StingRayBoy42

As many have said, it totally depends on the circumstances.
If they left for a good reason, were upfront about it, gave you plenty of notice, did the gigs you had booked and it was all amicable... I'd certainly have them back.
If they left halfway through a gig because they had a hissy fit for no good reason, probably not so much.
 

38 minutes ago, tubbybloke68 said:

Played at the cavern, new Malden, Surrey with our AC/DC tribute’BAD BOY BOOGIE’ , great laugh as usual and my ole mate Mark ( rhythm guitar) very kindly drove some of us up so it was really nice to get beered up for a change too! Worthing tonight so my turn on the wagon 😊

NICE StingRay!

1 hour ago, Lunoxx said:

Yeah I'm also mildly confused why no one went for it so far? I actually though this one would sell first...

Me too. I wish I needed a third one!

The drummer in my Jazz band stood in on a gig with Noel Redding.

So I've played with someone who played with someone who played with Hendrix.

How's that for tenuous?!

20 minutes ago, Thunderpaws said:

Thanks for all the knowledge and humour. I’ve decided to go for a beautiful Stingray Classic 4H 2eq from 2011. Weighs in at 9.2lbs so maybe not  the lightest but not the heaviest either. It should be with me next week, at which point I’ll do the obligatory NBD thread. There was an option for a Special at the same price, but I loved the aesthetics and the wood selection of the one I’ve gone for.  Happy days. 

Sounds lush! Welcome to the family.

Roy bought my pedaltrain JR - great comms, patience of a saint while I sourced packaging, quick payment and an all round thoroughly good egg.

I had a laptop that wouldn't stop playing Someone like you.

I think it was A Dell.

16 minutes ago, Minininjarob said:

Thanks for the help all I’ll go for a HB unit. 
One last question - what sort of pedals use other than a 9v supply? I’m not going to be using any weird boutique pedals I think. 

Too many to list here, but not that many in the grand scheme of things.

It should say on the pedal next to the power input; if not, check the manual.

9V tip (or centre) negative is the usual configuration.

+1 for the Harley Benton Powerplant range. I use an ISO-5 on my little board and it's great.

40 odd quid new, highly reccomend it.

Bought Dave's Smooth hound wireless. Top comms, quick postage, item exactly as described.

Top Marks!

1 hour ago, NikNik said:

I can't go there, but was it 'A night in Langley'?

It was. You have been warned.

One of his ebay auctions has a link to him playing.
 

The new Katherine Priddy album while I make Spag Bol for my tea.

Lovely.

1 minute ago, MacDaddy said:

 

Pity there were no ex-members of Pink Floyd so you could watch Robert Plant while Roger Waters.

Bill Withers if there ain't no sunshine...

I like Elixirs - used them a while ago and they do seem to stay 'new' for ages.

I've got a set to put on my 5 as I want a brighter sound for that band.

Elixir reccomend *not* using any cleaning products on their strings, just wipe with a dry cloth.

https://www.elixirstrings.com/support/elixir-strings-faq?v=Products


I use the Dunlop string cleaner on my EB Cobalts and DTFs at the mo - can't hurt, can it?

Just now, EliasMooseblaster said:

I'm not sure what's more awesome: the fact that you were on TV (on the Beeb, no less!), or the fact that you can play a sousaphone!

Oh... stop it, you! ☺️

How could I forget?!

I played the Sousaphone on an episode of Lucy Worsley's history thing on the telly, the one about the Peterloo massacre.

She's lovely - really friendly and down to earth.

That's me in the background. (I'm the one with the Sousaphone.)

These are cracking little amps, I love mine.
Sound great for upright too!
GLWTS

2 minutes ago, rambam said:

Hi I’d be interested in this.. 

I have a barefaced 2x10 or I have pedals to trade if you’re after any??

 

thanks

 

roy

PM'd you

I've upgraded to the  New Improved Enormous Pedalboard (NIEPB) so this is now surplus to requirements.

I'm sure you know how good Pedaltrain and Voodoo Lab stuff is, but in case you don't - 

https://pedaltrain.com/collections/classic/products/pt-clj-tc

https://voodoolab.com/product/pedal-power-2-plus/

This one is even better due to the addition of two and a half metres of cornea-scorchingly bright LEDs which can be a variety of different colours (I favour a garish hot pink), they can fade, flash in time to the music... ridiculous and totally unnecessary but here we are.
You can adjust the brightness if you enjoy having eyes that work.

I had eight Boss sized pedals on it, which is exactly how many outputs the PP2+ has, so that was nice.
You could possibly squeeze more on if they're smaller and/or you get creative with layout but you'd need some splitter cables or something.

Good condition, all in perfect working order, great for metal, plays like butter, bought used from this very parish and I've gigged it a few times but PT stuff is pretty much indestructable by all accounts and the Voodoo Lab PP2+ is similarly robust. It was PAT tested in May 2023.

The board has soft side velcro on it.

The LED controller and wires have been profeshionully attached with gaffa tape and a seperate wall wart style PSU for the LEDs is included (they draw a lot of current at 12V so powering them from the PP2+ isn't really an option. Trust me, I checked.)
There's velcro on the LED PSU and a bit under the board so  you can stash it for transport.

