Maude

Saw Peter Hook at The Marble Factory, I'd never been there and thought it was a cool place, although in a dodgy looking area round some of the back steets. Agnostic Front should be great!

The stains must be a nightmare to get out. 😉 Seriously though, most gigs I've been to lately that have used your phone as a ticket have just been a QR code that gets scanned. I've screenshot the app incase of no network (and it's easier to open the last photo than apps or emails) and used that, at London Stadium we just had the QR printed out on paper. Always been fine. I can't speak of the 02 Bristol personally though.

With support from a Meteors tribute.

Forgive me father for I have sinned. I favoured the J pickup, and it sounded good. I've just been noodling along to Numans I Assassin album on the new 1100s fretless, and although I'm strictly a P guy, I found myself really liking just the J pickup, lovely a burbly. I don't know what Pino used on that album but I'm assuming his Stingray, and the bridge J is remarkably close to his tone. This is a fantastic bass. And yes, I did go full Partridge,

Sun Arise - Erm... um... well, you know.

Jump Around - House of Pain

I forgot to say that this needs a 15v power supply, so if you're planning on putting it on a pedal board you'll need the dedicated supply it comes with. A bit of a pain but not a deal breaker.

Suicide Solution - Ozzy

Murder the Government - NOFX

I have had a good play with the Glow Plug this morning, and I really like it. Just for clarity I'll say to start with that I'm not a tone chasing aficionado. I do care about the sound of our bands and aim for the best I can, but I'm also aware that the finer nuances of tone will be lost in a busy pub at high volume, so it's pointless fussing too much over it. I was looking for an always on pedal to just give me that very slight break up of signal as generally I don't use an amp. This gives a lovely warm growl to the bass when used on lower levels, just what I wanted. Switching it on and off to A/B with my bass's tone it replaces that slight sterility with a nice fat warmth. There's plenty to adjust to achieve this, either plenty of 'warmth' but dial in (I hate that phrase) more dry bass, less warmth but more wet. The volume is great to balance with your dry signal if you want to switch it on and off in songs/gigs. The crossover works well but I've found it's best set quite high or the high notes aren't affected, but a useful feature to get just the sound you want. If you up the warmth you get a great Geezer Butler type tone, plenty of vintage distortion but not heading into fuzzy territory. I could see using a couple of these, one for always on warmth and another for vintage growl would be very effective, and probably all the effects I ever need in my current band. I think I might try a 12at7 to get a greater range of lower distortion, as the 12ax7 does indeed get growly very quickly, no bad thing though if that's what you're after. As for the quality of valves, I'd probably never be able to tell one from another. I've just picked up a Yamaha BB1100S fretless and it sounds great through this pedal. Set low it really brings out the growly mwah. I'm quite keen to see how it sounds with my doublebass. So there you go, for £49 as far as I'm concerned if you need something like this pedal it's a no brainer. It's simple, intuitive and sounds great.

It's All Over Now - Stones

Ignore this now. As happens with these things, you spend days getting nowhere and then just after I posted on the here a band gets suggested. I look them up and they're excellent and available. Job done. Thanks for looking.

I wasn't sure where to put this as there doesn't seem to be a relevant section. I've been asked to find a band for an event. I've put ads in the local area Facebook groups but unfortunately got a few pub bands with not so good singers. I thought I'd put a post on here in case anyone has any suggestions. The main problem is it's short notice. November 12th, evening gig, couple of one hour sets to finish by 23:00. It'll be at the Eden Project in Cornwall. It's a private party to celebrate the life of Quo fan, Fred. Fred passed away last year so all the mourning has been done, this is definitely not a wake, if you know what I mean. Looking for a professional level Quo style band, either a tribute band or a 60s/70s rock, boogie, heavy blues type of band, Quo, ZZ Top, etc, you know the thing. Fred's wife used to organise wedding bands but has lost all of her contacts over the years and has asked me if I could find someone. She looking for something a bit more than your average pub band, quality is more important than the cost. If you know anybody suitable could you please post on here and I'll PM my contact details. Thanks, Allan. 🙂👍

That looks fantastic. 😎👍

A few on the long term backburner. But this Yamaha BEX4 is actually getting somewhere. It's a bit mad though. 🙈😁

A cheapy, but I love it. 90s Encore. Some lovely grain under the trans Red. Levelled, crowned and polished the frets, rolled the fretboard edges, popped in a Tonerider pickup and some old chromes. A joy to play.

Eastwood Hooky 6 Fac51 edition.

I'm picking up this '85 Yamaha BB1100S on Friday. An 80s fretless? Better dig out the octave and chorus pedals. 😁

I've been reading about folks swapping valves with quite noticed effect, so it must be doing something. The standard 12ax7 is a bit break up heavy apparently if you're just looking for some added warmth, which I am. A 12au7 doesn't allow for hardly any break, where as the 12at7 is just a great balance of lots of warmth before break up, but allows for some distortion if needed. I'll see what I think about that when it arrives.

Imagine a graphic equaliser with all the band adjusters in a straight line. Now take an ice cream scoop and scoops out the mids.

I've found that effects really seem to to just work on the Eastwood Hooky 6, and probably all bass vi's. I don't know why but there's something more appealing with an effect on the Eastwood than on a regular bass. With that in mind, and the tighter string spacing to make using one easier, the thought of an Ebow came to mind. I went to see how much they were now and had a shock, £100. Then I found that a few companies were making similar effects now. Joyo do a very similar copy for around £70, and TC Electronic make one in a different design and Gear4music were doing them for £25. One is on the way. As an aside, while I was there I saw the Eden Glow Plug tube warmer was only £50 so bagged one of them to try as well.

I was on Gear4music's website looking for something else and saw the Eden glow plug was only £50. I wasn't looking for anything like this really but I think it will be be a really handy pedal to take to practices where I'm not taking my rig, just a bass and this pedal in the pocket. It's meant to give some valve warmth back to solid state and class D amps. Contains a 12ax7 valve. Watched a few reviews and liked what I heard so ordered one. At that price it'd be rude not to, right? 😉 I'll report back when it arrives. G4M linky

Moley Crue

Seems odd but I'm not doubting it. Maybe they don't like wood or the slightly tacky nature of not fully cured wood finishes. I've never had that issue in the automotive world.

What a lovely piece of wood. I like big, wide grain like that.