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  1. I've been asked to show the top in indoor lighting so I've made this short video which shows (1) some light dinging, (2) the way the quilting 'ripples' as your POV changes.
  2. I’ve had this too when answering ads for bands some distance away. The risk to them is that once the initial excitement has worn off, the travel gets wearisome and they are left looking for a new player.
  3. Oi! I live in Swindon. Yeah, fair enough.
  4. My absolute worst load-in is O’Neill’s in Winchester. You have to stop on or next to a junction controlled by traffic lights and carry all the kit through to the back of the venue. Then park your car in a multi-storey and walk 1/4 mile back. The load-out is worse because by then the venue is rammed, and you have to drive all the way round the one-way system to get your car back to the venue.
  5. BL made the front page of the local paper after the reason for his dismissal from his teaching post became public.
  6. Fixed bias is the more common term but grid bias is also used as for example here. ‘Fixed bias’ seems to confuse people because it is often variable by means of a pot!
  7. I don’t think I've hated any of the basses I’ve owned. I just moved them on, either because I became increasingly dissatisfied with them, or they were surplus to requirements.
  8. Yes the enclosure/cabinet is always the challenge for me. Where possible I try to re-purpose these from dead (or at least undesirable!) solid state amps. Also I’m useless at woodwork!
  9. Yes I based my layout on the Ceriatone but just went for cathode biasing rather than having grid biasing as a switchable option.
  10. Very well thanks, I was just playing through it this evening. The build thread is here. And yes amp building is addictive - I think I’ve built 7 since my first Modulus 5E3 kit. Unfortunately valve amp kits for bass seem to be few and far between. I also built (not from a kit but from design I found online) a bass head based on a Marshall JTM45 but I’m not so happy with that one - think I’m going to turn it into the guitar version!
  11. DIY* clone of the Big Muff fuzz variant favoured by one David Gilmour according to the history recounted here and here. Wind up the Sustain and add some delay and you are straight into Pink Floyd Animals territory. Runs from standard 9V adaptor or PP3 battery (available at all good retailers). Ungigged condition as per the photos. Yours for £45 delivered in the UK. *I have many years of experience building pedals and amps, so don't let 'DIY' put you off!
  12. I have an Alesis SR18. It’s now the only piece of hardware connected by 5-pin MIDI cables to my studio computer. I use it (infrequently) in the following ways: - Jamming along to on guitar or bass. - Inputting patterns into Reaper to be edited. - As a source of alternative drum sounds to those in MT Power Drum Kit. Previously I’ve owned an Alesis SR16 and before that a Yamaha RX17. I used to step program them - that was a royal pain but it made me learn how drums work together.
  13. Yes, any adaptor should enclose the non-UK plug so that it can’t be accessed without use of a tool (eg a screwdriver to remove a screw). However this is unlikely to be the source of the hum, it’s just a way of connecting the mains in Class II equipment (no safety earth). The problem with 2-pin European plugs is that they look like you can plug them into a shaver socket, but if you do that it puts the pins under stress.
  14. 1. Why you don't have any gigs? I didn't have any gigs in January, mainly because I managed to convince the pub band that I was depping with a lot that I wasn't going to be nearly so available as I had been- that was the band that prompted some rather grim posts from me in 'How was your gig last night?' 2. Do you rely on an agent? The tribute band that I dep with has a decent booking agent, and the tribute that I belong to really needs one! Otherwise the bands I play with tend to sort out their own gigs. 3. Who finds coordinates and confirms gigs? I don't care as long as it's not me. I have done this in the past, and found it a soul-destroying slog. 4. Are you or any band members in this for the money? Personally, I do it for the enjoyment, but I also want my skill and hard work to be suitably rewarded. The pub band folks I mentioned do it for a living - care homes mid week, pub gigs at the weekend. 5. How much do you want to gig? I love a good gig, but I won't do just any old gig. Yesterday I turned down a dep gig where the money was low, plus I knew there was nowhere to park legally within at least half a mile of the venue - just not worth it.
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