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I'd be happy to chip in a higher fee for the day, and bring some veggie munchies. My catering skills are superb, witness the DoI Page 4,000 Walnut Cake.

The end of an era. Was so glad it was there after the Midlands hiatus. At leadt Midlands is back this year. Many thanks and best wishes to Mike and the Scrumpettes and everyone who helped make the SW bashes legendary.

Congratulations! Looks good. How does it sound?

Been done.

I hope you did some Free, what with having Paul Kossoff guesting.

I can still see a bit of tape though.

5-8 in Barry (actually sneaked out 15 minutes early) with Fractured Persona then drive to Newport and 8:30-11 with Bluesfire. Back via McDs for a MacPlant and home after 12. Remind me... I do this for pleasure, right?

Yes, but compatible with charger for 9V nimhs.

My big black cat was called Pushkin.

But a very popular one... Apparently 2dB is seen as standard for phones etc.

To me vintage tone is characterised by lower impedance windings and modest strength magnets giving a lower output with more middle and top end without being harsh. This gives a richer sound but you need to crank the gain more.

I suspect a well designed tv has one volume step = 3dB.

It sounds like complete open circuit to me. I suppose I could put a micrometer on the plug...

I think they key thing with psychedelics is that, broadly speaking, people's experiences with them inspired their creativity. That didn't mean they were tripping when they were recording (with some notable exceptions). Me, I follow the one beer rule now, which also means I've pretty much metabolised it by the end of the gig and certainly by the time we're packed up.

Don't let a three year old daugher choose a name. I did and our shorthaired cat went by the name of 'Fluffy' for 22 years.

A 500W version of the Joyo BantAmp BadASS.

I prefer to set my volume to a prime number.

Latest Status plastic basses 😉

I guess light string on top works best with a pick? Other way round for fingersyle? Or aren't they very good with fingers?

Another idea for rechargables... put an inductor in the +ve lead with two capacitors of different construction to ground either side. Choose extra low leakage types (avoid electrolytics) to avoid draining the battery. A polypropylene and a ceramic type would be good. Values are not critical and can be quite small as you are looking to filter high frequency noise not mains hum. As long as they are good for 20V or so you should be fine I used this calculator and it says caps about 2.2uF and a 10uH inductor should cut noise above 1.5kHz. https://resources.altium.com/p/pi-filter-circuit-design-formulas-and-calculator I'd get a 10uH inductor and experiment with different capacitors either side of it, just avoid electrolytics. They don't need to be exactly the same value.

Why not fit the charge socket but use an Nimh 9V cell? Low noise only issue is needing a dedicated charger.

Yep should be a good fit. They will give a modest output level and a rich vintage sound.

"Dear Deirdre, I think my husband is building a loudspeaker behind my back."

Just curious how it's all fitted in the space available. I can only find pictures of bridges for 8 evenly spaced strings.

It's normal for solid state/hybrid amps, but if you are relying on overdriving the output stage of a valve amp it's different.