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  2. mattpbass started following How to Quit Politely
  3. mattpbass
    Without wishing to state the bleeding obvious, if they are nice people why not just have a chat with them about it?
  4. rwillett
    This needs to be fun and informative. My interest is smallish speakers, much as I would love a double American sized fridge of Ampeg speakers, let's be realistic (for me). Small, powerful enough and cost effective. I have not used the word cheap. Small to fit into a sensible car, powerful enough for a small club and drummer, cost effective so I only blink once at the price.
  5. gazhowe
    Here's a few clips we recorded pre-gig last year as a bit of a show reel. The while lights on guitar/vocal/bass work well with a reasonably bright stage wash. The one pointed at the drummer didn't cover the distance between t-bar and kit to illuminate the drummer well (I usually hide him with smoke anyway😄). You'll see from the clips with a dark (blue) stage you need to be reasonably disciplined where you stand as it's easy to move out of the white light. Hope this is useful info.
  6. ossyrocks started following Emergency amp needed: Advice on options please.
  7. ossyrocks
    Hmm. Did G4M buy out all the PMT stock? I bought a used RM-500 Evo (first gen) from PMT, which arrived similarly poorly packaged and not working. I returned it for a refund. I wonder if this is the exact same one they are attempting to sell again? Rob
  8. bassbiscuits
    I use both. For covers bands I tend to use round wounds and a modern active bass to cover the wide range of sounds needed. For tribute / original bands I use mostly a passive bass with flats. I sometimes use the active bass with rounds for that too tho depending on how I’m feeling. I like both and I tend to favour one over the other at different times. Been playing rounds/active bass loads lately but took P with flats to last rehearsal and fell in love with the sound again.
  9. TheSwing
    Thanks, Mokl. I was running two as a vertical stack – best live sound I've ever had!
  10. TheSwing
    Hi. Here you go (from the Gator site)... Length 12.50" Width 19.00" Height 9.00" Cheers!
  11. Hobbayne
    I have been rehearsing with this band since March this year. I can't see it going anywhere and I think I would like to bail out, but they are nice people. I don't want to upset anybody. anybody had to do this before?
  12. Bilbo
    I played that festival. Nobody nicked any of my gear. I did it on an acoustic Harley Benton because our drummer called in sick on the day so we went 'unplugged'. Trouble is, whilst the HB sounds great, it has an action you can slide your hand under. Frankly, if you had nicked that sucker, you'd have been doing me a favour!
  13. Chienmortbb
    I think this is key, no matter how good any of us are at playing consistently, I for one are crap at that, so a looper will take the variable out of the mix. Of course the size of @Phil Starr’s banner is limited so it would be hard to hide an Ampeg fridge stack. It is also difficult to compareFRFR cabs against this with the “Olde Skool” sound of older cabinets of the BF110. We must also keep in mind that the this will be as impartial as possible but it is not going to be definitive, it should be thought of as informative. Not to belittle the tests but it also needs to be fun. It will give you pointers and expand your knowledge, maybe helping your future purchasing decisions as part of a process.
  14. Freddi375
    Weight-wise, I'd say 3.5/6 kgs judging by the scales. Any questions, let me know. Cheers!
  15. The fasting showman
    ....22kg btw but the oomph of a loud 4x10
  16. Mickeyboro
    Bass Notes is a book written by Stone Foundation’s Neil Sheasby. It’s an on the road journal covering 2011-22 and will strike a chord with anyone with touring experience. Foreword by Horace Panter. New copy, just published. RRP £15, yours for £11 £8 £6 Posted.
  17. Mickeyboro
    His latest posthumous release is a double CD and DVD presentation from the Swiss Baloise Festival in 2008. Highlight is Al Kooper’s I Love You More Than Youll Ever Know b Retails at over £20. This is sealed and unplayed, £12 posted UK seems reasonable.
