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'No Quarter' for me - favourite Zep tune by a country mile.

I’ve tried this, but find that when I play live (remember doing that?) I get excited and really dig in, so end up adjusting stuff on the fly! It’s a great way to break the back of it though.

Yeah, then they left the vocal track in. Big mistake.

The Rick-O-Sound uses a switching jack as secondary output, so that when a second jack is plugged in the pickups are split neck - output 1 and bridge - output 2, if there's no jack in the second output then the main mono output just gets both pups in parallel, similar to a standard Jazz bass wiring. That's the only thing about Ricks that I like.

A couple of Maytags and a rotisserie.

I’m the man - Anthrax

My thoughts exactly - had one and it was incredibly versatile, but just didn’t scratch my chorus itch. I’m using an EHX Small Clone and I love it. Granted, it’s nowhere near as flexible, but it just sounds right to my ears.

Your TIP147 power transistors will only run to 150 degrees C anyway.

That looks like it’ll be fine; operating temperature up to 240 degrees C - the solder on the boards would melt at just over 200!

Hi. I'm considering a zoom unit for my pedalboard. It needs to be small, and do phaser, synths, and (ideally) a sequence/arpeggiator with a tap tempo function. Is the Zoom B1-Four any good for this, or should I look elsewhere. I've had an MS60B in the past, and the build quality and footprint are ideal, but just curious how far things have moved on since I last played one.

I've just been having a play with this website: http://www.ysw-tct.com/kisekae/kiss_jb/Kiss104.aspx?p1=JB01 I still like Pearloid!

OOF!!

I really like a pearloid white guard against 3TS

Arctic or Olympic...?

Yup, you’ll be fine. Big standard strings will work on an acoustic, as the pickup is a piezo, and picks up physical vibration, instead of using ferrous metal strings to generate power (hence acoustics always have a preamp), so you’ve got more choice with regards to string material (phosphor bronze etc) with an acoustic. I had a short scale acoustic a few years ago and loved the sound of it with flats. I’d stay clear of high tensions strings though, as I was never keen on the idea of wrenching the truss rod up on an acoustic, other BCers with more experience may Pooh Pooh thus though.

Yeppers. I love 3 pieces for this exact reason.

I’ve tried a few, and here’s what I’ve found: Ernie Ball and Dunlop - very stiff La Bella and TI - very floppy Ernie Ball Cobalts - just right.

I thought that first video was an outtake from Father Ted!! Do they do ‘my lovely horse’ as an encore?