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It's the pedals that are making me look bad I think haha. Si

Yup, I absolutely still read BGM. Whilst there is a wealth of amazing knowledge both here and elsewhere online, I love having a wider, more holistic bass community. It's a big family and wouldn't want to see any of it closed down. Will be interesting to see how the merger pans out! Si

Don't normally post in here, because it would quickly get boring for you to read lol, but this weekend was special. 8am Saturday: Leave High Wycombe in the band van, destination: Troon in Scotland for a wedding. 4:30pm Saturday: Arrive in Troon after a chilled drive with a couple of hour-long stops. *Play gig* 12:15am Sunday: Leave venue for High Wycombe 6:20am Sunday: Arrive back in High Wycombe, leave for Hemel. 7:00am Sunday: Go to bed 11:30am Sunday: Take the family to 'A Day Out With Thomas The Tank Engine' in Aylesbury 😂 Until next week lol Si

I actually keep a running list of all the gear I have and that has passed through my hands, because sad 😂. So as of about 1998 when I started playing: Currently Owned: Basses 1971 Fender Precision 2006 Fender CIJ Mustang 2017 Lakland US 44-94 custom 2018 Lakland US 44-64 Classic (on order) 2016 Lakland Skyline 55-01 2018 ACG Krell E-Type 6 custom 2017 Bass Collection Jive Fretless 4 Amps Markbass Little Mark 800 Markbass Little Mark II 500 Barefaced Super Compact 1x12 Barefaced Midget 1x12 Effects TC Electronics Ditto TC Electronics Flashback Mini TC Electronics Sub N Up Mini Boss Wazacraft TU-3W Boss DM-3 (Japanese Blue Label) Boss OC-2 Octaver (Japanese Black Label)x4 Boss OC-2 Octave (Japanese Black Label) Boss OC-2 Octave (Taiwan Black Label) Boss OC-2 Octave (Taiwan Silver Label) Boss PH-3 Line6 DL-4 (modded) Line6 M5 MXR M82 Envelope Filter MXR M83 Bass Chorus Deluxe COG Effects Knightfall 66 two-channel ‘Circles’ prototype COG Effects Grand Tarkin ‘Circuits To Cure Cancer 2015’ COG Effects Tarkin custom Earthquaker Devices Organizer Fuzzrocious Broke Richard Peanut Gallery ‘custom’ – no serial Fuzzrocious Oh She Demon ‘custom’ - 070 Fuzzrocious Dark Driving ‘stock’ - 124 Fuzzrocious Anomalies ‘stock on kid paint’ - 046 Fuzzrocious Afterlife ‘screen print’ – 286 Rainger Dr Freakenstein Dwarf Bass (FOR SALE) Rainger Dr Freakenstein Dwarf Bleep Bass Mr Black Eterna Digitech Bass Synth Wah DOD Meatbox Subsynth Reissue Electro Harmonix ‘big box’ Bass Micro-Synth 3Leaf Audio Enabler Schalltechnik_04 Guma Antique Kit w/ COG enclosure Schalltechnik_04 Guma-Drive Kit (yet to build) GGG Green Russian Muff w/ mids (kit) Dwarfcraft The Great Destroyer (kit) Poultone True Bypass Looper x 2 Gator Tote board Warwick Rockboard Solo Visual Sound 1-Spot Diago MP9 Diago Powerstation Gig-Rig Generator w/ 2 x Distributors Gig-Rig Electroman converter Gig-Rig Timelord converter Previously Owned: Basses: Lakland Skyline Bob Glaub Lakland Skyline 44-64 Custom P/J Lakland Skyline DJ4 1983 Squier JV Jazz Xotic XJ-1T ‘Lightweight’ 5 Maruszczyk Jake custom 4 Shuker Singlecut custom 5 Fender Japan Jazz medium scale Fender USA Marcus Miller 5 Fodera Matt Garrison Standard Fender Japan/Warmoth P/J 4 Fender USA/Japan Precision 4 Yamaha BB 615 1973 Fender Precision ACG Finn SC Classic 5 2003 USA Fender Jazz Standard 4 