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  1. JapanAxe
    At the end of the first section of Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand song, not TV show), the guitarist and I used to have a mock fight where we would try and prod each other with our headstocks. As bass player I had the longer reach, and invariably 'won'. For one particularly leery gig (which Mrs Axe described as like playing in a creche, on account of all the blatant under-age drinking), I threaded a piece of wire wrapped in tissue paper between my tuners, and when the moment of combat came, I whipped out a lighter and set fire to it. The effect was dramatic, if short-lived. Thinking about it, I could have burned the pub down, caused death and/or serious injury, or worst of all, got us banned from the venue!
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    And the result?
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    No plans to add to it.
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    Ooh, that's the WB100, the all-valve Handbox. Have you done a thread about it somewhere? Just found it! (I've been wasting a lot of time on the Fretboard forum recently.)
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    Want to stop a guitarist from widdling? Put the music in front of him...
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    My Mustang is just a little bit too long to fit in a guitar gig bag, at least without straining the zip.
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    All done there @discreet?
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    Whereabouts are you?
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    Please, not the Y-fronts picture!
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    You've been using Google translate on Behringer manuals again haven't you?
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    Is that the Two Notes that make the Torpedo?
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    +1 for Bareknuckle pickups
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    Oh. My. God. *scurries off to look down back of sofa*
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    Where is Surrey? Sorry!
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    @deepbass5 I'm not selling, but if you wanted to try a vintage 1973 P (on left) and an AVRI (on right) side-by-side through the same rig(s), you're welcome to pop over to my place in Swindon - offer comes with hot/cold beverages and convivial company of course!
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    The Power Plant Junior appears to be a copy of the T Rex Fuel Tank Junior, but with a captive mains lead instead of a figure-8 connector. Bear in mind the bigger (non-junior) Power Plant has non-isolated outputs. Also the 0V of the output is connected to the mains safety earth, causing a potential hum loop; and they have fitted a polarity protection diode downstream of the regulator chip, meaning that it supplies a constant 8V! I have modded mine to overcome these problems.
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    I had a Tribute L2000 and the pots died quite quickly. I replace them with Alphas, but they went scratchy too. I wished I'd spent a bit more and used CTS.
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    I'm depping on guitar at the same British Legion I played last NYE, but with a different band!
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    As an AVRI owner, I am pleased to inform you that, after a few gigs, yours will have picked up a few lacquer dings, making it even harder to tell apart from the '64!
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    In case you haven't seen it, here is the Ovnilabs review - he mentions trying it with an open low B, presumably on a 5-string bass.
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    Great review lifted from audiofanzine.com. 'Mega potato! ras' - indeed! review(This content has been automatically translated from French)" wow" preamp lamp (4 * 12AX7) plus 550 amp transistor (c is the big 550) covers the 700watt peavey to a friend! UTILIZATION config simple and accurate! his funk to metal by a lil shot of equal, but when even the best metal! SOUNDS own hot top round, mega potato! ras Cort 5 string bass 4 * 10 cab bugera OVERALL OPINION genial nothing wrong with value for money! I've tried the opposite Peavy, the Fender and Hartke in the same price, there is no possible comparison, the other in the closet! the mouth is a bit spartan, but it s not care!
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    Alesis SR16

    JapanAxe replied to XoSo's topic in Effects

    I had the SR16 and now have an SR18. It doesn't get a lot of use, but it does have the significant benefit of a backlight for the display. Neither are particularly user-friendly if you want to program them. I recommend auditioning all the patterns (including the B variations), and make a written note of what they remind you of. This makes it much easier to find a pattern that works for what you want to play.
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    That would be Ashdown or Trace then!
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    Welcome @Fulkram , yes Markbass get a lot of love on here, but bass players have never had a bigger choice of great-sounding gear that won't break the bank or your back!
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