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Who knew a simple 'like' would stir up such controversy! For the record I picked up my Sweet Baby last night. I am, ironically perhaps, baby sitting my granddaughter at the moment so can't try it out just yet. Will report.

You're an inspiration to me to keep at it, I know I could have another 10 years at least in me if I look after myself

Clutter free set up thanks to the pedal snake I bought from @Stealth It's a Sunday afternoon pub gig in Swindon. Quiet in terms of numbers and a subdued audience obviously nursing hangovers, but we're winning them over. Football season is back so TVs on throughout which is a modern phenomenon to which I am slowly becoming used.

Formed a band from the ashes of a previous project and did our first gig last night. A wedding in deepest darkest Zummerzet. Lovely room, good natural acoustic, decent stage, I got to sort the pa for a full band kit, bvs, keys guitar the lot, which was a first for me. Sound was great B&G were lovely people dancing from the off. A great debut.

If it was possible or would serve any purpose to keep all the amps I've had and subsequently sold, I would have my Orange Terror back in a heartbeat.

I left my ABM on an angle in the back of the car once. Took a whole day to clean up the heft that had leaked out through the effects send, you can still see the stain and when it's warm the fillings in my back teeth hurt. Mythical? Hardly.

I think is all on the money.

It is almost unbeatable for the money. Mine is in a loop with the Ricochet which I'm using as an octave up. It dirties up the higher sound nicely. I have even used it as a preamp for my bass at a gig and it was great.

Not tried the stand alone 208 but I do use a BG250 loaded with two 8s and I really like it. I remember turning up at a tiny pub gig with difficult parking only to find that while the playing area was indeed small the pub itself was far from tiny. Believing what I'd been told I had only brought the BG250 and so I had to go with it Despite pushing it pretty hard I was pleased with the result. Another 208 with it would be a great little rig.

Yep ☝️ I used an Orange Terror through a couple of Markbass 1X15 cabs for this sound. Punch, heft, loudness, grind, volume, definition, thump and all the other words. I now use Ashdown CTM 100 through Barefaced Compacts, but (and I know this is a horribly controversial opinion around here) for 70s rock I absolutely preferred the Markbass cabs.

Wonderful! Is it heavy? How long did it take you to make?

Done

What's wrong with me? I had thus sorted after a week of work now I'm back at it I think I'm addicted

Just completed an entirely painless transaction with Mart. Absolutely no problems at all.

@Kiwi I'd love to hear some sound clips

Thanks mate, this was very theoretical. Now I have the TPM I'm realising just how complex the possibilities are. But also how easily adjustable too. Great tip about the B3 thank you.

Actually my first gig with it will be as a splitter. Sending an octave up to a guitar amp through guitar effects.

Well yes, no argument there but we have a very very good keys player and no one can convince me that keys can't do way more than a guitarist. I am aiming simply to fill the sound a little, under solos for instance , and to beef up songs in places where the require beefage. Anyway if this lot don't go for it I know bands that will

After a solid week of work it was game on last night. Well rehearsal on at least. I hadn't told the band what i've been up to as I was interested in their reactions to the sound not their pre judgement. They were utterly underwhelmed. I know we should never anticipate another's reaction to something we hold dear and then judge them if their response fails to meet our hopes and expectations. It's not up to me what others think. But still. Went home quite deflated. If they noticed at all they didn't say and the first comment came as I was just messing with the Whammy between songs, some snidey reference along the lines of wonder what he got for Christmas. Problem is I need every penny this band can earn and half of the others are doing it for fun. This, in my experience always leads to conflict. They speak airily of adding guitar players, horn sections, backing vocalists, string sections, rappers, second keyboard players, marching brass bands and so forth and all I see is my 'cut' getting smaller and smaller. OK OK they only want a guitarist but my point stands. So, lets have it please, a Basschat list of great bands with just keys, bass and drums (singers optional, don't mind if the vocals come from the musicians or from a separate entity but no other instruments)

It's less ingenious more Heath Robinson! Lidl collapsible sacktrucks lots of bungee straps.

New one on me! I see its intergalactic though, and that alone makes want it.

I don't mind waiting, I'll pm you we'll sort something out.

@Newfoundfreedom That's brilliant thank you. At present I'm 'wasting' my non-parallel mixer using it as a splitter - but it does the job really well with the phase switch and independent volume controls. However it can do so much more!

I'm well into this. I don't have a 'smart harmony' like yours @Newfoundfreedom I've looked into the Boss Harmonist but I'm a bit confused what happens with major and minor chords so for now I'm sticking with octave and fifths. Thirds would be a great addition of course. As far as ABY goes I wonder if A + B pedal might be better. So I can drop the bass out or the 'guitar' and kick back in whichever is out. Don't see how to do that with A/B Y. But I've not tried so...

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