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It's the best bit of any DG launch! That being said - I actually like the idea of this one. But as it's probably going to be about £550 I won't be having one. This is a digital product - so they could have stuck the Alpha / Omega stuff in it as well, but that might stop people buying the Photon.

The official demo.

"The Microtubes Infinity shares the footmark of our programmable line, packed with our three legendary Microtubes distortions: B3K, Vintage, and X. Moreover, it allows multiband compression on every mode, blending Impulse responses between distortions while adding extra controls via the Darkglass suite for an endless number of features: An infinity of possibilities." https://www.darkglass.com/creations/microtubes-infinity/ This seems to be a good concept for the digi line (at last).

Hello! What is your favourite cheese?

Very nice!

Brilliant! Thank you.

Not really. An IR doesn't really process a sound wave in the same way that an effect does. It's more of a complex multiband EQ. No control over any settings within an IR because it's just a wav file. If you wanted to move a octave control by 1% on the dial - you'd need a new IR file that captured it. So you'd need 0-100%. So that's 100 files for just moving that 1 control. Then if there's another control - 2 controls with 100 positions each = that turns into 10,000 different IRs to try out to find the one you like. 3 controls... 100x100x100 - that's a million IR files to audition to find the right settings. There are some IRs that simulate broken speakers and that sort of thing but that's as far as it goes.

@gafbass02 You didn't change the pots or anything? Just as it comes?

I recently bought a bass that already had the East J-Retro Deluxe installed and I love it. As it happens I love it much more than the EMG BQC I have in a different bass that also has EMG J pickups. Can I install an East preamp into that bass with the EMG J pickups? Or would the pot values need changing making the whole thing a massive faff? ta

I haven't noticed this on bass but I do on guitar. In my youth I went through so many high output pickups looking for my sound and they often felt artificial / robotic. Then on a recommendation from old Chandlers shop I put a Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 Pro into an Ibanez RG and it was so much better. The guitar came alive. My favourite guitars are usually Les Paul shaped so when I had a Gibson LP Studio in about 1995 I investigated more and put a SD Pearly Gates pickup in it. That's kind of a PAF but with a bump in the mids. In the wrong guitar it can be a bit nasally, certainly when played alone. But in the right guitar and in the mix it has massive dynamics and seems to stay out of the way of the bass. At the time I was using a Mesa Dual Rec (Rev G) and they were always flubby in the low end despite their METAL \m/ reputation. Almost everyone using a Dual Rec sticks a Tubescreamer in front to solve the flub and hit the mids harder - but with the Pearly Gates I didn't feel the need to do that.

Paul Simon's Graceland. I love it. The quality of the recording, the depth of the choir vocals. Amazing.

I'd go with a Barefaced Super Twin. 2x12. No tweeter. Huge tone.

Actual humans to speak to? It will never catch on!

That was quick "Hello This article applies especially to eBay sales. You can insure guitars that were sold on a guitar forum. Should you need more information, please let me know. Kind regards, Marie Vastel | Account Manager "

I've sent them an email: " Dear Sirs I was looking at your tems - Art 6.2 in particular. Can you confirm how you define "online marketplace" please? I understand that services like ebay would be an online marketplace, but there are some guitar forums where private sellers have to pay a small fee or subscription to be able to sell. It's no different to a fee for putting a private advert in a newspaper. The website owners do not get a cut of the sale proceeds or take any interest in the transaction at all. Would that be considered an online marketplace and thus mean you would decline cover? What about classified adverts where the website does not charge a fee at all? Would that be different? Perhaps your list of definitions could be updated to clarify that. Thank you, and kind regards" I'll post any response I get.

I'm sure that if a sender meets the requirements exactly it will be fine. But the way the terms are drafted - particularly this bit... 6.2. THE PARCEL INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER: ITEMS SHIPPED THAT ARE SOLD/PURCHASED ON AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE BY INDIVIDUALS. ONLY OFFICIAL BUSINESSES WILL BE COVERED. https://www.secursus.com/en-gb/terms-and-conditions/ Basschat classifieds might be an online marketplace = not covered. Any of us buying and selling as individuals = possibly not covered. - that's most of us banjaxed for a start! But their header of "Payment is done on a case-by-case basis. Our service doesn’t require prepaid credits, and no need to subscribe or commit to a number of parcels. Therefore, it is open to everyone, whether you are an individual or a registered business." Makes it even more confusing. So does that mean individuals are ok but not if they are using an Online Marketplace? What is their exact definition of an online marketplace? That doesn't appear in their list of definitions at all. Ebay will obviously be an online marketplace. But classifieds... does the fact that Basschat requires a fee to sell make it an "online marketplace" different from somewhere else that doesn't charge a fee? That really needs clarification before I'd trust them with something expensive.

Yes.

They won’t pay out. Have a proper look at the terms and then read the reviews.

I've had pretty much all the non-tube MB amps at some point and this is my favourite so far. The EQ centres are quite different to other amps and it works really well. I'd definitely buy another one if it got stolen.

Nice. I was tempted by one of those while I was dealing with the delays in getting my AG1000.

I've just noticed that all the Marcus Miller stuff has been discontinued too. I wonder if MM is moving to a different company?

I think they are slowly swapping over completely to the new product line for anything to do with a cab. So the cabs and combos are all getting discontinued to be replaced by the new stuff. The new stuff looks interesting but I haven't seen any in the flesh yet.

Even some external insurers like Securicas (sp?) have clauses that effectively prevent the cover from working unless it's a business, and they specifically exclude anything bought / sold at auction including online ones like Ebay. Their reviews are awful. If I'm buying - I travel. If I'm selling then I ask the buyer to arrange the courier and pick their own insurance cover. Of course that isn't the be all and end all because I still have to pack the item properly. I always do and I take loads of photos / film of the packing process and send it to the buyer before it gets collected by the courier. That's for instruments. For other stuff I use Royal Mail Special Delivery as the tracking is far better than most couriers and they do offer better insurance terms. For stuff like Class D heads it's no more expensive than a good courier.

Yup. Bass + shipping + import + vat. 25% on top of the bass AND shipping total will be pretty accurate. Do not undervalue it. Firstly, that’s an offence, secondly if something happens to it, the insurance will either only pay the declared value or won’t pay at all.