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Sooo.... Does the venue determine what value of bass you bring? I would prefer to take a mid-range bass (at most) to a crowded pub gig or an outdoor gig, even though I usually would rather play my best instrument. Is that paranoia or just common sense? It's been a long time since I have seen a drunken stage invasion, but remember a classic that put a pretty good dent in my old RD Artist....

1. Was mostly a recording band so when the individual members moved to different parts of the country to go to university we managed to keep it going, getting together during the holidays to write and record, and even had our music played on John Peel's Radio 1 show. However the percussionist and myself who had both moved to Nottingham started a new, more gig-orientated band there which gradually became more important to us. 2. Singer left to get a job in London. The rest of the band decided to call it a day rather than look for a replacement. 3. Band ended after I quit as I wasn't happy with the musical direction the others wanted to go in. 4. Band ended after the singer and bassist (I was playing guitar in this band) who were in a relationship, split up. 5. Having managed to keep the band going for 13 years through numerous line-up changes everything finally came to a head when I had a blazing row with the singer (who was massively insecure and a complete diva at the same time) over musical direction. This is the only time I've been directly involved in an acrimonious band split. 6. Band ended after I quit because I got an offer to join another band that was more active. 7. Band ended after the singer and guitarist had a falling out. 8. Band ended after the singer became too unwell to gig.

Not a literal statement, I hope!

How? What?! Eh?!! 😂

This software you can blend multiple IRs and output as a single wav file IR That is cool https://www.overloud.com/products/supercabinet

I bought a new 5-string ReBop DLX in 2015, which was around the time the DLX model was being discontinued in favour of the MM. Possibly connected to the run-out of the DLX, mine came fitted with EMG DC active pickups instead of the more usual HZ pickups. I still love the sound and feel of this bass, but it did feel a little neck-heavy, so I fitted a set of Gotoh lightweight machineheads. A bit pricey, but worth it as they have made a noticeable improvement in the balance.

Too Hot - Kool & The Gang

If you subscribe to basscentric You Tube channels you should have seen this beauty by now. Man alive, how I could have used this a few years ago rather than trying to build tone off a variety of guitar distortions (GT2), BDDI/VTBASS stomps and ABY boxes. Sadness is that while the XO will integrate with most boards, the new Tech21 XB driver stomp will/should be a one box solution.

Midi is the spawn of the Devil and its practitioners should be burned at the stake for witchcraft.

Surprisingly few band break-ups on my CV. Almost invariably it's me deciding that I can't be arsed to put up with any more of this nonsense, and walking. Sometimes the band I've left then falls apart, sometimes they replace me, sometimes they don't notice I've gone. C'est la vie ...

Hot, Funky, and Sweaty — The Soul Lifters

Sounds a lot like my Kolstein Busetto (Schaller 411 mag pickup, steel strings) but it doesn't really matter what you send to FOH ... what comes out the other side is in the lap of the Gods. 🙄

I have been in 2 bands where the band leaders were getting out of hand. Being an older guy and not willing to put up with their shenanigans, I told them, in a not so roundabout way, to shove. I’ve played with one of them since and he’s a much better person and didn’t hold a grudge, the other one, however, is still a butt hole as band mates worked with him and reported that nothing had changed (I did warn them).

As an ex-G-3 owner disgusted by the price of second hand Gibson examples, my wallet isn't...

That would come to £328 altogether from DV247 at the moment, so with current currency conversion rate it works out about the same, but does the Panda price include VAT and delivery?? Sorry to keep banging this drum, but I'm still confused by how much cheaper DV247 is! 😅

I knew I should have done this before putting it back together. That serial number string doesn't bring up anything useful in searches. I just recalled that the original woofer was made for Tecamp by Sica, and I wonder if the hi-mid driver was too. It looks similar in spec to the 4 C 1,5 C P but I'm not sure where I can get one in the UK. https://sica.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Z001920-1.pdf

Mine should be delivered today. Looking forward to getting stuck in.

Although, if that's a sig model then it'd be near the £1300 mark, so my wallet may be safe.

You need to try both, very different feel..... Rebop has a wider, flatter neck.... and likely more neck dive.