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All getting very, very close - Pickup rings are fixed - Hatch and trussrod cover magnets are in - shielding done - bridge earthed - pots, jack plate and switch in place (not wired up yet) - spacer/nut shaped ready for final slotting - luminlay side dots fitted - strap buttons fitted All being well, the next two days should see it finished and playable. Here's how it's looking (ignore the overage on the two strings - the final set of fitted strings will be clipped):9 points
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SOLD Fender American 'Series' Precision bass from 2003/4 (headstock shows 2003, serial number check shows 2004), in stunning Chrome Red finish. 34" long scale, right handed. From Corona, California. Usual USA-made refinements: rolled fingerboard edges, string-thru bridge & graphite reinforcing rod through neck. It has the 'S1' switch built into the volume pot, which gives both series & parallel pickup wiring options, a fairly short-lived feature. Lovely satin finish maple neck and fingerboard - I think from 2008 onwards USA P basses went over to glossy fingerboards, but I can't state enough how great the double satin front/back necks are. Really very nice indeed and a delight to play. Hardware & electronics appear to be all original. 3-ply scratchplate with truss rod notch. Fitted with what I think are La Bella flats, which feel fantastic against the satin board. Remarkable condition for a 20 year old instrument & a beautiful colour. No dings, headstock nibbles, chunks out of neck, etc. Seems like it has rarely been out of its case. The only blemishes I can see are: one tiny chip on the lower side of the back of the body, one small hairline crack near the lower side neck pocket, the fingerboard dots are a little worn (all these shown on photos), and just minor scratching on both sides of body, almost impossible to photograph as are only visible up close. The bass weighs 4.1Kg / 9.1 lbs, on digital luggage scales. Pretty standard for USA Precisions of that era. For those of you who like such numbers, the neck thickness, front to back, measures on digital calipers: 0.836" at the 1st fret, and 0.952" at the 12th fret. It is slightly on the chunky side, at least compared to the last 2 MIM Players I've had, but is far from baseball bat territory, and is fast due to the double satin. Usual 41.3mm P nut. Included is a superb quality deluxe moulded 'Travel Sentry' hard case, with 2 keys & tag. These cost about £150 new. Near mint condition with just minor scuffs on outside. It fits the bass perfectly as you can see, and offers excellent protection. I would prefer this to be collected. I live in Southport and work near St Helens, so could do a meetup in either, or somewhere in the North West within reason. I will post to mainland UK address at buyers expense, which I estimate would be around £40 on top of sale price, using Parcelforce 24 hour express, insured to full value. Feel free to ask any questions & check my feedback. Reason for sale: I picked this up from a reputable bass seller in the North West who selects his stock carefully and knows his stuff, just last week. Full disclosure - I loved it during testing at his place through good gear, when I got home I simply preferred my Player P bass, having got used to its lighter weight & slimmer neck. I probably shouldn't have bought this, but I had a major GAS attack and was feeling nostalgic for a similar model which I had for 6-7 years before selling it on here last year, and I love Candy Apple Red. This bass deserves a great home & I think the buyer will be really pleased. Price is pretty firm, as I think you'd be hard pressed to find a 20 year old Fender bass that's been looked after so well, in such a great case too. Just want back what I paid, which excluded the case, as such I’m pretty much giving the case away! No trade offers please8 points -
What? Thanks for that insight but I'm assuming I've missed something in translation or you simply have a high opinion of your ability to EQ my bass... without having any idea what it is! This illustrates that you have no idea what you are talking about. I suggest you take your over inflated opinion of your self and place it where your very expensive IEM should not be placed.8 points
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REDUCED TO £1750 until Friday and if its not sold then under the bed it shall go, last chance to grab a Fender bargain Here we have a lovely burst 1977 Fender precision This started life as a fretless and has been professionally fretted some years ago, hence the absense of dot markers very little wear to them All original as far as I can tell but not to sure about the thumb rest screws as they seem to have been replaced Some cracking to the gloss finish but has not seperated, various dings ect but nothing serious Nice low action and no issues, everything works as it should and straight neck Flats installed and have mellowed nicely Nut width is 40mm Weight is 3.9 Kg's will be sent in a generic moulded hard case Delivery included in the price to UK addresses I have priced this to sell as the ones for sale elsewhere are higher7 points -
2022 Fender Player Plus Top Jazz in Greenburst. Limited edition. Maple fretboard. Stunning bass in excellent condition. Only thing worth mentioning is a couple of screws on the scratchplate have gone rusty. Lovely to play and sounds awesome. Not seeking trades thanks. Collection only from Washington, Tyne & Wear. Cheers for looking.7 points -