The PP2+ is attached with Pedaltrain brackets.

Includes angled kettle lead for the PP2+ (you don't have to unplug it to fit it in the case), remote for the LEDs, and more power leads than you need - five straight to angled power leads (not pictured), seven angled to angled power leads, one long straight to angled lead and a splitter for connecting two pedals to one output (check combined current draw and don't mix digital and analog pedals).
The leads are all standard (tip negative, Boss type connector) ones.

I'd prefer collection/meet up and cold, hard cash  - I live in Birmingham and work in Worcester, I'm in Leeds 15th-17th March and Manchester 25th-29th March, happy to meet at services on the way there or back and I might even drop it off if you live near the right motorway and ask nicely.

I can look into postage if it's a deal breaker - please ask.
I'd guess £15-20 with Parcelfarce, let me know if you want to arrange (and pay for) a different courier to come and collect it.

Trades - *possibly* interested in wireless IEMs if they're the right ones or a Barefaced cab (with cash either way) and I am an impulsive idiot who likes new toys, so feel free to ask.

Any questions (about the pedalboard) or for more pictures (or video of the awesome colour fading LEDs) please ask.

Some of the pictures are upside down, the pedalboard is definitely the right way up in real life.

 

57 minutes ago, WalMan said:

Just seen a phone clip of Court of the Crimson King from the back of the room last night. The BF/TH was running a Moog Model D soft synth on my iPad with the 12Step and sounded thunderous 🤩

Stop it, you!

PM'd

7 hours ago, WalMan said:

Prog gig tonight and took a large proportion of my gear

 

 - Big Baby 2 with the Darkglass, small pedalboard and BassRevolt for the bass

 - 2 x One10’s with Aguilar TH350 for the bass pedals

 - was lending the other BB2 to the keys but couldn’t get the mixer and power amp that had worked fine Thursday night wouldn’t at the gig🤬

 

Generally went well and the crowd were really appreciative which was nice.

I love that BF/Tonehammer stack... my GASlight is on!

TONIGHT!
The Meathead's Arms in Wolverhampton (a fight every night or your money back) with 5 piece girl singer pop music band!
(We go out under different names because of something something different agencies something... I don't like to ask)
Dep singer, lovely lass, worked with her before, ex-bandmate of the others, she's basically one of the lads.
Unfortunately, she'd not got the memo about no dress code, so she was was dressed up like (her words) a high-class prostitute and the rest of us were in scruffy T-shirts and jeans.
The football was on when we got there- the smell of testosterone, Ben Sherman shirts and poor quality cocaine made for an electric atmosphere.
Load in and setup all pretty normal, nice big stage area so I set up next to the drummer to keep him company.
A fair few people in, mostly ignoring us and waiting for Match of the Day to start so we treated it like a paid practice.
First set we played really well apart from Toxic which we messed up worse than Britney messed up 2007, luckily no-one was listening so we got away with it.
Second set had a couple of dancers and a few tables at the back seemed to be enjoying it.
The drummer and I had a great time while the keys player was frantically doing FOH sound, sorting out clicks, cueing the singer and occasionally playing some keys.

Highlights were the two Dua Lipa ones (Levitating and Don't start now) which are a blast to play, Murder on the Dancefloor (new one which we all complained about but now love) and Crazy in Love/Crazy mashup which I've FINALLY sussed out (It's really very simple, it goes 6, 4, 2. 8, 8, (4) 8, 10, Crazy, loads, 4(*), ending. Simple.) The drummer loves that one and plays it like he's getting paid by the note.

It was the first public outing of my new improved enormous pedalboard (NIEPB) which sounded fantastic - the SA C4 patch for Toxic is brilliant (shame we totally buggered the song up, but the Bass sounded great), the EBS Multicomp gives the sound a fat, round, warm punch in the guts but in a good way and I'm fairly sure the two metres of retina-destroying pink LEDs make it sound extra fabulous.
(It's not quite finished - when a certain online retailer who shall remain nameless bothers to post me the stuff I ordered over a week ago, I can hook up the patchbay AND have all matching red patch leads. Obviously, you can't tell they're red, what with the two metres of retina-destroying pink LEDs, but still...)

Played the 5 String 'Ray which is still a work in progress - I did find myself reverting to using the B as an expensive thumb rest when I switched to autopilot, but Rome wasn't burnt in a day and all that.

Second outing of the weekend for the rainbow Converse, foot fans!

Paid cash, shipping forecast on the way home, back about 1 for last nights curry with a pint of Westons Reserve (8.2% ABV), an Old Fashioned (Lots of ice, much bourbon (usually Maker's Mark but Four Roses tonight), sugar syrup (use maple syrup for a really good one), Angostura Bitters, lots of stirring and a twist of orange peel over the top) and most importantly of all, desperately seeking validation from strangers on the internet.

Cheers. Same again, please.

I used to be in a band with the keyboard player from the Courteeners and a different band with the drummer out of Catfish and the Bottlemen when he was about 15.

A friend of mine toured the world playing keys with Cradle of Filth, she's got some good stories!
On stage, they were all evil, baby-eating monster types - off stage, they were middle-aged blokes from Ipswich who complained about their shoulders hurting.

Good days!