Muzz

I had a black/white ZZB Custom back in the day (and I'd love another, just for nostalgia's sake...) and that had the micro-tuning bridge. Didn't do a lot, IIRC...

Streamliner?

Michael Bolton? It's not either of those dep gigs this weekend, is it Dave? If it is, I can't help but feel somehow responsible...you have my sincere sympathy... If it's of any consolation, I found myself unavoidably playing about a minute and a half of Mustang F@&%ing Sally* on Saturday night... * Yes, this is the actual title...

Never been given an hour to get the sound right. As a consequence, we can do it in 20 minutes, less if we really, really have to... Best 'turn it down' was a hotel we played in Montrose as part of the music festival up there - it was a very posh place, they didn't really want bands on, clearly, but had been dragged into the whole thing as pretty much every other place in the town was hosting gigs. On arrival, they said "Can you play quietly over there?", pointing to a small corner. Accordingly, we set up small (PA tops only, minimal kit, acoustic as much as possible), and the drummer hit the snare once to test it - not hard - the Woman In Charge came scuttling over "Oohhh no no no, that's far too loud: we've a tea dance going on next door, you can't disturb them."...

Another deal with Chris - an amp this time - and as always, well packed, delivered and perfect comms all round.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1430070856' post='2757718'] I want to see a monster head on top of it looking tiny [/quote] Gotta be two SVTs side by side... This is utterly mental, and therefore one of the most entertaining things I've read on here in a long time...

I play in a function band which does all sorts from Johnny Cash to Nirvana to Luther Vandross to GnR to Bruno Mars - all my basses have U-Retros in them, and despite having an iPad with Jamup, I find I just have one tone set on the amp (the fantastic Acoustic preset) and the U-Retro, together with different playing styles is plenty to get all sorts of sounds to cover everything. It's all in the mids...

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1429876277' post='2755847'] A pedal in a head into the same pedal on the floor. Real minimum. [/quote] Have another go at reading Lozz's post, dude...

His house concerts are very special. I keep failing to organise one round at our house... I'm pretty sure the rider details are on his website...

I've got EMG 40Ps in my Shuker, and they're very P-like, and not particularly hi-fi. And I'm a rock grunter at heart...

Three of my four main basses sound like a P when I want them to, but none of them look like one at all - a Shuker Horn, a Dingwall ABZ and a Thunderland (Thunderbird with a Lakland neck). It's all down to pickup and position thereof.

Oooooo, the Forty Eight looks promising...

I always stock up on DR strings, and last time I was there I regretted not buying an Aguilar Tonehammer 500 head...

[font=tahoma, geneva, sans-serif] [/font][size=4][font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif]I've just seen it - yup, it's dull, despite the somewhat breathless description: "...a grain pattern so intense it is reminiscent of the sand storms on the surface of Jupiter..." Really? Heheheheeeeee.... [/font][/size]

Slag fest? Hahahahaaaa... You said yourself "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]although the tube is completely inaudible", I was agreeing with you. [/font][/color]