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Over the years I’ve gone from 50-110 to 45-105 to 45-100, which are def my faves to play. Who knows what another 5 or 10 years might bring though.

I’m not, but only due to the acceptance that my back won’t permit it anymore. My rig in my last band was Ashdown ABM600 with ABM 410 & 210 cabs but it got too much, so now have two ABM PRO NEO 210s instead. I’m there in spirit!

And don’t forget to point whilst doing so, it really helps…..

Side by side cones, science breach, you are to be exterminated!

It`s funny Chris, the drummer in the classic rock band I`m in is probably the tightest drummer I`ve ever been in a band with, his timing is impeccable, but he`s just soooooo loud. So on one part he excels, whereas the other it`s major failure.

Yep, guitar brought to you this evening from Icepick City.

Only played the RWs a couple of times but was very impressed, congrats on a great pair of basses

I like 610s. The height makes hearing yourself a lot easier, and irrespective of the science I just happen to like the sound of a load of 10s all stacked together. My Ashdown ABM 410 & 210 together was a good compromise for someone living in a first floor flat, as the weight of a 610 was too much to get up/down the stairs. Whilst these cabs might be unfashionable I prefer the sound, much the same as a full Marshall stack to me sounds better than a 1x12 combo at the same volume.

ACS earplugs I think are the answer. My classic rock band is incredibly loud due to matching the drummers volume, yet thanks to my ACS plugs the band volume is like a loud stereo, and I can hear each instrument individually. Before the ACS plugs I had a couple of different makes and they took the edge off, nothing more. Probably the wisest £120 I’ve ever spent on musical gear.

I recently bought a Mex Fender Precision. I’ve changed the electrics, pickup, tuners, string tree & nut. This bass will be the one I’ll use for overseas gigs as don’t want to take my US Precision, but the changes I’ve made are practical. Given I’ll have to detune/tune it after flying I want better tuners & nut, the pickup I’ve changed to a Tonerider as they sound very similar to the Custom Shop 62, and the electrics are now the same spec as the US. I’d say the tuners, nut & electrics are upgrades.

Yes mine did that but only when ironically I pushed the mute button. I took it to Ashdown and they sorted it. I’ve no idea what it was as it was a couple of years ago and techie stuff is a bit beyond me.

Totally reasonable & justifiable

Such terrifying comments from AC, it’s easy to see why someone would foam at the mouth after hearing them NOT!

I ended up with the brighter coloured ones as seeking out black cables on after gig poorly lit stages is a ball ache at the best of times. The B&Q ones are good, I’ve got an orange one with an inbuilt surge protection thingy, very good quality.

I looked at maybe have one of these for overseas gigs, certainly be easier than carting a full scale bass through airports if a hard case could be found for it.

The bassist from The Cockney Rejects uses one of their amps, just set to a regular bass sound, no (or very little) drive and it sounds great. Wasn’t the sound I was expecting when I saw him setting it up, was pleasantly surprised.

Sounds great, Dave

Those TC BH250s are surprisingly pokey, a lot more power to them than would be thought.

I think that’s the overriding question to this isn’t it, the MB Strat I played was truly fantastic, easily the best guitar I’ve ever picked up, but to quantify it as being 12 times better than a Mex Standard would be difficult.

The Masterbuilt instruments are amazing. A few months back I bought a Gibson SG and the guy I bought it from let me have a try of his Masterbuilt Stratocaster. There really was something special about that guitar, I couldn’t specify what exactly but it just felt “alive” and so responsive to how it was played. He got it for a good deal apparently, but even then the figure made me wince.

Like, especially given the other clip of Thin Lizzy tribute, very different styles with both bands sounding true to the originals.

Much more complex than would be expected on “simple pop songs”. Just goes to show there’s a lot more to all of ABBAs music.

Nice one, seriously considered the 3-way one when I was touring quite regularly.

Good point Mick, JT is still an awesome bass player but all the great bass lines he plays are nearly 40 years old.

Same here, I find their albums too sanitised, it’s Uber clean production which is ok for a track or two but not a whole album. Whereas live their sound is great, can happily watch a concert of theirs on TV, and actually live I thought they were great.