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I played a gig at the weekend and the sound wasn`t particularly good - a lot to do with the venue acoustics. The band on before us went on and the bassist had a great sound until the sound-guy went on stage and changed the eq on the bass amp (provided rig). Suddenly they went to mush as well. Sometimes it`s how the sound-person thinks an instrument should sound that messes up a bands sound, not deliberately doing it to make the band sound bad. The band spend ages rehearsing and getting the sounds of the instruments as they want them and then someone on the desk - who has never heard them so has no point of reference - changes the sound to a more generic sound.

John bought my Barefaced Retro Two10 - good comms throughout and collected the cab to make things easier. Another good transaction done.

Alan bought a pickguard from me. Good comms, swift payment, advised when the item was received, all that`s good in a transaction.

Crawford put a wanted ad up for a preamp/DI pedal so contacted him about an Aguilar Tonehammer. Deal done very easily, swift payment, good comms.

[quote name='largo' timestamp='1483977129' post='3211610'] Didn't Kevin Dean ditch his BF Super Compacts for a pair of the 112 cabs? Sure there's a review somewhere. Certainly got me interested [/quote] I think so, from recall he replaced the cones with Sica drivers from Ashdown to give greater power handling.

Any estate car should be ok for this, I`ve had an Astra estate, currently got a Kia Ceed estate, both have plenty of room, but Chris Bs suggestion of the Volvo is spot on. Our old guitarist, who had masses of gear used to fit the whole band PA/lights and all his guitar gear in his Volvo estate. They`re massive.

In previous bands we`ve always worked along the lines of if someone leaves of their own accord they get nowt, but, if the band folds completely then whatever funds are left over, once PA etc is sold, an equal share is given to all who were in the band, irrespective of for how long.

I used a pick for the first 30 or so years of my bass playing, only really learned how to play fingerstyle a few years back. As a die-hard Precision player I juts find that a pick works so well with one, especially in rock/punk music.

I love my gear but............ I just wish, lightweight though my gear is, I had roadies.

That`s a very good deal on the cab. Nice set-up, I reckon that`s a cracking sounding rig.

DM issues does conjure up images of the skinheads on a jolly

Might have been Adam Clayton, though he`d probably need another Sig Bass to pay for all that

First case - make that the only case - I ever think about if looking for a hard case is Hiscox.

Yep, great to see you back on The Chat, Mark

Great price for a Ray34 - used they`re usually in the £500 bracket.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1483464482' post='3207361'] Judging by the younger people I know going to the pub just isn't the done thing anymore. [/quote] Yep, the young-nation at my workplace all seem so sensible in comparison to how daft me and my mates were at their age. Every minute possible we spent in the pubs getting as langered as possible, but they seem to go out for a quiet drink once in a while.

There are plenty of recommendations on forums on swapping the speaker on the LC15. The stock speaker is ok but many have swapped it out and far preferred it. A lot went for Celestions, Jensens or Eminence from memory (I used to have one of these but kept it stock as never got round to a change). A lot were on the Harmony Central reviews of the amp.

This is a shame, I`ve always had great service from them, couldn`t fault it at all.

[quote name='bassix' timestamp='1483562391' post='3208338'] Knew it! You taking it Saturday? [/quote] Well there`s meant to be a full bass rig provided but think I`ll bring it with me, just in case.

I had my first rehearsal with my new RM-500 and it`s a cracking amp, I just love it.

Well the update from rehearsal is here. Pretty easy to write too: I love this amp.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1483460903' post='3207312'] I've always been slightly uncomfortable about the MOBO awards. Is there a MOWO awards? [/quote] No because those that are called politically correct, but who in their actions are anything but, would scream racism at anyone attempting this. Re the original question, well last year there was an ad for a bassist of specific colour and I contacted the mods about it, posing the question that if I, a white English male, in a skinhead punk band, had put up an ad asking for a white only musician, how would it have been taken, and as such maybe all ads should be looked at equally. I think the reply took some 3 months to come through. I`d be willing to bet that if I`d posted said ad it would have been closed within 3 hours. Also, positive discrimination - it is exactly that, someone positively being discriminated against. Don`t let anyone fool you with this phrase, it equates to someone being treated differently due to their gender/race/age/religion/colour.

Conversely I had a set for an hour and they weren`t bright enough for me. Got them up for sale on here, 50 - 105 gauge.

Just tried this and I`ve had so much gear I can`t remember it all. Maybe a lesson there in itself?