Why posts are being held: a hello from Mods

Hello all! Especially new posters, just wanted to let you all know, please do not be alarmed if your posts of comments are ever held/deleted/filtered for spam, I’ve had to put really strong auto mod controls on again, it’s just 2 of us holding this sub together, and we don’t have time to let anything get posted, as this sub was marked for deletion by Reddit when we picked it up and made it back in to a community space, for Eastbourne and modded by locals of the town.

Unfortunately due to recent events, certain redditors taking internet comments extremely personally, threatening physical in person harm to myself, and stalking the real people behind the mod wall, I’ve with a heavy heart, had to lock loads down again, so apologies if stuff is waiting in queues. We will get to them as quick as we can, but I have to keep checking it’s not the person in question trying to get around the ban, they do not want to let it go for whatever reason.

Happy postings all and hoping we will be back to normal asap!

Mod team

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u/fuckmeimdan — 6 days ago

Had a complete reset!

V2/3 of the board, now with 3 effects loops thanks to the Sonicake Portal! I have “guitar” octave up line on the uni bass with its own effects channel A. bass synth/distortion/chorus/kitchen sink if there’s room on channel B. Bass clean goes through channel C, each with its own blend, running in parallel and buffered. It’s is way huge! Mix in match for all kinds of noises!

u/fuckmeimdan — 11 days ago

The Akai UniBass, who needs a rhythm guitarist anyway?

Found out night before gig, that was primary keys and synth 80s hits, that we had no keys or rhythm guitar on the show, just guitar bass and drums. Out the dusty cupboard comes the Akai UniBass and a line selector, now we have a whole new guitar line/high octave, a 4th below and a 5th up. In tandem with the MXR synth bass, absolutely was filling in all the gap. Livin on a prayer and I believe in a thing called love had all the extra they needed so the guitarist could solo away.

Underrated pedal and the best octave up I’ve ever used. Not bad considering I had the idea night before, drove to the show with a patch plan in my head, built it in the car park and only tested it at sound check. Little bit reckless!

u/fuckmeimdan — 20 days ago

Don't sleep on Ashdown's basses!

I've been playing bass professionally for years and I'm usually pretty picky about instruments, especially budget-friendly ones.

I recently picked up an Ashdown short-scale and it genuinely surprised me. It arrived on Friday and went straight to a gig on Saturday without me touching a thing. No setup, no tweaks, just put a strap on it and played. The rest of the band assumed I'd spent time setting it up because it felt that dialled in out of the box.

The biggest surprise was the pickup. I normally switch basses during a set depending on the sound I need, but with this I just worked the tone control and covered everything. Full up, it had a really punchy, articulate J sound. Roll it back and it moved into much thicker P territory. Full off sounded like a Grabber/Gripper. It genuinely covered way more ground than I expected from a single-pickup bass. I've been told you can coil tap it if you're inclide so that ends up being double the tone choices.

The neck is ridiculous for the money too. Comfortable, fast, and easily competes with instruments that cost significantly more, fret work is perfect, rounded edges, and I cannot stress this enough, intonation was out the cardboard shipping box, bang on!

It feels like Ashdown have spotted a gap in the market. If you want a retro looking, lightweight, versatile bass that doesn't cost Fender or Gibson money (Heck it doesn't even got Squier or Epiphone money!) these are absolutely a steal. I went into it expecting a decent backup bass and ended up using it for an entire show.

With everything going on with Fender these days, felt like time to step away from them, having been on shortscales due to RSI for the last few years, this little Pink dream is an absolute gem

u/fuckmeimdan — 28 days ago

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u/fuckmeimdan — 1 month ago

Fuse easily the cheapest out there with the new price cap!

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u/fuckmeimdan — 1 month ago
▲ 3 r/ptsd

Not addressing witnessing sudden death as a child, what has it done to me now? 40m

Hello everyone,

My hours of getting in a bit of a loop online trying to find answers for myself has ended up back here, so apologies if this is the wrong place or format to share this.

I had an intial CBT session yesterday to work on that door i've never dare touch, i've gone down every path to avoid it, diagnosed ADHD-C, ASD, got clean, got sober, etc etc. Each step i've hoped I'd find peace, and I'm thinking this last thing is the mountian for me.

At 7 my younger brother started having seizures, did many test etc and no one could figure out why, they all happend with me, as we were kids and out playing etc when it would happen. The final one was the fatal one, I'd left him outside as I cut my arm and went inside to find a band-aid. I remember it all from there, the words, him not responding, shouting for my dad, panic setting in again not knowing what to do. Can play it all out right to the end of that day at the hospital like its on a DVD.

Anyways, This was another time, I didn't have any sort of talks, or counselling, or whatever. I was moved to a new school, I think I remember something said about finding new friends? That went horriblely too and involved relentless bullying, first by the kids and eventually the teachers as they were exhasperated by me not taking part or just not being "present" in class.

I'm desperatley trying to get rid of the anger I have at the adults around me, guilt, shame, blame. I was wondering If anyone has any advice on the process? Its a part of me I've dared not deal with till now, I have a very limited supply to the trauma CBT sessions as I got it through a charity, can't really afford it after the free sessions end, and i'm trying to be efficent about coping with it all. I felt my first session was a ramblling mess and If I keep it up like that i'm going nowhere!!

Anyways, apologies if I have not done this right, mods I can edit or remove if so.

Thank you

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u/fuckmeimdan — 1 month ago