Steve Browning

All 3 basses are plugged in and the output goes to the amp on the passive input. That way, if I pick up the active without selecting the right channel (the switcher has LED indicators) there is no noise. As I said, I needed something absolutely foolproof! The 3rd input is my spare passive bass (I only use the active (which is a fretless) on 3 songs of which we usually only do 2) so the spare is a fretted and is there because I have an obsession with having a spare. The pedalboard sits in front of my basses so I can change basses and do the switch without having to go near the amp too. Makes the change quicker, in case the guitarist doesn't introduce the song!!

That's exactly what I used to do until I forgot once and the active drowned everyone else out!! I thought I'd better find a foolproof remedy!!

That's a fair point. There was little continuity in that respect. Each programme seemed to have a different focus.

To be fair, the bass one was about bass, as in the frequency, and its use in post classical music. That made the parts about the upright, doo wop and synth relevant. As for the rest, hard to cram everything into a single hour. I actually liked (what I perceived as) TMs enthusiasm. Pretty cool to think 'I must buy a bass' and go out and buy a '63 Precision (albeit the equivalent of a 2007 one now). As for her moves, during the intro Glenn Hughes does the same thing!! Not for long but a good excuse to post this!

I should add that the Lehle routes to two outputs. Hit button once and it goes to o/p 1, twice to o/p 2 (the tuner pedal) in my set up.

This is my solution. A Lehle switcher that has level controls on 2 of the channels. The silent jacks are in view for the purposes of the picture, it's not how it's used normally.

What will you be running it through? Hopefully your speaker set up will do it justice.

SAHB. one of the best bands of all time. Zal Cleminson, especially, is criminally under-rated. Bizarrely, I attended an end of tour party for Rory Gallagher in 1978 or thereabouts and was doing the hokey cokey with Rory, Gerry MacAvoy and Ted McKenna at some point in the evening. The specifics are rather lost on me (as you might imagine) but it was a great evening. The tour had ended with a gig at the Marquee in Wardour Street.

What if was spearmint? 🙂

Also the middle of Music by John Miles.

I was going to suggest using the monitors as side fills rather than at your feet. Routing the cables round the back is also a very good plan.

Technically yes (and that'll do me).

Congratulations. Which which company?

A US band called It's A Beautiful Day. At the risk of bursting the bubble I'm going to leave it there.

Biggest ever gig for me was playing in a band headlining at the Isle of Wight festival.

Just picked up Spencer's M-pulse 600. Very convivial chap and interesting to chat with. Amp was in excellent condition and clearly well looked after. Highly recommended basschatter.

Ah Whitstable. The Browning family forebears were oyster dredgers there - and a fair few are still around I understand.

Have to say I wanted to gaffa tape his arms to his sides after a while. Rather a demonstrative chap - clearly never a bass player.

Good man. My band is on the Blues In Britain stage (at Jaks Nightclub) at just after midnight on Friday.

I was going back a fair bit here. I think before Joshua Tree.

Our favourite bass player (Adam Clayton) used 4 PA cabs as his backline for quite a long time I remember.

Love the way the guy puts everything into this.