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I think the current draw of an HX Stomp is around 1A @9V, so just running off a 10000 mAh 5V USB bank should give about 5 hours of use. Step-up voltage regulators seem pretty cheap and you'd only need a 2A capable one. I've only used step-downs so far. One thing I do prefer is fixed voltage ones rather than adjusting the voltage with a pot, which is probably a silly preference. Have you any plans to publish the plans and software? Incidentally, I do love the ESP32 but I feel guilty about not using all its capabilities. I built a footswitch for page turning (and line up/down) using an ESP32 for BLE, and it's a pretty simple little thing.

That's excellent.

Colin Chapman's approach would be that if it survived long enough to do an encore, it was too heavy. I take it you'll be starting with a headless cricket bat, as that gets rid of a load of unnecessary weight.

Having just bought a MOD Duo, I thought I'd look again at DIY options for MIDI switching, and came across this in the MOD forum: https://github.com/alf45tar/PedalinoMini As I've got everything but the screen to build the breadboard version knocking around in my parts containers [1], I have some screens on the way and will start putting it together. Further reports when I've got somewhere. [1] I recommend takeaway Chinese food containers, the plastic sort, or ice cream tubs for the bigger things.

Me too (but with 5 strings).

Because you want the 900?

I'm not a fan of relicing either, but there's some which aren't so much relics as stolen recovered insurance write-offs.

It's 500W as a combo, 800W with an extension cab. I worry about calcium as a material, at least the calcium that's supporting my body.

And it's another dezombification - just bought a Duo and am now waiting for it with bated breath.

Oh, and another thing - as somebody with type 2 diabetes, I feel there should have been a health warning before the programme, for all the sickeningly sugary compliments being paid to Her Maj at every artist changeover. Had to O/D on metformin to bring my blood sugar back down.

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall part whichever - "no dark star chasm in the classroom"

I would think that a response along the lines of Arkell v Pressdram would be appropriate. For the poor benighted souls who don't read Private Eye: https://lettersofnote.com/2013/08/07/arkell-v-pressdram/

Veering slightly from the subject - Rod Stewart was shockingly bad. Don't they check out the acts before booking them in?

GR Bass AT Cube 800. https://www.grbass.com/portfolio/at-cube-800/

As long as their car has adequate suspension.

Well, it won't sound any worse than any other Trace.

By the time that an amp, cab, bass, or guitar has become so well established that modelling it is worthwhile, it should have recouped the R&D costs several times over. Also, there's plenty of people who can tell (or at least think they can tell) digital modelling, so they'll want the Real Thing.

The lightest rig I have had is the current one, a 500W combo (800W with extension speaker) weighing under 10kg. The heaviest rig I have had was a Trace Elliot 4x10 combo weighing as much as a small neutron star. I had to carry it up a huge flight of stairs at the first gig I did with it. It didn't last long with me. For flexibility, I'd go with separate amp and cab. For convenience, a combo. If you've got enough volume and the sound you want with the current combo and you don't mind the weight, there doesn't seem any point changing.

Early Puma 900 don't have a fan. I did modify mine with Thomas Eich's guidance, the (tiny) fan is near as dammit silent. Not sure that I actually needed it as it turned out.

I assume it's like the one at https://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/119996374/cort-a6-bass-guitar.html ? Would it be possible to make the recess for the bridge piece a couple of mm deeper? I assume that there's no adjustment for the bridge as a whole like Warwick 2-piece bridges have.

Yes. https://www.jaydeecustomguitars.co.uk/supernatural_ga24.html

On the more musical front, Gary Glitter was superb.

Headless basses are brilliant. Cut the weight by about a kilo, bass balances better, tuning is more stable, you don't put the headstock through the light fittings every time you take it on and off, and you only stick the end of it in the singer's ear if you really mean to. And they should have at least five strings, four strings are rubbish. The fact that Fender have never made a five-string headless bass is evidence that they are a really good idea.

Not even the brilliant Duran Duran? Or the superb A-ha?

Focus have already been mentioned - Hocus Pocus hasn't but Sylvia has. Great bit of 80s: And back to glam rock: Finally, just a small sample of Mike Oldfield's output: