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New 1300W Amplifier with Bass Response Technology I'd take that with a giant shovel of salt

Agreed. Re. the original question, a pair of those cabs plus a good quality powered sub might be just about OK, but avoid the subs that are aimed at the cheaper end of the disco market and that claim ridiculous power outputs, etc. They may make a fair amount of noise, but it's all boom and no notes and the sound falls apart when you push them (they often achieve volume via over-zealous porting to give a false impression of power). As with our bass rigs, clean, plentiful low end costs money.

Just to inform you I bought Tecamp Puma T1000 and Barefaced One10. And I'm REALLY happy with this combination. Under 10 kg, loud enough and defined tone - everything I was looking for

All this talk about Ringo and his drumming abilty really gets away from me. Anyone can be a good competent drummer. Ringo was first and foremost a Beatle. Being a Beatle was his job and nobody did or does it better than him. I say there's never too many hounors if you were a part of a band that changed the world for the better. Blue

I'm a professional musician, though most of my income is from teaching music. Most of my gigs tend to be bunched up. One week in April was pretty mad with a gig on the Sunday, then two in Paris Tuesday and Wednesday, then two more on the Saturday and Sunday. In fact April was my busiest month of the year with 13 gigs, including the highlight for me personally one with Steve Lawson right at the end.

I've been in wedding & function bands for about the past 23 years. Anyone who's been in that type of band knows that you can be playing one style one minute and something completely different the next. In that time I've owned about 130 basses and the right bass for the band was the one I had at the time and to alter the sound I've moved my hand towards the neck or the bridge and played either heavier or lighter. My advice would be to find a bass that you really like to play, that feels good and you can comfortably play all night. Chances are the audience won't notice the difference anyway. Sometimes we get too caught up in trying to find something that we don't really need. I know that I was incredibly guilty of it in the past. When I change basses it's for the hell of it and not the sound. Any half decent bass will sound decent through the PA. Once I had it out of my system I started enjoying playing more instead of trying to find something that I thought I needed but had all along

Good luck getting that sentence over to a good proportion of our punters: "You play an elephant with what?"

Been quite an enlightening thread! We've got a number who are doing more than 100 gigs a year: @acidbass 185; @Jus Lukin 172; @casapete 150 - are you guys all full time pro's? and what about @M@23 with 96 and @ambient at 72 - semi pro? @chris_b 70; @mcnach 57; @ g jones 56 and @ kk jale 51 - what about you guys? Long established weekend warriors? Also working full or part time as well? All very impressive guys! Do you guys all use agencies or is it a case of long established and recurring relationships with pubs and clubs?

I just don't get these honours, what's the point? nice for the unknowns (like the little old lady that's done school crossings for 50 years) but the rich and famous, isn't being lucky enough to be rich and famous enough?

G&L L2000. Probably the only bass that can do its own thing as well as a very passable P and Jazz bass sound.

Don't worry, I'll put my logo on it.

Who Are You? Here's a little test. I'll start with myself. Let's say I made the news in some fashion. Which headline would I choose. "Blue, 65 year old bass player for rock band Maple Road was given the Good Humanitarian Award for his work with the homeless." " Blue, 65 year old Claims Adjuster for Southwestern Mutual was given the Good Samaritan Award for his work with the homeless." Me, I'd go with bass player. That's who I am. How about you, would you identify with your career/ job title or that your a bass player? Blue

Yes - for One10 I'm using channel A (500W at 2Ω, around 250W at 8Ω) and it's just enough power. But it's also perfect with my Super Twin in bridged mode (1000W at 4Ω). It is powerful and detailed amp - and taste button is really cool also

My rule of thumb with non-English amp ratings......... Halve it (to bring it to rms, sort of) and halve again because they will be quoting peak music levels.............. so 1300watts becomes 325 real watts (across two boxes?)

Obviously her Madge feels the same way. Every year that the standard ex Prime Ministerial honours are withheld from Blair is like a personal slap in the face from the Queen. Long may it continue.

A nice member of the honours list for me is local lad Charlie Fogarty. He was a youth footballer for the Birmingham academy when he was involved in a car crash that left him in a coma and severely brain damaged. A few years on he's done work for disabled football teams all over the midlands and set up Solihull Moors disabled open-age team, and hopes to get into the Paralympic GB team. All aged just 18. To me, these are the sorts of people that deserve all the credit.

Nik bought my Custom NR T Bird. Just a thoroughly excellent chap and an experience that reinforces why the BC Forum and Marketplace works. All hassle free, just as it should be. Thanks Nik!

all bands that make it need a lot of luck, but to stay there needs talent as well

I've never really understood giving people honours for doing stuff that benefits them more than society. Most senior civil servants get gongs just for doing their job. There are some people who deserve honours for changing our world (eg Sir Tim Berners-Lee), and those that do an extraordinary amount for charity (David Walliams OBE), but most politicians, civil servants and industrialists achieve results on the back of other peoples efforts. As for Ringo, right place right time and a huge dollop of luck.

Every band I've been in I have been one of the founding members or started it completely. The guys that audition had to fit with me. It wasn't planned like that, it just happened. I actually really like the idea of being given a set list to learn and then just having to turn up. I'd be very happy to never do the organisation again. I'm not really gigging at the moment (apart from an educational trust orchestra), but in a couple of years my eldest daughter will be old enough to be allowed to play in the jazz clubs. She is turning into a great clarinettist and (at the moment anyway) wants me and a drummer friend to play with her. If we can find a good pianist then we'll have a great little jazz quartet. Really looking forward to that!

