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[quote name='Skezza' timestamp='1505761525' post='3374154'] can you run a guitar through this as well as a bass [/quote] Yes, and although I've not done it, you can do both at the same time using entirely independent patches on each. It's got two independent channels with a mic and instrument input on each. I bought it because I thought I would use all the functionality but as I use it exclusively in the studio, I've got multi-channel functionality anyway. I also thought that running two mics (on acoustic guitar) into this and running hardware FX before going into the desk and using plug-ins might save some processing power but I've got too many units and I realised I'm starting to complicate what was supposed to be a very simple studio set up again (bloody eBay/Basschat)! I imagine that live it would have pretty much every base/bass covered to be honest. Chris

Shameless plug but this is a good unit for bass/guitar/vox, two channels can also be run simultaneously http://basschat.co.uk/topic/312041-fs-line-6-pod-x3-pro-fxmodel-for-bassguitarvox/ Chris

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1505473162' post='3372146'] Depends how serious you are. If you really want an old-school sound which sounds great at rehearsal volumes, can handle small gigs, and is more-or-less transportable then get yourself an early 70s WEM Dominator 25 - the one with the 15" Celestion. Superb open-backed sound, 15W of valve power, looks cool as f***. They turn up quite frequently on eBay. Don't pay more than £400. [/quote] Yep, I sold mine here recently and whilst it didn't have the mojo of a B-15 it did a pretty fine impersonation; a f*****g glorious sounding amp that punched well above its weight in every respect. One of the best tones I've ever managed to produce was a late 70's Yamaha BB1200 through the WEM, total cost less than £800, tone indistinguishable from a pre-CBS Precision through a '64 B-15.

I've been buying and selling here for 15 years and 99% of the time folks are 100% reliable, but I would not do a trade deal overseas, far easier for one of you to sell their respective instrument and buy the other's

I met Paul McCartney about 30 years ago and didn't recognise him. Only realised it was the man himself after a mate pointed out how cool/disinterested I'd been in the presence of music royalty. In hindsight it seems really quite odd because he's an extraordinarily recognisable person (although I was most certainly not a fan of either the man or his music at the time, something that has changed significantly since, certainly in relation to his bass playing, musicality and songwriting). Having said this, he appeared not to recognise me either, so the disinterest was mutual

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1504875915' post='3367965'] Another solution might be for you to think about a more solid, chunky bridge than the standard Squier / Fender BBOT.... A chunkier bridge, on a thicker plate, with sufficient height adjustment may do the job? Has anyone else found a suitable bridge? [/quote] Job done

[quote name='edstraker123' timestamp='1504817363' post='3367618'] Agreed to buy bass off seller - made arrangements for collection at a service station- drove 50 minutes to pick it up got there and had received text to say he'd sold it on ebay, Texted and called and got no response so drove home. What a complete waste of a night. I didn't bid on ebay thinking I'd save him having to pay fees. A valuable lesson learnt, [/quote] That's what the feedback forum is for mate, hit him hard

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1504555478' post='3365694'] And there are no trails left to blaze..? No impact to be had, culturally..? The legends of the 1920's are gone, those of the '50s sprang up. My (our...) generation is passing (we're all just passing through...); the next legends are only just born. Give 'em a chance and they'll 'originate' as did the others, as do all legends, in their time, in their own time. Every generation mourns the loss of their own, but each generation has their own legends, I'm sure, otherwise, there'd be no shoulders to stand on, would there..? [/quote] +1

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1503608466' post='3359714'] If it works as you want, there is absolutely no reason to update any computer software. If the applications you are using don't run under the next version of the operating system then [b]DON'T UPDATE IT[/b]. I still run Logic 9 under El Capitan. Both do everything In need, and therefore I see no reason to muck about with updates to either. [/quote] This. I still run Pro Tools 8 on Snow Leopard, and neither goes anywhere near the internet, and I still have this forum to thank for that extremely useful piece of advice when I was setting up the studio in 2010. All the hardware works just fine, and I like it that way (specifically my Mackie 1640i desk). I simply don't use any equipment that would require updating my software. OK, I guess one day something's going to go wrong with either the computer or the desk, but frankly I find navigating the constant issues around compatibility, bugs etc with software in other areas of my life to be sufficiently tiresome to ensure that I prefer the risk of major hardware failure than the almost daily hassle of software issues (when I bought the gear in question I was on the phone constantly to Avid in an attempt to iron out issues between the three core components, the desk, Pro Tools, and the iMac. Even given I had bought all three on the basis of 'compatibility', it took almost two weeks to get them to talk to each other, a process that involved my deleting various files, loading (and on several occasions subsequently deleting) custom versions of the software etc. But back to the OP's observation, Apple are no different to any other business, and perhaps far more customer-centred than many. They are always being bashed for the simple reason that they are a massive and successful business, but one that has to update its products at a frantic pace to keep pace. Perhaps it's a sign of my age, but I've always been an Apple fan, simply because of what they were trying to do in the 80's and 90's. Today they are in a different market - one which to an extent they themselves created and defined - and so are a different proposition I'll admit. They're a little like Nike, innovating thinkers and engineers for a niche market of passionate devotees in the 1970's turned mass-market fashion leader 20 years later. Both companies changed the world to an extent, but both face huge problems of their own design.