Toys-R-Us

[Little lunch]

Thanks Nutter. It doesn't have any distortion. I wasn't ever going to use an approximation of overdrive when I had a genuine all valve amp Good point about recording a dry signal and applying the effects in the processing. I suppose it's no different to digital photography in that regard now. It might work well with my electric mandolin I suppose if I plug it into the PA. But in reality I always prefer natural tones so would likely not use it.

I generally preferred the truest tone that I could get with my amp and guitar and eventually removed all pedals from my setup, even my Craybaby wah wah. If I had been prepared to modify my guitars I'd have probably disconnected the volume and tone controls as well. The tone of a humbucker connected straight to the jack plug is pretty awesome. I did that to my first ever guitar because it was a complete dog.

I always fancied a Gibson but they were always too expensive. My rock days are behind me now though but I would love a semi-acoustic Gibson. I've often contemplated learning a load of jazz chords. It's basically like learning a whole new instrument. Still haven't decided whether I'd go for a fretless acoustic bass or not.

This is the cool thing about jazz chords for keyboard, you just add a note or two to the right hand and change your bass note on the left hand.
If I lived in the same country as you other musos I'd be over for a jam.
I'd love to learn how to use all that equipment you two have been talking about.
The only word I recognised was MIDI. :-)
Ps, I've always loved the sound of a fretless bass ever since I first heard Babooshka as a kid.