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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.

My current band will have been going for 22 years this coming summer so I don't have any real plans to change band anytime soon but we have been looking for a new singer for nearly 6 months now and have been gigging with a couple of dep vocalists since the start of November. We did think we had found the right guy a few months ago but that all fell through (fantastic singer from Belgium who had only been in the UK a couple of months but turns out he was in breach of some of the rules of his sabbatical from his job in Belgium and was forced to go back or repay a load of money). Anyway, it's all been a bit disheartening to be honest and we've seen so many people that weren't a fit or were one of the aforementioned time wasters that I was all but ready to pack it in. A couple of weeks ago though I was contacted by an old friend (who is a really great singer and also an excellent guitarist) who saw our advert on join my Band and is interested as his current band will be calling it a day after New Year's eve. We've sorted out an audition with him in the new year so fingers crossed but if that doesn't work out then I think I may just have to start looking for something new.

I'm just watching the Lollapalooza gig from 2013 on You Tube. Bloody marvellous stuff. Love Gabrels guitar work on Wrong Number. I watched 2 hour documentary The Cure Play Out last night. Fascinating stuff.

I'd say you know what you want too. Sounds like a winning configuration to me. Blue

Enjoy! Looks like a sweet little setup. Very jealous.

Cyprus?? You must know my Auntie...

About 2/2.5mm deeper when I compared it to the stock pups.

Not sure why anyone who's posted an average of 14 times a year over the last 7 years as a member, would be whining about it. Not only that, nothing's broke

For me @Al Krow I still have a 'normal' job. But, about a year ago, I cut my hours right back. I was full time and always have been. It was a big decision with a toddler and another baby on the way, but I actually earn more than I did allowing more time to focus on music. The main band I'm in now, is a functions band that are lucky enough to be well connected. We have agency support as well as contracts with 3 holiday parks, plus a couple of well connected booking agents. This was the bands first full year with this lineup and current setup. We also have the option of solo/duo/trio/electric/acoustic, so can cover literally any situation. Sometimes the guitarist and singer do duo gigs, sometimes it's the guitarist and me. I reckon the band probably did about 120 this year including the ones without me. Next year is looking even busier, I'm hoping to do a bit of teaching and maybe even a bit more guitar playing and hopefully this time next year I'll be full time with music.

Me, I'm working full time, and I have a girlfriend but no kids so it's pretty easy, especially when I can bring her with me the times we play at some fun festivals or at interesting locations (for instance, we had 3 gigs in Skye one weekend last year, so I drove myself with my gf rather than in the van, and we did a little tourism too). A total of 57 gigs in this past year may sound like every weekend is taken, however it's not unusual to have a few very busy weekends, multiple gigs on one day even (two of the bands I play in have often been at the same festivals, which makes summer quite busy that way)... so there's still lots of free time left. We book our own gigs. After spending time seeking them, now we get lots of gigs when they just contact us. If we get a gig somewhere beyond a certain distance, we can often arrange to have another gig nearby to help us return home with a positive balance... but it took years to know the right people. One of the bands, our gigs come mostly from one single member who just seems to know everybody all over the UK: again, he's been doing this for a long time. We got lucky with him.

Top class - cheers Jim

Thanks chaps! Didn't think you'd noticed the ladies in the string section Paul? ambient - there are one or two other ELO bands doing the circuit, so let me know where/when before I bask in the glory. Cheers.

I'm a pro player, have been for approx. 25 years now. My main band is a tribute band that tours UK theatres, 'The ELO Experience'. I usually perform around 80 gigs a year with them. I'm also in two other regular setups - a country rock band called 'The Fork Handles' (I know...) and also an acoustic duo with a weekly pub residency. Throw in some deps and function gigs as and when and there it is. In terms of getting the gigs, my main band has built up enough of a reputation over 10 years for theatres to know what's what. Our frontman handles all enquiries and organises the schedule. The other stuff I do is fairly local, and again, we've been doing it a while and we're all quite well known in the area, which helps a lot.

Yes, the control over the parameters via expression pedals and the possibilities for connecting to other gear is great on the Moog stuff. I’m sure I’ll probably regret taking them back soon enough and buy them again! I’d really like to try it with the control processor unit to see what else it can do. With that it is possible to alter the shape of the envelope via the attenuator. The filter paired with the phaser was a great sound. Congratulations on the Matryoshka, it sounds cool. If you fancy posting some clips that’d be appreciated. I’m looking at getting a Moog synth as I’m really into these sounds now.

