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  1. scrumpymike
    I'm a massive fan of Aguilar pickups, especially the '70s JJs that were OE on my Vox Starstream Artist.
  2. scrumpymike
    These are great amps, GLWTS.
  3. scrumpymike
    PM sent.
  4. scrumpymike started following Gallien Krueger Fusion 550 hybrid amp - now £535 (pending) , FS: Two Short‑Scale Beauties — Fender Mustang Vintera II 70's Competiton £700 & Gretsch Electromatic G2220 Jet II £175 , Ampeg SVT-7PRO £450 and 1 other
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    Not quite yet but close enough for me to confirm that this year's Bash is definitely a goer 🙂 If more pre-payments don't come through as we get closer to the 'cancel with full refund' deadline for paying the hall on August 11, I'll give another shout.
  6. scrumpymike
    The bass part is made more difficult by the switch from QOTSA's down-tuned version to standard tuning. This one's not for the faint-hearted mate.
  7. scrumpymike
    First gig at the Merriott Social Venue near Yeovil last night. We were pretty rusty not having gigged since before Xmas and having been forced to cancel our last 3 weekly rehearsals due to illness and floods. Singer Kat still hadn't fully recovered from whatever bug had colonised her throat but we all agreed to just turn up and give it our best shot - including several ungigged new numbers. Thankfully Kat smashed it, the crowd loved us, the venue booked us for another gig in May plus their New Year's Eve bash - and a couple booked us for their wedding! One of the new numbers was No One Knows by Queens Of The Stone Age and our percussion was enhanced by the sound of my knees knocking together as the fear of what I was about to attempt took a hold of me. Fcuk the gig money! Nailing that song was what made my night 🙂
  8. scrumpymike
    So my theory that you were faking it was wrong. I always thought you borrowed somebody else's bass gear just so you could come to The Big Fat South-West Bass Bash!!
  9. scrumpymike
    Ouch!! Glad that didn't happen to me when we played Summer Of '69 last night.
  10. scrumpymike
    And very nice it looks too!
  11. scrumpymike
    Great stuff!! That's energised me for our gig tonight 🙂
  12. scrumpymike
    Thanks mazdah and Lozz196. I tried two ABM600s and a RM800 at different times and each time I quit because I couldn't quickly and easily find the tone I was looking for. I just took the easy way and switched back to my Eden, Ampeg and Mesa amps that seemed to have tone-shaping centred around the tones in my head. This time I'm determined to find the right sounds that I'm sure are in the ABM600 somewhere. I'm doing this because a) I believe Ashdown have earned my money and b) with them I won't have the complicated and expensive experience I had recently getting a faulty American-branded head repaired.
  13. scrumpymike
    That's exactly how I feel about Ashdown. I'd always played Trace Elliot then went to Ashdown as soon as the company started. I've bought a few pre-owned heads over the years but that complexity you refer to has always driven me away. Now I'm tempted to buy a new UK ABM600 and find the time and patience to make it work for me.
  14. scrumpymike
    PM sent.
  15. scrumpymike
    Always LaBella 760FS-S for me. They're 045-105 stainless-steel flats. Not what I'd call bright but bright enough for me through my LFSys Monaco FRFR cab. Never had to change a set but then again I tend to change basses instead of strings 🙂
  16. scrumpymike
    How did you guess that a Mazzer would be my choice if I won the Lottery? No common-as-muck Ferraris here thank you!
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