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Fundamentally you need to look at the festival itself. They love a 'legend'. I'd wager that there were thousands of people gushing over AM that probably knew one song (if that) or hadn't even given her a second thought in the last 20 years. She still has a voice like nails on a blackboard. Some things don't improve with age.

California Girls - Beach Boys / David Lee Roth

They make a greater break angle possible than extra wraps, consistent with the E, D and G strings if positioned correctly and, of course, the more wraps you have around the post the more opportunity you have for tuning instability. OP, regardless of the bass you could just bite the bullet and get one of these. That Fender still persist with bad design for the sake of retro authenticity is one of life's great mysteries. Don't value aesthetics over functionality. https://www.public-peace.de/hipshot-string-retainer-3-strings.html

Stainsby Girls - Chris Rea

A few notes misplaced in terms of tempo, especially in the beginning and the end ... that has always been chaotic that said, but, yeah, what a leader he was and what a tune. My all time favourite of The Who. Thanks for sharing, never heard it before too.

Disney Girls - Beach Boys

Girls on Film - Duran Duran

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? - Stones

Seeing this video for the first time tonight and bloody hell! 🤯 He doesn't even break a sweat! Mark

Hi @brickers I've used DR low riders and Fat Beams, but not high beams, so can't make a direct comparison. Compared to those I'd say the dragon skin plus last longer but not dramatically so, like elixirs do. I much prefer the feel over elixirs though - but I guess that's an entirely personal thing.

Plug in cab volume. Plug in driver if your version supports the Beyma. If not, give it the T/S specs from the datasheet. Tell it you have a tuning of 50hz and two 4" round ports. It will tell you the length, also the port velocity and response chart and displacement chart for whatever wattage you input. It's a big enough box you might get away with a lower tuning.

Hi Good morning Thank you very much for sharing the data on Dean Edge fretless basses, which is very helpful and informative. My apologies for not responding sooner. Thanks Steve

Almost an all new gig setup for me at the moment with the exception of the Sadowsky M/J which I've ben using a lot in recent times and done a few gigs with now. First outing this week with a new LFSYS Silverstone II, and my fully restored 1994 Trace Elliot AH250 GP12 SMX. Lots of clarity, exceptional low end performance, and excellent sound quality so far from this combination. I've also stopped using my trusty LMB3 for now, and I'm relying completely on the dual band compressor on the amp.

Gig last night was a little two hour, two set, Thursday night soiree. Everything went ok and it was free from any technical or equipment issues. The pair of G4M 1x12 powered pa speakers bought used for less than a ton nearly a year ago as a stop gap when our previous singer left with his EV’s continue to provide sterling service, and have more than paid for themselves. They aren’t hugely powerful but 1x12 + horn seems an ideal configuration for pub gigs. It’s only vocal, saxophone, and kick going through them. First time out for my new LFSYS Silverstone II cab, and also first gig with my newly restored Trace Elliot SMX head. Both worked perfectly and the clarity and sound quality were quite astonishing. I used my Sadowsky M/J for this gig. If there was anything to be noted for after gig discussions, it was that the second set started to get a bit jazzy rather than blues and perhaps a bit louder than was necessary. Both the guitarist and drummer were suffering from “The Guiness Effect” by then.🤔 Venue was Baker Street in Stirling, not the most spacious of venues. The band name seems to be sticking now as Blues Delux( for the last three gigs). Must admit I prefer the Sunday afternoon shows at this venue rather than late week nights. It also rained tonight, and the venue was late advertising the show. So it wasn’t a big crowd we played to, but they seemed to enjoy it. Everyone was happy, the band all enjoyed themselves, and we got paid to boot. I’ll take that any day. I believe there was video footage but it's not available yet. That maybe a good thing😊

It's amazing to me how a 90s act like Alanis can still get the big gigs. Daryl

IME this is the issue. The lack of control most bands would have had over how their first album sounded cannot be overstated. What the band intended and what the record company paid for are very different things.