Skybone

More like Ty-phew.

My son had a pair of particularly minging rugby boots, that no matter what we did, the smell was ever present (think cat litter tray). Someone suggested putting some teabags into the boots. We were sceptical, but they really stank, so we tried it. Took a few teabags, but they worked. Easier to get rid of than cat litter.

In the guitar world, the lower resistance the pickup, the more "mellow" it's sound (especially combined with the softer magnets). The higher the pickup resistance, the more signal was sent to the preamp. More signal going to the preamp meant that a more distorted sound could be achieved at lower gain levels (though this didn't stop guitarists wanting more gain). I always found that the more gain used, the harsher the distortion anyway, and the signal tended to "mush" sooner, loosing loads of string definition. Bass-wise, I would say that low-mid-ish resistance pickups would be best (circa 7-10k Ohms?), enough to get a decent signal into the preamp, but not enough to distort it. The last thing you'd want is to loose string definition and loads of "mush" with a bass. Just my opinion.

Both of my Ric's had very smelly cases when they arrived. Tried loads of things to de-funk them, but the only thing that worked was putting them in different cases.

We're playing one in a few weeks... Should be interesting.

Stone Deaf Forever - Motorhead

Mutually Assured Destruction - Ian Gillan

Rat Salad - Black Sabbath

747 Strangers In The Night - Saxon

The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen

To get the full 500w into the cab, you'll need a 4 ohm speaker, capable of handling 500w, which won't be cheap.

IIRC, Rickenbacker have been using Pau Ferro for years (early 2000's?).

No plans for any purchases this year, but that's "famous last words" isn't it? I do solemnly swear I will not actively seek out new gear this year.* * Subject to change without prior notice.

Love a bit of KJ, superb stuff all through their career. "Money Is Not Our God"

A couple of sets of strings from the kids. Boring, but useful. 👍

Happy Hour - The Housemartins

EHX Small Clone / Bass Clone Ampeg Liquifier

D-Bird seconded. Also: Warwick Fortress Warwick Fortress EBS Magni 500: EBS Magni 500

Voulez Vous - ABBA or Money, Money, Money - ABBA

Never Again - Discharge

Can't argue with this really. As much as I'd like to spend more, I can't justify it. If I can't justify it, it's not worth doing. And as others have said, if you did spend over that, you'd be too paranoid to take it out of the house anyway, so what's the point in having it?

Would it be worth looking at baritone guitars?

I have a Tascam DR-05 as well, great wee thing and always had great results from it. Mainly used it for recording new songs at rehearsals, really helps with not only remembering what the song was, but also for refining ideas for parts and seeing what works / what doesn't.

If you like the compressor on the TC amp, then why not try out a TC SpectraComp?