Woodinblack

No - since when were active pickups louder than passive pickups - I never understood where those sort of comments came from. A good active pickup should have exactly the same voltage output as a passive pickup into a reasonable load such as the input of a bass amplifier, or it wouldn't be any good. I suspect they a) don't mean specifically mean active pickup, but active bass and b) are referring to the stereo output jack on an active bass

I wouldn't say ugly on those but there is something wrong with the proportions I like gold hardware but once you have gone sunburst and tort there is no way you can go up, so I would agree in that specific case. However, I would say if that was on a P, it would be uglier.

Down to tuning though isn't it. It is only 3 more strings than a chapman grand stick, and that is easy enough to play

There are quite a few youtube videos of such things if you want to see it!

Roundabout by Yes.

Doesn't even sound slightly prog to me, but it is a good bit of work.

I have seen FoTN quite a few times. Saw them back in Portsmouth Guildhall in 1990 and they were actually not that great, so I stopped going to see them, but carried on seeing the mission as they were always good. Then a few years back I went to see FoTN and Mission on a double bill at the kentish town forum, and they were actually fantastic, and the mission, well, they were pretty terrible (and didn't want to be there). Funny how one off gigs can taint your whole view.

I have used my bam200 in a practice (which is nearly as loud as a gig), but don't think I would use it on its own in a gig.

Yes, I just went to read his comment. he felt that noone really appreciated it as they never went in the studio together, so assume he hadn't done much.

He was one of the people playing keys on it, there were several and both Waters and Gilmour said he had next to no creative input in it, which is why he was sacked. Although I suspect that was more Waters idea. It started a long time before 85 and I suspect will stay forever.

Yes, but that isn't creativity - that is a remix of an old album. Maybe better, maybe worse but it isn't new. Why? He had no involvement by all accounts in the Wall and that did ok.

Well, they can as they haven't made anything* in a long time * that you would mention in polite company

My watch occasionally buzzes on stage telling me that there are unsafe volume levels, but it has never made any interference (and it has a cellular connection). Had noise from something sitting next to a mixer. If you say it was pre-pickup, does that mean turning the volume down on the instrument removed it? I guess there had to be some large transmitting element nearby - wireless systems in the venue (like communications things) or local taxi area out of the back? Maybe even electricity substation, although with those fixed issues, I assume someone in the venue would have warned you about them.

Wary of remixes of things I know, there was a trick of the tail remastering, which was so bad that i physically threw it out, it actually changed the structure of ripples and removed its core being. I will listen to the animals one here though as for some reason I could never get into that album, maybe this will help it.

Noone left a phone on top of an amplifier or something?

Umm.. when was it an easy drive??

People should probably carry on as long as they want - it is up to the people going to know whether they want to see them or not. I could have seen Rush on my birthday a few years back as one of their tours but I know that Geddys voice is bad and I wouldn't enjoy it, so I didn't go, but maybe other people would like it. Again like the genesis tours last year, would have loved to see Genesis but not with Phil like that (and not with the crazy prices to see it), so it was my choice not to go, but its up to them whether they want to tour or not.

3 - depends. Obviously if you boost the same frequency twice you will have twice the boost on that frequency and that might mess things up a bit. 4 - Generally I would have a noisegate near the start or at the end, but not both.

We can't really afford the security escort for one

Is your guitarist in some kind of witness protection program with his face blurred out?

He hasn't been on the forum for 5 years.

I suspect you might get more help if you change the title to Cab build query!

I presume he left and wanted his profile removed, he isn't listed any more. The guest thing is the database holding the structure of threads together.

Handy to know, thanks. Are they the official ones sponsored by Wensleydale, or actual metal ones?

Better practice the national anthem then. Starts on G.