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Please share any new thoughts on dealing with poor attendance at gigs. I've been dealing with it for years, yet I still struggle with weak attendance. I know it's part of the job. Take a look at the contrast we've all had to deal with. Daryl

Perfect deal with Andy on some Acoustic Image amplification. Top communication and a credit to this community.

https://acguitars.co.uk/mule/

Shock me- kiss/ ace Frehley

ACG did some stuff which was the same vibe.

Nobody told me it had to be playable...

Hopefully @Natasha will return, IMHO we need more ladies active on the site. we have about 5000 more than talkbass though so a thumbs-up on equality. We need to catch up on pickup trucks though …

Good to know, @nekomatic 🙂 Any questions arise during your study of it, just ask. Rob

Belly celebrating the 30th birthday of their album KING at the Electric Ballroom in Camden will be my treat on Weds evening

What the Subject Line says: Is there UK maker of Rob Allen style basses? Not copies, but similar vein.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1B7gx42NgM/? the real deal for £1500 if I was £1450 richer…

Wise words from @Supernaut and @jd56hawk if I wasn’t a five string convert, I’d be all over a squier CV or probably several

Ooh. This looks fun. I shall get it 🙂

I remember the first time I heard Danny play on something and was struck by the fantastic tone emanating from the stereo. It was David Sylvian’s Ink in the Well. That was back in the mid ‘80s and still no one else has come close to having a tone that good to my ears. We were blessed to have had him and are bereft now that he has gone. However, we’ll always have that tone on a recording somewhere. RIP, Danny, we’ll not likely see your like again.

Good innit.

I used to be obsessive about this sub forum. I have relaxed a bit about it more recently. But it still brings the same emotions up for me. "I did this Then I did this Then this happened Then I did this And then this beautiful bass appeared." How is this even a thing? How can people get wood and turn them into playable instruments? Crazy madness.

I had a Nemesis 410, very loud, good sound, plus nice & light.

Good advice about re-visiting the mics and I also would keep the XR18 if you are happy with it. Actually it's all good advice going active adds almost no weight to the cabs and having amps matched to the speakers they are driving with dynamic protection gives you extra headroom and a foolproof/no worries set up as well as better sound. The good thing about that sort of budget is that you can move to the sort of 'stick' systems that work. One local band use the FBT Vertus VT1000 system. I've seen them do gigs with just one set for a medium sized pub gig and it sounded epic. With a pair you'd have something supremely portable and very competent. Vocals are really well presented and a step up from most bands. https://www.fbtaudio.co.uk/fbt-audio/portable-sound/full-systems/vertus-series/vt1000.htm Another similar alternative would be the RCF NXL24 https://www.thomann.co.uk/rcf_nxl_24_a_mk2.htm another small column/line source speaker which would need subs. I heard these when I bought my RCF 745's which are another great speaker for a band. I have to say that next to each other I was disappointed with the 745's and was almost put off buying them. That was with the RCF 8003 subs which would be above your budget and was way above mine at the time. I've promised myself that if my latest band do start getting better gigs then the NXL 24's will be my next step, paired with RCF 905 subs.

Down with kids basses, anyway 😆

Ok - I just think of them as a headless.

Horrified - Repulsion

Agreed. On to the next one. Daryl