Mudpup

I was only controlling the pin spots last night as a first attempt but there are 15 scenes set up in them to monkey around with. The rear sweepers are too bonkers on sound to light so we leave them on a slow autorun macro which I can change on a remote and we leave the front lights on a slow 3 colour fade as well. The fazer is on a remote programmable switch as well. It's not so bad really - most things have been set on autoruns historically but we're going to get them a bit more organised with the DMX thingy.

Last night's gig was at one of our favourite venues. Great crowd and we tried a couple of off the wall new songs out which worked out really well. We've invested in a DMX foot controller that muggins has been tasked with operating and I spent a week programming it and the whole gig tap dancing on it. But it worked pretty well. Here's some pics that someone in the crowd took...

Loving the STP stuff - Robert DeLeo is a fab player. Really creative and Plush is a great shout

Personally I prefer a kettle lead - they just feel a bit more robust and there’s always a chance of an adaptor going pop at a gig.

Its a standard guitar jack to 3.5mm headphone jack on my Aftershock I did wonder what you do if your phone doesn't have a headphone socket.......you may have to use a laptop USB instead

Maybe sort the keyboard player out first? Restore your sonic space and get out the front for a listen.

I recently looked at getting some sort of fuzzy thing and went down the video review rabbit hole. Went totally distortion deaf and blind after a few days of searching and figured that it would probably take me about 7 purchasing attempts to find one that i liked. Maybe. So I bought a Source Audio Aftershock that has about a squillion of them all built into one pedal. Love it..... I reckon i paid about twice as much (£150) as I originally budgeted for but saved £300 in pedals that I liked for 5 minutes and then sold on.

I've only got a couple of instances. Here's the earliest one.... My first ever 'proper' gig back when i was about 16 was an unusual one. It was at the very back end of the punk era so didn't seem to be quite such a shambles as it would nowadays - artistic improvisation and being pretty different was still encouraged. But we really were dreadful..... We had somehow snagged a support slot to a jangly/indie style band at the local main music venue (The Square in Harlow if anyone has ever played it) and needed to play for 45 minutes. Problem was that we only had 5 songs and about 20 minutes of material. I was ready to bail out of it but was persuaded by the guitarist/singer that we could stretch the songs a bit and he would fill out the gaps in between to help. We decided to dress up a to try and make a bit of an impact and Drosso (the singer/guitarist) informed us that he was going to make a grand entrance after the bass and drums had jammed around for a few minutes. I turned up a bit late (dressed in a tails suit and with Dave Vanian style white/black make up on) and literally walked on to the stage, plugged in and the drummer kicked the pair of us into action. Drosso came running up the stairs onto the stage a few seconds later. He was dressed in thigh high cavalier boots, a g string with his knackers hanging out, Sgt Pepper jacket and had a hollowed out teddy bears head over his head. We stretched out the first song for about 10 minutes. When we had finished the song Drosso reached behind his amp and grabbed a bucket he had stashed there earlier (I hadn't seen any of the prep work so this was all totally new to me). He then threw its contents straight over everyone in the front couple of rows. It was full of liver, fish guts and general entrails from the butcher shop. The crowd were not massively impressed and we spent an uncomfortable 30 more minutes playing total rubbish with Drosso generally abusing and taking the wee wee out of the crowd (all cardigans and chinese slippers) whilst they all glared at us waiting for us to finish. We reached the big climax and as we hit the last note Drosso triggered the 4 big flashbombs that he had set up (and not told anyone about) behind the gear at the back of the stage. It was like being on stage with Motley Crue! Except you don't get curtains at the back of the stage at a Crue gig. Which then caught fire and necessitated the evacuation of the venue.... Fortunately we didn't burn the whole place down. We just about escaped with our lives but were never invited back

I'll pop it over when i get a mo' It's off my Classic Lacquer and is a 10 hole plate

I've got an anodised gold guard in my spares box if you wanted to borrow it for a look before you buy one....

I have one and wouldn't say it got overly squishy - even with the Compression cranked up and Blend turned right down it's quite transparent.

Matching strap and eyeshadow - nice attention to detail 😊 Note to self, pop into Boots tomorrow....

Well done! You'll be glowing for days afterwards. Are you doing that Savage track?

It was a nice bass but didn't feel particularly special to play. It was just ok and a bit soul less really. I found the neck a bit skinny for my liking. The Cort is in a different league in terms of feel. The neck is perfect for me - oddly it's the same width as the Schecter but it's kind of flattened off at the back a bit which you really feel. The body is really ergonomic - it's all curves and I love the open pore finish. I'm smitten.....

I seem to recall some similar comments on the USA bass site Spector groups a while back. The pickups sounded great in the video demos hence my interest but it just shows how different the experience can be in the real world. I tried a Schecter with them in as well and thought they sounded better in that bass but not good enough to spring £1k on

I tried the 4 string (A4 Ultra) version of that a few months ago because i was interested in the Fishmans. Didn't like the pickups at all - they seemed to have a load of built in compression in them and robbed the dynamics too much for my preference. But the bass itself was lovely with probably my favourite neck ever on it. And so comfortable to play as well. I bought the next model down (A4 Plus) with Barts in it which seemed more lively when you dig in a bit.

That Essex Recording Studio chap is a total chancer. He has a couple of Mesa heads on there at comical prices too.

I'm still in, feeling pretty good and probably worth a small wager to win it this year 💪