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I have gigged through the TCE 2x8 and am happy to confirm it is a very capable little cab. I only used it for smaller gigs initially, but got caught out once when the venue was way bigger than I had been led to believe. It was only powered by a 250 watt class D head so effectively 125 watts in a 7 piece band - and it coped.

Those looking askance at bulky adaptors, a possible solution is an international multi socket. Looks like a normal 4 gang but accepts US plugs.

I'd say it all depends on the venue. I ran a music venue for 13 years and we never had covers bands apart from one or two exceptional outfits who chose really well and were astonishing musicians. The punters turned up to see something interesting and above all original.

I like to run a fuzz and filter parallel to one another with a bit of clean retained.

This looks rather nice to my eye 30" just over 200 notes.

I didn't realise it was on wheels too!

Two words: pilot holes

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If I'm there let Mike know. I tried to pick the balding, bespectacled gentleman of a certain age and comfortable figure, which looks most like me but there was just too much choice

I was being so polite 😂😂😂

I had looked at the HB but remembering the bad experience Ped said he'd had I backed off. However it is worth saying that one man's too much noise is another man's perfectly acceptable level of noise. I can't comment from personal experience as I have never played through one.

My locking jack sockets have arrived. Need to get to Next for the pink hair band.

My view of Zed Zed Top was tainted by discovering them in their 'pop' phase. A guitarist I was in a jam band with prior to lockdown introduced me to their early stuff. The film on Netflix further informed me as to their credentials. Great band, very sad news.

I thought I would pick up a set. Six hundred quid! Ay carumba! Maybe not.

I am using the Studiospares one at the moment. I like the shape function (a bit Trace Ellioty) the gain overload light, the different ins and outs but most of all the effects loop. Oh and the price!

Yep. Play it slowly - as slowly as you need to to play it properly. Don't play along in time, to a metronome or the tune. in fact don't worry about timing at all until you have the notes and fingerings right. If you slow down on a difficult part that's fine, it's more important to practice it properly than to repeatedly play some parts incorrectly because it's too fast. And enjoy the process of learning, don't worry about nailing the whole song, that will come naturally in time.

Mine will get an airing at the next rehearsal.

@gafbass02 that looks like a really good piece of kit. Does a lot more than just a preamp.

As I had built my own vibrating chair with four relatively inexpensive tactile transducers or "bass shakers" I also decided that the price of the Backbeat was too high. However, I now have one and can happily confirm that the effect is very similar to my homemade device. So is it over priced? Well, let's see, my 4 speakers were about £15 each. But then I also needed a chair. Lots of wiring. Oh and an amp. Which needs power, so either a speaker cable runs to my chair or a mains cable does and the amp has somehow to attach to the chair. Only the Elf has the appropriate dimensions. So time, effort, a chair, an amp and I have built a system which surrounds me with throbbing bass. Oh I forgot my R&D costs - there was an early prototype which overheated and melted. The Backbeat still comes out a little more expensive. But here's the thing - it produces as big an effect as my cumbersome 4 speaker loaded chair while being small enough to fit on my strap. With no external amp, and no external power. In fact, turn it up and the effect is way more powerful. The cost of designing and producing something so portable and yet so effective, then shipping it around the world and making money for yourself and the retailer, does, I believe, make this a fair price. Of course something is only worth what it's worth to each individual customer. I have yet to use it live but I can immediately see how it will transform my rehearsal regime. With aux in and headphones out I can enjoy playing at any time without disturbing those I share a house with. And it's already attached to the bass. Nothing to set up.

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