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stewblack

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  1. Oh man. If I wasn't married already...
  2. Agreed. I just looked at Start vid and he is using a semi with a real Maccaesque thump tone. Guess as it's a nod towards taxman he thought he'd go the whole hog!
  3. Bought a packet of strings from Nick at a fair price. They arrived well packaged and very quickly. Nick was polite and friendly to talk to. Made it an all round painless and smooth transaction. Happy to recommend
  4. All in the fingers I suppose 😅😅
  5. On which Jam tracks did Bruce Foxton use a Rickenbacker (or his copy)?
  6. Yes! I am amazed at how much I altered my usual set up, there was zings, there were clangs, there were fresh, percussive, in your face rattles and clacks. Wonder why it suits this bass so much. I mean, it's not like the bass history books aren't full of finger style Ric players.
  7. Where do churches advertise for musicians? I confess I didn't realise they did until reading this. Nor that they paid. I suppose if I thought about it at all I assumed it was exclusively an American phenomenon and in any case musicians would be drawn from the congregation. I'm intrigued.
  8. This statement is indubitably correct. There really is no way Marmite can be considered rank.
  9. From what I've seen so far the current set up strikes a good balance. The pedal controls are as you say making broad changes without subtlety. But that's great when you first get the pedal. You can actually alter sounds straight away, before getting to grips with the software. Also at some gigs the sound that works in rehearsal just doesn't on stage. A quick shift of a parameter can fix this. Make it more complicated and that becomes tricky.
  10. Never felt I got the best out of this until today. And you know what? All I did was use a pick. Insane the difference it made. I only just started learning to play with a pick, and thank goodness I've overcome that particular prejudice.
  11. Anyone heard when this might be out? Didn't know how the bug might have interfered with it. Even the April date they originally gave is 'estimated' so I'm not getting that impatient. (I am)
  12. Excellent, working on an excuse to need a second wireless system. Nearly there...
  13. Have to put it down to my misinterpretation then.
  14. Been planning a similar hatchet job on mine. Have no luthier like skills so can't do anything sensible but would you say it is worth doing?
  15. But lots of people seem to be. No need for the sarcasm really, it was a fair question.
  16. Why are people so cross with Ashdown over this? It could be bad business, the basses may not sell. But unless you're a shareholder, why are you so upset about it?
  17. I have a good grasp of what the pedal controls do now. Just from other pedals I've used and a bit of good old trial and error. When I say replacing some are actually long gone. I've been through two old Boss synth pedals and one synth wah type thing, and if you add up all the different filter pedals, mini q tron, micro q-tron, Source audio and Boss, Bassballs and the autowah and envelopes on mutli effects I've tried a a whole host of things and this does the lot, one way or another. I don't use a huge amout of effects while I'm playing but I have identified some which would work tomorrow if I had a gig. And as my dep work grows there is always a chance of an 80s set coming my way and then I can go crazy with it.
  18. Serious question this time, can you carry out repairs or supply parts for MB amps that have gone phut?
  19. Please can you send me this bass so I can get a closer look. Thanks.
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