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I will miss this amp! The sound was very powerful. It's just the weight and size that mean I have to part ways with it now that I don't do any gigging and can't justify it!

I used to have two Ashdown MAG cabs vertically stacked on their ends with a 4U rackmounted amp on top. There were no issues, so it should be fine!

This man bought an amp from me. Refreshingly, there were no issues, no messing around, he came heard me play it for a minute then showed the cash! Would happily take him out for a nice fish supper, and I'd call him after.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1443807161' post='2877926'] didnt realise dan had rejoined as the vocal style is more that of ashe, certainly dans vocals on the first album were more growly geuss thats just the direction they are going and i like it [/quote] I assure you, it's dan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gusw3ywEozU

That live EP is absolutely amazing. Shame it doesn't feature the new singles, but still, immense!

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1443806793' post='2877919'] Anyone else get Thumb gas? [/quote] Massively. Dat tone.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1443805795' post='2877908'] love Tesseract, though its taken me a while to like the new vocalist, the first album i prefered vocal wise, but hes growing on me. The technicality of playing this stuff is amazing, trying to tap along can be really tricky and if you like Tesseract check out Periphery, though vocals are a bit heavier [/quote] Tesseract now have their original vocalist back! He rejoined for the third album! I agree, he's much better than the guy they had in during the second album. I'm a big fan of periphery too, as well as heart of a coward, meshuggah, et al!

They're good. They've been good since their first album. However, they've just released their third and it's really really good. The bass tone in particular I think is amazing. Sure, there may be more technical bassists out there, but I think it's really tight playing by their bassist on this record. I know it's quite heavy so may put off quite a lot because metal is an acquired taste, however hopefully that won't be a barrier Here's a playthrough video by the bassist from one of their recent singles: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAtgXJ5TgHo"][media]https://www.youtube....h?v=gAtgXJ5TgHo[/media][/url] Admittedly, not the fastest or most complex bass part, however it's played with such brilliant dynamic control and in time signatures that I certainly can't manage! Plus, there's no reliance on effects pedals. He's just going preamp -> recording interface and it sounds phenomenal! Thoughts? Are there any other Tesseract fans amongst you? It's not just the bass that is great, the vocalist is really good. It's quite rare to hear 'proper' signing in heavy metal, especially so well executed. The first of the two links below is a good example of his great voice. Here's another couple of singles of theirs, should you be tempted: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO_Cp-Qlg5E"]https://www.youtube....h?v=jO_Cp-Qlg5E[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=get0cXOsSXg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=get0cXOsSXg[/url]

I use these to attach microphones for recording ambient crowd: [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/p-3299-lp-small-claw-for-microphones.aspx?gclid=CjwKEAjw1riwBRD61db6xtWTvTESJACoQ04QIKIKr7x1Znl_LpBuHVpeyxJJkcw0qG7D7IpCvT5lmxoCqdTw_wcB"]http://www.djmmusic....T5lmxoCqdTw_wcB[/url] That way I can clamp the microphone to the PA stands, mic stands, lighting truss, etc, as appropriate. If you look at videos from big gigs and festivals, you'll see those LP Claws in use everywhere and for everything! They're very handy!