A few years ago, I listed a Steinberger Spirit bass as a give away to someone who could use it (and not just sell it on). It went to a musical therapy room being setup by one of the members here. I've been having a recent clear out of my music room, and I've had this sitting in a rack for years, and I can count on the fingers of one hand how many times I've picked it up and played it. It's actually really nice, and quite a high end Tanglewood acoustic bass. I've plugged it in and everything works as it should, and it's pretty loud just played acoustically. I just literally don't have a use for it. I think I originally bought it when I thought I was going to make my fortune by performing hundreds of MTV Unplugged gigs, and of course none of those gigs happened 😀 Details of the bass here: https://reverb.com/item/13494720-tanglewood-tw55a-natural-acoustic-bass-guitar-pre-owned There's one on eBay for 890 Euros!! Stock photo here: Sounds good, has stayed in tune for years, and I can't see a mark on it. I don't think I have a gig bag for it, so this will have to be an in-person handover. I'm just off j12 M40 (South of Leamington). As before, I'd like this to go to someone who could really use it - I'd be disappointed if it just instantly ended up on eBay. Doesn't necessarily have to be a charity, but someone who's maybe wanted one for a while and doesn't have the spare cash to buy one. Let me know if anyone is interested. I'm away with work until Tuesday of next week (4th July) but I'm checking Basschat regularly (of course!) A good home has now been found for this. Thanks to all who showed interest.7 points -
Thank the Lord! He's leaving us at last! 🤣6 points
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JTUK, is that you? In the interests of a balanced considered response, EQ by numbers mean nothing. You need to EQ with your ears, not by numbers. The last paragraph is quite something. Do you just want to slam it out on the desk and get a ruler out too?5 points
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Overlong ～ Foo Fighters5 points
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Looking good - it has already almost killed the plant in front of it!5 points
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Right! so for the second Monday in a row I've a delivery from Thomann. Impressed by the V5R I took receipt of HERE I just had to give this a go...! P5 in the same bloody colour - I know - a Sea of Foam Green should be my theme, but I couldn't resist since this colour for both Sires was nicer than the others to my taste. So, like I did on the previous post... Onto the bad first: NONE. The setup was in this case perfect, neck/truss rod / pitch at 12th fret etc, all spot on - Potentially the bass I've bought new with the best setup, paired only by the Stingray I'd say (again, 6 times pricier...). The frets in this bass are better finished yet than in the V5R too, only one scratches a teeny tiny bit on the 11th fret but again being picky. Weight is a silly 3.75kg, and it balances very nicely, no head dive which is a plus. I had read the pickups lacked bottom, I think they're spot on but I often boost treble on other P basses I've had so maybe it's down to my preference. I find them very balanced with presence in mids and highs, and again I will not be changing them in a while - maybe, MAYBE next year if we pop to the studio, just for the purpose of having things top spec'd in case it shows in the recordings... But then again admittedly more being a snob than needing a change. To illustrate, I took the V5R to a gig on Saturday and it was one of the best sounding live tones I've had. DISCLAIMER: these basses sound amazingly to my ears and considering I have the Capo on my board, which makes everything sound just so so so good as many reviews will verify here. Having an average amp and cab or crappier pedals will surely bring a worse result, but I think I've learnt to spread the demands of a rig across the cab, the amp, pedals etc; I used to put too much responsibility on the bass whilst my view now is that the bass is great long as it's well finished and feels comfortable. One thing to point out that, even if it doesn't bother me, I can see how it'd bother others - the roast of the neck is super super dark - I do think it's potentially tinted as it doesn't make a lot of sense - add black dots and you won't see crap on the face of the board, BUT the dot markers on the side are white. I encountered a similar problem in a Sterling Ray34 where the dark side dots had to be replaced at my cost, seems like Sire got that right here though. The neck is so dark that one could believe it's rosewood - again I quite like it as is down to taste - and the maple board has a very interesting 'light to dark' gradient here, again not sure if down to tinting it or natural, but I like it either way. I will say that I prefer the tort pickguard in person even looking at my own pictures.4 points
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some questions please. What’s your rig/bass (I’m not bothered about strings but if that’s integral please included info) What sound issue did you have to land on your eq settings. When you say parametric do you mean semi parametric. If you’re cutting -12 does that mean clock face -12 or minus 12dB? I normally leave the eq flat on my bass and the preamp pedal too but I think I’m doing it wrong. When you say you leave the stage and travel upwards of 100ft is that a vertical trajectory or do you walk away from the stage? Why do you commute so far from the stage and does that help you hear the sound you’ve dialled in with the mix? For context what sort of music do you play what size of venues. If I walked 100ft form the stage I’d be in a canal surrounded by youths causing annoyance and I don’t think my wireless pack is watertight. I look forward to your insight and advice for my tone.4 points
