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In the shadows. Stranglers

Behringer has good designs, if not original, so for the most part they work well. But they keep the cost down by using cheap hardware.

Our guitarist used to use Marshall stacks with various distortion etc pedals before joining us. He was using a Freidman 50W all valve amp into a Freidman 212 cab with a few pedals maybe 5 or 6. He then upgraded his amp to the Freidman 100W at a cost of £4k and his pedal board now consists of his Shure wireless, distortion/ boost pedal for solos and a delay of some kind. All the other effects he used to have are now built into the amp but what a great on stage tone he gets compared to his 50W Amp that i regularly found a bit boomy. The new amp has a much more even tone across his range. Amazing the difference between a 50W & 100W head. I guess you get what you pay for. Have to say he gets no noise between songs now either. He generally uses Gibson Flying V and Les Paul and occasionally brings a Strat. Dave

Yup. A very busy music pub. Apparently we were so loud they got their entertainment licence revoked by the local authority. So really nobody got asked back. That was back in 1993 iirc.

I think sometimes it's a matter of poor follow up from whoever does the bands bookings. I always felt that if the owners or whoever books the bands for the venue are present during the gig you should attempt to book another date with them at the end of the gig. I don't think you wait for the venue to contact you. Daryl

Has your band ever played a really nice venue, with a good crowd, lot's of dancing and the pub cash registers busy but your band was never asked back. There could be a lot of reasons. Share your thoughts or stories. Daryl

UK Pubs

I would go with a grounding issue as well. Does the noise change if you touch the strings or bridge?

How much band experience does this guitarist have? Daryl

No, he had several but he had a 62 jazz bass that he used for most of zeppelin recording and gigs.

Had Aguilar in the past and liked it. Was in my list of possible replacements

Interesting the low mid does work fine on my, could be batch specific. To be honest the tone of these amps alone wasn't to my taste either but used a sansamp in front of it which worked well

That sounds fab Pete! Not gonna deny that Led Zep are one of my all time fav bands and JPJ right up there with his bass lines. Am I right in thinking he only ever had one bass? If so, did anyone ever mention it's all in the fingers?! Any clips / promo material of you guys?

King of the Night Time World - KISS

Agreed, tube tone sounded awful too, more fizzy like a cheap OD pedal

The Music Lesson - Victor Wooten. A bit like The Way Of The Peaceful Warrior but about music/bass. I really enjoyed it when I read it on my hols.