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Harry Shearer To Release Derek Smalls Solo Album Rob Reiner’s legendary 1984 film, This Is Spinal Tap, is still every bit as loved three decades after the mockumentary put Spinal Tap on the map. Talking to GQ recently, ‘Big Bottom’ bassist Derek Smalls, a character played by Harry Shearer, has been busy working on a solo album with a working title of Smalls Change. Smalls revealed the titles of several songs, including ‘Memo to Willie’ about erectile dysfunction, ‘MRI’, and ‘It Don’t Get Old’, which is an ode to senior-citizen touring and inspired by “the decaying pleasures of life...

New Preamp Pedal from Orange Conceived in a small bar on Santa Monica BLVD called the Surly Goat with Morgan Nicholls (who played bass in The Who at the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony and also plays the keyboards in Muse), the idea behind the Bass Butler was to have Morgan’s bi-amp touring rig in a portable preamp pedal. The always-on Bass Channel features compression, bass, treble and volume controls. There’s also an optical compressor circuit, cut/boost tone controls and a dedicated, bass cabinet-simulated balanced D.I. The second channel has five smaller control knobs for volume, treble, middle, bass, and gain. In addition...