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We’re lucky in my band that our guitarist is an audio engineer and we have a bunch of guys at his studio which he bounces ideas off, all for free. I’m not sure I’d employ a producer unless I had a mega record deal. Which I never will. Personally @AndyTravis I think your EP sounds bloody great as it is, it doesn’t need any “production” because the songs are already well crafted with sensible musicianship. Tell them to stop being daft and just get back to rehearsing and finding gigs. Or find a new bunch to play with

Stan fixed my ABM a few years ago - great service from them and a nice little test report with the amp

Beat me to it! Here’s mine

Much like @AndyTravis I came to Rush late but I am incredibly saddened to read this. He seemed such a humble, intelligent man from the documentaries I’ve seen and his drumming was just superb. A sad loss - hope he’s enjoying some jams with Jaco, Chris Squier, Hendrix etc

Love the Flea bass being used to show off the rig too 😎

I’m glad someone does 🤣

I think so, you can therefore still be “in” 🤓

I think it is simply the ABM600 in a package similar to the Geezer Head Of Doom and Shavo signature models. There may well be more to it than that but not sure... edit - Painy said the same thing marginally quicker than me!

Grand!

I’ve just been offered a Sandberg for £750. I wasn’t even looking for one, but it’s sooo pretty. Argh.

Very nice

I really must join in this year. There’s a bass which @skelf is taking to NAMM which will cause me serious bank trouble if it returns unsold and I was talking to @Cosmicrain about another Funkmeister build too, but neither bass is needed and I’ve just started the year with a huuuuge bill for my wife’s horse. On top of that I have a bathroom refurb to do and the wife wants to redecorate the rest of the house too. So, (somewhat grudgingly 🤣), I’m in.

I always found myself relying on the lines on my old Status Groove fretless so when my friend built me this made a conscious decision to go unlined, to force me to listen more and look less. It’s great fun

Yup.

Superb

I should add this really

Nice!

Yep. Basically yours is an early iteration of the cab, but it’s not like the distinct “Gen 1/ Gen 2” Compacts and Super Twelves etc. It’s possibly part of the “Gen 3” range but (I think) strictly speaking that’s the Super Compact, Super Twin, Big Baby II etc...

Really pleased to see you’re getting on with it John Though this post kinda makes me want it back 🤣 Mind you, I did some recording yesterday and the CTM100 brought the thunder beautifully.

I’m sticking with worst purchase being the two sets of LaBella strings. Both Es were short rather than medium scale and both Ds were cut too short to fit properly round the post. 2020 will be all about trying to find a suitable alternative medium scale stainless roundwound string - these LaBellas sound, feel and play great but can’t be doing with their shite QC.

Mike is a legend 🙂

Follow the advice here and you’ll do a better job than LaBella...:

My CTM100 through the BF 410 cab is plenty loud enough, as it was through a BF Super Compact (single 12”). Through a 610 the WB100 will be immense