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  1. Merton
    Well forgive my utterly crap ham-fisted playing but here’s a little video I just made. Starts in series mode, treble full on 2.52 switches to parallel 3.55 tone wound down 4.51 back into series mode No slapping in sight, not any original ideas, good technique or clever fills
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    @eude more ammunition for a Monza 😎
  3. Merton
    Basschat to the rescue again!! Thank you @ordep 😎
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    Well when I got the correct adaptor (thanks again @SamIAm!) it powered up beautifully. And then created a bloody lovely hum which I presume is due to the HX power not being isolated from the G30 wireless power. Back to the drawing board… One of these looks good, along with a current doubler and the two Truetone adaptors to get into the HX…: https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_powerplant_iso_1ac_pro_modular.htm
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    Nope, purely vanity and wanting one PSU for my board rather than separate ones for the wireless and HX Effects 😅
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    @stevie is this within price range for you?
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    Pics as promised:
  8. Merton
    Should I run two together into a stereo rig….? 🤣
  9. Merton
    That is an insanely good price!
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    @SamIAm has pointed out that I’m a complete tool and didn’t research properly before buying. The PSU I bought will be fine but I need another adaptor first… so I think we can safely say I’m now out 😂
  11. Merton
    Ah! So it’s ineptitude on my part! @SamIAm you are a legend 😎
  12. Merton
    Nope - can’t work out what the replacement will be yet which has annoyed me greatly today 🤣
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    I think I’m out. Well, I know I am… I bought a new pedalboard power supply at the weekend. It a need, more a want. It’s going back because it doesn’t bloody work but that’s a moot point. Also, I may have been discussing bass specs with Mr Cringean again with a view to making things happen there. I almost made it to 6 months 😂
  14. Merton
    Hi all, I think I’ve asked this before but I’m going to ask again with a few (limiting!) caveats. My pedal board is very basic - Line 6 G30 wireless (standard Boss style power connector) into AB switch into HX Effects (with the “Line 6” power connector style). The AB switch is to allow me to use a cable rather than wireless without too much faff. So I don’t need an insanely clever power supply with millions of outputs, just a simple device with as few as possible. I need 1A for the HX, and the right connector obviously, alongside another ~100mA for the G30. At the moment they each have their own PSU, which is just messy and crap. Over the weekend I bought a True Tone 1-Spot combo pack which seemed to be the perfect solution: “Line 6” connector adaptor Max 1.7A current capacity Ability to cap off the unused plugs. Brilliant. It arrived today, and works brilliantly for the G30 (and even the AB switch should I so desire); the HX Effects, however, doesn’t power up at all. And plugging that in completely kills the power to the other two units. WTF? So… what other options are there which won’t break the bank, don’t have countless outputs and will actually bloody WORK with the HX?
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    Pics as promised:
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    TBH I’d rather not sell it! It’s ace. Just things change and right now this is the most sensible solution
  17. Merton
    That would involve me being competent 😄 Ill see if I can make a short video later this week 🤘🏻
  18. Merton
    Build thread here:
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    Idigbo is like swamp Ash I think, just a more cost effective choice for use with solid colours like this. Neck stability is fine, it has carbon rods in it
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    Cheers dude! Pleasure to meet you Motel Sundown were awesome, their bassist was playing some glorious lines. PS - I’ve nicked the pictures 🤓
  21. Merton
    SOLD 14/12: final price drop to £1275 November ‘24 update - back up for sale as I consider being sensible for the first time in a long time… I am in the process of having a new ACG 5 string being built, and when that arrives in 2025 I’ll need at least one, if not both my existing 5 strings to make way. Therefore both this and my gorgeous ACG Finn are up for sale. Ultimately I’m not 100% sure which bass I want to sell but I am sure at least one has to go. So I will let the market decide. If the ACG goes first, this stays, or if this goes first, the ACG stays. Or if someone wants a deal on both, we can sort something out! This was commissioned in 2022, originally as a 4 string P shape but spec creep kicked in and Mike and I decided to go down the route of his first 5 string medium (32”) scale. It’s a beauty, and sits so well in the mix, almost like a P bass is the ideal instrument The neck is sublime and plays brilliantly, or at least for those with talent it does Specs: Idigbo body 3-piece maple neck with black stringers Maple fingerboard White body and matched headstock Tort scratchplate Aguilar AG5P-60CL pickup Passive volume, tone, series/parallel switch Badass bridge Hipshot tuners Schaller strap locks I did a wicked thing and dented it on its first gig, which was the day I brought it home from Mike. I felt very silly. There’s another small mark on the back but other than that it’s in excellent condition. Will be supplied with a gig bag, or possibly a Mono dual bass bag if sold with the ACG and is preferred. Collection only, or could arrange a convenient place to meet within around 45-60 mins max from me. Bank transfer upon meeting is preferred method of payment. No trades for the reasons explained above.
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    21/6 - price drop to £175 delivered to mainland UK This is a cool pedal, distortion and fuzz with parallel clean. Sadly it’s been off the board a while and I don’t really have any current use for it, so makes sense to free up a few pennies and let someone else use it. Velcro on the bottom for board mounting, and the smart little padded “gig bag”. Price includes delivery to the UK mainland
  23. Merton
    Just sitting at Warwick services putting some electrons in the car after an epic weekend. This playing music malarkey is quite fun isn’t it Friday and Saturday I was at Epsom Derby in the Family Festival area, playing 5 sets each day with Boogie Monsters, playing on the main stage entertaining the kids and adults who were gracing us with their presence. Friday was cold and a bit wet to begin with, so my fingers started blistering pretty quickly. I switched over to playing with a pick which was somewhere between a disaster and absolutely fine depending on the songs we were playing… but is was great fun - all the crew are brilliant and I hope we get to go back for a third year next year. Saturday night I then played with my pub rock covers band, Wednesday’s Child, in Dorking. That was ace. Loud, sweaty and raucous. One of my best mates from school, and a lurker here I think, was in attendance as was @reggieboomboom . I don’t think I embarrassed myself too much, certainly nothing like some of the Epsom playing 🤪 Got home 1am. This morning I got up 7am to drive to Liverpool with the drummer from Wednesday’s Child, who’s also Katy Hurt’s drummist. We played a very civilised but great fun gig at Strawberry Fields. Was a short but sweet set but we all had fun and I got to meet @jimmyb625 at the end which was ace. Lovely guy, great to meet you! Hopefully home by midnight ready to come back down to earth with a horrific bump with a full 5 day week at work, then another gig next weekend. Wouldn’t change it for the world. (Except maybe the work bit… )
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    Very cool! I’m exhausted, having spent the last two days playing at Epsom Derby (5 sets a day) and then a pub rock gig last night. Got home at 1am, about to jump in the car and drive up North 😃
  25. Merton
    The Super Twin is rated for 1200W and I can’t see it ever breaking a sweat with the Trace giving it the beans. The Three10 I think is 750W so I would always be wary with extreme settings. But that being said, if you’re playing that loud it’s probably all too loud anyway 😅 I went ST route before the Three10 existed, because I found myself in 2 bands where I had no bass in the PA but loud drummers and guitarists, therefore needed something which could fill the room without dying in smoke and flame. I had two Two10s before that and they were bloody brilliant, I was just being lazy with wanting a one cab solution 🤓 I think if I had to make a choice I would always veer towards the 10s as they just seem to work for me without too much faff; the ST in comparison definitely needed time for me to “get” it.
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