rwillett

A single grainy picture taken with a phone camera circa 2002, doesn't even show the head and some -ve feedback reviews that probably should warn anybody and everybody to keep as far away as possible...

Agreed, I thought about it but don't think I have the skills or nous to do the job and would much rather learn from somebody else Also I hadn't had any Kronenbergs.... Rob

Ok thats really helpful. Thanks all. Thanks very much. Rob

If it had been my mum, she'd have the handkerchief out rubbing off invisible spots off my already scrubbed face, telling me sternly not to mention the funny smell around gran, flatten my hair and don't talk about music as no one ones to hear about it. Rob

What does player grade mean please? Rob

Woohoo I'm now vintage++ and I have three vintage guitars. I'll take that

Thats my problem, I have nothing to base (no pun intended) my views on apart from what sounds nice to me. I hear that the Fender Bassman 57 is a fantastic amp and a Dumble amp is worth gazillions. I hear something called that and have no idea. I've never even seen these mythical amps, and now I think back on it I haven't seen 99% of all ther other amps and effects,.

There are a lot of good tones in the ToneX trying to get out. Get used to the software and it does work, might take some time

Brought his book on British Blues, turned up on time, well packaged. A dull and boring transaction, which is just how it should be Nothing wrong, wish all purchases were like this. Looking forward to reading the book. Thanks Rob

Agreed. Low temperature only and don't include any pinks... Ask me how I know.

@neepheid Did you ever get a refund from the finishing school? Rob

After reading all this I still think the "Gong solo" is the winner, though some of these are fabulous and have made my evening. I'm still giggling over some of them. Thanks for sharing. Rob

As a challenge to myself I wondered what the smallest usable pedalboard could be. After playing about with a single row of pedals (and not being too happy TBH) I remembered an older iPhone11 64GB that my eldest daughter had and no longer used as she has an iPhone14 (a better phone that myself). Putting Amplitube or BiasFX2 on an iPhone or iPad is easy, however you need a digital interface and really a battery as these things all take power. and an iPhone 11 with a dodgy 3rd party battery rather than an Apple battery. I had an iRig 2 HD doing very little and numerous batteries. So I laid all this out and started holding things together to see how small it could be. So a single piece of 2040 aluminium extrusion for the base 252mm long, its longer than the iPhone 11 as the battery and iRig 2 fit underneath and are held on by some purpose built clamps.These have wires and the ends take up space. I inserted the iRig into the side clamp so that saved a bit of space. The cables might get smaller and neater if I can find the right ones from eBay, AliExpress or Amazon. I also had an M-Vave Chocolate four switch MIDI pedal lying around. It has four switches and two options per switch, quick press and long press. Programmed it up to send eight different messages, and using the live section of BiasFX2, I had it to switch between different different pedalboards, but I could have a single pedalboard and have the M-Vave turning individual pedals on and off. I plugged it into a Yamaha HS-7 monitor speaker and it's really good. I've no doubt an HX Stomp or Quad Cortex is better, but for the an old iPhone 11, an iRig 2, a battery and an pedal switch, none of which were being used, a cheap solution to a pedalboard and a very small one. The iPhone 11 has no issues running anything on BiasFX (so far), Bass sounds fine as does guitar. Its 260mm long and 90mm wide. I can also put an iPad on if I wanted a bigger display. I checked the balance point. I suspect my daughter may claim it for herself, but I'd have no issues taking this out for practise, the battery will provide about eigh hours of use. Rob

Doesn't appear to have sold for some strange reaaon

I know what you mean, I had the same effect on cameras, my fabulous body and good looks always seemed to make cameras malfunction and I also appeared as a nerdy overweight schoolboy with bad taste in tank tops and brown ties....

Thats my sort of place

I read about this as well, the Germans used it to help with Blitzkrieg and I think he had a platoons worth (approx 10 men) and took the lot by mistake and spent a week skiing non-stop as he was as you say "off his tits". I shouldn't laugh as this was serious, but I've had friends who've done this for a weekend at Wigan Pier in the last 70's. They were trashed at the end of the weekend, doing this for a week seems beyond comprehension. The people tracking him must have thought he was super human. I've never touched speed as 1) I never had the money when I was younger 2) As I've got older, my drug of choice is a rather nice bottle of Chateau Montrachet (which is probably significantly more expensive than speed is now) Rob

Would you mind passing the details of this place on please? I sometimes need stuff done and I normally hit things with a big hammer until they look about right. Useful to know a local one who has more finesses. Rob

Forgot the duct tape. Thanks for that.

It turns out that a significant chunk of Basschat is held together by various tablets, potions and prescribed medicine. I do feel I'm getting my value out of the NHS after putting so much into it over the last few decades It also appears that many have had a somewhat 'exciting' past, which maybe that's why we are all "held together by various tablets, potions and prescribed medicine". Glad to see I'm not alone here. Thanks Rob

Brought an iPad clamp and some straps. Good comms, well packaged, quick delivery. Zero issues. In the nicest possible way, a dull and boring transaction which is exactly how they should all be. Rob (who is not Ossyrocks)

Thats how I run my board. However isn't there some changes coming up that's allowing the ToneX pedal to be just effects? I've paid no attention to recent news, Rob I know but it's still an interesting rabbit hole