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I prefer to practice this one with the fuzz pedal on - reason being it amplifies every single noise, so it's the best indicator if I'm hitting anything I shouldn't be. Also it sounds awesome!

Just remembered I used to have the Behringer SYB-5 clone. I actually preferred it to the Boss one, as the Boss pedal (when used in 'hold' mode) has a filter sweep that you can't turn off, and at the time I just wanted a simple drone. Behringer 1 Boss 0

I'd second the DHA preamp/DI, but at nearly £170 it's a lot to pay for something that you're just going to use at the kitchen table. The Zoom is a much more wallet friendly solution, got lots of effects to [s]play about with[/s] experiment creatively with too...

I've got mild tinitus and always wear plugs whether I'm watching, playing in or rehearsing with bands. Your ears don't discriminate what kind of noise they get damaged by; a loud rehearsal is just as bad as a loud gig. As for specific frequencies I couldn't really say, but realistically if you're struggling to hold a conversation over the level of volume in the room then you should consider hearing protection.

Does he help shift your kit? I was initially inclined to say you should help with load in and out, but if he's a professional, then realistically he shouldn't expect free work out of you guys. Actually it's not free work is it? You're paying him for the privilege of doing one of his roles.

Nice to know, I get down that way quite often. I'll have to swing by.

Have you got any way to measure the resistance of the P pup? Stick a multimeter across the output wires, then see which one is closest.

16 over the past 4 or 5 bands. None in the current outfit.

Yup, the BDI21 is a brilliant piece of kit. Loads of players on here have them either as a back up or as a main pedal.

Love it. Very much looking forward to their next album. I came to Radiohead around the time of OK Computer and have ben hooked since. Some of the albums since then have taken a bit more investigating than others, but i really enjoy the fact that every album holds new surprises.

The E and A strings are 0.005" thicker on the RB45 too; standard RS66 are 0.100" and 0.080" on the E and A strings, and the RB are 0.105" and 0.085". My preferred gauge, and cheaper too!

I've had great customer service from Roto in the past too - all-round good eggs!

True - it's amazing the number of students of a similar age I've seen walk in to a lesson and pull out some amazing riffs and chops. Turns out nobody had told them it was supposed to be difficult!

I've built a couple of WM clones (cost less than a tenner each time) and I loved playing with them at home, but just not obnoxious enough for my live sound - the fuzz is a bit too 'polite' for my liking. There's no accounting for taste though.

I just started to learn jazz guitar last year, at the tender age of 40. I'm absolutely loving it, and it's given me a deeper understanding of jazz bass playing too, so it's a win/win situation. Once you get basic (moveable) chord shapes under your fingers then you can literally play anything. I sight-read my way through 2 jazz standards the other night - something that was unthinkable last month. I'm on a Vintage (brand, not age) SG copy with flat wound 10s, which make bending a bit difficult due to the tension, but as a 'second' instrument I don't want to be shelling out to restring it every couple of weeks. As for choice of guitar, I have recurring tendonitis in my fretting hand, so had to be careful about neck profile etc… I really wanted to play a Telecaster (who would't?) but the neck profiles were a bit too thin for me to comfortably play for any length of time; also the slightly shorter scale-length of Gibson-style guitars made more sense too. 34 is nothing. Music is everything.

I thought it was something that was mathematically quantifiable: Period of Bass Ownership is inversely proportional to Cost of Bass, or something similar.

I remember watching that a long time ago. I think I enjoyed it.

I used to thunk Floyd Rose terms were the pinnacle of guitar engineering. Then I saw a Kahler unit on a G&L. THAT is something special.

I've always found that I prefer the sound of fretless J basses (or any bass with two pickups) to those with a single pickup. Apart from Musicman basses. Maybe it's just P basses…

Absolutely gutted - awful news.

https://youtu.be/yirMSLeV3f0 Jazz with flats. Granted, it's no national anthem…

Love 'em. I've got 2 basses, both of which are 'bits' basses. They cost me less than £100 each and play brilliantly (as far as I'm concerned). I know that if I sold them (not that I ever would) I'd struggle to make half of that back, but that's not why I made them. There are many like them, but these 2 are mine.

Built myself a TS808 clone recently. Replaced the 47nf cap that sets the minimum frequency to the feedback loop with a 470nf. Instead of cutting everything below 734Hz it now goes down to 74Hz. Lovely little pedal! It's got a bit more gain than I need, so I'll probably replace the 500kΩ Drive pot for something a bit smaller so that I've got more control over the rate of change.

First one was better. Well, it [i]started[/i] better...