StingRayBoy42

I am a completely unscientific idiot, so feel free to take my opinion with a pinch of salt. I have a Thumpinator and I love it. Like a few have said, it's quite subtle but it definitely tightens up the sound., like your amp isn't working as hard so you get more out of it sort of thing. I've used it with a few different Basses, amps and bands and it sounds good in all settings. Some benefit more than others, but you can tell it's there. I'm not sure you *need* one, but IMHO it's worth having. Broughtons and Thumpinators come up on here from time to time and they never hang around for long, so I'm clearly not on my own, and if you decide you don't like/need it, someone will have it off you.

Tobie bought my EHX Bass Clone. He was a pleasure to deal with, highly recommended

Dan bought my kill switch. A pleasure to deal with throughout.

Gunnar bought a case from me. A trouble-free transaction from top to bottom!

Have you emailled Hipshot? In my experience, they reply quickly and are always keen to help!

I like my Protec Contego. Comfy to wear, a decent amount of storage and pretty sturdy. Not had a speaker fall on it yet though!

I bought Steve's MXR Bass chorus deluxe. Great comms, nice pedal, a pleasant and easy transaction.

I bought an AMT Bass wah from Ross. Pedal exactly as described, good price, quick postage and he was a pleasure to deal with throughout.

Tonight - O'Neill's Harborne (again). Good gig, good crowd - there was a hen do and an 18th birthday party in. But the big news is I used my Thumpinator for the first time, bought from @fretmeister of this very parish. Sweet Holy Moses, it sounded amazing with my MIM 70s RI Jazz - Thick, full, fat, rich, round, warm, sweet, PHAT... just glorious. You should get one.

I bought Mr Fretmeister's Thumpinator - good comms, good item at a good price, quick postage (Special Delivery included in the good price) - an all round great transaction. 11/10 Cheers!

I bought an IEM amp off Rosie C - great item, good price, quick postage, good comms. 11/10 no notes.

Yours, I think? Same again, cheers

Saturday: O'Neills Leicester. Our singer/guitarist was away, so we did it as a 3-piece. Played the EBMM Sterling for a change. Decent crowd, the new songs went down well, all good. Half way through the first set playing one of the Rock 'n' Roll numbers, the singer unexpectedly introduces me to the crowd and shouts the two most bone-chilling words known to mankind.... "Bass Solo!" The colour drains from my face. Time stops. My hands turn to lead. I forget everything I have ever known about music. I am suddenly seven years old... cold, lost, lonely and afraid, adrift on an ocean of self-doubt. My life flashes before my eyes. The earth stops turning. I very nearly soil myself. The ghosts of my ancestors arise and turn up to watch. I pray for the sweet release of death. Time restarts, autopilot kicks in and I blunder through a barely servicable attempt at a solo as the sweat gushes from my every pore. The crowd goes ballistic, the whole place erupts in a frenzy of whooping and hollering. Joy is unconfined. Fireworks go off. That soldier kisses that woman in Times Square. Grown men weep tears of joy. World peace is declared. I recieve several offers of marriage. My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair. Oh, and the van's turbo unit broke on the way home, we had to limp up the M6 at 40mph. Terrifying, but not as bad as having to do a solo.