Based on recent experience, I'd recommend avoiding people without transport of their own (for some reason I've been involved with three such people this year, two of them drummers!), people who booze at gigs and can't hold their drink, people who lose their temper at gigs (especially when drunk) and chuck their kit around, swear at staff, etc (that's another venue we won't get asked back to!). I think the most fun I've had this year is the couple of depping gigs I've done, no responsibility, just show up on time, play your parts, get paid and go home.

In the real world where I actually earn my keep as a painter and decorator Im always on the lookout for something that will let me finish that little bit quicker I was aked to put this on by a client who was confident that this stuff from B & Q would be perfect for her wooden doors, Garage doors and hand rails Well I have to tell you that as far as the doors were concerned it was ok, but it would be a dereliction of my duty not to warn my fellow basschaters that its not any good for metal.

Vintage Gibson T'Bird pickups (and Bartolini T4s) use three screws - two up, one down. IIRC, the Epiphone Pro has a glued in neck and posh pickups. The regular model has a screwed-on neck joint and Asian pickups. To identify your pickups definitively, it will be necessary to remove one of them from its routed cavity. Check the underside for a model identifier stamp or label. In my opinion, it would be worth measuring the rout. This might help when choosing aftermarket replacement pickups. I would not be surprised if the regular Epiphone Thunderbird pickup cavities measure 3.5 x 1.5 inches. i.e. Exactly the right size to accept a whole bunch of popular replacement designs from well-known manufacturers.

What neepheid said.

Yeah, I'm sure a live video will happen I will post one up.

Yep. Put it in a generic rough silver case with a ‘cool’ logo on it and people will hear the magic and proclaim the makers the saviour of modern music lol.

It was my 62, and I knew the original owner from new. It’s a very lovely bass. I know my heart skipped when I saw it was back up for sale...

I suspect it will Really pleased. It's borderline so good that I was almost slightly annoyed that it made my 64 look like a total waste of money. Not quite - but really close

Mine is an Epiphone classic pro and it sounded exactly like my Gibbo T bird. In some ways it is better as it has been fitted with a Babicz bridge and Grover tuners

Yup I have one, for the purposes I bought it it is perfect. Next week I’ll try it out at a rehearsal with a loud rock band just to see if it copes, but so far love it

When you go to Hell can I have the Lindisfarne gig?

I'm with SteveK in principle. But if I were a jazz guy I'd use a stand, if only to let the audience know that what I'm playing isn't just a load of random old crap I'm making up as I go along.

Hi mate, haven't tried those, but I got a Westbury bag (I think it was the 22mm) for my 3/4 bass from Bassbags and it'a great bag, well made, with handles in all the right places - it's pretty bulky but I can fold it in half. 3mm will keep the rain off but might not be much use at preventing knocks, but depends on where you plan to play I guess.

Why? I cant remember things I did 40 years ago!

Afternoon all! Following on from my "which Dingwall" post, this morning I took delivery of my new (to me) Afterburner from Bass Direct. For a while now I've been eyeing one up and a couple of weeks back put a deposit down. It arrived this morning but not had much of a chance yet to thoroughly try it out, but my first impressions are that this is one hell of an instrument. Going solely off of trying three dingwall basses over the past few years for collectively for no longer than 10 minutes, it was essentially a blind purchase but I knew I wanted a Dingwall. Ok, out of the box and first thing is the gig bag. Never thought I'd be impressed with a gig bag, but it's a really nice case. Anyway, moving on. The bass itself is something else. The finish can look anything from black, brown or purple all the way through to a candy apple red in the right lighting. Perfectly balanced and very comfy at 4.5kg/9lb 14 oz. Before plugging it in, there was a concern about the learning curve of getting used to the fanned frets, but I sat down plugged in, tuned up and there was absolutely no need to worry. Straight away your hand just gets it. The neck is amazing and an absolute delight to play. The whole instrument is something else altogether. Harmonics sing from it, the mids cut through beautifully and the bass is tight and pronounced. All in all, very pleased with it. Only thing I'm going to change is the straplocks. It comes fitted with Dunlop buttons but my other basses (not they'll get much use now) and strap all have Schaller buttons on them. Only downside is that I've a gig tonight but can't use it as it's an upright gig. The full spec is as follows: AB1 5/3 33.25"-37" scale compound radius fretboard maple fretboard banjo frets hipshot ultralite tuners dual density swamp ash body Candy cola finish 3 FD3 pickup option Glockenklang preamp

Sent the serial number off to Dingwall and they've replied confirming the spec but with a few more details. For one, I've now learnt that the finish isn't candy cola, but is actually "black cherry" which is definitely more apt. As for the dual density body, the top half is northern ash and the bottom half is swamp ash. I've also found out it's birthday is only a few days before mine and made in 2014.

I'm now the proud owner of both Wishbasses Sean put up for sale last week. I'd echo what the others have said, Top Fella etc etc but he's actually better than that The Wishbass ad said no courier and with good reason,the man's moving house !! We all know the stress involved with a house flit. Anyway a window of oppertunity popped up and Sean told me "Book the courier " . That's the kinda man he is, a million things he could be doing and waits in on a courier for me. Can't thank you enough Sean.

Pretty much anything/everything off Aladdin Sane. It helped that the lyrics (with the exception of the Stones cover) were printed on the inner sleeve but as a kid really starting to eat, sleep and drink music it was an incredible experience listening to the album with the lyrics to hand. The most mesmerising of the lot were the lyrics to Drive In Saturday that still have an effect to this day.

Here: I know most will find it unlikely with my musical taste.