Rich

That's good news. Full props to your nursey singperson for leaping into action so effectively, who knows, she may well have saved the lady's life.

Yesterday with Train To Skaville at the legendary Dublin Castle in Camden, a MadChat charity double-header with Birmingham's "Reggaelators" (who were seriously good). Perhaps unsurprisingly the crowd were amazing, up and dancing and singing from the word go. Had a brilliant time and raised a sh*tload of cash for Macmillan. Egging the crowd on in "Lip Up Fatty". Here I am giving my all to the break in the Specials' "Nite Klub" I even managed to get a sound I didn't hate out of the house bass rig... a first for me with an Ashdown And I had two compliments on my choice of shoes

Having said that, I'm probably going to do precisely that myself

Like A Virgin - Madge

On the other hand... just because you can't/won't, doesn't mean nobody else should.

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Mingus

Ludicrous isn't it? All so they can get the daft VU onto it. The size is the only thing stopping me from trying one.

Tried it at rehearsal last night, HUGE hum when I plugged it in to the house rig. Turns out the rehearsal room's sockets don't like my 9v wall wart I quite like the sounds from the BDI21, I think I'll be using it more than I'd anticipated.

The Shoop Shoop Song (Yeltsin His Kiss) - Merry Clayton/ Cher/ Betty Everett/ etc

It's of something, that's for sure.

If that was the last bass on earth, I would play harmonica instead. Properly hideous.

All wired up and working now. Woohoo! The red LED between the Behringer and the Zoom is the tell-tale from the power distribution box underneath.

Again and Again - Status Quo

Pearl's Café - Specials

It really is stupidly big. When you look at the circuit, it could easily be made to fit in a BB. Probably even a B.

Just watching Repo Men on Netflix; one of the scenes has Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" playing in the background, and the interference from the dialogue made it sound like "gerbil running free, you know how I feel..."

The last cable I had made for me was a totally bulletproof one by OBBM. These days I make all my own leads & patch cables -- I really enjoy soldering and find it therapeutic, maybe** I'm weird -- but I'll be following this thread with interest for recommendations. ** yes, I know, there's no 'maybe' about it

Richy Titchy board v2.0 now assembled and just a few power lines to run.The 'STFucupcakes' pedal is my new mute switch, the Zoom now sits in a loop for hopefuly reduced tapdancing, and the BDI21 is there mainly as a just-in-case. Once it's all fired up and working, I can disassemble and paint. Definitely going to look into the idea of self adhesive checkerboard film as per Woody's suggestion.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine - Laurel and Hardy

#pleasedon'tmentiontheBword

Hit Me with your Rhythm Stick - ID & the Blocks

Screws of the World - The Jam

Jigsaw - Marillion

Birding with Optimism's Flames - XTC