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It’s definitely intermittent: as I said, the following day I had it in use for much longer (4 hours) without a twitch, although it was much cooler and the unit itself wasn’t running as hot. When it was dropping all output, I restarted it the first time, but then noticed the second time that tapping switch 3 brought it back. Odd, but as Al says, it sounds more hardware related than software.

I've done a looong subsequent rehearsal with it (4 hours) and it was fine...I'll keep an eye on it, but one more blip and it's going back for a replacement.

Still not a patch on Bakithi's sound or playing...but then he's kinda unique... 😕 It was finding clips like the one before which kept me going when I was trying to get it right(ish)... 🙂 Here's Bakithi doing it...to be fair, even he looks like it's hard work, but sound is sooo much better; 3:35 or so...

On that, mine failed several times on a warm gig recently - tapping the tuner switch (I have mine set as simple patch up, patch down, tuner) brought it back to life, but it was very disturbing. It seemed to be very hot...

Ohhhh, ISWYDT... well played, sir 😀

As long as your chops were up to it...

I work in a company that is an ISP and provides all sorts of Cloud and Hosted services...when we get one of these calls it's tools down and gather round the lucky recipient. Best we've had is 36 minutes before they hung up in frustration...we have a sweep running for the longest, the winner buys drinks at the Xmas Do... 😁

I had a 410HR (the smaller rear-ported one) for a while (until it was nicked, in fact), and it was a very good cab. For £350, that'd be a great one-cab solution. It was pretty light (50lbs or so, IIRC), tho a bit...cubic to manhandle, which made it a two-handed lift. If you like the sound and decide it's a keeper, castors would be your friend*. 🙂 * Apart from, like the original Daleks, in Stairs Situations... 🙂

My Walkabout's as quiet as a mouse, fan-wise. With a good efficient cab(s), it can be thunderous. The overall impression, though, is of valvey warmth....

No Elixirs at PMT, the richest they do is NYXLs...I'll phone Symphony, cheers

Mine's got Dingwall pickups (P-Tone neck and Humbucker bridge) and a John East U-Retro, soooooo...pretty much anything, really 😀 For the tonewood types, it's an Epiphone alder body and.a Shuker Birdseye maple neck...see the first sentence, tho... Brass nut, Hipshot hardware...oh, and the worst upper fret access in Christendom 😁

Does anyone know if there's a stockist in the North West for Elixirs, by any chance?

Ooooo, I hadn't seen this one...here's mine 😀

Wedding gig in a bar/pub in Boothstown*, actually the publican's wedding, so it was full on. Not too much to remark upon, other than the ongoing delight of lovely quiet inears, and the host offering us another £50 each to play another 5 songs, but the evening saw the debut of our BL's new Country-inspired** song. Rather than describe it, I'll simply quote his intro: 'My missus has been asking me for ten years to write her a song, because all my other songs are about my exes. So I have. This one's called 'Who needs Google when your wife knows everything?'... * For anyone not familiar with this charming hamlet nestled hard by the East Lancs Road, if I said the buffet included a large steel tureen crammed with doner kebab meat, you'll have an indicator... ** He's discovered the subgenre of Comedy Country (starting for him with 1978's delightful Conway Twitty/Loretta Lynn duet 'You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly') , and he's all about it now...

Tha can now...

That's the way I read it, and it kind of works inasmuch as a lovely new bass can be lovely all over again with some new strings, or a setup, or just a good strip and clean: kinda topping up the loveliness... 😀

I note that the two main ways to prevent Hedonic Adaption are Appreciation and Variety...notably, Variety is about 'When a positive change first occurs...say...you get to take a long bath in your first soaking tub...but over time...you’ll be happier with your soaker tub if you run out and get yourself some new bubble bath, or try lighting candles' So yeah, go ahead and get a new rig...you're psychologically justified... 😉 Actually, don't - the Three Gig Rule above is a very sensible one...

I used a 1515L for years, and yep, they sound a bit honky on their own, but in a band they're a fantastic cab. I've played club-sized venues with one and a 500w Class D head, and never pushed it. Great cabs for a gigging bassist. A mate had the 1212L in a rock covers band with 2 guitards, and it always sounded great.

When we first decided to do this, years ago, I was scratching my head a lot, and decided to Google some live versions. Blimey. And not in a good way. 😕 I felt a lot better about myself after that - especially a couple of the Paul Simon live ones (without BK, obv...) 😀

You've met the type...he didn't get a call back. Sadly, neither did my ears...

Which would make it? Although given we're using the word as a bona fide English one, it's Helixes. Which is all rather dull.

This. Ever since my tinnitus was (finally) triggered one gig by a dep guitard who put his 1x12 combo on a bar stool directly behind me (to be fair, it was a very cramped stage area) and then proceeded to turn it up and up because he couldn't hear it where he was standing, my MO for the less sympathetic 'I-must-have-volume' guitarists is to point their cab directly at their head where they're standing. I even bring an old angled cab stand specifically for this purpose. It's amazing how they don't need quite so much volume once their cab is going straight at their ears*. * Although I've never played with Joe 'Speak up' Bonamassa...I believe he likes it... 🙄

Well, if we're getting into latin declension, then the Genitive would make it Helixorum...

Yep, this. We're properly DI (triggered kit, Helixes (Helii?)) so there's no need to change it. We took some time to get the monitor mix right, so we can concentrate on FOH. Why wouldn't you?