Paul S

Rival Sons supporting Black Sabbath on The End tour at the O2 3 years ago. I'd seen BS a couple of years earlier at Hyde PArk and they were totally on the money but not this time, turning in a pretty pedestrian performance. Rival Sons by contrast were full of energy and enthusiasm - everything you could want from a rock band.

As an aside, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz passed by 'relatively' unnoticed a few days ago. Gutter press were more concerned over the machinations of an insignificant couple who quit their jobs. According to whichever statistics you care to choose somewhere between 20 and 60 percent of millennials in the USA haven't heard of Auschwitz or what it represents. How can this be? Current and future generations need to be reminded of this - as despicable an act as has taken place in terms of Man's inhumanity to his brother Man.

I'd have to agree. I have a ceiling price in my mind for a faker and it is well short of £500. Let's see what pops up - after all it is only to satisfy curiosity on my part. 'Curiosity' is my new replacement word for 'GAS' in this new shiny independent UK. There are implied negative connotations of weakness and submission with GAS whereas curiosity is such a positive thing, so full of optimism. 🤨

Wow! Stupidly cheap. I absolutely adore mine. So easy to play and light as a feather. I've even got used to the bridge!

I've mostly seen Rics bottom out at around £1500 so two thirds of that is better.

How much would you expect to pay for one of these Chushin models? I think one of these would probably represent my best inexpensive introduction to Rics.

I've just bought 2 x pa units from Thomann - B stock, each £200-odd cheaper than new. Clearly neither have been used as they were in the original sealed packaging. What I saved on them was the equivalent of a free mixing desk.

If it was the preamp valve surely it wouldn't have stopped farting when you took the head off the cab? I had a similarly perplexing farting noise from my old Trace Elliot/Barefaced rig and it ended up being the handle of the head rack case vibrating.

Bought a nice strap from Si, perfect transaction. Er, that's it! 😀

Taking this to heart I've just spent £2K at Thomann on a new pa for my rock trio Upgrading the vintage Carlsboro....

How annoying! he was obviously a shoe-in, you were plan B. Wish them all the best and move on.

Sounds about right Baz. I have to dial off the lows a bit through my BF Two10 so, yes, plenty of bottom I make sure I have my compressor turned off as it adds too much fatnesss with both but otherwise it sits my needs nicely. I was using a Behringer BDI and this is a couple of steps up from that. I read someone this is a knockoff Sansamp?

I ought one of these on here and it does this very thing nicely. Seems very 'organic' and responsive to how much attack you play with.

I wonder how many were made?

Looks like she could do with a new corset - the old one looks to have shrunk. That is a lovely job, you must feel a great sense of satisfaction from such transformation. The grain is just alive now!

I moved mine to the upper bout in a 'normal' position - there is plenty of wood for the screw to bite into. I carried out some exhaustive tests first, of course, to make sure. I knocked it to see if it sounded hollow and screwed it to a bit that didn't 🤨

Michael answered my plea for a set of strings which arrived next day with a free badge, too! Cannot ask for more

The Hohner 5 string clan have pretty tight string spacing, which might not necessarily be a deal breaker but worth a pause for thought. Another contender I had completely forgotten about until just now - I had a Fender MB-5 for a short while. 7lbs, real live MIJ Fender that can be bought second hand for £300 - £350 because they were never popular. Passive Jazz in tone but different shape.

I'm in a similar position with my blues/rock band - could do with an upgrade. These columns are interesting - not encountered one for a full band before. Daft question but I guess you have a seperate desk to mix all the inputs and output that through this?

Would one of these work? https://www.completecareshop.co.uk/household-aids/general-aids/shopping-bag-holder-grip-view-large

Is that the one you are going to sell to me? Bit of a tight string spacing, mind.

And the video. You forgot to mention the video. There, that's me outed as a shallow chauvinist.

Totally. Any system is only as good as the laziest participant. My blues trio use Whatsapp for general chat and Timetree for an online diary, which works because there are only three of us. The Jovi band discuss things via Whatsapp then Doodle for nailing down dates. Google got too complicated as everyone is in multiple bands and we aren't too busy anyway so pumping out the odd Doodle isn't a chore.

Indeed. As per my signature I play in a Bon Jovi tribute and I probably enjoy playing this one more than any of the others. MASSIVE wave of emotion comes back from the crowd as soon as you hit the notes. Hugh McDonald was/is a damned fine bass player, as it goes, and wrote most f the basslines for the songs.