Fender Japan/Allparts Fretless P/J 4 2009 USA Fender Jazz Standard 5 1973 Fender Jazz 1983 USA Fender Jazz 1985 Japanese Squier A-Series Precision (SQ Spec.) OLP ‘ThingRay’ 4 Shuker/Parts Jazz 4 Fender Squier Classic Vibe Jazz 4 Fender Squier Deluxe Jazz 5 Fender Squier Bronco Shuker Electric Upright 4 Lakland Skyline 44-02 Deluxe 1998-1999 USA Fender Jazz Deluxe 4 Warwick Corvette $$ 4 Crafter Acoustic BA400 4 Ibanez Artcore 4 Bass Collection 355 5 Bass Collection 355 Fretless 5 Yamaha RBX2604 Encore/Parts Precision 4 Amps & Cabs Markbass Micromark 801 Markbass Little Mark II 500 Barefaced Compact G2 1x15 x2 Ashdown ABM EVO II 500 Laney Kickback R1 practice amp 1x12 Orange Terror Bass 500 Genz Benz Streamliner 900 Ashdown ABM Mini 4x8 Ashdown ABM Mini 1x15 Ampeg B2R Ampeg 210HE Ampeg 115H Eden CXM-112 Hartke B90 Combo Effects Akai Headrush E2 Xotic BB Bass Pre SFX Loop Logic SFX Thumpinator TC Electronics Polytune Mini Noir x 2 Behringer Ultra Vibrato DHA VT1-Pro-Bass DHA VT-2 Dual Bass Custom DOD FX53 Classic Tube DOD FX-35 Octoplus DOD FX32 Meatbox x3 DOD FX10 Bi-FET Pre x2 DOD FX-25B Envelope Filter DOD FX70 Metal X Idiotbox Dimension X Idiotbox Cool Buzz Idiotbox Death Ray SolidGold FX Beta Blakemore Deus Ex Machina COG Effects T-65 Octaver Custom COG Effects T-16 Octave COG Effects Knightfall Mini 66 (Seaweed) Electro Harmonix Freeze Co-Pilot FX Orbit (w/ custom blend) Sound Kitchen BassBoost Pre Digitech Bass Synth Wah Digitech Bass Whammy Boss ME-50B Boss TU-2 Boss SD-1 Boss PS-6 Boss GEB-7 Boss AB-2 Boss LM-2 (Japanese Black Label) Boss PN-2 Boss PH-2 (Japanese Black Label) Boss VB-2 (Japanese Black Label) Boss GE-7B (Japanese Black Label) Boss BF-2B (Japanese Green Label) Boss CE-2B (Japanese Green Label) Boss OC-2 (Taiwan Silver Label) Boss OC-3 Boss CE-3 (Japanese Black Label) Boss OC-2 (Japanese Black Label) Boss SG-1 (Japanese Black Label) Boss OC-2 Octaver (Japanese Black Label) x2 Boss CS-2 Compressor/Sustainer (Japanese Black Label) x 2 Boss MD-2 Boss HF-2 Boss ODB-3 Boss LS-2 Boss CEB-3 Sansamp BDDI Mooer Tender Octaver x2 Mooer Hustle Drive Ernie Ball Jr Volume pedal Fuzzrocious Grey Stache ‘kid paint’ – 073 Fuzzrocious Rat Tail ‘kid-paint’ – 136 Fuzzrocious M.O.T.H. ‘screen print’ – 045 Fuzzrocious Dark Driving (1 knob) Earthquaker Devices Pitch Bay Earthquaker Devices Rainbow Machine (signed by Har Mar Superstar) MXR M135 Smart Gate Darkglass B7K Source Audio SoundBlox BEF w/ Hot Hand Guyatone BB2 Markbass Mini Distortion ProCo Rat II Electro Harmonix USA Big Muff Pi Electro Harmonix ‘big box’ Bass Micro-Synth Electro Harmonix Nano POG Bogdan Polish Love Diago Tourman Pedalboard Diago Showman Pedalboard Pedaltrain Mini Trex Juicy Lucy Silly! 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Haha, far from it, but I am impatient lol Si

A few weeks ago I paid £100 for a full setup (minus strings, flats so didn’t need changing), but that included a full fret levelling & polish etc. It took him (a busy luthier) one day to turn around. The bass played beautifully after, like really really good! So if your guy does good work, i’d say the price is ok if it genuinely will feel like a different bass after, although i’d hope they can turn it around quicker than 10 days, I always feel a bit hard-done-by after 7 days haha Si

