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Just got home from a Knock Off gig at The Hope & Anchor, Islington, supporting GBH - apparently there never played there in their 40+ years so Knock Off arranged the gig for them. Went great, we played very well and the audience reaction was amazing, literally bodies flying all over the place, and singing along. I used my Fender JMJ Mustang and Behringer BDI21 into the 100w Ashdown house combo, which with a bit of help from the monitors was fine. Only downsides were it was incredibly hot in there so given the music type and how we play I’m now very smelly, and I ache all over - a reminder of why I’m giving up gigging. Footwear was a pair of black Vans trainers.

The acoustic trio, The Desperate Cowboys played The Doghouse pub in Alfreton. I’ve played there a couple of times before with a full band and was a bit concerned about how we’d go down with a ‘softer’ sound. As it happened, we got as many people up and dancing (without any drums or percussion) as on previous visits. So, a good night and well appreciated by the pub and the audience. The pubs of the Derbyshire/Notts ex-coalfields are not for the faint-hearted or easily offended. But if they like you it can be a great night. Taylor mini-bass through Trace Elliott Elf and Barefaced One 10.

It's been a while since we played at the Horse and Trumpet and at the end of the gig the landlord and lady were telling us how July is always their worst month, with a lot of people on holiday. We very pleased then to see a lot of familiar faces that we'd managed to pull in. The A4 laminated QR code to our Facebook page took a few more hits from some new faces too. It was... darned hot, and I forgot to take my fan! Cue a very sweaty bass by the end of the gig ... the Stingish bass (Sterling Sub5 with Retrovibe Stinger preamp). Usually a lovely matt finish. Of course we just had to do War Pigs in the second set, and saved Paranoid for an encore at the end of the night (how did we know?! 😂) - RIP Ozzy. I was very pleased that Sir Duke on its 3rd outing, and especially after a couple of weeks break, was tight and got the crowd dancing and singing along. It's a right earworm that riff! As seems to be the case recently I forgot to take any photos until we'd finished playing. There were a few people taking photos, so some decent shots might turn up. For now here's the kit-spotter's wide angle shot (Fender Rumble v3 500 combo and Roland Boss GT-6B on my side) The purple suede Gazelles got another outing

don't forget uk import tax ..20% ouch.

It won't open with Adobe like every other pdf I grab on my phone???

The BDDI v2 sim on the Zoom MS-60B+ is bang-on also. Very hard to tell them apart. Plus there’s a ‘Clear Driver’, Zoom’s own take on the Sansamp, and the SVT sim is pretty decent too (just a shame there’s no blend on it).

It is affected by the master volume, yes.

For 2k I'd rather buy a new one and sleep soundly.

Yeah this, the BG-400 or BG-450 might make a good small gig amp however at double the weight and price you'd have to really like the sound of the thing. Having said all that I'd swap my very capable neo 1x10 cab out for a red C4 in a heartbeat.

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk3

If you add your location you’ll probably find some of us are local

Binded by the light. Manfred man

Agree but totally cannot fault my v7-5 sire. Just don’t need anything else even a keyboard player said “that looks awesome” upon first sight. The guitarists didn’t say anything as it was snack time and someone had hidden their duplo

You’ll fit right in, mister. keep it simple … check p bass … check willing to learn … check

Rush got it wrong - it’s not The Spirit Of Radio, it’s “the spirit of basschat”. Losers, Rush will never do anything successful, five minute wonder you need something called X, I have three and I’ll send you the best one by express 24. Don’t send money. Right there, right there in the Walmart 👍

The Markbass IV is a very good combo, but I'm afraid the new model MB58R got worse. The mids sound too boxy to my ears. Markbass did something wrong with these new CMD combos. It might be some plastic pieces inside.

thank you for sharing - that is some good giggles

Thanks. I will try with this one because it is fitted so will not need any work other (!) than un-bannanaing it.

Thanks. The piece is there. It is just not stuck.

Welcome Rew.

Our very own @KingBollock has a Goth Bird... Mine is a bit more stripey...

Hi everyone! My name’s Rew. I’ve been playing bass for about 14 years now, mostly self-taught, and I totally fell in love with the groove. I currently play a Fender P-Bass through a Markbass, and I’m really into hard-rock. Huge fan of 'simple' playing: the less notes, the better (IMO). I joined the forum to learn more from you all. Looking forward to the conversations! Cheers!