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My full written review in Bass Gear Magazine with EXCLUSIVE access to the Boss Katana designers first! https://www.bassgearmag.com/boss-katana-500-bass-head-and-1x12-katana-bass-cabinet/

Spreading the bassy love to my fellow ‘chatters! 😊

Sorry it took so long, but my video review has gone live: https://www.bassgearmag.com/boss-katana-500-bass-head-and-1x12-katana-bass-cabinet/

@kevin_lindsay @three @Acebassmusic @MichaelDean @Leonard Smalls @sPiKi @12stringbassist @asingardenof @neepheid and @everyone! And, of course if you sign up for D’Addario Player’s Circle, you can earn points off of every purchase (so that’s two sets of points if you bought a double pack!) Oh and sign up asap and you can have 50 points on me each to get started! https://bit.ly/3iQMRam (This is an official D’Addario link!) (I’ve got loads of stuff from the circle over the years, including a free t-shirt recently!

Apologies! I was supposed to get this one posted here. Sorry it took so long!! https://www.bassgearmag.com/becos-compiq-stella-pro-mk2-compressor-pedal/

I've managed to send a cold shiver down my own spine as I recall in a moment of madness sharing my health woes with the world. On reflection, I don't think anyone really wanted to know that I am suffering from an incurable disease of the gut. I think I want one of these amplifers as well now just to celebrate the misery! #TreadRailRoaded 🤪

Wow! I've managed to find an old scan of some pictures that I had of that very rig - though it looks like a speaker was changed at some point. I'm still wondering where that P bass ended up. I last heard it was in a studio in Suffolk somewhere, but it must be a studio that no one goes to as nobody seems to have seen it! Pictured: Marshall IBS 200W head, the cabinet I think was a Traynor 2x15" and the Precision is a 70's ash body with a 80's '62 AVRI (USA) neck w/ reverse kluson tuners and Dimarzio split coil. Heavy as, but sounded like thunder.

Awww very lucky!! I had the head version and ran it in to a 2x15" cabinet (Loaded with Celestion speakers). It was my first "proper" gigging rig and I always had compliments on my tone! It made a good noise! I'm definitely feeling nostalgic for the Marshalls right now!

Fender did actually do a Player short run CAR with a maple neck a couple of years ago. I nearly bought one but my car decided it would put pay to that plan.

I remember this review! Thank you so much for sharing it. Some reviews easily stand out in my memory and I have to say that this bass sounded SO good in the studio! The Dingwall and Bergantino combination is a match made in heaven (indeed Sheldon's own test rig is a Bergy too!) - and of course Sheldon's basses are effortless to play! I'm trying to keep an updated playlist of all of my video reviews on YouTube and have managed to locate over 300, but there are still plenty missing. Here's the link to save to my playlist.

Lewitt make a great vical MIc with feedback rejection. There's another that I can't remember the name of too that I want to suggest.

"He'd rather not play than compromise his playing or equipment choice" red flag. I've been in the fortunate position to play with some pretty amazing top-tier drummers as I am sure many BassChatters have. Some of the best have not necesarily been the ones who know their way round the kit, but know their way around the environment. They listen and react as part of the group and do what is necessary to sound the best. For the sound, the band and the song. Adding to the suggestions (other than simply learning how to control ones dynamics which is half their battle it seems) a friend of mine had a kit set up especially for pub and small venue gigs. It was a 'recording' kit versus what could be termed as a 'live' kit. It sounded absolutely amazing, but did not even remotely sound as loud as his live alternative. The bell brass snare stayed at home, that's for sure! The cymbals (Bosphorous) too had a richer more lush sound versus those designed to be leathered (you know those Paiste ones from the 90's lol) and his choice of skins cut down on excessive ring and transients in favour of colour and tone. Interestingly, it meant that we ended up hearing more 'textured' playing from the kit even though we both grew up a pair of metal heads. Think more Gavin Harrison .. In my current band, our on stage volume is such that we can talk loudly and still communicate mid-song. My drummer has a wonderful sense of self-control and knows how to deliver song dynamics that add to the experience. We then leave a really nice PA to do the heavy lifting.

There’s a Facebook group for WISE and it doesn’t make for good reading! And stealing money is an instant strike for me. 😂 Generally speaking, considering the amount of gear I’ve shipped over the years (hundreds of pieces) there have only been a few disasters.. including the issues with my beloved vintage P bass going missing at an infamous London courier depot. We did get the company CEO and his “major complaints” team involved though. Not sure if working for major bass magazines helped persuade them to dig deep for me!

Needless to say, I immediately closed my account without them.

WISE should be avoided. They authorised a payment to an obviously scam account without my knowledge. I wasn’t hacked, nor was my account compromised. I did eventually get a refund, but no apology or recompense for the hassle my end.

On the bass that I play the least, the strings arent even a year old. My job basses have strings that aren't even a week old and one will be ready to change in the next few gigs. Strings on those basses would be incredibly lucky to remain on for as long as a month when I am gigging them (lots).

@everyone I think I have fixed the problem! If you click on 'Accounts'that takes you to your account online, there is a menu for Manage Apps under Security and Privacy. I had a few apps connected to my Spotify account. I knew what the all were. I have deleted all of them and I have subsequently been able (so far) to remove everything by this unknown account. One application happened to be Universal Music.. so it seems they can add tracks to your profile and have access to your playlists. I'm still tempted to ditch Spotify altogether.

I've tried to block the ForYou account and deleted all of their tracks over and over, but they all keep coming back straight away.

Oh wow, that's interesting! So, Spotify is auto-populating people's playlists? Thats sneaky!

I'm thinking about deleting this playlust as I have just noticed (finally) that it has been utterly overrun with thousands (over 10,000 actually) of tracks that are not even remotely relevant to the point of the playlist. "ForYou" account has added the tracks making it nigh on impossible to randomise what we started with. Cheers for that...

Phil Mann's signature valve DI, "Finally" from Sushi Box might do the trick:- https://www.sushiboxfx.com/product/finally/