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Yeah, haven't had a huge amount of time to put the Dual Baby through its' full paces yet as rehearsals ended up being cancelled but finally got it plugged in last night for an hour or so - sounds whopper on first play. Mainly using the A channel (which is similar to the Supercrush) and it sounds great - a bief foray into the more distorted Channel B was  ridiculous in terms of gain.

With the gain on the cleaner channel at half way and the volument at about 11 O'clock it was hefty enough that I had to put it on the floor next to the head because it was moving because of the vibrations off the cab.

So thumbs up, basically. Will delve into the gainier channel next week.

How clean does the A channel get?  I am also now looking at these but on the fence between the gain baby and dual baby.  It will be a few months before I get my hands on one but I am mostly sold on it now I think.

Little bump, have the last of a few ODs and Distortions reduced to go, they are €80 each or €150 for two over at quilleffects.bigcartel.com if anyone fancies them.  Code MULTI2026 will work for the order.  Free shipping in Ireland always.



Micro Gold - 1 left.
Silicon Imp - 3 left.
Shelf Boost - 2 left.

You can DM me here to buy them too outside of Big Cartel, meet me in Limerick or find them on Adverts, however you like.

In the middle of skimming songs here and I forgot about this:

Secret Chiefs 3 - "Hypostasis of the Archons"
Absolute bastard of a song.  Decrepit grind/death in the middle of a mostly otherwise cinematic album but it fits perfectly anyway.  Class stuff.

Every year Type O are a staple at this time but I am never not listening to them really lol.  A top 3 band for me anyway.  Solid constant in my life as long as I have been into music at all.

Devin Townsend - "Terria"
Still, hands down, the best of all time.  Have said it hundreds of times here.  Actually as far as Tiny Tears on it at the minute and as a song it is flawless.  Type O vs. Ween vs. Hum with Godflesh circa "Hymns" Guitars.  Anyway look it is part of my blood I would say anything to get lads to listen to it.

Young Widows - "Settle Down City"
How did I miss this for years?  Have had it on about twenty times over the past three weeks.  Ridiculously good.  Rabid noise rock, surely they are a Chat Pile influence.  Great all round, particularly lethal when it leans into the more lurching, repetitive, ragged bits.

Gospel - "The Moon is a Dead World"
Think I posted this the other week but it is still on regularly and still unreal.  Really just keeps opening up repeat spins in.  Post Rock / Emo / Alt / Post Hardcore thing.  I listen to a fair bit of those genres but not a lot of bands on this exact thing, even though this is class.

A Perfect Circle - "Mer de Noms"
Dunno what possessed me to put it on but it is lethal really.  Barely metal.  Just can't fault it though, great songs even if they are produced to death, and a solid album through.

I suppose it has to fit here:
Ween - "Quebec"
Untouchable.  Always feels new to me since I didn't listen to it ever until a few years back (though it had been recommended for years) but it has quickly become one of my favourite albums ever.  Literal top 20 albums stuff.  Anyway - it is on again right and it is completely savage.  It does a lot of things and it does all of them right.

double post

https://youtu.be/mccfgNHQ6J4?si=QZTsRpeErrguXD42

Came across this band on KEXP. Math rock meets noise and grind. Fans of anything from Converge and Discordant Axis to Don Caballero and Slint would probably enjoy. They're very young too, impressive players. Considering how vicious the set starts off, you wouldn't expect it go the way it does over the next 15 mins.

Was only listening to their album recently:
https://rhododendronpdx.bandcamp.com/album/ascent-effort
Great stuff.  Must give this KEXP set a go later.

The Siege is still going isn't it? Haven't been in a while so no idea what the turnouts have been like. 

The siege is still going and it does be heaving when it is on, as busy or busier than ever.  It's on again the October bank holiday Sunday.

You'd probably save money buying one of the Sunn Beta preamp pedals out there. Moose ocassionally does them locally, or there are various ones (EAR, Fuzzlord,Blue Colander, Kuro etc) that while not cheap would probably get you there cheaper than that amp

I had a run of similar yokes (Amnesian) that I also keep putting off doing a re-run of, basically the back half / EQ section of a Beta Lead with a clean front end.  They are grand but work better with an OD in front of them.  Probably a sign to rebuild it with a boost built in lol

Have been eyeballing small amps and travel rig sort of stuff lately.  I love my EVH 5150 but I just can't justify hauling that to gigs on my own all the time.  I have used the Trace Elliot Elf for guitar and it is decent but I am always running two amps at the minute and that takes the "bass" side so I wanted something else for a guitar amp.

The Gain Baby looks decent but I would like to give it a go rather than a blind buy.  I love everything I have seen about the Quilter small amps but think I could maybe get what I actually need for cheaper.  Got a loan of one of those Behringer sansamp clone pedals lately and instead of doing what I was meant to to with it (DI bass lol) I ran it as a guitar preamp in front of the Elf for a bit of welly and it sounds great.  This prompted me to maybe build a dedicated preamp for the guitar side again, run the Elf there, then use the Behringer pedal (or similar) to DI bass instead.  Makes the setup a hair handier for travel.  Or just get another Elf since I know they work and are a decent price 

Everything being linked to phones.
Mine died last night *in fairness it's about 7 years old, surprised it lasted as long as it did. New phone ordered via the ould Three upgrade, but in the meantime I doscovered when i went to try and move some money around that I can't use Internet banking withoout my phone to confirm my log in. Similarly, couldnt' pay for my order without the ould phone verification. Went to try and download the desktop Whatsapp so I could message family to say my phone was dead and..you guessed it, had to verify using the phone.Aaaargh.

Yeah it is fried when it happens.  Same thing here a few months back, but also I had no photos backed up and use my phone for music/artwork notes & work too so I lost everything.  Got stuck in a boot loop.  Apparently the phone shops can recover the files, so it is still here waiting recovery, but while I was waiting on a new phone I couldn't access anything either.  Purposefully set less up on this phone since (but still need the banking apps to do the things I need).

I suppose Ween - "Quebec" goes here.

An album that has crept up rapidly into an all time favourite over the last few years.  Completely class and they do a sort of everything on here, with it all just sounding like Ween.  Just unreal.  Wouldn't know who not to recommend it to it is so good.  Have it on now again after a few months of it not on (it being a solid constant since I found it).

I am nearly through a first listen of Cocteau Twins "Garlands" based on the posts in this thread and lads ye are right.  This is lethal outright.  All the exact buzz I love in this style of music and the influence on loads of other stuff I listen to immediately obvious.  Class recommendation.  Cheers