Rich

I've given up reporting stuff to Farcebook. The other week I reported a hideous individual who was ranting on about immigrants, referring to them over and over again by a very derogatory name beginning with W and rhyming with 'snogs'. Perhaps predictably, I was informed that apparently it didn't contravene any of FB's "community standards".

And he was building guitars for a good few years before that too. Beautiful lute-back acoustics, if I recall correctly.

There's a guy works down our chip shop swears he's Nah, not really.

At risk of appearing unimaginative in my replies... ...this, in its 100% entirety.

Jesus wept. How did you find out? To be honest, it's probably a good job you found out so early on that he/they are capable of such disgraceful sh!tbaggery. You may have dodged a bullet further down the line.

I seem to recall back in the day reading quotes from a few name players who reckoned Trace's cabs weren't half as good as their amps. Can't remember who now. Anyone else remember this?

Yes! Still got my copy lurking somewhere. I could never understand why on earth they included that last track. The sound quality is absolutely horrible, it sounds like a partially chewed cassette being played on an Amstrad tape player that has been dug out of a landfill. I don't think I've ever listened to that track all the way through.

It's a no to both of those. To be honest, in light of what everyone's saying here, I think I'm going to follow the classic flowchart...

At fear of nit-picking myself... I never said PC was the most underrated drummer, I said he was one of the most. As in, one of a group. So he can quite easily sit alongside the fellows you mention. Whether he is well-known or not is entirely irrelevant to my original point.

Better known, yes... but he's not generally credited with the level of talent he has.

I could, but it's not as easy to see as a separate LED one. Added to which, the Zoom is in a loop and often bypassed.

Up until now, my signal path has been bass>wireless>FX board>amp. But I'm wondering if perhaps the board could go in the amp's FX loop. I'm guessing possibly not as there are boost elements there, but I'd like to know what the team think. The amp is a Trace TE-1200 and this is my board.

OK, I'm definitely going to stop mucking about with it now I've moved things around and added/subtracted a couple of bits. Tuner is now a Polytune Mini, and I'm using it to mute the signal as intended for silent tuning, so my homemade mute switch is now 'resting'. The other addition is a high/low pass filter which I'm using as a 'thumpinator' because the new Trace amp doesn't have one built in unlike the previous Shuttle. This pedal is a clone of a Broughton Low+High that I bought as a rough finished project and rehoused in a nicer/smaller enclosure. It's an always-on, so to be honest I needn't have bothered with the footswitch, but it was already built so I kept it. Having seen other pedalboards with clocks on, I think I might do the same. If I can find one the right size for the gap, that's what I'll do.

PC is one of the most underrated drummers in the history of history.

Diamonds Are Forever - Burly Chassis

The only separate pre/power rig I've ever had was a Trace GP12SMX pre into a SoundTech PS802 1U 800w power amp. The Trace SMX is still my favourite preamp of all time. Talking of DIY gear... has anyone ever had a go at building the Kreuzer JFET bass preamp? I believe @orangepeelneil had a project build one about a million years ago.

I'm really hoping to, although real life being what it is I might not be able to. And in the spirit of reciprocal self-depracation: The Soup Destroyers Drain To Skaville

Katy Hurl (sorry @Merton)

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