Blastronaut

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Doesnae look any worse either.

Never played one but know a few people from the diy scene who rate them as handy little headphone amps. I'd be tempted to write off the 3" speaker as just for novelty value, but saying that a mate of mines has a Yamaha THR5 and I think it's speakers are almost the same size (that thing is great fun).

I hear you. I've sold a few wahs over the years. Never really use them often enough to justify having them but after a few months or years without one lying around I end up back trying to fill the void. Swings and roundabouts.

If you haven't already, follow the Sopranos back to its roots in Oz (and to a lesser extent maybe even Northern Exposure)

Sounds ideal. Speaking of shit pedal names I briefly had a Bad Horsie and loved the "clickless" action but not being able to leave it cocked really wound me up after a while. I only tend to always go back to crybabies since they're relatively easy to mod or just transplant totally different circuits in (vibe, trem, etc.). Mines is on the shelf gather dust right now not getting played (just the basic '95). Got really into tremolo again lately so I'm tempted to gut out the wah circuit and jam something like the Tremulus Line in there. If that works out I'll probably be looking for another cheap wah sometime in the next 6 months.

Is the wah the Hellbabe? I nearly bought one a few years ago but ended up just getting another second hand CryBaby. Looks interesting on paper (optical?) and the behringer pedals I've played have all sounded fine, only really negatives being the plastic enclosures. I had a Boss DD6 and never got on with it, probably close to being the same pedal as that delay. Too many options for a simpleton like me. I'm much more at home with something like the Carbon Copy.

I dont hold put any hope for anyone who didn't work it out when the first Brexit vote count came in from, you know, Gibraltar.

Honestly never meant to sound dickish with that earlier comment. The anasounds stuff I've seen looks decent (albeit a bit gimmicky but I'm in no place to talk about gimmicks) but throwing that kinda cash at a power supply is just alien to me. If a second or third mains socket wasnt an option I'd sooner find a way to wire up an old car battery in an empty speaker cabinet than open my wallet.

I really miss playing with other musicians. I can't even blame covid restrictions either, had to pack it in a few years ago, young family and all that. Last bunch I was involved with had a great setup, totally free practice space in the rarely used function room of a local boozer. Decent wee pub too. Bit of a dive and had its fair share of bellends but had a dartboard, good Guinness, pool table and showed the horse racing. Really hope that place survives all this. Not just because I still dream about hanging around a boozer all day and jamming between pints, but we've lost too many of the pubs down that way already.

£250 on a power supply? Each to their own like, but my entire board cost less than that man.

Just thinking out loud here but might be useful to some: for high current draw stuff like the Kraken if your power supply has 2x500mA outputs you can hook them up in parallel to get 1A, just use a daisy chain cable backwards. Won't work for me and Tom though since our supply's don't have 2 high current outputs. Edit: ah fuck my bad, the Kraken is 12V so you'd need two 12V outputs with at least 500mA each.

Ah fuck my bad. Sorry Gemmill. Is Andrew getting mates rates for Victory gear then? Insane setup.

I'm not taking a dig a Gemmill or anyone else with a Kraken (I honestly think they're pretty cool bits of kit) but at 300 quid for a preamp that takes up half a pedalboard and needs it's own power supply I'd sooner just buy another amp. Mad world were living in where you can sell folk "boutique" analogue gear with 60 year old tech to stick in front of a digital modelling amp like.

Most interesting thing about it is that it's shone a huge spotlight on the shady and corrupt dealings of these hedge fund managers. I'm financially illeterate myself but have two close family (one a retired highstreet bank auditor and another with a masters degree in finance) who are both convinced this whole thing proves these billionaires have been counterfeiting shares. Fuck knows, something about these retail investors (the redditors, for the most part) almost owning 180% of Gamestop at one point while the brokers are all scrambling about to find the "borrowed" shares that the hedge fund cunts were trying to short.

I'm pretty sure I'm running the same as you, the nordell one that's just a Caline with a different badge. Never done me wrong. But yeah it couldn't handle the Kraken. 800mA is crazy compared to most old school analogue pedals (maybe 10 to 30mA?). Don't quote me on this but I'd assume they have a charge pump in there to step up the voltage to something nearer 24v to get those valves hot which eats up all the current.

The Victory one asks for 800mA. (which is fair enough tbh, cold-plating pre-amps valves is a total waste of time. They need enough power to at least get warm.)

I might aswell join in since I'm still here. It ain't pretty but cheap, cheerful and sure fuck wasn't a waste of cash. Just wish I had the time to actually play more often.

Tbf fair to the lad, I'd also resort to desperate measures if I was broke and stuck in Dingwall. Reminds me of a joke though: what's the difference between a third tier Striker and a KFC bucket? A KFC bucket can feed a family of four.

I hate the wee prick but in his defence he doesn't even have actual arms.

The best boozers don't even have windows.

11 points from the gutter. Saddest thing is the likes of Sheffield United look somewhat organised and well drilled in comparison.

For fucks sake. As much as I think we should've restricted international air travel a good 10 months ago its got fuck all do with folk getting their "downstairs landing" addressed. Just have a wank like the rest of us and leave the pilots to their furlough.

You forgot about the PM proudly shaking hands with everyone in the covid ward, Eat out to help out, and the big Christmas uturn from "let's forget the virus for a bit and have a five day free for all!" to "eh, pretend we never said that". But I get it, it's near impossible keep up. And we couldn't close the our borders as it would've undermined the Brexit argument. Moral of the story: Never trust a Tory.

"told them at half time to just forget everything I'd ever told them and do whatever the fuck they wanted. Exactly the reaction I was looking for and gives us something to build on"