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Think there are people out there (non-musicians) who don't understand or realize the difference in music styles. They just see a live band playing songs. Either that or he was just rather drunk. Dave

Will check out the store. Best do it before we leave Brexit thingy.

I would have thought the WAL would give you the excitement you need and far more so than the Jaydee. I always fancied a Jaydee too for some odd reason but wouldn't recommend them as they are a specific sound to me. Not as good as i had hoped tho. Dave

I have a Jaydee Roadie fretless. Its ok but not great. I find it nice to play but tonally very limited. Its an odd thing that no matter what tonal variation i use with it it still has a distinct tone. Maybe that's the sign of a great bass and i'm just not getting it. Dave

Shame RIP Mr Murphy. You brought a lot of enjoyment to so many people. Dave

Wish i had thought of that

That was the story i heard when it first came out. No idea if its true but sounds about right without getting into political parties of course.

Does in my book.

Afraid not he's local to me in Lanark area. Nice try tho

My nephew is a qualified electrician that does PAT testing. Might be cheaper to get him to do it. Dave

I retired 2 yrs ago (early of course - ) but was a qualified electrical and electronics engineer at one time and served an apprenticeship as an Instrument engineer. Last qualification were the 16th edition so well out of date on them. Altho i was an Engineering Manager / ABM for last 15-20 yrs i was still very hands on. Not sure if that would count. I haven't done PAT testing before but didn't look like much to it. Would that qualify me ? Dave

Haven't read the full thread and this may have been asked already. If so my apologies but i have to go out now. Can anyone buy the test kit to self test the gear or does it need to be a qualified electrician. ? Obviously its not just about doing the test but also keeping the register of all gear with results taken. Dave

Good luck to both of you. Although i've been thru a few bands in past couple of years i've not gigged since early 2017 and current band is in rehearsals at moment. Only half way thru our set list of Glam Rock covers but that's because guys all have other commitments with other successful bands and are trying to slot this project in the gaps but hopefully will pick up once we start gigging. The talk within the band is that this band will take over as the main band for them all so that's nice.

Good call Nick Beggs has simply gone from good to great these days. Steve Priest i'm a big fan of and is very under-rated as a good solid bass player. And he pulled some amazing faces and costumes with Sweet back in his hey days. Dave

JT was great in The Power Station. One of my fav albums from that era.

But he used to be a drummer. Maybe we shouldn't hold that against him tho.

I'm mainly a Rock or Prog fan but some of my bass heroes are from Jazz or funk. I'm certainly no expert of these styles at all but i like listening to them and occasionally will use something from their repertoire if its easily mastered. Alain Caron Jeff Berlin More recently thru fellow BC'ers i've started to appreciate Marcus Miller who i always thought was just a standard slap and pop player but boy was i wrong. He's probably one of the most versatile bassists i've heard. Adam Nitti Recently heard Jerry Barnes from Chic and he was exceptional too. Dave

Sorry to hear the loss of another great musician.

Altho i laughed a fair bit i'm not sure why you took the claw hammer Dave NB : i was laughing at the claw hammer bit and not the fact your bass was stolen.

You take your bass and Ampeg rig on holiday with you. WOW that's dedication Dave

My Overwater Custom 6 fretless is never gigged but taken to recording studios only. My Warwick Thumb 89 NT i don't gig mainly because its a bit too heavy but i just couldn't part with it. Dave

Quite a few amps suffer from the effects return jack getting dirty connections and should be easy enough to clean the contacts or as you say just use a jump lead. I've not had any issue with crackling jacks to be honest although the amp has only been used very occasionally at rehearsals and very rarely leaves the house. So its not had much use. Think what i need to do is get the rig into a rehearsal room and crank it up first and then start tweaking things to get a more realistic interpretation of tone. Dave

Cheers Martin, I've been experimenting at home with it but i realize that isn't best idea but it will give me a starting point. I'll give that a try as i've always ran the pre-amp side up to clipping and back a notch typically 12:00 on most amps using my Jazz bass.Then control my volume using the master volume (woofer in this case) The boost is the control that confuses me thru all of this but seems best around 2:00 or 3:00 no matter what i try. I've tried presence at 12:00 with varying levels of Contour and that's given quite a change in tones too. Its turning out to be quite an interesting amp now that i need to use it. The more i use it the more i like it thru my Berg HT322 Dave