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Sometimes with pedals like this it can be worth buying the real deal (there's one on Reverb in France for £300) because you'll be able to sell it for the same if it's not for you.

I wouldn't bother with a power supply in that case - just use a battery when you use it. Be careful to unplug your lead from the pedal input when it's not being used otherwise the battery will drain.

I sent Martin an email when I first picked up the YI200 from @johnbiffa but he hasn’t replied…

You might have missed it but I posted some recordings of my Thunderstangbacker here

I started by learning the pattern of ABCDEFG from the open A string up to the fifth fret on the D string. I found that was a good place to start and I could identify other notes from their octave etc.

I’ve tried one recently with a Fender 4x10 (rumble?) cab. Sounded great and those cabs can be found at reasonable prices.

I once owned a Mesa 1516BE which wasn’t light but ok to move as it had wheels. I perfected a way to get it into the back of my Volvo by taking a running start at it and not worrying about my bumper. However the heaviest thing ever was this Basson 2X10 cabinet which was 100lbs on its own. It was super power hungry but sounded fantastic. This picture is taken on the landing at my parents house. How the hell did I get it up there? I also had a Trace V4 1X15 combo shortly after which I also managed to get up stairs!

Hi there, yes you need to post it as a sales ad with the value of the item you want to swap as the ‘price’ Hope that makes sense Cheers

Do you mean the length adjustment buckle is slipping, or the whole strap is slipping on your shoulder?

Ah bugger, you didn't happen to write down the serial number? Maybe we can track it down!

Hi mate, yes indeed, I'm about 30 years behind the curve as usual!! What did you replace it with?

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What's the prob?

My brother asked me to do this one (I didn't learn the little bridge at the end properly, just a rough take!):

What’s the theremin equivalent of Jaco only needed 4 stringz

Original tune - it has a strange effect on the bass track, sounds almost like a super fast slap back delay at times, I think maybe a shallow and fast chorus? Here I am after practicing a bit

I honestly don’t know - when I first got the bass it had P/J pickups but the core sound was still there. I think low action and a bit of clank go a long way to give definition to the sound. Normally you hear mustangs with flats (I had flats on mine too for a while) but they are really quite growly with rounds. Worth mentioning also that this bass is always in drop D tuning, again it seemingly defies logic because that shouldn’t work as well from a scale length and tension perspective but it does. I have no doubt that the woods involved play a part, particularly in how stable the neck is. But I think it’s a combination of everything, some educated guesses regarding pickup choices (tbh my options were limited by the existing cavities) and a bit of luck have been on my side, for once!! I’ll do a video to demonstrate the P sound a bit more clearly.

Thanks, me too - honestly I bought it for thumpy muted stuff but when I put rounds on it - and especially with these pickups - it’s been the biggest surprise and it’s so easy/fun/inspirational to play. In P mode through a big old amp = heaven! Even if I had imagined it could sound like this I’d have expected the action wouldn’t be low enough or the short scale wouldn’t work for my quite light touch and low action/flat neck, but it’s bang on, too 😁

TC spectracomp is my fave. It’s tiny and (can be) super simple. If you hook it up to yer computer via USB then it gives more options that anything else I can think of and is insanely powerful. Grab one in here for £50! Mine saw off an MXR, Cali big box, FEA opti…

No? what about this one? This is partly why I sold my Celinder - the 70s jazz sound from this bass is massive, I have never had such a good P and J sound in one bass and if you told me it would be on a mustang I'd have thought you were mental!

As I said in the video description, I'm not 100% sure this is right, but it's a great tune to play!