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My Grind 6 went for £125 so they're rather less well rated than they deserve. That 4-string fetched £165 so not too bad.

I had a Hartke Kickback combo a little while back - the 12" speaker version. I bought it with a knackered speaker and put in a replacement reasonably good quality driver, and it turned out well. I think I used it on a couple of club gigs (with a low B 5-string) and it coped well.

I'd agree with that, and rather predictably I'd suggest the Zoom B3 - unlike other multifx where you're rather circumscribed as to your options (there'll be a compressor/limiter, preamp, modulation, reverb, amp sim) , the B3 gives you three stompboxes in a row which you can do what you like with.

You might want to change those URLs in the links, they point to Oxfordshire council's webmail system...

Listing now amended. There is one considerable omission he's made in the title and description. It's rather obvious when you look at the pictures (except for the very last one, of course) that it's a headless. However, if you do a search for "headless" in titles and descriptions, as I do every few days, it doesn't appear. It's not the only time I've seen this - don't sellers realise that people do text searches for terms like "fretless" or "headless"?

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1407583577' post='2521997'] To be fair, it is a ridiculous looking thing! Though it could be argued it's all a bass player really needs [/quote] Depends what genre you're playing. For country and for disco, you'd need a two-string - for country tuned to root and 5th, and for disco tuned in octaves.

Now we know what bass Captain James T Kirk would fall in love with.

As you've got a pair of phono sockets on it too, you could use a stereo phono lead and a stereo phono to mono jack adaptor, eg. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-35mm-MONO-1-4-Jack-Plug-to-2-x-RCA-Phono-Female-Socket-Audio-Splitter-Adaptor-/331058063599"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-35mm-MONO-1-4-Jack-Plug-to-2-x-RCA-Phono-Female-Socket-Audio-Splitter-Adaptor-/331058063599[/url]

[quote name='isteen' timestamp='1406983836' post='2516430'] The Zoom b3 looks neat, and also have rythm patterns build in, but I've head it really don't sound good enough for using with a band or on stage. [/quote] Was the person who said that someone whose opinion you value?

Dreadful things. I passed on one because it was so horrible to play. Of course, I didn't realise that there would be a huge rise in the value of old crap that a Beatle had played.

Back in the USSR by the Beatles at a hall of residence gig at International Hall in That London, a month or so before I dropped out of university. So that would have been 1976.

I have the G50 - I use Eneloop batteries with it (rechargables which will stay charged when not in use) which last two or three gigs, though I now tend to change them at each gig.

The world's most uncomfortable toilet?

I've just bought one of these: [url="http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/voicetone-create-xt/"]http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/voicetone-create-xt/[/url] and it's pretty good. It allows you to have two patches that you can switch between (A and with a total of 10 pairs of two patches. So Mrs Zero can have reverb for most of the time and chuck some delay in now and again, and [s]forget to[/s] turn the reverb off between songs. Now discontinued, it would appear, but Thomann got a batch in at the end of June.

I use it as a three pedal unit too. Generally I use the same three effects (or subsets thereof) for all songs (chorus and amp sim, reverb to thicken things up for some guitar solos), but there's a few that I use just on one song so there's a separate couple of patches for those.

Using a single resistor won't work correctly (I have a feeling I may have suggested it earlier but I hadn't thoguht it through). As you go from one to two lit elements, you're doubling the current through the resistor while putting two LEDs in parallel, thus halving their resistance, and it's far too late for me to work out exactly what'll happen but essentially you'll be reducing the voltage across the LEDs. So if the red LED has a lower threshold than the blue LED and the voltage drops to just below the threshold voltage, you'll just see the red. So bridge the single resistor and put the same value resistor between each switch and the respective LED cathode.

Wireless. It's nice not worrying about treading on your lead. Or go to the marketplace and see if anyone fancies swapping your 3U case with a 2U one, thus averting temptation and saving money.

[quote name='LawrenceH' timestamp='1406036918' post='2507721'] This is another reason to think carefully about tuning in the 40Hz versus the 50Hz regions, since tuning lower can give a curve that is easier to EQ within the range you actually care about using the EQ controls found on a typical amp (eg 12dB/oct shelving filters for the bass). [/quote] How feasible would it be to have a cab that could be easily retuned, eg. by partially blocking a port if it's shelf-ported?

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1406154713' post='2508957'] Out of interest what are Flyte cabs made of to be so light? [/quote] I suspect it's whatever material is left after Peavey and Trace Elliot have sucked all the heaviness out of it to include in their cabs. Which reminds me, what sort of quality was the 12mm ply used in the prototype cab builds? B&Q quality or top quality Baltic ply with voids filled with unicorn tears?

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1405716597' post='2504751'] The only other difference is going to be an order switcher in the off board wiring. It is going to be tight, but with both pedals on the same board like this, and not separate and overlapping, and only using one multicoloured LED (red with the Muff, blue with the Musket and purple with both), it will all fit. [/quote] Not going for the logic-powered three-colour system then?

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1405969124' post='2507108'] I can't understand why they are so rare? [/quote] Because it has looks that only Stevie Wonder could love?

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1406027168' post='2507570'] Never, ever, ever let anyone place a drink on top of your amplifier [/quote] Unless you have it mounted in one of these rack cases: Perfect for containing spillage.

Always get the young man's name and address. Business cards. If you're in a band, make sure you've always got some business cards because you're the only one in the band who will have. (This also applies to capos, spare leads, lighting rigs, and PA). Make sure the hat you buy is the right size. Fans. Get a clip-on fan to keep you cool. A hand towel is useful too. Use a guitar stand to hold your bass, don't just prop it up unless it's a headless that's happy to be stood on end. If you want to get ahead, get a hat. Don't take any advice from anyone on a bass forum.