Lozz196

What type of music, and will the smaller cab be just handling stage volume or having to cover the whole venue? That said, I think a Barefaced 2x12 cab would be a great solution, plenty of power handling, not too low down so only your ankles hear it, great dispersion and lightweight/portable. I’d go for one of their 2x12 cabs rather than 1x12 purely as imo it can do so much more, tho many gigging a single Barefaced 1x12 cab seem plenty happy enough.

I`d forgotten that I did this review. I must admit I did like my Tonehammers, and given how loud they are I never experience any "running out of steam" issues with them. Great little amps.

My last band had a website which linked to our merchandise, of which we used to sell a lot. From what I understand bookings etc were all done via Facebook, but that website was invaluable for the merch aspect.

I just checked out my league table so to speak, I joined approx 12 years ago and I’m up to 17,762 posts. Wowzers, I need a life!

Def a good day at the office. Also from what I understand she wanted Elvis to sing it but as was customary for Elvis/Colonel Parker they wanted 50% of the publishing which she said no to.

That`s a good call, and what I used to do in rehearsal rooms, adjust the main bass eq to suit the room.

All of my gigs since 2014 have been through FOH, and in every case I`ve DI`d from a preamp pedal so what`s on stage isn`t necessarily what the audience were hearing. I did this so that the sound the audience heard was consistent. With all of the variety of amps/cabs/combos etc that I`ve used the two set-ups that made me happiest were Ampeg SVTs and Ashdown ABMs set flat with my preamp pedal going through them. I had quite a trebly/twangy/gainy sound so the combination of that through a - shall we say hefty amp - made me enjoy the gigs much more. We were never particularly loud on stage either so it`s not like this was just because of the volume.

It’s probably never made any difference to my playing but I know that I enjoy the gig more if I’ve got an amp delivering a hefty on stage sound.

Good call, and any advice from Dave Green is always on the money

I think they`re great, wasn`t aware that they`re viewed as naff/uncool. but then as I probably am as well I`m in good company.

Ye cannae change the laws of phusics

There aren’t any specific bands that I dislike, but I intensely dislike rap, hip-hop and music like that. One of the younglings at work likes drill & grime & who knows what else, all I know is whatever he’s played I can’t stand.

Butterscotch

Probably the same for me too, I think they’re really good.

Red silks on non-floppy flats says Rotosound Jazz 77s to me.

In my old punk covers band we often used to swap instruments at rehearsals. One day they said Lozz, you go on drums, you`ll be used to keeping time as you`re a bassist. What song did we do, Ace of Spades by Motorhead. I was hyperventilating by the second verse!

Some good sounds there, does real justice to the P-Bass

The 600 is a whole new ball-game, it’s so flexible eq-wise, aside from modern hi-fi sounds it has pretty much everything covered. Def the best amp I’ve ever had, and one I’ll never tire of recommending.

I think you’re headed towards that ABM at warp factor ten, Nick. It fits the bill exactly, from sound to after-care/support.

Like him or loathe him Noel Gallagher said something about this, along the lines of anywhere else in the world a musician in advancing years shall we say is respected as they will most likely have been playing for a long time. Whereas in GB (and probably England more) it’s a case of “well he ain’t gonna be able to play is he, look at how old he is”.

Nadal to see here, please move on

The new Michael Monroe (from Hanoi Rocks) album is due out later this year, his material is always worth a listen.

Depends on how often we change them I suppose. In my last band I needed that new string twang, so a new set of Rotosounds every month. A set in my local shop was £23 so £276 a year. Online they were £16 so £192 a year - a saving of £84 or another 5 months of strings.

Indeed, Gerald