Rich

But that's the whole point. It's a Hall of FAME, not a Hall of Quality. It's entirely about being well-known by yer average punter. I've been deeply involved in music of all (well, very many) genres since the early 80s, but I still had to google Kim Mitchell. 'Quality' is a whole lot more subjective than 'Fame'. So I fear the back-slapping canapé-infested sleazenight is going to remain on your ignore list, as it will on mine TBH.

Deadman's Curve - Jan & Dean

This is possibly the coolest thing ever. It could only be improved by racing stripes on the bass.

That I can well believe. I have a fiver on my bedside table that has been there for months. Every so often I stuff it in my pocket before going out, and every time it comes home with me again

Threads like this one absolutely make my day. This stuff is comedy gold. Thanks everyone.

Ashes to Ashes - Bowie

Oh good god, what pathetic behaviour. People like that need to just grow up. See, this is why I like rugby Being in Bristol, I know all about local football rivalries. City and Rovers fans share a mutual hatred you would not believe. I recall one gig in town where a pissed bloke was going round the pub asking if there were any Rovers fans there - a City fan looking for a fight basically. When he asked us if anyone in the band was a Rovers fan, the 6 of us all said "nah mate, we prefer rugby" and he went away

Blimey. I'm the opposite of that really, I don't think I could be in a band with people I didn't think of as friends. A big part of the reason my soul band has lasted for nearly 30 years is that we're all mates.

A 16 year zombie thread? Whoa, that must be some sort of record.

I did ask the question earlier in the thread, "So what do you mean by 'budget gear'? Do you mean cheaper to produce, or cheaper to buy?", but nobody answered, so, yeah. Has anyone got any sweet'n'salty? Dad's is running out.

I'm here. Sharing Dad's popcorn.

I only have two straps... a generic black leather one with buckles that goes very well with the black Spector, and a Maruzsczszcyk one in the 'retro' finish that goes nicely (albeit not a match) with the burst of the Shuker and Sire. More by accident than design.

That's amazing, making music with a bandmate from 30 years ago. I wish I was still playing with the frontman from my 1988 band, he was a good guitarist but he had a singing voice to die for. Glad to say I managed to get in contact with him a few years ago and we're mates again. Although he lives 300 miles away, so starting a band with him would be tricky

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) - David Bowie

Wow, that's even better close up. I'd seen these on the BC Farcebook page and was wondering about cost, but you've answered that for me. And now of course, I'm GASsing for a model of my Wal or my Shuker... or both... arrgh...

Oh I say, those are rather nice. Yum.

Any excuse to post my fretless baby Nothing major has changed... still an OLP body with a lovely edge-marked ebony-boarded Jaydee neck, and EMG-HZ pickup. The passive electrics have gone however, to be replaced with the 2-band eq from my old Yamaha RXB765A... I'd forgotten I had the eq until I found it in the depths of my spares box, so I routed out battery space under the pickguard and plumbed the guts in, and it's brilliant. In an ideal world I'd get a 3-band with sweepable mid, which IMO is the best eq for a fretless bass, but this is more than adequate. And I'm even getting to use the bass in my new prog project. Happy days

Yes Sour, I Can Boogie - Baccara

Excellent. Please make sure you post pics of the whole board then. 👍

I'm saying nothing other than to agree wholeheartedly with this: and this:

Nice. 👍 The rat's nest of wires is playing havoc with my love of short neat wiring runs though

A bit more tweakage to my board... 'Loopy de Loop' is a new send/return loop switch I've made using this latching relay switch PCB**, this uses a single-pole momentary footswitch so the action is loads softer and smoother than a normal true-bypass 3 pole switch; it works perfectly although I might re-do the graphics at some point. I'm not using the Bass EQ as a low-pass filter any more, I've programmed a patch on the Zoom to do that, so I'm using it as a booster & mid-bump for when I use my fretless (in an attempt to balance its signal with my much-louder Shuker). This means that the eq would be better placed towards the start of the chain in front of the Zoom, so there might be some major shuffling around at some point. For the moment, it all works nicely. ** If I build another pedal I will absolutely definitely use relay switching again, although I'd try the Musikding 'NoPE' switch instead as it's cheaper than this one was.