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Dennis Bovell, Raindrops

Out to the resolution crew:

It is along the lines of Harley vs Suzuki motorbikes, each good in their own way but quite different - 'best' depends what you are after. If you want the Fender style I'd consider the competition more between options like Fender vs G&L & Lakland & Sandberg. If modern style then Basses like Ibanez vs Dingwall & Strandberg & MTD.

TENPIN v. To place digits simultaneously in the tea towel holder and the fish mitten. From the grip used in ten pin bowling. To spock.

What are your best music purchase of 2022? For me it has been an MPC One. It's almost too good as it has seriously dented my Bass practice time.

Ah yeah, for sure, there are lots of other options (35 bridges over the Thames within London aparrently, and the blackwall tunnel) but drivers will have to avoid Hammersmith bridge for another few years while politicians faff about arguing who should pay to fix it (partly down to different boroughs either side of the river, TFL/London mayor, and national government all trying to shift the cost). The 4 road bridges closed and area of roads around Whitehall and South Bank for NYE shouldn't be much of an issue for drivers unless they need to be within that quite specific firework viewing street party area of London (and there aren't many live music venues around those bits, it's mostly government buildings and offices and tourist restaurants).

Another one on Jahtari:

It does put some people out, but means 10's of thousands of people can have a street party once a year. The area closed isn't all of Zone 1, just the bit around the Thames where the fireworks happen. Is the venue actually within the closed Zone? If not, there are ways around it. https://www.london.gov.uk/events/london-new-years-eve-2022/business-and-residents-information-london-new-years-eve-2022

Jahtari is a decent label for digital stuff:

Lion D is worth a listen:

If Santa is paying, I'll go for this:

Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to traffic since 2019 as no one can agree on who should pay to fix it.

I expect there are nearly as many opinions as there are chorus pedals. I once bought about 6 new fuzz pedals at the same time so I could properly test them side by side with my setup, I knew I'd return 5 of them for refunds - which I did with no dramas (most shops make you pay for the return post now though, often it used to be free). Online orders might be killing the high street but it does have consumer benefits. So if your overdraft or credit card can handle it and you're up for the faff then that's what I'd do.

You've probably tried it, but the EHX Bass clone is about as good as it gets for that Nivarna 'Come as you are' (EHX Small Clone) sound while also having some good Bass specific features, I find the X-over is always useful in a bass chorus. Relatively cheap too. Or, to not answer the question: I think chorus (and other modulation and delays) are one of the few effects that can sound just as good (or better) as digital rather than analogue. Source Audio Gemini is very good and can edit to make just about any chorus sound and also can do other modulation sounds like phaser and flanger. Or, I like the Boss CEB-3 for a subtle chorus, they used to be analogue and then went digital and as far as I have read from owners of both the digital sounds better.

I'm sure they were just laughing at the alternate lyrics rather than the tune or playing skill though!

Taking a headphone amp to shops is worth doing to not be 'on show' and to give a better impression of how they sound rather than how the amp in the shop sounds.

^^ Ah yeah, it seems people have done the start and end of chain thing. And some comments from people that positively compare it to pedals it emulates. I think I'll get one once I have the spare cash.

It isn't clear that it is actually possible to do the suggestion of: input 1 > compress (or EQ)> output 1 > rest of pedal chain > input 2 > compress (or limit, or EQ) > output 2 > DI/amp. Perhaps it is possible, it isn't mentioned in the user guide though. The 2x inputs and 2x outputs seem to mainly be there for stereo inputs and outputs, or instrument input and data connection input. ....but it looks like the pedal can be used for its 8 band graphic EQ and 3 band paramertric, they can be set pre/post compression and the knobs (and alt controls) can be assigned on a preset (rather than global) basis. I'm not sure how well this would work in practice but in theory you could have your default compression but in a preset where the knobs also turn it into an EQ pedal - perhaps with the knobs being for Bass (and alt for freq), Mid (alt for freq), Treble (alt for freq), and Gain. I haven't bought an Atlas yet as have been raising £ selling pedals rather than buying them, but clearly I have GAS if I'm spending time looking through the user guide and giving it this much thought! I'd like to hear more from people that have tried the Atlas side-by-side against compressors it is emulating though, as that is kind of the whole point of it. I mean, Zoom and Helix digitally emulate compressors, but they aren't as good as the ones they emulate so I wouldn't buy them as a stand-alone compressor if that is all they did and cost a similar price to what they emulate. https://www.compressorpedalreviews.com/post/source-audio-atlas-compressor-review says "In a side-by-side comparison to the actual devices the Atlas is intending to mimic I suppose there is nothing like using the real deal. Thats OK. You an get close to the originals though. Close enough for you? Only you can decide." ....which isn't the most helpul expert review of a compressor pedal that emulates other compressors! Is the “Cubic Zirconia” setting as good as a Diamond? Is “Optical Rack” as good as an Effectrode? Is “Studio 76” as good as a Cali 76? If not, then what is the difference - how much worse does it sound?

JMB has worked for me before. I think it would be better if you could seperate 'wanted' and 'available' and to search by instrument. Perhaps a form to fill in when writing an advert would be useful so people are encouraged to include useful information that is often missed off (practice frequency/location is important and is often not included).

Need to look out for eBay on this, I 'sold' a motorbike to someone that then dropped out of the sale and didn't pay. eBay still insisted on their % which was quite a lot and all I got were automated messages from them everytime I tried to explain. Then they started with threatening messages to pay up and my responses still went un-answered so I just closed the eBay account and ignored them. About 3 years Iater I got a letter from some bailifs saying their goons will be around if I don't pay up, so I pu$$ied out and paid up rather than putting any more thought or effort into it. Also, on the 'collection only' thing, I had a Gumtree add that stated that and someone messaged asking me to take the item to a train station to meet for the sale, I said no 'collection only' (i.e. at my house) and he insisted that he would be 'collecting' from me - but at a station at a time he was suggesting. So I suppose for some people you need to spell out 'collection from my house only - at a mutually agreed time'!