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Just bought a Berg NV412 from Mike. Awesome cab at a great price and really nice chap too. Would buy with confidence from mr SK8 again.

More Than Words by Extreme, Half The World Away by Oasis, Delilah by Plain White Tees, A Team by Ed Sheeran. I can play the bass part in those as well as the original recordings so they're my choice.

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1357424017' post='1922599'] Totally agree, I just don't fancy spending 4 quid cos' the singer wants to have a go at Hysteria a semi tone down even though we've told him the problems with that. And yes I know I could take another bass detuned for that one song but then I'd have to download [b]everything[/b] illegally to pay for my other bass. [/quote] I don't like paying for the fuel to do a trip to the in laws just cos my wife wants to go but I wouldn't steal it.

Photo and info added to mine and band's FB and shared by Geordie wife. Hope you get this back.

I'm pretty black and white on this one. Want a peice of music - Pay for it. Want a piece of music so you can learn it - Pay for it. Whether you agree with the way the system works or not is irrelevant. If you want people to keep making music - Pay for it. It's not just musicians who suffer. Sound engineers, producers and loads of others are getting royally screwed by the illegal download market. Some of these people are essential in making sure music is produced to the highest standards. If you argue that the standard of any part of the industry isn't high enough these days and you download illegally you need to ask why corners are now being cut.

Just be cautious taking advice from a shop as there's always an ulterior motive. That said my experience with Soundlive has always been very positive so they're worth a look. Not sure how swiftly you need to buy but if it were me I'd hold out for something used to show up. If anyone won't let youhear them first then walk away.

I had a AH400 GP12SMX and sold it. MASSIVE MISTAKE. I would have it back in a heartbeat. Beautiful head and super versatile.

Every time I hear bands using the Mackie's the sound seems incredibly harsh. Either I've never come across a band that can eq properly, or there's an issue with the Mackies. As mentioned by Warwickhunt the Wharfedale Titans are a decent buy for the money. I think the Martin stuff is OK but wildly overpriced when new although JTUK's link seemed like a reasonable price. I know you're reluctant to buy used but with your budget I think used will give you something that sounds great. Anything new at that budget will be pretty low end.

Yamaha BBG5. I have two and both are great. Lovely lovely sound and really nice to play. Simple and nice looking. You could get a used one for half your budget on here.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1356255427' post='1908361'] Chord chart posters [/quote] +1

For me I find a really small mixer (mine's 4 channel) and some decent monitors plus headphones invaluable. That way I don't need to set gig rig up to practice and have the option to use the headphones if it's late. Failing that a small amp dedicated purely for practice and a sound system that will run your iPod / laptop / cd's / vinyl / tapes etc. Most important thing for me is to have it ready so I don't need to set it all up / pack it all away before or after gigs. I find that way I remove excuses not to practice. Beyond that decor etc is all personal taste.

We've got 4 of these. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_led_bar_252_rgb.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_led_bar_252_rgb.htm[/url] Super cheap, can all be linked to run in sync. I built a simple case for each one where we just put them where we want them, take the lid off and plug them in. They're very bright and work brilliantly with a smoke machine.

Fun covers band playing our first gig with our new drummer. He's a bit special as he's the first pro we've had in the band. He has sessioned loads and is Spinal Tap's drum tech. He's also a really nice guy. We do loads of rock covers and our singer can actually sing. The pub also does loads of cheap drink deals (get em b4 the government bans them). Oh yeah full Bill Fitzmaurice pa system will be out to play too.

I built all our speaker cabs so I defo own them. I also bought the amps, rack gear, mixer, cables, lights and smoke machine. Drummer owns drum mics and his vocal mic, singer owns his mic and guitarist brings vocal mic and amp cab mic. I dont charge the band for it as they're all really grateful and all help lifting it in/out of venues and all put cash in if something gets danaged and needs replacing. Main thing is they all say thanks. It does however give me leverage. We had a drummer who started complaining we weren't getting enough cash. I do most of the booking leg work so when he started stropping with me the rest stood firmly behind me and eventually he got turfed out. I'd like to think its cos I'm popular but I'm realistic enough to know the truth.

1stly massive congrats - magic times. Can you have a word with my dad? That's a cool idea. Gotta be something unique to 2013 - some kinda ltd run us jazz / p bass / stingray if one pops up next yr.

If he wants to play every song in the same key as the next one surely they'll all be in E

Feel your pain. It's really hard to find people round here. We're a gigging band and we do weddings, functions etc. We get well paid and we have a calendar full of really good gigs, we have pro standard PA lights and transport and we have a lot of fun. When our drummer was forced to leave in the summer we thought we'd find a replacement pretty quick. We put ads out on pretty much every muso site and after three weeks we'd had 5 responses. One guy didn't own a kit, another had only been playing 3 months and the remaining three were all unable to keep time and were just plain painful to listen to / play with. Eventually we paid a dep for a few gigs and we got really really lucky as he asked if he could join us full time despite him saying initially that he only wanted a couple of gigs to fill some gaps in his calendar. Keep going. You never know where you'll find these people. Sometimes they're sold on personality before they are convinced by the concept of the project.