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I bought an effects pedal from Simon. It arrived exactly as described after a very smooth transaction. Great communication too. Thanks Simon!

What a guy!

OMG! My drummer has never seen the first one! I'm going to have to lie down in a darkened room until I come to terms with that revelation Edit: I've offered him the loan of my special edition BluRay

This 100% There are very few physical guitar shops left. If you live near one, you're lucky. The alternative is just taking a punt and moving it on if it doesn't suit. As long as it hasn't cost a huge amount of money it's no great loss or disappointment. Cort make nice, budget guitars.

I will be watching it, probably next week. I just hope I'm not too disappointed, but I'm prepared to be delighted.

No.

... Oh sorry boutique

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I'll settle for a like 😂

What has worked for me for 40 years is to simply not think about it. Make sure you have learnt the songs and practiced at home. Then eventually the time will come - then just do it. Just make sure you have a pee beforehand.

That would be an ecumenical matter

All it took was a change of preamp... Sterling Sub5 with Retrovibe Stinger

My lights have lasted for ages. However I've just had to order the third pair of stands for them! Hopefully the Gravity stands will last a bit longer. I was hoping to get some lightweight aluminium stands but they won't extend high enough for lights, so I had to have taller steel ones - should be more stable anyway. I'll let you know how they go. Anyone got any opinions on Gravity stands? My guitarist bought a mic stand recently and that seems quite good quality. I'll stick with my K&M though - it's standing up well (geddit?! 😁) to regular gigging.

I've had my lead for quite some time now and it's done a lot of gigs... and the jacks are still gold 😁

That sounds like it. I did turn it off

I thought it was dreadful and changed channels

Another happy Custom-Lynx customer here. I like my guitar leads with angled jacks at both ends and you just can't buy them off the shelf - no problem for these guys who made my lead up with gold-plated Neutrik plugs and Van Damme cable. They also made several heavy-duty DMX lighting cables for me. https://custom-lynx.co.uk/

Vistaprint here. It's handy that you can just order a reprint when you run low.

I've really only used my V3 500 in a gig setting. So I don't know if I'd describe it as "refined". It's certainly not "hifi" in my experience, but that's not the kind of tone I'm after when playing in a band. Solo home use could well be a different kettle of fish. The suggestion of a Roland Cube above is a very good one, and I would consider one for home noodling if that's what you're after. IIRC there's one up for sale on here too. Don't get me wrong, I'd be first in the queue to wave the flag for Rumbles usually, but that's for gigging. They are fantastic for that. It depends what sort of sound you are after.

A slightly quieter night than usual at the Black Horse in Whitwick. Still, we had a great time with the crowd that were there, especially the landlady's mother, whose birthday it was. Stingish bass again, GT-6B, Rumble. Converse feet. The cheese and onion cobs from the bar were fabulous! The guitarist is off touring now so I have just one gig in the next six weeks.

In the UK there are hardly any pubs or bars that charge on the door, especially for cover bands. People just won't pay for it. They will (to an extent) happily pay inflated bar prices though. I guess it's a psychological thing: paying for "nothing" vs. buying a slightly more expensive beer. That's my view playing in a covers band anyway.

We used to use passive speakers and a (heavy!) power amp. The powered Mackies are a real game-changer. Just those and a mixer with built-in echo/reverb, it's a lovely quick setup and breakdown

What PA are you using? Our pair of Mackie SRM-450s are fairly old technology now, but easily handle our vocals and occasional acoustic guitar, and can be picked up second hand for not many notes

I love a Sunday afternoon gig, especially when it's outside and doubly so when it's "acoustic". Lots of the usual songs, but played in an unusual way. Perhaps Sir Duke was a little ambitious - I ran out of both strings and fretboard! It was a request/challenge though and much fun was had. There were plenty of requests, and even a bit of dancing. It's great to have a good laugh when playing and there was a decent crowd too enjoying themselves. I even got to drink a pint or two for a change as Mrs Norris drove home. Stagg EUB straight into the Rumble. Converse footwear, O'Neill eye protection

Just back from our first gig for 4 weeks due to people being away on holiday, etc. It is always a bit of a job loading into this pub, and as usual when we arrived there were people still sitting at the tables that needed to be moved out our way. What wasn't quite so usual were a new couple managing the place, that were really nice and very enthusiastic about the music. During our time off I'd read a thread somewhere about Stingray active tone controls and how the bass is boost only, whereas the treble is boost/cut. That explains why there is only a centre detent on the treble knob of my Retrovibe Stinger preamp, not on the bass - doh! Anyway the combination of a good sounding room and a better understanding of what the knobs do, lead to a tight, punchy sound that was utterly fabulous. It was hot. Darned hot. And I didn't take my fan - double doh! Still, a bit of sweat makes it feel like you're doing something. Sorry, I forgot to take photos until we'd nearly finished packing away and then it was too late. As you may have gathered it was my Stingish bass (Sterling Sub5 + Stinger) into the GT-6B, thence into the trusty Rumble v3 500 combo. My Converse One Stars have broken in really nicely now, so got the gig tonight. We have a little cluster of gigs this and next weekend, but then it's looking pretty bleak in September. At least tonight's new landlord will be putting a few more in the book for next year.