Currently schleping up to Scotland for a gig. Taking minimal gear, so instead of ripping apart my main board, decided to throw together a little something else. TU-2 & OC-2 standards, but whilst I know how good the Digitech is as a synth, forgot how good an envelope filter it is. Running the Flashback with a Chorus toneprint on it! Si

Nice, how much do they tend to go for? The HiWatt DR201 is £3000 and DR401is £4000. Although fantastic work and an unarguable heritage (I remember one of the best amps I played at a gig once was a HiWatt). Si

I think if you want to push power valves and have a gritty/tone, all tube is unbeatable (although there are some excellent pedals out there), however if you're looking for tube 'warmth' but lots of clean volume, just get a tube preamp like the Jule Monique or similar and plug it into your standard SS amp. Si

Not unless you like a really dirty sound. That said, you're almost certainly not using all of the 450 watts of your TC. Perhaps half, maybe?! I've always assumed that for a tube amp, if you want a clean sound, you'd want at least 100watts. I know Hiwatt make a 200watt all tube head which I reckon sounds really nice and clean, ££££££ though. Si

I've been interested in this concept for a little while, whether reading dots is necessary to growing your musical knowledge. I'm not necessarily convinced (and willing to have my mind changed) that the ability to read actually adds to a theoretical knowledge-base, I feel it's largely an alternative to playing by ear, be that for purpose of training or learning etc. There's certainly an argument that if you can't hear a recording of the piece of music, or no-one is around to show you a particular musical concept, then it is clearly helpful/necessary should you want to play that same music, but in a modern-day context, I don't think it's needed for furthering other theoretical learning. Now, of course, it is of massive importance if you want certain gigs, or to teach to a certain level, but that's performance, not learning. And of course, those who embark on a more academic musical journey will likely be able to read as it's part of the syllabus along with all other theory. But that is simply the western academic musical tradition. So do I think people should learn to read music? Yes of course, it will open doors to you no-doubt. But I do think you can achieve an extensive harmonic understanding and wider theoretical knowledge of music without reading dots, I don't believe them to be mutually exclusive. Take language, it is quite possible for someone to talk well, to understand the words and how to manipulate them without being able to read or write. Of course, most people who are good at one are good at the other because that is our academic tradition, but they are quite independent skills assuming the appropriate learning structure is in place (demonstration over reading text books etc etc). Interesting topic! Si

Was quite interested in the Californiwah for £37.50, but adding £12.50 postage, so with a total of £49.99, doesn't quite tip me over the edge for a 15v pedal. Add another £30 for the Xotic Doubler thingy, and I might as well just buy another MXR Envelope (the ultimate Bass Filter IMO). Thought it sounded quite nice on some Youtube vids though. Nearly Si

I really like my KRK KNS6400: https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/studio-headphones/krk-kns-6400-studio-headphones Si

Yeah, hasn’t happened for the last 4 or 5 years at least. I believe it wasn’t sustainable for the price basically. Hence why the London bass show is still a great deal and day(s) out . Book both days and come down for the weekend. Otherwise it’s looking for a local BC Bash that organised near you. As mentioned, check the events forum Si

Because why not, they're my bands after all haha. Decent headphones or decent speakers please! Jocee - Soul/Jazz/Pop: Corybantic - Math/Rock/Prog: Si

Subtlety is fine on recordings, but live, might simply get lost in the mix (depending on the band). I always fine I run effects more extreme in a band than sounds appropriate when they're solo'd Si

Bartolini do the same option too (dual in-line coils, hum cancelling): https://www.bartolini.net/product-category/bass-pickup/4-string-bass-pickup/j-bass/ Si

I actually love my Boss PH-3, chose it as I specifically wanted the 'barber-pole' always-rising phase effect, and this was the only pedal I could find that wasn't a silly price that could do it. Si

If you can find a used Skyline Lakland Precision (Bob Glaub, Duck Dunn, 44-64), that’s about as good as you’ll find for that £750 IMO. Si

I played it at NAMM when it was released and was really impressed. The mid-level control on the clean side is brilliant. Si