Earbrass

It's not about the bulb, people, it's about the quality of the light you can create with it.

As nobody here seems to know the answer, could I suggest you try asking on the Roland Clan forums? https://forums.rolandclan.com/viewforum.php?f=24

For me it was gazing longingly at a "Top Twenty" (?) sunburst solid 6-string in Woolworths - probably 1971 or 1972. Cost around £20 if I remember right. Ended up being taken to a proper music shop and being offered a choice between two Columbus copies - an SG and a 335-alike.Got the SG. Cost my Dad £40 - and me a summer of lawn mowing. First bass came a few years later.

My one and only bass is an old Peavey Milestone 3. Weighs around 3.3Kg (7.27 pounds). 4 string, passive, jazz bass type pickups, long scale. Comfy sculpted body and zero neck dive thanks to exended top horn. Plays and sounds great, and frequently to be found s/h for £50-£100 on gumtree and the like. Not for gear snobs, but otherwise hard to beat imho.

That's exactly what I did when I returned to bass after a few decades. I bought a very decent 16W Kustom practice amp. I quickly realised that it fell between two stools - far more power than was useful in the house, and not nearly enough to take to a band practice. It was small by bass amp standards, but still a chunky lump that took up space, and wasn't easy to move on when I realised it wasn't required - (posting it would have cost more than it was worth). Now I no longer play bass in a band, and have sold my gigging amp, I find I have no need for a small amp, either for home noodling or recording - there are so many good preamp pedals / multi-fx etc out there that do the job and take up no space. May not suit everyone, but that's my experience, for what it's worth. Edit to add: my recommendation of the Zoom (or similar) wasn't really based on the fx - I agree they could be a distraction for a beginner - but on the ability to get a decent basic sound, with the additional ability to play along to the inbuilt drum machine, which I think is very useful for a newbie.

Personally, I wouldn't bother getting a "practice" amp. I'd spend the money on a small cheap multi-fx with aux in and headphone out, like a Zoom B1 Four. This will let you play along to tracks, or to the inbuilt drum machine, and try different amp sounds and effects, without disturbing anyone else, at any time of the day or night. You can also plug the output into a sound system if you really need to hear it through speakers at living-room volumes. If you get to the point of wanting to play with others, then you can get a proper amp with enough power to be heard against drums and other amps. EDIT sorry, just realised the B1 Four doesn't have a dedicated phones out, but you can use the output as a headphone jack.

...and then he bought my Logjam Prolog stomp thingie. Again, all good 😊.

"The Alex" - is that the establishment that used to be "The Alexander Cafe / Cordy's"? - if so it has certainly had a major facelift since I last visited (which, to be fair, is probably at least 25 or 30 years ago, now I come to think of it 😂).

I prefer this one:

Matt bought my Pitchblack tuner pedal. Pleasure to deal with.

The restraining order begs to differ.

5. Pointless willy-waving vs Useful info on the Helix Stomp: 1-0 to pointless willy-waving

Has nobody suggested Percy Grainger's English "Country Gardens" yet? Easy enough to do a rock version.

How much does it weigh? Oh, never mind, it's left-handed.

Bought a preamp from Gareth. Very satisfied. Item in first class condition, posted promptly and well-packed. A pleasure to deal with and recommended.

The name's deVine; Hastings deVine. Licensed to thrill.

Sold a Zoom A3 preamp pedal to Malachy. All good - deal with confidence.