christortion

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A few years ago, my friend's uncle passed away, and they found this 1972 Super PA head in the garage. My friend got it fixed up (new caps, modern mains cable etc) and it was back to full working order. A few weeks ago he texted me saying "Hey Christortion, I don't have a cab to plug this into, can you mind it for a while and fire it up every once in a while to keep it in good order?".

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This thing RIPS. I have never been a Marshall kind of guy, having had bad experiences with 90s and 2000s-era Marshalls. However, this thing is so good. It has a beautiful clean sound from 1-3.5 on the dial. From 3.5 up to

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I just got this Strat back from the luthier last week. The body is a 2002-ish Squier that I've had sitting about for years waiting for a new neck. The neck is a '70s style Mexican that I bought off a friend, with Schaller tuners.

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I wanted a Strat with just a neck pickup, because I don't use the others. The pickup is a Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen humbucker-sized P90. Switching is somewhat inspired by the Esquire - Position 1 is pickup with volume and tone, 2 is volume with tone bypassed, and 3 is the pickup wired direct to the output. This gives a load of switchable tonal variation from the single pick

I've recently added the Waldorf Pulse 2 to my live setup - I control it via MIDI from my Moog Sub Phatty, which is my main synth. It's been working really well, with one exception - a lot of the time, when I change patch on the Moog (and therefore change patch on the Waldorf), it plays a note at full velocity on the Pulse, even though I'm not sending any note info from the Moog.

I can get around it by turning the synth down between patch changes, but there have been a couple of shows where I've forgotten to do this and the audience gets treated to a sudden blast of synth. Is there any way to stop this from happening? I think it's something to do with the way the Pulse handles MIDI, and see

Hey! I'm new to this sub but not new to bass. I'm usually a guitarist but I've been doing more and more work on bass and it's time to get my own amp.

I'm looking for a portable, nice-sounding bass amp that's capable of keeping up with a medium-volume drummer without being DI'd. Does anyone have any suggestions? It's mostly being used for the odd cover gig with just a vocal PA, but it may be used for bigger stuff in future.

I tried the TC Electronic BG250 and thought it sounded OK, but I'd prefer something that's a bit more aggressive-sounding if needs be.

Has anyone tried the Ashdown EB Lite 15-220 or the 12-220? I always thought Ashdown were very versatile but I have never tried these am

When I was on tour in Japan a few years ago we were introduced to the magical powers of Strong Zero. However, it's impossible to get in the UK and a google search hasn't been very helpful. Does anyone know where I can get it in the UK?

I've been thinking that it might be a good idea to get some public liability insurance for cycling, and also some insurance for my bike itself.

Is it worth getting public liability insurance? What companies are worth checking out?