Woodinblack

I agree, but if you were to set out to generate publicity there are probably easier ways, and for it to work you probably need a halfway decent band to cash in on it

But that was you don't get to say 'yeh, of course I did a european tour'!

This is the way to do a tour if you have: A) A lot of money B) A huge amount of optimism So you pretend to be a band, pretend to have fans, and go on tour. Buy a lot of facebook likes for your page, some fake videos and a lot of youtube views and set up a fake management company, and you can play to empty venues across Europe. http://www.metalsucks.net/2018/11/09/l-a-band-threatin-faked-a-fanbase-to-land-a-european-tour-no-one-attended/

The sound wasn't great, but orders of magnitude better than the support. I could see the guy had a bass, I assume some of the rumble must have been notes, but not entirely sure.

He gave you some money to take it away?

Yes. from my email discussion with them. Something that seemed to surprise them as much as me. However, I have worked in a little electronics company in the UK so I know how that stuff happens when you pay salesmen commission It looks the same except the knobs are white on the production ones. And they have a serial number which has more than one digit. I assume it sounds the same, I haven't heard it alongside anything else.

I did wonder if they were that bad. in fact I couldn't swear there were more than 4 different thunderbirds

I saw Placebo a few years ago, the bass player changed bass at pretty well every song. It was an odd thing, seeing as almost all the basses were different thunderbirds that obviously sounded completely identical. And it was very noticable because it was almost every song. I assumed he just wanted to show off his thunderbird collection.

I would agree with that. Otherwise there would be a big gap between the 20th and the 22nd!

If you are a guitarist maybe, to 95% of the audience a strat and les paul sound the same. An acoustic, that sounds different, and there is justification if something else is in completely different tune. In my last group, the guitarist had an acoustic guitar, his strat for almost everything else, and another odd guitar that he used just for plug in baby, which sounded just right and was apparently easier to play it with.

Here we go, the Master CTM-100, daddy of all other CTM-100s. And very nice it is to (although I would imagine probably as nice as all the others, even if it has different knobs). Currently using it through my pair of TC 112s, but the downside of that is that it only fits lengthwise on them. Currently not that much of an issue as it tends to be beside me rather than behind me everywhere I play, so I can access it well. Probably would be nice with a barefaced twin or something. The knobs are nice. Can't say that most of them do anything you would expect, but nice to have options!

Probably the same, yes, it has quite a wide range, you can do a passable wahwah effect with it! Oh yes, looked on bass direct, that is the same model line, so by default it is volume, balance, bass/treble stacked and mid/mid frequency stacked. Its the 4 string that even though I only really play 5 strings I wouldn't sell.

My ibanez SR1000 has one of those from the factory. They used to be more common before the switchable frequency thing they have now. Well, the 5005 also had one but its control was so poor I replaced it with a glockenklang

Cool? It can be b*** freezing!

If the passive circuit doesn't work without a battery, it is, by default, not passive!

Any bass with a locking bass socket is likely to be changed. Although I use wireless most of the time, if I am using a cable and someone trips over it, something on the cable has to give, or the bass gets dragged across the floor. The other option is the plug comes off the cable or the socket comes out the bass. Or the socket comes out of the amp, which is harder to quickly fix! other than that, the normal. 24 frets active 5 string battery compartment luminay side dots (if not leds)

You think if they hadn't stopped you playing, it would be easier to keep everyone inside!

I assume that the preamp - the Spectradrive Bass Preamp & Drive Pedal does

If I was going to actually spend real money on it, it would have to be one of the others, 1306 / 1406 etc, I am not as keen on the plain mahogany but first I need to see if I could live with a 6, so cheap is the way to go!

Still haven't bought into the 6 string world yet. Had the GVR36 for a while, but the neck was just too wide for me, even though the string spacing at the bridge was glorious. Considering I have a SR705, 1000, 1605 and 5005 (and previously had a 505, 805 etc) it would be logical to get some kind of SR. Maybe I just need to pick up a cheap 506 and see if I can get used to it!

I am surprised they get a chance for much else! I am also surprised that Poland is so low.

Well, if you wanted to join a metal band, this would show you what country you needed to go to (hint, its Finland) America is 72 for balance. I am guessing more around the edges. https://jakubmarian.com/number-of-metal-bands-per-capita-in-europe/

Yep, have one, I don't use it much because I don't do much fretless but it is a nice bass

That would be your rock, pop AND country sorted in one go!

I have friends in Canada that are still gigging most weekends. Don't know who their audience is, I never asked. I presume that it is all Brian Adams and Shania Twain covers?