buy good cables from the off. Don’t use jacks unless you have to - speakon throughout the chain is much better. Get cables with proper Neutrik speakon plugs - the cheap Chinese knock offs ain’t good. 1.5mm core cable will be plenty

This made me smile. When I joined my current band many many years ago they were using all sorts of crappy guitar leads as speaker cables for the Peavey amps and HiSys speakers. I bought a drum of orange mains two core, a bunch of neutrik jacks and made new speaker leads that, like, actually reached where they needed to go and didn’t cut out all the time. Lasted for years until we moved to active speakers!

I’d love to go in ear but never going to happen because the other lads are dinosaurs. I always gig with ACS plugs in due to Mesa Boogie / crash cymbal damage. Given lack of in ears the best solution I’ve found is 1) get the guitarist’s amps up to ear level (on a pub table) 2) get higher fidelity vocal monitors also up to ear level - these https://www.tc-helicon.com/product.html?modelCode=P0CMI have been a revelation. Small enough to sit on shelves, tables or mount on mic stands.

4mm is totally and utterly pointless unless you’re running Mötorhead’s entire PA through one cable…. Which is why I too ordered a 4mm from Designacable 😬. Points awarded for yellow, good work!! Seriously, in hindsight 2.5mm is more than enough. And yeah Designacable for the win… I know I can make my own but I’m an idiot with cable assembly and everything I’ve bought from them has been spot on, never had an issue.

Ken bought an EHX Muff pedal from me… a splendid transaction, thanks!

On the evidence of this morning’s rehearsal, the answer is still (even if off topic): Ernie Ball Cobalt rounds > Humbuckers > Gallien Krueger RB > Barefaced BB2. THAT’S growl. Dear lord, what a sound!!

@Friskydingo - I’m in Spalding, South Lincolnshire if you’re ever over this way… you’d be very welcome to have a blast!

GK amps for me… 700RBII and a recently bought second hand MB500. Used to have GK gen 1 Neo 410 and then 212… but picked up a 2nd hand Barefaced BB2 Gen3 which blew the GK cabs out of the water for tone, power, size and weight. My advice to anyone looking for a cab is to try Barefaced if you can - they’re jaw droppingly good.

Blimey o’riley. The Roland thing is over £300!!! If you’re happy to spend near that money then this is a no brainer…. https://thorpyfx.com/products/morningstar-engineering-mc3-midi-controller https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000NLRWEI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_Z22HSTNY202M2R70A5F2 and you’re done!

That's an impressive amount of stuff in a tight space - nicely done! Nice bit of Tetris / Jenga work there!

Good work. I dream of such a setup but the band are all dinosaurs so no chance!

Noice! Points awarded for the Lekato looper - it shouldn’t be that good at that price! I’m still utterly, utterly useless at using mine though!

£26.95 delivered direct from the Studiospares website?!?! Kay, ordered one even though no immediate need - would be insane not to at that price right?

Blue’s a good shout. Highly recommend WD Music. Very helpful when I rang them, delivery time faster than advertised and a reasonable price. Quality and packaging both superb, guard is foil masked on the back around the controls (not that any other part of my dimension is shielded - that’s the next job!). Fit was perfect. Oh, and yer get a sticker to go on your flight case too - bonus!

The best method is to build yourself a tube out of waste pipe (push fit is better than cementable pipe coz the meths will rot the cement eventually) and fill it will meths, hook in the top end cap and hang your strings in there for 12 hours or so. Then remove and let air dry. Pros: cleans ALL grease etc off strings so they sound new again (of course won’t fix physical string damage from frets!) Cons: unless your bridge is a top loading “quick release” eg Ibby monorail, hipshot A etc it’s a major pita to unstring! I built one but don’t use it so much these days as only one of my basses has quick release style bridge.