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Back to the club!4 points
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I work at Hiwatt, not for Los Bitchos! The amps they're loaning came from our workshop though, which is always nice to see on TV.4 points
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I’m guilty of being a bit lazy. Well, a lot lazy, if I’m being honest. it wasn’t uncommon for me to ignore the bass (or guitar) for days/weeks on end because I couldn’t be bothered to get the amp out, uncoil the leads, get everything setup to practice, and have to put it all away after a session. However, since I joined my band I obviously need more discipline. My saintly wife has sacrificed a corner of the front room to have a wee practice area, and I now have a lovely setup, wireless rig, a 3-guitar stand next to the amp which is always ready to go. I can be playing in under 2 mins. What a difference it makes having a dedicated little practice spot. Well recommended if you don’t already.4 points
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This is Mark... Don't be like Mark - scroll past the SpectraComp icon, down to the white knob amp icon... Sorted. 🙂 Thanks all. 👍4 points
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How long was it stuck at "The goods have left our warehouse and are on their way to the border."? I'm into the fourth (working) day of that, with an intervening weekend it's getting a bit old and my F5 key is going to file a restraining order against me.4 points
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I expect he love you long time too..4 points
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When I saw the title of this thread, I was expecting a story about a revelatory truss rod adjustment or something! The Epiphone Jack Casady is a good lazy person's bass - it's loud enough unplugged to play along to a laptop (the speakers of which generally suck the bass out of things anyway). Done that many a time when I cba with ampage, the sessioncake or even plugging in the USB interface and headphones.4 points
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My stuff is always at hand… a bass and amp are always set up in the front room. Same with my artwork… always there ready to draw should the inspiration grab me.4 points
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Bloody foreigner, lefty, liberal, woke, communist, union supporting, extinction rebeliing, environmentalist, lefty, oil stopping, marxist, liberal, socialist elite. Who the hell does he think he is? At least that'll be the GB News/Daily Mail take on it.4 points
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Free Royal Mail Special Delivery postage to the UK. Please keep an eye on my other sales and feel free to contact me with any questions. Montreal Assembley PurPLL (non-original box) - £170 SOLD EHX POG2 - £200 SOLD Strymon Big Sky - £315 SOLD Empress Nebulus - £185 £175 SOLD Panda Audio Future Impact v3 - £200 SOLD3 points -
*I'm due to start a new job next week which will make it more challenging to get to the Post Office, so I'm dropping some of my prices until Friday morning in the hope of getting as much in the post by Friday lunch time as possible* All pedals are in great condition. I'll cover UK postage by Royal Mail Special Delivery. Please keep an eye on my other sales and feel free to contact me with any questions or to just chat pedals. FTelettronica Envelope Follower/Triggered Filter - £220 - Clone of the Lovetone Meatball SOLD FTelettronica Amianto Bass Distortion - £110 - Clone of the Human Gear Animato with clean blend SOLD FTelettronica Subversive Propaganda - £85 - Great Bassballs clone with extra controls SOLD FTelettronica Schumann PLL - £220 - The most detailed PLL clone I've seen SOLD Pladask Elektrisk Baklengs (red) - £275 - granular synthesizer/glitch delay SOLD Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat - £325 £310- granular synthesizer/sample playback SOLD Pladask Elektrisk Feber - £300 £290 - amplitude/phase modulator SOLD Pladask Elektrisk Draume v2 £300 £275 - artificial reverb - my favourite of the Pladask pedals I've tried. Extremely easy to be creative with it and it sounds wonderful SOLD3 points -
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Throwing your weight around, pontificating and using phrases like "issue you "claim" to have" (are you suggesting he's lying?) are going to win you no friends at all, and just makes you look like a braggart. I politely suggest you wind your neck in a bit.3 points