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  18. Mickeyboro
    This is as hard-hitting as Lucinda’s songs, and to be frank it’s a wee bit too honest. But that makes it compelling reading, so if you like her music it’s a solid investment. If you don’t know who she is, consult YouTube immediately… Hardback, very good condition. RRP £20, yours for £13 posted. Now just £11.
  19. Mickeyboro
    The review says it all: comprehensive, US published and hard to find. Price is UK posted, unread condition. Now £16. Times And Seasons - The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Zombies Robin Platts HoZac Books, $31.99 356 pages Classic British pop, expertly chronicled Few books on the Zombies exist, but theirs is a story worth telling. And it's predictable that, given their Stateside star status, this quintessentially English quintet of She's Not There and Tell He No fame should be chronicled on an American imprint. The band only hung up its touring shoes last year after leader/keyboardist Rod Argent's stroke, but the work he and singer Colin Blunstone created after their reunion in 2001 - the years since 1968 being silent, in a Zombies sense - are also covered in detail by author Platts. The band always had a youthful camaraderie, having come together at high school, and that comes over faithfully in this account of their heyday - plus a long tail that details their subsequent musical careers. While Blunstone went solo and Argent created an eponymous prog band (of God Gave Rock And Roll To You fame), guitarist Paul Atkinson went behind the scenes and signed Abba to CBS - a feather in anyone's cap. Detail is forensic without being stifling. If the layout is a trifle fanzine-y, the integration of illustrative material like press cuttings and photos with the text helps make this an easy read. And the urge to play the music, always the sign of a good book, is irresistible.
  20. police squad
    I spent the first half of a gig getting shocks from the mic AND my behringer P2 as it was touching my skin. I finished the 1st set with no IEMs and no backing vocals I then plugged my bass amp into a diffferent socket with my extension lead, not the DJs and problem solved I then bought the mains tester and have since used it at every gig (and not had any problems either)
  21. godathunder
    Sparks (semi retired) here - absolutely seconded. NOTHING gets plugged in until the wall socket/extenion lead has been tested with something like this. https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-16a-socket-tester-230v-ac/91596 these are a fiver at the moment and are so simple to use that even the drummer can use it - theres no excuse to not have at least one stashed in your gigbag theyre not a panacea and dont check useful things like actual voltage present and cant detect a neutral/earth swap but they will give you a good indication of the general safety of that outlet very often cheap switch mode power supplies leak all sorts of nastiness but thats a little outside the remit of the end user to deal with.
  22. dmckee started following Hollow body madness!
  23. dmckee
    What Supro do you have? Curious. 😃
  24. ossyrocks
    That's just it, I love the sound of LaBella flats, and most of the time I love playing them. It's just occasionally they get sticky the experience gets difficult. Rounds just may not work for me tonally, I'll just have to see.
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  26. Duarte
    I am considering it! Or at least the headstock. Still undecided though.
  27. BigRedX
    There is no right answer regarding types of string. Choose the ones that produce the sound and playing experience that you like. Don't make a big deal about it. Unless you aren't able to produce the correct bass tone for the type of music the band is playing no one will care apart from you.
  28. Carl_D
    Weed With Willie - Toby Keith
  29. RaNoFuNkY
    Have a bump on me - these things are awesome
  30. Rabbie started following Thomastik Dominant Solo Strings set
  31. Rabbie
    One month old set of Dominant Solo strings. I bought them for the bass I just sold and they wouldn’t suit my other basses. Although they have been on the bass for about a month, while it was for sale, they really haven’t been played at all, so I hope they would still have their whole life ahead. Like most people do (in the non-classical world) I had them tuned down a step the standard G-D-A-E (instead of A-E-B-F#, which is what you will see written on the packets), and they produce a really satisfying blend of presence and ease of play. I think the superb Herve Jeanne (String Matrix) has an old video of them). Anyhoo, they come in the original package and they retail for £262 at Bass Bags, so £160 seems very fair. Any questions please ask.
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