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We do it (both bands, and the previous band too). Not a huge introduction, just "X on drums, Y on guitar, Ʈ on bass, and I'm Z" while playing the main riff of whatever song it is we're doing.

Another visit to the Spread Eagle in Polesworth, as always rather tight for space. Advertised as an 8:30 start, then we were told it was 9:30 to 11:30, so we went with 9:00 to 9:50ish, long interval, 10:30-11:30. A few fluffs in the first half but no major car crashes and the second half went well. And the landlady was dancing, which was a good sign. Could see through a passage into the other room, and there was some dancing going on in there too. Looks like we'll be getting some Saturday gigs next year, so less of a rush for the 50% of the band who aren't retired, and also the pool table gets moved out of the way instead of just being covered over. Sei Flamboyant -> M-Vave wireless -> Zoom MS-60B+ -> Tecamp Puma 900 -> GR Bass AT212. Normal footwear.

I'm in too. Close enough to home to cope if a gig should come in.

No Wals for £300 though?

Difficult to tell. The OP referred to starting bass for sessions, but they're not new to bass as that might imply as their first post was nine or ten years ago with a Youtube video, second one in 2023, and this is their third post.

I should have one in my sticky little hands on Monday. I doubt it would cope with a great deal of volume - I'll try comparing it with a BC house jam micro cab plus TC BAM200 when it gets here.

Apart from the gob-iron, that's what we do. If space is very limited, one of the guitarists goes through the PA too. Our set-up is two Alto TS308s as FOH and two Alto TS408s as floor wedges, and an XR18 for mixing. With a brace of Gravity stands, it comes in at under £1.5k brand new (with TS408s instead of the TS308s), if you got a second-hand XR12 it would be a couple of hundred quid cheaper. We've never had any complaints about the sound quality.

I tell a lie, I've used a split and two parallel channels both using the Line 6 Pitch Echo which combines delay and pitch shift. I'm sure there is another one which has two parallel pitch/delay paths, unless that's in the MOD Dwarf.

The HX Stomp has an effect which combines pitch shift and delay. I've used it to emulate a 12-string bass (well, a 15-string, but that's splitting hairs) as it has two separate parallel routes of delay and pitch shift. Can't remember if they can be diverted to L or R specifically.

Normally I eschew Amazon because Jeff Bezos. However...

Doing a search for "michael mason fraud leicester" brings up quite a few results but all the Facebook links and the links to police pages lead nowhere.

He's done many excellent videos on Youtube. Well worth watching, although almost as time consuming as Project Binky.

AliExpress special? 😁

I think you'd need a slight delay (a few milliseconds) on one channel to sound like two basses - perfect unison isn't.

Cort and Ibanez both manage to protect their tuners - Cort by having a complete cutaway (also see Hohner and Sei), Ibanez by having a scoop out of the front of the bass. Neither of them put the 12th fret much further away than having the tuners dangling off the end. The pickups seem strangely orientated - they don't match up with the increasing angles of the frets so if it was a parallel fret design, they'd be leaning over rather than across the strings. I know Warwick and Ritter both do leaning pickups (Thumb bridge, Ritter neck) but they lean the opposite way. Their Veil bass at least has pickups that lean the right way, although the body shape should appeal to even fewer people as it's singlecut.

Appears to be if you join Prime, otherwise it's 3.5 times that.

Can't see any signs of him in https://courtlistings.co.uk/magistrates-court-listings/leicester#past-section PS: Mick Mason, not Danny Sapko.

Got halfway there, hit a traffic jam just as the singer rang me so I answered - drummer's car had gone titsup so rehearsal cancelled. Trickled along the M6 to junction 7, turned round, and came home.

I was trying to remember who did the "basses against a fence" photo years ago. That was impressive. @cetera?

And there was me expecting

Although with Gardiner Houlgate, the buyer's fee and seller's fee total around 50% so the seller gets about 50% of what the seller pays (about 75% of the hammer price).

I suspect that shipping from the USA would make it prohibitively expensive for most of us.

These days, if you say you're English you get arrested and put in jail.

Call me Botus Fleming.

Eden Glowplug Tube Warmer - bass distortion pedal. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116789082040 Description: "The Eden Glowplug Tube Warmer Pedal is a processor designed to keep music producers and beat makers warm during long studio sessions. This innovative device, created by the brand Eden, features a Glowplug model that efficiently emits heat, ensuring users stay comfortable while working tirelessly on their music projects. The pedal design allows for easy control of the temperature, providing a convenient solution for maintaining a comfortable environment in the studio."