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I'd liken the whole debate to the difference between petrol and diesel engines. Petrol engines may produce a lot of peak horsepower but produce way less torque than a diesel engine unable to get anywhere near the peak horsepower rating. People seem to be obsessed with horsepower, whereas torque is really a much more telling statistic. (I know much more about engines than I do about sound engineering )

Singer - The vocals are a bit too high for me. Me - We can change the key. Singer - No need, I'll just sing it a bit higher. Me - What? Like, out of tune.

It's one of the only things I've ever done in life where people clap and cheer and whistle and ask for more. I hope to carry on doing it for a while longer.

Don't some Micro Synths require more than 9v supply?

An Eden WT of some description is about the only I thing I have any remaining GAS for. I'll get one one day.

Not sure about effects but I'm really not keen on the sound of Marshall guitar amps. Seems pretty much impossible to get any sort of clean sound out of them and the distorted sound has a bludgeoning quality that I find tiresome.

We kick off with Primal Scream - Rocks. It's handy because the guitar and bass drop out for a few bars in the middle and it allows minor amp tweaking if necessary.

Roland Bass Cubes are great. The XL in particular.

Done.

Nice one. Would have liked a Factotum but have no room (or money).

Not a problem unless there is an obvious reason why not.

The unfortunate thing is that the people who think Coldplay are at the cutting edge are way more developed than the ones who think that relevant music comes with Simon Cowell's grubby prints all over it.

My backup is a Genz Benz Streamliner 600. We put the vocals through it once when the PA failed and it coped extremely well.

Bought a COG T16 pedal off Alex. Super smooth transaction. Top bloke.

Robbie MacIntosh tonight in Camden. Pretty much unknown by the general public but he's the one people like John Mayer (with Pino) turn to when they want something tasty.

I have too many guitars and to pre-empt further threads I also have too many basses, amps, cabinets and effects pedals.

The Bros Landreth - Let it Lie Wouldn't really class this as 'my thing' but I bought it for the Mrs and love it. Rootsy Americana type stuff in an early Jackson Browne/Eagles vein with some lovely songs.

Played a local festival a few weeks back and by all accounts the sound out front was good and well balanced. We were then told that we could have a CD recorded from the desk which was great but when we heard it there was no bass in it. You could just about make it out through headphones whilst guitar, drums and vocals were all perfectly audible.

EHX Bass Soul Food is a good pedal. You can use it as a clean boost or dial in more grit if you want. It's cheap and easy to sell on too.

Looks similar to a TechSoundsystems TVM series head. I have one in a combo and it's a great sounding amp. TechSoundsytems became Tecamp so this is probably an early head. You could try asking Whynot who is a forum member and is well versed in everything Tecamp.

Robbie MacIntosh at The Green Note in Camden on 26 Sept. One of my all time favourite guitarists and songwriters.

Obligatory Fender Rumble suggestion.

Picked up a Keeley Bassist from Dan. Everything spot on.

Laptop bag again. Perfect.