The phrase, 'I don' t care about money', is a danger signal as far as commitment is concerned. Luckily, my main band do care about money and are very commited (we're playing 4 gigs this weekend). We're in our 50s too, so we're no spring chickens.

Have we met?

Ringo is a multi millionaire so already well rewarded for his efforts. To my mind he seems to have been knighted for not dying. BTW I do like the guy and I like the Beatles. But what about Jeffrey Long. He's an ex-para and 86. He does sponsored walks to raise cash for the British Legion - the distance dictated by his age. Amongst countless others he's walked 84 miles along the Leeds Liverpool canal , 85 miles along Hadrians wall and this year 86 miles along the Thames , despite having a bust ankle and , incredibly , being on Chemo. Jason Manford got involved with that one and as a result donations on his just giving page went through the roof. I can assure you I'm not jealous but were I an aging rock star enjoying my millions , polishing my countless music awards and waking up next to a Bond girl ( often on the floor , I read !!) I'd be satisfied enough to say 'No thanks - how about you give it to Jeffrey who'd likely use the increased profile to raise even more cash'. update - I just found out Jeffrey already has an MBE for his charitable work. Pleased to hear it.

I finally got round to getting a Helix LT yesterday and although i've just started playing around with it, it does seem rather marvelous. My day job of designing musical instruments meant it would only be a matter of time before i started making bits for it and the first one is a screen protector. I'm aware of the one you can get from the USA but I thought i'd do my own version (early design pics attached). It's a 3D printed frame with a 2mm thick polycarbonate or acrylic window. It attaches to the LT with either magnetic tape (inset into the frame) or double sided tape. I'm going to print one in the next few days so will post some pics of it installed if anyone might be interested

Get a set of these. If you measure the perimeter of your cab grill and that will give you the rough length you need. You then remove the grill, stick the strip around the inside edge and replace then you're good to go! http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=292222022202&globalID=EBAY-GB

I have a used Moog MF 101 on the way. Itching to give this a good work out, and see how this compares to other filters on the synthier side of things.

Yup, both my Gibson and the ones I was going to take pics of are without the scoops.

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That is so green! I like the look of that Jackson, I’m going to try one out! Thanks for this.

That's not the Gibson TB+ pickups. The scooped out short edges are the tell-tale signs - the Gibson ones are squarer - like this pic - Also, the GIbson TB+ only uses 2 screws to attach it to the bass.

beyerdynamic DT 770 are what I use for both practice and performance foldback at the moment (same as several guys above). I use the 80ohm version. I play a 6 string bass and they give a good representation of both the low end and the high end without muddying the middle. No issues driving them and no problem experienced with a lack of volume. Managed to get them for circa £100. Really sturdy and good level of isolation.

Time wasters? I can spot them at a first rehearsal or jam. They can be late, ill prepared, egotistical, too loud, argumentative, have no transport, no spares for instrument, a noodler, have no sense of humor or people skills, arrogant, drunk or stoned. Avoid people with any of the mentioned traits and you wont go far wrong.

Magic always comes with a price: every time a mod re-opens a closed thread a tiny wee fairy gets a nasty case of the trots.

Once the glue on the neck was fully set, I trimmed the neck to the finished shape and checked it fitted the neck pocket. It fitted nice and snuggly first time - well chuffed!! Just for an idea of how this is going to look when finished, I put bits of hardware in place and it looks like this: Still got lots to do but pleased with the progress so far.

Pretty sure it's "souls", but then again, "soles" is quite a nice concept if you have a large enough fish bowl......

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

I think you should buy this one out of the options you've given because its more powerful than the others and should give you a better sound because of it. [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Belcat-25W-Electric-Bass-Amp/8C9"]http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Belcat-25W-Electric-Bass-Amp/8C9[/url] I'd personally ignore anyone telling you to play through a computer or headphones because you'll still need to invest in decent speakers/headphones and still not get a decent sound because they're not made for playing a bass guitar through...AND more importantly you wont experience the coolest part of playing bass and thats making the whole room vibrate!! As a beginner, you dont need anything fancy or amazing guitar tone because at the end of the day you're going to be playing to the mirror in your bedroom. If you then decide you like it so much you want to start gigging, then I would start looking at more expensive stuff because at the moment you dont know if you're going to enjoy it or not, so for now keep it simple, BASS > LEAD > AMP. Find some easy songs you want to learn (which is pretty easy to do on bass) and just play! Until you know what you're looking for and looking at I wouldnt buy anything secondhand unless you had someone to go with you that knows what to look for and know if somethings dodgy or has been abused. Keep it simple now, you dont want to have a headache before you even play the thing! Buy an amplifier...