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It makes sense. Also most SLF fans are in the danger age group! 🤣

To be fair, tonight's session was better... Last night I was really frustrated. I did find that dialing almost everything back was the way to go with almost any effect, particularly the reverbs. I think the big struggle at the minute is the slightly dirty core tone. The Sansamp model is annoying me compared to the tone I usually have. I can't get it anywhere near as transparent as I would like and on sustained higher notes the effect kind of rolls off before the note ends.

I'm a manual type too... I don't think it had prepared me for the complexity. Oddly the B3 for example was blinding obvious to me.

Damn, I was hoping it was just how it worked! 🤣

I'm not seeing SLF and Neville Staples a week on Saturday. I expect it won't be awesome. After that I'm probably not seeing Nick Cave in May. I expect that to be not awesome either.

Is it normal to hate your Helix when you first get it?🤔

Bought a Helix LT from Paul. A really easy, friendly deal, great communication throughout. A gent to deal with.

Both of mine hiss a bit. I'd always just assumed it was just the price you paid for the squishing.

The Keeley is beautiful. I've been doing a lot of recording recently so have ramped up pedals for sounds I'm after. I've been using it for both guitar and bass, and the way the choral reverb works on bass is gorgeous. It's really easy to dial in too, both from the delay and reverb side. I have a Helix incoming this week and I really hope I can replicate the sounds on that, or it will have to stay.

As above, if you intend to play fully acoustic with other instruments (except maybe a Kazoo), forget it. Amplified though... My acoustic wears D'Addario black nylon tapewounds, and I love both the sound and feel. They seem to improve with age too.

Screw the plague... Got recording to do! ... Probably no vocals today though. 🤣

I upgraded from AI to Elements and all my older projects loaded exactly the same into the updated version.

And on mine!

Totally not fair to start a competition you've already won!🤣 Saw this today, completely ridiculous, but I'd play it... I bet Dusty Hill would too!

I finished The Ballad of Fat Labrador on the Tube this morning, and I'm genuinely sad it's over. I had this after reading the first instalment too. You really have a way with characters, and I'm going to miss them on my morning commute.

There are pics of the back on Bassics FB page... Looks to be ported through the case too.

I'm really glad I couldn't get to this. Based on Facebook I get the distinct feeling that had I gone I'd have ended up sticking a deposit down for that beautiful little Bassics 2x10 flightcase wrapped combo.

I'm doing slow Sunday cooking while having a beer in a bright kitchen with blue skies outside.... and in this scenario, if there was an album of tunes like this I would have downloaded it already.

I like that. I can kinda imagine Ian Duty singing over it. A really chilled vibe.

I like both of those a lot. The bass tone is lovely on the second. I assume it's pretty much the same on both, but it's left exposed more on the second tune and really stands out. Like the crunch to the guitar too.

I bought an Octabvre from Paul. The whole thing couldn't have been quicker, easier or friendlier. Many thanks!

I had nothing but dark for the 1st 25 years... But I could never stand fret markers. Then the Elwood came along... Then I had a naked maple board on the Jake.... I can't imagine going back.

I had a Redwitch Factotum from Mark. Dead easy, quick transaction, with excellent friendly communication. Many thanks!

I'm after a similar thing, and have chopped and changed as I've refined. I use the bass fly fig with the Sansamp section always on with a bit of grit, then the boost set to pre, which gives it a little more grunt when any rhythm guitar drops out. Tiny bit of compression in front. For slower picking passages I'll put a little bit of chorus on if I'm further up the neck. Other than the BFR I have some song specific stuff, octave, reverb and delay. I find the octave useful for playing passages an octave higher than I would, and having it doubled underneath. It fattens things nicely and sounds cool on top of the dirty core tone..