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You just mean moving the loudest (serial) position to one end of the switch, right? So that when flicking between settings, you don't have to go "across" the loudest one.

One of my fave Journey songs.... just stunning Featuring, among other things, Steve Perry's amazing, soulful vocals....Neal Schon's perfect guitar solo (Rick Beato's fave solo too!) and Ross Valory's chorus soaked harmonics....

I think you rather prove the point made in my final paragraph there.

Well reminded, I used to play Fire of unknown origin to death, and I haven't heard it in years, so I am giving it another listen!

Staying friends with band members is tough, in my experience.

I think it must be a 'trading as' situation https://amphospital.co.uk/ Anyway, they are authorised repairers of many leading brands, have an excellent reputation with lots of touring bands and since MJW Amplification ceased trading (retired), it's the only place I trust with my Mesa amps. Dennis the Legend is just too far away for me although his reputation is on a par with Stan.

The saints are coming. The Skids

I was concerned when I got my first Ibanez prestige that it had barts on it, so it wasn't going to sound good - I thought it was a bart thing, but it was night and day different.

Still got mine. Must dig it out again

Just as well the Ukrainian jewish heritage Abel Meeropol had no such qualms or it would never have been written.

I did, I was exagerating, which is an effect people sometimes use in communication for effect. I am sorry I didn't clarify in my post that it was there for effect, I thought it might have been obvious. They could also be wrong*. Funny thing with the licensed barts, you can pick it up, play it, think "oh that sounds alright", then play it at a gig and think, "oh the sound on that gig wasn't good, must be the set up", and continue like this until you realise after a while when you go to pick up a bass to noodle on when there is a choice, the one with the licensed barts isn't the one you are picking up. I dont' know what it is, there are many people out there using them as their only bass and they won't really have a problem until they get something else. I always think ibanez do themseles no favours using them, the amount of times you hear that people like the basses but think the sound is bland or generic and discount them, then play the premium and think it is a much better bass, when it is actually just a prettier bass with better pickups. * note, this is an opinion, not a literal truth.

I'm A Sinner - Madonna

Furthermore Freddie Washington doesn't look like Nathan Watts at all, because I'm 99% confident that it's Nathan Watts.

Maybe not. But I was just pointing out that by 1988/89 house music and pop songs that were heavily influenced by it were anything but niche. Personally I'd love to see an 80s band doing S'Express, Yazz or Soul II Soul. There appears to be an assumption that 80s music is mostly synth-based pop from the first half of the decade, whereas the reality is, as I hinted in my first post, that there's a lot more to the decade. As someone who plays in an unashamedly 80s influenced originals bands, I'd be interested to know what's in the typical 80s covers band's set list.

I'm not saying the mk1's sound bad, but I've had both and to my ears the US Barts are several levels better than the mk1's.

You must eat your spinach! 😉

The player here uses eyeglasses, I think Freddy doesn't. Getty Images has some pictures from the show.

If you add a second M58R cab you will find it’s awesome and full