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Hi everyone, I’ve decided to list my trusty P Bass. Not a desperate sale; I’m just not playing anymore, and it’d be nice to get this into the hands of someone who will use it properly. As you can see, it’s a great example of an old school ash-body, maple-board P Bass. Ready for punk and indie, but can handle soulful RnB all the same. This is a player’s instrument with the following mods: Nordstrand NP4 pickup - Arguably the best pickup for a P Bass.. BadassII bridge installed at some point - Just the badass-est bridge ever! CTS pots - The originals probably wore out. For me, this just ensures the bass works. Dimarzio Cliplock strap, but I have some traditional strap buttons, too. I have had the bass refretted with narrow/tall frets, and as a result it plays like a dream; and I have used Daddario Chromes solidly, meaning there is no wear whatsoever. The body has some wear where a previous owner had fitted and removed a thumb rest, and the neck has some areas where the finish has come away, but this is no way affects playability. I’ve tried to show this in the images, but I can provide more if needed. There’s some nice flame on the back of the neck, too, which looks quite nice. I know the important question with basses from the era is the weight, which in this case is a healthy 5Kg. I will happily include the MONO Vertigo case shown in the images, but please be aware that I will not ship the bass. I am selling due to not playing anymore, so please don’t offer trades. All the best, Ad3 points -
Got my mk 4 working again 🤟😄3 points
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Jeez. This escalated somewhat.3 points
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What a nice looking p bass I think that shade of Red with the maple neck looks great.3 points
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Ive had this bass for a few years now and is my main and most favourite P bass. I know that MIJ/CIJ basses often have chequered history in as far as body material, pups and even serials can be hard to date. This example has an E serial number and very luckily also a clear pencil neck date - 16th December 1985. It also features the larger plated tuners more commonly seen on 70's style USA Fenders (not the reverse style that would be more in keeping with a real 57/58). I do still have what appears to be the original plain white pickguard also Ive been told that the E number and also the presence of the larger tuners suggests this one should be loaded with US pups rather than the ceramic Japanese ones from later dates. I *THINK* the body is alder but i do know from searching online that some of this period are also basswood. Ill try and get more detailed pics particularly of the pickups but would be interest if anyone else has one similar or if anyone with more knowledge than me could chip in any more about the lovely early Japanese basses. There seems to be an increase in value of these also (not quite to JV levels though!) so i may also need a steer on value when i renew my instrument insurance3 points
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Cannot tell a lie - it's all Mrs Scrumpy's work. Actually, she's done loads of covers for my stuff and saved us a fortune. If you're carrying stuff in your own car, doubled-up curtain material from a charity shop does the job nicely, even for small cab's.3 points -
P̶s̶y̶c̶h̶o̶ K̶i̶l̶l̶e̶r̶ ～ T̶a̶l̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ H̶e̶a̶d̶s̶ This Charming Man ～ The Smiths3 points
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Yes, I'll have the word salad with extra nonsense dressing please.3 points
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I’ve always got a bass within reaching distance, I play it unplugged just to work out basslines or noodling , I’ve also got a Yamaha SessionCake for headphones which is quite a handy little thing3 points
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Covid etc made a huge mess of the amateur orchestra scene, so it was good to have a gig on Sunday afternoon with the small community orchestra I play cello with. We played one of Dvorak's Slavonic dances, an arrangement of Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals, and Schubert symphony #5. The venue was a little C13th church in Shropshire. As bribery to get an audience, orchestra members made cakes. I made lemon drizzle cake....3 points
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I'd be fighting in seconds, crying in minutes and puking for days!3 points
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My wife's sister and three of her mates are currently working on the Glastonbury site doing the clean up. She's done it for years and loves it. Every year there is this bull***t narrative in the same old right wing dross media outlets about how this generation of festival goers are all totally entitled and how the festival is an environmental disaster. Over 99% of tents actually get taken home and the site has its own full recycling facility that allows all waste to be hand sorted and everything that can be recycled is recycled. Also no products in single use plastics are sold on site. https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/green-glastonbury/our-green-policies/waste-policy/#:~:text=All cans%2C glass%2C paper%2C,our on-site recycling facility. Essentially, although there is a huge amount of litter left, the organise expect this and plan for it properly. Don't forget, there are numerous media publications that want division and love to try and get people angry about something because it sells clicks and papers.3 points
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I've never really had much time for Elton John, I've never particularly liked his voice and I tend to associate him with Phil Collins and Michael Bolton and all the worst of the bland mainsream AOR stuff of the 1980s. Having said that I think his set last night has won me round, I really enjoyed it and I've had various Elton tunes stuck in my head all day. I think I'm going to start working through his back catalogue later to see if I've badly misjudged him.3 points
