Lozz196

Alvin Gibbs of The UK Subs was/is a pretty decent player. Decent bloke as well.

Second that, get the same cab again, doubling up on the same cabs is something to behold

For that sound the Ashdown RM range of amp heads would be ideal. Bruce Foxton and Nate Mendel both use Ashdowns anyway, and having had the RM amps they can do the sounds specified spot on. On much larger stages there is a bit of a difference between the RM & ABM range but for regular pub/club gigs I`m not sure it would be noticed. Edit - butof course the ABM from Ashdown will fit the bill, as that`s specifically what both BF & NM use. Aiming for their type of sound, makes sense to me to use similar gear. You`re there with the Precision, grab the Ashdown and you`re sorted.

What a shame, as said, 52 is no age

It may well be cos whenever I hear it I focus on what Glen Matlock is playing on the Pistols version, so don`t notice JEs playing. Heresy I know........

The Sex Pistols version is, for me at least, a far better version of the song, and love what Glen Matlock plays, not sure if that was what The Ox played as can`t really make out his basslines too well in it, but GM def on form on their version.

Doesn`t bother me, pretty sure no-one would think it was a rabid right-wingers theme tune.

Yeah, bout time too. Think they need a separate head at some point, but this could be a wise move for Blackstar, good on `em.

That looks great

That`s a good point, if you`re really looking for the "ultimate" then spending time on research and playing as many as possible is not time wasted - and it should be good fun as well.

There have been a few Gen2 Barefaced cabs knocking around recently, pretty much any of them will fit the bill.

Have a listen to the Peel Session version on youtube, it`s much clearer to work out what exactly is going on.

Yeah, I watched the tv prog about that, looks like the whole band, but particularly John Lydon had a ball doing that. From the footage shown I`d say they enjoyed playing to the kids and having a cake-fight in the afternoon much more than playing to the adults in the evening.

I never really thought that much of Status Quo, neither liked nor disliked, but when my mate told me how they put on a good day out for sick kids - his 15 year old niece had cancer, thankfully fought it and won - and mostly away from the cameras, my opinion of them went to the like/admire side. Apparently they spent the whole day with the kids, really treating them, and from what I`ve been told it wasn`t a grin & bear it, they wanted to be there and were glad to be.

If you go from an ok rated efficiency 500 watt 8ohm cab, say 98dB, to a good efficiency rated 800 watt 4ohm cab, 103dB for example you will get slightly more volume, and given the efficiency of the cab it hopefully should better represent the sound being - usually - a better cab anyway. But really, on the much larger stages, it`s speaker cones that have the advantage. Think of a vodka & tonic, equal parts vodka & tonic you taste the vodka pretty well. Now have that same amount of vodka matched with 10 times the amount of tonic, suddenly you don`t taste the vodka as much. Probably a pony way of explaining it, but that`s how my ears have found it over the years, big stage = more speaker cones (or better on-stage monitoring of course).

Well it may be worth considering a K-Series 410 & 210, if within budget. Each cab will get the same amount of power which in theory can be a bad thing, but I`ve done this with a good few makes now (Ampeg, Marshall, currently with Ashdown) and it`s worked very well. The addition of that extra two 10s going is very nice, as as well as getting full power from your amp - unlikely you`ll ever need that tho, I would have thought - you are adding another 50% of coneage, plus raising it higher so you hear yourself better. And then for rehearsals you only need to take the 410 along, so it makes life a little easier not having to lug two cabs about all the time. I`ve found in larger venues that the more speaker cones plus the higher up they`ve been the easier it`s been to hear the bass well.

Same here, I decided I really should learn how to play fingerstyle a few years back, and it came in handy as my then band did a set where we played all our songs in a jazz-style, with playing fingerstyle suiting it much better than with a pick. For reference I use the Dunlop Tortex Triangles - 1.14mm. They`re big, and essentially 2 picks in one due to the triangular shape, which makes things a lot better if it slips whilst playing. Like many I`ve never dropped a pick.

That was the first version of the song that I heard. I usually find that I prefer the original versions of most songs but have to admit WASP really nailed it.

Sounds like an iffy control on the amp to me - yes the BF410 is a very efficient cab, but having put a GK1001 into one, I still needed the volume on around 4 or 5 on that amp, which isn`t exactly quiet.

Yep, welcome Loz, from Lozz

Bruce Foxton, from The Jam used one for a long time, so they`re not just rock sounding amps. He got a really nice focused/bite with his, linked to the VBC cabs. Prob why I`ve wanted one for so long, was so impressed with the sound from his Precision/VBA set-up.

I`ve wanted one of these for ages, used to have the VBC412 cab which was amazingly good. But then I played with a band last year who had one, and it took two guys to lift it on top of the stack (cab on top of flightcase). At that point my desire waned.

Sold a Mono Vertigo to Kostas. Great comms throughout, swift payment, advised when it was delivered, all that`s good in a transaction. Cheers Kostas.

It might be that the best addition could be another of the 102P cabs - adding in the exact cab again really fills the sound out. Unless you really only want one cab that is. Other than that then getting an LMIII could be an option, seeing as that`s the amp that drew you to Markbass gear. Given it`s a higher range it`s likely there`s a bit more to the sound. Re the "cheapness" I think I might know what you mean, the Markbass sound is very sterile sounding on its own, but in the mix it really works. Have you stood some 20 feet in front of your rig when the band is playing - that might be an opinion changer too.