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I thought they just played music, regardless of the decade. (Some of their fashion sense and hairdos were always a bit dodgey though.)

Well, playing two pickupoos with different frequency responses through different amps and via fx loops just might do the trick. (ie. Rick-O-Sound.)

I went too; watched from a company box which was miles away from the stage. There was food & drink though.

I'm not sure having a whole rail live would be good for two reasons: i. safety, ii. picking up interference. (Those Seymour Duncan surrounds are interesting to know about.)

“They” 🙂

The courier should refuse to deal with you; they are the shop's agent, not yours. It is well-known that couriers may "sign" for recipients and often leave signed-for items unattended. The Consumer Rights Act details your (ahem...) rights. Also, if you paid by credit card then that gives you further rights.

Was it me saying "I really don't think the drummer's gender is at all relevant" that made you think what I meant was that I "don't feel the drummers gender is relevant"? Regarding evidence/facts, what evidence/facts do you have that it was a factor, that they deliberately chose a woman so that any criticisms could be dismissed as mysogyny, and that they've prepared a narrative for that? That contrivance is baloney and insinuating reverse-mysogyny. As for forbidding anything - I'm not a mod.

Folks: I really don't think the drummer's gender is at all relevant; there's no need for this indignant reverse mysoginy baloney.

A small mixer or an OBNE Signal Blender pedal would do the job. l had two issues with my OBNE: i. it is quite a tall pedal, ii. leaving an unattached lead in one of the inputs really upsets it.

They wrote a sing about that.

Hmmm - not sure about this, but it might grow on me. Neil Peart was the perfect drummer for Rush, who were the perfect band for his playing; I don’t care whether he was the best in the world or not: that’s a complete irrelevance. Effectively they’re doing a tribute to Rush, which is pretty much what they said. It could well be fun! Alex Lifeson is looking old and I thought he had arthritis, so we’ll see how that goes. But anyway, blah blah blah…

Yep - I repeatedly see people trying to sell replicas for "what it owes them", but that doesn't equate to what it's worth. It doesn't matter if it's subjectively "better than a real one", because it's not actually a real one. If you buy used, then it's likely to be a zero-cost item if/when you decide to move it on.

It's a no from me.

(NB. Watts are "W".)

I'd give more creedence to one which had its original brand. You could go with Aria, based on your info, but the identical bass could have left the factory with one of several other brands and we'll (sorry - royal "we" sounds pompus!) never know. The Rickenbastard is an option for Lemmy fans. Or you could choose one with anything you like on it! I've had a couple with TRCs by GIG.INK...

Yep - I put one on a 2010 4003 and couldn't get it low enough, so I reverted to the original V1.

500W is a bigger number than 300, that’s a fact. However, it’s only about 10% louder, through the same cab (assuming it can handle the power), as volume is logarithmic. So lots more power isn’t the whole story. But, as you say, the efficiency of the cab (and how many) are significant and it doesn’t matter anyway if your ears are already bleeding.

I can see that’s a faker from the one photo, without taking the TRC off. The faker truss-rods had different adjusters, so having two wasn’t necessarily the tell anyway.

Sorry for persisting, but Aria was one of several brands produced at the Matsumoku factory and without the original, sellers often choose the most advantageous brand to go with when offering on the item without specific bonafides. It’s especially prevalent with Grecos.

Is a single truss-rod relevant?

On the one hand you could get an Aria replica one made, but on the other how do you know it was an Aria?

I'd keep the original Greco TRC on it; it's more authentic that way. Anybody who knows Rics will spot it's a faker and anybody who doesn't won't know or care about the brand anyway.

If you plug a mono jack into the Rick-O-Sound socket you should only get the Treble pickup, as it's the Tip connection of the TRS. For diagnostics you can pull it part-way out to get the Bass pickup, which is on the Ring connector. And, of course (for all bar one guitar model), you only plug into one at a time: the Normal (mono) socket has a switch which connects the Bass pickup to the Tip too, so you may get no sound at all if you try to use both outputs at the same time.

They may be simple (high-level) designs, but that can be a good thing. And, of course, the selection/matching/tolerance of the components forms part of the specification/design of the amp. So, apparently similar designs can differ in sound quite markedly. The "power" thing is interesting and perhaps subjective, and may not be definitive in terms of perceived volume/loudness... There's a saying that 10x the power = 2x the volume (all other aspects being the same); given that Trace Elliot amps are available in 500W (or more) and I've yet to see a 5kW power amp or bass cab, I'd suggest that the "way beyond" assertion is questionable. There's also the question of how the "power" is measured: rms, peak, sustained, etc. I remember in the past someone saying you couldn't run a Hi-Fi amp at full volume because it would distort; I said that just meant its spec was wrong and demonstrated my 15Wpc amp cranked up with no discernable degradation of sound. In the real world, the last time I went out I took my Trace Elliot 300W amp and it sounded bloody good; I don't think I had the vol above 1/4. I do have a couple of preamps (Ampreg & SWR) and a Class-D power amp in a 19" case, and keep meaning to give them a go. However, I've also recently picked up an EBS Reidmar 250W and that's probably next on the list.

Wow - a whole month!