WinterMute

One of the first gigs I played in around 1980 I think, Polesworth Working Mens Club. Last gig I played, charity event for Capital 1 in a big tent in Nottingham somewhere around 2020.

Warwick Thumb NT 5 string without a doubt, ACG Krell is very close, with MM SR5 as a very decent runner up. The Thumb is definitely "thunderous" but you'll need backline/PA support capable of accurately reproducing that low fundamental. I had a Barefaced Big Twin T that was absolutely brilliant. All of these are 34" scale and I tend to use 130 B strings, I've played 125 too, doesn't seems to make much difference. Alan Cringean quite rightly identifies rigidity of construction as being vital for sustain and clarity, which jibes with what many people are saying about build quality and construction. That said, I played a 5 string Steinberger which didn't sound great, but had huge rigidity. I'd go play some good 2nd handers, you can't afford to get into Fodera, Alembic etc territory, but there are plenty of very good old basses around for £2500 ish, my thumb was about that I think. In theory, any decent luthier's work should produce a B string of quality, but there's more to a great 5 string than a big B.

New Birkins start around £23K, and head North, very, very quickly... Bass prices don't compete... Be careful what you wish for gents.

yeah £7,000,000 for the original Birkin bag If you can afford £20k for a bass, why would you deny your wife the same for something that makes her happy? Sorry, this was supposed to be funny, getting a bit philosophical now.

Surely one of the criteria for being a keeper is tolerance of said wood-based purchases...?

That's called a win-win isn't it?

You can always get another wife...

Some lovely basses there fella. I have 2 fretted and 2 fretless currently, my main fretless is a beautiful ACG Krell 5 string Alan built to my spec a few years ago, it's a work of art, seen here with it's fretted brethren.

Off to the recycling centre in the morning, please lock tomorrow.

It lives...!

It's perfectly capable as a buss comp, I had it on the master buss for years, but it also works as a pair of tracking comps, which is now its main function, maybe as a drum or guitar buss comp in the mix. It's a very versatile unit, sounds great.

Chased the power in for the rack and the desk, used some extra sticky gel tape to secure the annoying PSU's to the underside of the top shelf, very useful stuff that. Re-ran all the signal for the main interface and the summing mixer, then re-did the patch-bay. A slight redesign needed a new patch-bay template, came from Printographic who do custom labels for a range of patch-bays, a very good service. Checked the power for the desk and rack, all good. I'll put the desk back in position tomorrow and run the interconnects, the UAD comms cabling and all the USB stuff, then testing.

Found the cage nuts, lost the driver twice, I love this job...

staying up till Monday, then it's going to the recycling centre.

New rack arrived this morning, guess who can't find the cage nuts...

My wife (who runs a major UK fashion company) designates anything electrical/mechanical as a "blue job" sadly, so I'm stuck with those in the house. Beedster, there are these amazing new things called "patch bays" change your life mate.

I have, on occasion, wired a d-sub before realising I'd left the cable support clamp off... Thats why I now use the ones that come in 2 parts... Grazed knuckles... check. Bumped head... check. Swearing... check.

Steel 18U 19" rack cabinet with front door and removable side panels. Castors and stabilising feet. Fully adjustable and/or removable cable management to rear, Rear rack strips included. Door closes but has no key. Aperture to top for fan system. Fits in a big estate, otherwise van needed. Perfect for servers (obvs) but also studio rack kit, PA amps etc. Nr Windsor. Edit: I found the fan unit! not currently working very well, I think the 9v PSU is kaput.

Finally getting round to updating the studio, I've been doing it piecemeal for years and the cabling has gotten scruffy, plus I need to move some rack units around to make room for some new kit. Having a new rack unit built to house the amps and storage, and adding 2 new units to the upper racks, an RND Master Buss Processor and an RND Master Buss Transformer, a second Shelford will eventually be added and the UAD X16 will go into the side rack. I foresee an extended period of cable wrangling in my immediate future...

8U 19" rack unit Front and rear rack strips (although one set is that annoying sliding captured nut system...) Handles to sides, 4 good rack wheels, 2 of which lock. Catches for front and rear lids, but no lids. Black Tolex covered. Nr Windsor, London

Steel 18U 19" rack cabinet with front door and removable side panels. Castors and stabilising feet. Fully adjustable and/or removable cable management to rear, Rear rack strips included. Door closes but has no key. Aperture to top for fan system. Fits in a big estate, otherwise van needed. Perfect for servers (obvs) but also studio rack kit, PA amps etc. Near Windsor, London.

Yes you can, works with anything that has the EUCON protocol, it doesn't;t work as well as Protools however, some of the really useful mixing functions are absent.