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Played a birthday party tonight. The birthday girl saw us at our first Newport gig and liked us so much, she asked us to play. Quite flattering really! So, we were back in Newport, playing at The Cab this time. Seems to be a former 80s (?) shop converted into a venue. Decent stage, basic PA, but they do have cabs to use. I was going through a Marshall 810, which was supplying my bass sound to the whole venue. I'm pretty sure that's what an 810 is for! It was a fun gig. Felt like less pressure, and I could hear myself much more clearly than the previous gig. The only unfortunate thing was that we had to go on first. One of our guitarists probably shouldn't have OK'd a gig on the same weekend as his girlfriend's birthday, so we went on first and then he drove back to his house, and then on to Cornwall. It felt like a long night after that. Signal chain was: Combustion GX-100 Mojo Mojo Bass Big Muff ABM-600 810 And we are Hora: https://linktr.ee/horadoom Next gig is Swindon on the 13th of July, unless we get added to a bill at Moor Brewery.

I was actually born in clacton on sea. I’ve never lived there in Essex though aside from a two-year sentence in Chelmsford (education, not prison, though there were some similarities)

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Hi, cracking idea this. Can you add my stuff in please? Although my buddy Pete plays bass on some of my solo tracks he's also a Basschat member so it should still count. On Top of the World is one of my favourite bass lines. I like em all but am biased

Hello from one Essex boy to another!

A relatively new bassist, I’ve reached the point I need to change the strings on my Fender Precision electric bass. I play in a mostly acoustic band accompanied by a violin so we’re not talking Metallica riffs or Nile Rogers funky stuff - I play a lot of slides and like to keep the intonation delicate enough so I can move around the fretboard on some nice little runs and melodies. There seems to be a whole load of options for strings and I was wondering what favourites some of you might recommend?

Car Show gig was ok. 11-2. Certainly nothing to write home about. Daryl

Yeah, RIchie had it on "Richard P. Havens, 1983", in 1968 I think, whilst Bob did it in '71 IMS. That same year, Dutch vocal group The Revells did a haunting non-album version as "Indian ropeman", which is on one of the compilations called "Psych Bites". That's the version that has followed me for 53 years. Lurve it. Not reggae, mind.

These guys look like a million bucks ! Daryl

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Yes. As Nile points out, just get the 4 pole plug wired on pins 1+ and 1-. I wouldn't bother going to Designacable for something that simple. They're good, but you'll pay for the privilege. Speakons are very simple to wire. No soldering needed. You just strip the cable, push it into the terminals and tighten the cross head screws. Job done.

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Where exactly is your garden? Asking for a friend....😊

A pair of Guilds and a vintage BB, oh my! 😎

I have an RM500 EVO II and ABM500 EVO II. I use both for rehearsal but the RM for gigging as it weighs the same as a sharing bag of doritos. The ABM definitely has more heft, and if gear size/weight/carrying from car parks was not an issue, I would go for the ABM every time.

My super clean, owned from new, gigged for ten years Yamaha BBG5S that I sold a couple of years ago as I just don't play fives anymore. I loved that bass and it was the only bass I owned in those ten years of gigging.

so if the 80s was bad when was it good for you??

Am I the only person not to love a RM head? I had one for a while, seemed underpowered and lacking in character compared to my MB, TE Elf and old Ashdown ABM combo. Moved it on quickly. Each to his own I guess and there is clearly a lot of love for them here - maybe it’s my old ears 👂