BillyBass

If the plug in question houses a transformer and isn't easily replaceable, ok, but at £6.99 that is way more expensive than a plug. Just replace the plug with a new plug, which will cost under £2.

Lovely. One day, I'll get a Ric.

I was considering posting something about a new band member of some famous band that I thought was crap, but I couldn't think of any.

In my time as a spark, I have seen a lot of fire or near fires through dodgy electrics. Thankfully, I'm normally called before the house burns down. Mostly, the thermal damage I see comes from 1) Placing a source of heat next to combustible material (halogen downlights fitted underneath joists or next to cables) 2) Loose connections 3) Overloading individual sockets or fused spurs, or multiple extension leads daisy chained. I suppose if there is a thousand to one chance of disaster striking, it will strike eventually if a thousand people try the same bodge.

But surely, when you buy a T Bird, you aren't looking for an all rounder are you. I've been gas free for over 6 months, but I would love one of these.

So take the pencil out then. Yes, it is possible (but rather unlikely) for disaster to strike if you take the tranny out but leave the pencil in. Maybe, as an electrician I am used to seeing way worse but I would assume Mark isn't leaving the pencil stuck in the socket while using the pedal board.

Yep, Rod Stewart would be cheaper.

Any class 2 appliance will have a symbol. A square in a square, which you can clearly see below the CE mark on Marky's plug. Some pedal board psus use class 2 transformer/plugs, some just us a standard class 1 plug and have the transformer further down.

...but don't do this at home kids.

Electrician here. @Marky L's bodge isn't quite as unsafe as you would imagine. The top pin on a plug is used as a path for current to flow to earth, should this be necessary (when there is a fault). As a safety measure, British three pin plugs will not enter a socket without the top pin present. You may notice that the top pin is slightly longer than the bottom two pins; when the top pin enters the socket, the guards over the socket holes for the bottom two pins will open and allow the bottom two pins to enter. You can't access the bottom two socket holes without the top pin entering first. This is to stop kids, or anyone, sticking their fingers in a socket and getting a shock. Marky's pedal board power supply is a 'class 2' bit of kit. Class 2 kit doesn't use the earth pin for safety (it doubly insulates the live terminals inside the plug instead). Consequently, he only needs the top pin of the plug to be there to open the bottom two pins and connect the plug to the power source. The big lump of a pedal board PSU plug houses a transformer, which takes the 230 volt mains down to a pedal board friendly 9v (or something similar). 9 volts are quite safe.

Yes, glad to be back playing live. We haven't been together long so the gig was a bit early but none of us are new to this. Many more to come hopefully. The bass is one of these: https://www.guitar.co.uk/reverend-decision-p-bass-venetian-pearl I love it; reverse P with added bite from the bridge pup. Goes very well with the GK head, cuts through nicely.

I took part in my first gig in 18 months yesterday. It was a battle of the bands in a secondary school and our band was one of the 'parent's bands'. Anyway, we have our first gig under the belt. It was outdoors so I got to use my full rig and this ended up being the kids' bass rig too. Consequently, I ended up with bass tech duties too. This is my first gig playing with a drummer with an electronic kit. There were no monitors and as well as not hearing the vocals, I could barely hear the drums. We got through our short set ok though. My rig:

I managed to get in on the guest list for that gig. It was the last time I saw Adam and the Ants, they had, by then, fully changed from punk to a teeny bopper pop band.

My current band had a rehearsal on Thursday. It was set up in a hurry as we have a gig in June and we have only met up twice! Although the singer couldn't make it, the lead guitarist, drummer and me really clicked. It looks like the knowledge of an upcoming gig has really pushed everyone into nailing the songs at home. Next rehearsal on Wednesday,

I'm going to see 'Horsegirl' at the Scala, near Kings Cross, on June 29th. They are a very young American post punk band, playing the sort of music I was into 45 years ago.

How much are they charging for the coke and crisps?

I like tort with a yellow, brown or red bass but not with blue. I have a tidepool Jazz and I struggled to find a pick guard that worked. Eventually ordered a flashy pick guard from Korea, via Etsy.

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Tort with blue? Definitely not. I think I'm in the minority here. Lovely looking bass though. LPB and a rosewood fretboard, really nice.

Summer of 69, I believe. It was the first drummer I ever played with's favourite song.

I imagine it would be impossible to find a musical instrument shop, or delivery service that hasn't had at least one unsatisfied customer. For every one of us that would praise Andertons, or anyone else, there will be those whose experience has been negative. I have had a very positive experience buying stuff from Andertons and being that they are just over an hour away from me on the M25, I will use them again and accept that the slightly higher prices they charge for stuff as payment for the good customer service I have experienced. I was under the impression that Bax were based in the Netherlands, or was it Belgium? Looking at the Bax website, however, you are right, they now have an address in Kent. On further investigation, Basepoint Business Centre offers 'virtual offices' so let me guess, Bax probably don't have any staff at all in Kent; just a virtual office.

I always think that when you buy stuff from very cheap online companies, particularly from abroad you are taking a risk. I have used Bax before once (pre Brexit) and the transaction was smooth. If it hadn't been smooth then I expect the contact, return, refund etc would have been problematic. Companies like Bax and others of a similar vein keep prices low by several means, one being keeping the payroll to a minimum. Minimum staff equals poor customer service.

So what do you think? I like yellow basses, this seems a bit mustardy? But still looks good. Was this bought to mod or have you decided it needs it?