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This happened to me once, in a rural pub. Every time I plugged in my extension (with RCD) everything in the pub went off. Took me two goes to associate the two actions. I was not popular that night! I was on BV duty at a gig a few years ago. I don't have a powerful voice so I have to almost be touching the mic during the louder songs. My beard doesn't help. As soon as I started singing I felt a little sting from the mic. I assumed it was static but it happened again the next time I sang. So I stayed away from the mic and after the song finished, unplugged from the mixer (on stage) trying not to let anyone see. I thought I could continue pretending to sing for show. Next song in, as soon as I started to sing I got a little shock again. Turns out the bristles from my beard were catching in the grill of the mic. 🧔😄3 points
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Those socket testers are a good idea. Just understand that they are useful for showing you that something is either right or wrong, don't trust them as a diagnostic tool. Generally, the first and second lights will be green (and the third not lit up) when all is ok. When something isn't right you will get a different display of lights and, depending on the make, a different noise. Ignore the display that says, for instance: green-blank-red=lack of earth connection as it may be a completely different fault. They are a useful tool to show you what sockets you shouldn't use. I'm a spark, BTW.3 points
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Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces2 points
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Love vintage amps…I’ll bet it sounds great…2 points
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I think that Mark has hired some new staff who may not be up to speed with what is expected of them. Even so, we have standards that we expect from BD - if you have any concerns regarding the strings rebag them and send them back. A quick reminder that customers have expectations to live up to will hopefully encourage them to up their game.2 points
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I more worry about the others, because Waddo will have so much money soon and will buy out every single available vintage Fender on the market and never sell any !!!2 points
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Got the new cable from designacable and its far better quality cable than the original Shure version. The angled jack makes a huge difference meaning the jack cable doesn't hit my leg when moving about on stage. Less risk of damage too. Dave2 points
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Loving this!2 points
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Back at the Haystack, Canvey, again. Not our finest hour. Definitely not up to our usual standard. I think the heat got to us all. Even my wife said we've sounded better, and didn't sound as tight as we usually are on several songs. We also had a dep co-lead singer who we've been rehearsing with for a specific gig later this week* that our usual singer is unavailable for, who also wasn't sure if she could do this weekend's one either. In hindsight, we've been so focussed on new material for this next gig, we didn't get around to going over existing material we haven't played for 6 months with the dep signer that we thought was okay. In combination with brain fog and distraction from the heat, there were a number of errors (I even started playing "can you feel it" in the wrong key. It's a tricky-sounding room, and again, with the heat, we just weren't disciplined enough to soundcheck properly, especially the IEM mix, as we were all getting irritable. Although the pub wasn't as full as usual (again, the hot weather probably put a lot of people off coming out and would rather stay at home with a BBQ), the people who came said we sounded great and they had a good time. Not as many people dancing, but I don't blame them. I was sweating just standing still before we started. FWIW, the pub had aircon, but it's temperamental at best. In complete contrast, we had a rehearsal on Sunday for the next gig* (even hotter, not to mention aching and tired) and we sounded much, much better. 🤷♂️ *Next gig is Wednesday evening, for a school prom! Not something we've done before so we've been learning a bucketload of new, recent songs for. And we have two dep lead singers as neither of our usual two can make it. Hence the focused rehearsals for this particular gig and complacency on older material. Oh well, live and learn! PS You wouldn't believe how challenging it's been selecting recent songs for an audience of 16 year old. What I thought of as recent, some of these kids were still in nappies or weren't even born! - makes me feel old!2 points
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For a change, someone took video at the gig and it didn't suck (bless folk for trying but the sound quality is usually bloody awful on these). May I present - a cautionary tale for bands who leave their bassist with nothing to do for half a song... VID-20230625-WA0001.mp42 points
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Eclectic mix: Parliament/funkadelic (P Funk), JTQ, Roni size, Rudmental (currently watching), Damien Marley, Dreadzone, Gong/Hillage, Ozrics, Dua Lipa, Vibronics, Snarky Puppy, Cory Wong, The Fearless Flyers, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus, Led Zepplin, Afro Celt soundsystem, Orbital, Chemical Brothers, Warpaint, Dr . Funk, Bootsy Collins, Squarepusher, Muse & The Dubliners.2 points
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