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Al Krow

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  1. Al Krow
    What a great story - thanks for sharing! And definitely not too shabby for a bass that cost less than £300 new!
  2. Al Krow
    Haha - what did I tell ya?!
  3. Al Krow
    Yeah - that's gotta be the single big concern here for any of us regarding necks. And it's not like Lakland are a budget brand. I had the same issue a few years back on a Fender J 5 string. I know you're also a Yammy player - have the necks on the ones you have had been laminated or single piece, and I'm guessing whichever one, you've not had an issue as you've not mentioned?
  4. Al Krow
    Enjoyed those QM - thanks for sharing. My fav was Hub 11.
  5. Al Krow
    Great little pedal on for a very good price and I doubt it will be hanging about here for long. I've had 3 of these over the years and I must admit I'm really tempted to get this one for old times' sake, particularly for some of the effects not currently available on the current Zoom range! But I must resist... 😊
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    If you're finding your current board is requiring you to play tetris to squeeze everything on, rather than being able to easily access and order your pedals, then the PT 2 could be just the ticket for you. Following a significant downsizing of the number of my pedals over the past couple of months, my PT2 is currently sitting unused in storage. The board itself is in very good condition - it had some holes drilled for an underboard PSU by the previous owner and I've left velcro on the top and a few gubbins on the bottom e.g. some angled wedges for easy underboard loading of my MXR PSU to access all the inputs and PSU lead and wire clips - but these can all be removed if you don't need. The Mono M80 Tour 2.0 case, on the other hand, is basically new. It provides a fantastic compromise between protection and weight. The best price of one of these new online I can find is £149 and for the board, by itself, I think would be around £80 new. So given their respective conditions - I've knocked 20% off for the mint Mono case and 40% off the board i.e.: £120 for the M80 Mono case £45 for the PT2 board Add £10 for P&P or I'd happy to meet half way within a reasonable distance of Bow E3
  7. Al Krow
    Sadly can't open your pic - but please feel free to PM me to avoid derailing Jamie's thread!
  8. Al Krow
    Lovely bass - and first time I've come across a sub 10lb Overwater 5er. I'll need to have a look into these hybrid basses! @threeis yours a PJ or a straight P?
  9. Al Krow
    Hey - don't do yourself down. A bass player who can hold down a decent groove while leading on the vocals is worth his or her weight in something or other. There aren't a vast number of us who can do both! FWIW, the guitarist in question is one of the most talented young men I've had the privilege to work with. Both me and the drummer in that clip, who is still in the current line up 5 years down the line, still remember him with a lot of fondness.
  10. Al Krow
    But you've got a decent haircut right? That does seem to have been established as being de rigeur for any musician, according to this thread anyway!
  11. Al Krow
    But not best vocalist, nor the best looking (obviously with the best haircut) or most able to compete with your pet dog?
  12. Al Krow
    Really pleased you managed to get it sorted and that you're loving the bass! Clearly you were unlucky to be in 2.5% to 5% failure rate that someone else on another thread mentioned was an electronics industry accepted rate of failure. But that figure may be hearsay, so don't necessarily take it as gospel! Btw you could probably entirely eliminate the volume drop on switching pups, in your case by either slightly lowering the P pup height or slightly raising the J pup height - but I'm sure you're very familiar with doing that already.
  13. Al Krow
    Nah - ok that's fair enough. I guess I've just been very fortunate not to have had any bits of gear blow up over the past 7 years during a gig, which is colouring my view of life. But tbf, I've mostly had a simpler set up for much of that time i.e. bass-->amp & cab, job done! And 7 years is not nearly as long as the ancient Egyptian empire has been around for. Btw - out of interest how many of your blow ups / kit failures have occurred in the past 10 years? I'm kinda hoping gear reliability and QC may have improved since the 80's.
  14. Al Krow
    Very nice indeed & I'm well jealous! 😁
  15. Al Krow

    Zoom MS60-B

    Al Krow replied to Si600's topic in Effects

    Be really interested to get your feedback Stew on a side by side comparison. @andruca - boxy mids are never nice and can vary depending on the instrument, venue and rig. My approach has always been to avoid them entirely rather than emphasise them - am I missing something?
  16. Al Krow
    Yup. My 1025 is 4.4kg / 9.7 lbs and the P35 was 4.6kg / 10.1 lbs, not a massive difference I know, but over a 2 hour gig the 1025 edged it in terms of comfort for me. But if you can comfortably manage a TRB 5Pii, then everything else will seem like helium 😁 And bear in mind also the P34 will be a little lighter than the P35.
  17. Al Krow
    Sold.
  18. Al Krow
    Still not quite following your logic. As you pointed out: "I've read somewhere that the electronics industry accepts a failure rate of between 2.5 and 5% of electronic products, so anywhere between 1 in 20 and 1 in 40. I guess it was my turn with my first Stomp. But considering the numbers of units sold, there still seem to be very few reports of failures so I don't think it's as perhaps a big an issue... " Based on this you would be mega unlucky to have a second Stomp fail on you, and some of your "back-up" options e.g. DG AO Ultra, EBS Microbass 2 and the GK Plex are definitely not cheap bits of gear, given that your Stomp is already delivering everything you need? But, hey, if it's just a case of wanting to try out another bit of quality gear, well fair enough. It's not like many of us make do with just one bass...
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    Portamento arrived I take it?! You liking it so far? Hopefully it will provide you with a distraction from further viewing of the OP 2015 Retros clip 😁
  21. Al Krow
    @ubit et al, please take note. Short back and sides is fine if you're a mod, but not if you're a rocker.
  22. Al Krow
    Nice rig! What's the amp. I'm not surprised you're loving the BB1025 - mine has outlasted two 425s, a 735A and even a P35! The P35 was definitely a slightly nicer, more refined, bass, but my particular one was unfortunately just a little too heavy for me and also a little too heavy for both the original owner and the person I sold it on to! But all three of us loved the tone and quality.
  23. Al Krow
    Wow! What a stunning example of a BB3000A - have you owned it for quite a while / do you know its back story?
  24. Al Krow
    ...or your Ibby Portamento. I know, I know...we all have more gear than we ever make good use of! Which is why I've had a mega pedal cull this year and my most recently bought bass has been in my herd for over 12 months. But it doesn't stop us window shopping does it? 😁 And based on what I've seen of it so far, I'm definitely leaning towards trading in my Helix HFX for the Core at some point in the next few months.
  25. Al Krow

    Zoom MS60-B

    Al Krow replied to Si600's topic in Effects

    @andruca - thank you, both the above posts look really useful / helpful and I look forward to having a careful listen later, although I appreciate it's sometimes hard to hear things on a recorded clip in the way that you can with the amp & cab next to you. Do your clips above A/B the B1(X)-4 with your MS-60B / B3? A direct side by side comparison of the same clean signal e.g. via a looper might be the easiest way to bring out the difference.
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