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Listening now...

After struggling to think what to listen to, I asked my daughters for a letter each. A 'T' and a 'U'... So it's Tubeway Army

I've just discovered Empire State Bastard! Who'd have thought members of Biffy Clyro and Oceanside could come up with something this good. They get bonus points for getting Dave Lombardo as a member too.

I've tried: Digitech Bass Multi Chorus DOD FX60 Trace Elliot Quad Chorus Boss Bass Chorus And none of them really did it for me, then I got the TC Electronic SCF gold. My search was over.

Ooh, that's a tough choice. Probably a home done compilation tape with, amongst others: Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Dead Kennedys, The Damned, Minor Threat, Iron Maiden, Dio, WASP, The Cramps, The Meteors...

Damned right!

Jessica Moss

What did you get?

Julie Christmas!! ❤️

After Sakevi's death 2 weeks ago I've been listening to G.I.S.M. a fair bit.

String alignment issued aside, in that video the bass sounds pretty good all the way through. I'd dread to think what his opinion of an EB-3 is...

But you had Pitchshifter, Fudge Tunnel and Iron Monkey!!

Depending on where you live even they have issues. The service around here is spot on, but my parents in Coventry have had problems.

Sheffield definitely has a hell of an output.

A link for a cab took me to a nonexistent Facebook page... 🤣

I was at the Supersonic Festival, in Brum, over the weekend. In the marketplace was a guy with some pedals and guitar amps. I had a chat with him about his stuff and it sounded great so I picked up a TODP (Tube Overdrive and Distortion Plus) Precondition LF cut: B/P or 220Hz Clipping / Control – germanium, silicon and LED / 2, 4 or no anti-blocking diodes Load / symmetry – 47KΩ hi clip, 200KΩ low clip, or 100KΩ middle Recovery LF boost: B/P, 220Hz and 80Hz (1st order) Recovery boost: 6db / 0dB / 12dB Only 3 potentiometer controls: Drive – smooth transition (some models have a wider range) Filter – Low Pass Filter (2 ranges available, standard or bright) Volume – Recovery boost allows this to go pretty loud I asked about modifying the Precondition to drop the cutoff for more bass. He said to try the pedal first then shot him an email and he'll give me all the info I need. Or I can send the pedal up to him to sort. Super nice guy. I've not played it through an amp yet, just through a preamp pedal and headphones, but it sounds super nice. Gain is from just a little grit to full distortion. I plan for this to be an always on pedal to give my CTMs some nice dirt without stupid sound levels.

I’m going to vote for Coventry.

Godflesh:

I was sat playing the bass earlier and noticed there was a tiny bit of logo colour on the headstock. Wondering if it had just been painted over I grabbed a couple of alcohol wipes and bingo!! The truss rod cover was painted too!!

Brutus are great.

The brass knobs turned up earlier. Was rather surprised to find that at some point, someone glued the current knobs on. I got the tone one off ok, but the volume one snapped the shaft. I'll replace the pot and spray the knobs matt black.

They're Ampeg V9 cabs.

New bridge arrived. Action is now lower, intonation spot on and no hand shredding bridge screws sticking up. @Shaggy I’ve email them to see if they’re getting any more in stock.

Yep, those are the kind I’m watching. But for now I’ll spray the brass ones, that are coming, matt black. cheers for the confirmation of the logo too 😊

I picked up a lovely old 1984 Westone Thunder Jet yesterday. It's in need of some tlc as it looks like it's had quite a life. None standard knobs or bridge. New, more accurate, bridge is on the way. I've got some brass Thunder I style knobs on the way, but I am watching an auction for original ones. The pots are in dire need of a clean, or replacing. The logo has gone, I'll get one made, and the truss rod cover is worn, so I'll sort that too. I'll need to investigate why one machine head is wonky, and they're quite tight to turn. Fortunately they're not branded so replacements are easy to find. I've been after a Thunder Jet for a while now and I wanted a little project to keep my occupied while some work being done to the house means my music room is out of action. Through a preamp pedal and headphones this bass sounds amazing, the pickup has a lot of output. Westone were right to name them Hard Puncher. I might give the body a light refinishing, just enough to return it to a more flat finish it came with, but not enough to look new. If anyone out there has a Thunder Jet can you tell me if the logo is white or that flat gold colour Westone used. Cheers