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I decided on Never Get a Job, by The Last Resort. It all went quiet after that.

Ashdown are on here, why not try them see if they can assist: @Ashdown Engineering

Probably the most important thing/things I’ve picked up along the way are playing what the song requires, rather than being flashy and showing off my chops so to speak, and getting the sound I use to be the right sound for the band.

Yep, for some reason we had karaoke at work just before Xmas, and everyone was trying to get me up singing. I play bass in a skinhead punk band, my "singing" is really not for karaoke at TV volumes in the workplace. They said, well can`t you do a Bon Jovi song then, as if for some reason skinhead punk and Bon Jovi are similar. So I showed them a clip of the type of music I listen to and play. That stopped `em.

I think their Original DI/Preamp does that, but it doesn`t come cheap. Still, quality often doesn`t.

I`d drop Alex a line and enquire, he`ll I`m sure be more than happy to recommend which of BFs smaller range of cabs will be similar in sound to the Super Twin.

Looks great and having played through one a couple of years back - albeit at home practice levels - they sound great too, congrats.

These are the only pedal I’ve used that really has that spongey valvey feel to the sound.

I have one that reads: God invented bass players so guitarists could have heroes too. Our guitarist does not approve (so it does it’s job pretty well imo)

Those 900s sound great, heard a band using one last month, no pedals or anything, the sound was really nice, full, warm, but not overbearing, just sat really nice in the mix.

That’s what I thought - maybe someone’s rubbed off part of the 9 to make it look like a 5.......

Pretty much, yes.

Thinking about this, my best purchase was Warwick Red Label steel roundwound strings - they sound pretty much like my previous faves, Rotosounds, but last 2 to 3 times as long. And they’re about half the price as well.

E to G when tuning, but when I change strings I do G to E. Dunno why.

Never saw them, but watched them on TV shows and as well as clearly being a good band, PL was clearly a good bassist - he had a great tone on some of the clips I saw, and looked as cool as.

In some respects I think it’s the words written, most of communication is taken by visuals, as well as tone of voice - remove those and you’re left with just the words which will more than likely seem much harsher than were intended.

Good point, clean and precise enough, good tight low end without boom, gotta be a task to mess that up if sent flat.

Hubba-Hubba, that`s a beaut Tim, what age is it, as notice the "proper" pickups and tuning pegs?

I`m pretty similar to that Pete, apart from my DI sound goes direct from my Sansamp Para Driver. I know what that sounds like through flat PA speakers/monitors, so not that fussed on how it sounds through whatever amp/cab is there for the gig. On most I can tweak to get near what I want on stage, but on some it has been pretty difficult. Knowing FOH is getting what we as a band need the audience to hear is the main thing, not what we on stage can hear (and I`m sure the other 2 in the band wouldn`t even notice anyway).

Well for me to keep an amp for 2 years and not even think of offloading it, well it means I like it.

Depends on work being done and how long they initially advised.

Somewhat biased here, but the only one I liked was the Precision, tho the Thunderbird was passable.

It is a warm/bassy amp if used in a small environment. I find cutting the 100hz works well in smaller rooms/stages. But get it on a big stage and you really feel the benefit, no weedy sounds from the ABM600 on a big stage, just solid power.

Ashdown ABM 600 EVO-IV Great amp, offering solid-state weight but warm heavyweight sounds - the weight to the sound that you can feel, and more importantly which doesn`t get lost on big stages. 9-band eq/drive/compression so versatile too. Reliable as anything, and all ABMs are built so that they can be repaired, with Ashdown only being an hours drive from me this is a big plus-point . Have now had this amp 2 years which is almost unheard of for me, I must like it! Ashdown ABM 410 EVO-IV Solidly built, fairly heavy cab. Has been on tour in the back of a van protected only by a Roq Solid cover and no problems. I`ve added some go-faster castors to it to help carting it about. Handles anything I put into it, and what a sound. Like the amp it has that weight to the sound and again like the amp, that weight doesn`t get lost when you have to go loud. IMO the Ashdown ABM range is built for those needing solid reliable gear that can cope with all range of venues/stages. Might not be the lightest gear, but it`s far from the heaviest and having had lighter gear, I`ll stick with the ABMs. Ashdowns customer service also a real plus-factor as it`s been second to none in my experience.