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In The Bath - Flanders & Swann

Thanks Mike, its not something i need to do very often and always check the correct practice before adjusting the truss. Dave

Local Social Club in Sunderland called Steels on Saturday night, a bass playing mate sent me this pic. Big club but had a full house with a great crowd in 👍🏼

...and as it was a rainy afternoon got the drawers done. Not my best piece of woodwork - I may end up re-doing the drawers as while they do work there are a lot of rough edges. Also ended up riveting the bottom and back sections to the sides as screws were not working in the HDF. Also not happy with the lime green paint so have bought some fluorescent tape instead. Now just waiting for the tape and of course the black light to turn up...

Saw them a couple of times in the early 90's when they were touring VDOP and Darrell was still a "Diamond", first time they were supporting Megadeth, then on their own tour with Gruntruck supporting. Savagery both times. That plec on the left was used to play By Demons Be Driven 😉

I’ve had a few from Brian — The ones I bought were always a very good fit and he has a wide range of materials to choose from.

I used to just mumble incoherently if I didn’t know the lyrics. Probably explains why I’m no longer a vocalist.

I’ve just snagged a 120W valve guitar amp head from eBay and all being well I’ll pick it up tomorrow morning. My plan is to use the iron and valves (and possibly some of the hardware) for my build, harvest any other usable parts, and move on the headshell. I have a slightly more compact headshell that I obtained in a trade. The new amp should deliver 100W+ from four 6L6GC valves but I haven’t yet decided what to base it on.

As far as I'm aware the 734/5 is the only BB to get the dark brown to black sunburst rather than the more traditional sunburst with the reddish hues like the P34/5. Like you, I much prefer it. As you say, it's very classy. I think I still prefer the range before this, but if I want a modern active then this is it... just behind the BBPH 😁

I’ve used ‘Setlist Helper’ for about 5 years and so far it’s been fine 👍

Wu-Tang Klan (Yeah, these guys *are* white southern hicks in stupid conical hoods and they can't rap for shit!) The Mangles Het Shop Boys Deby's Midnight Runners Bun Club

I'm wondering whether picking up a solitary 910A as and when it appears, rather than waiting for a pair might be a good alternative approach? 😊 On a completely separate note, and just thinking aloud (!): would it make any sense to try using a 12" PA speaker on the floor or if we have one going spare (or even better, your 745A!) and just use for low bass and kickdrum with crossover set at (say) 120Hz, plus HPF maybe at 30Hz, and then let your tops just deal with everything above 120Hz? I suspect you would get a bigger sound than just your two 310A tops, and not have the weight of a heavy sub to deal with? What do you reckon?