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A very long trip is all I can say. Hopefully I`ve got to the end of it, as was pretty much there, did a swap of gear and found that I preferred the previous. So my rig now consists of Fender Precision strung with Rotosound Steel Rounds, into a Sansamp Bass Driver, into an Aguilar Tonehammer Preamp Pedal, into an Aguilar AG500, into a Barefaced Big Twin 2. This way I can DI to FOH knowing that what I hear is what they`ll get too, plus I can use the pedals with provided rigs. Its funny but every time I go for the more traditional sounding gear - which is what I`ve preferred throughout my playing history - I realise that for the band I`m in I need a much clearer/cleaner set-up, bizarrely so that the gain/drive I use comes across properly. The more vintagey/traditionally voiced gear seems to colour the sound too much. The only thing that`s steered me other than trying gear out myself was when we recorded our second album. The producer put a Sansamp in the line and although up to that point I hadn`t been using one i thought seeing as we went to him specifically for his sound/production I`d go with it - and what a good move that was. Went straight out and bought one after that. Soundwise, well I suppose it`s somewhere between JJ Burnell, Bruce Foxton & Duff McKagan. Gainy, driven, with a lot of top-end twang on it so that when the guitar solos the backside of the song doesn`t drop out.

I look after my basses, unless being used my gigging ones are kept in cases, but if a ding happens it`s legit road-wear so I`m not going to be fussed.

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1477735965' post='3164109'] That is rotten! I've only had good luck with GAK, so I'm sure they will put it right. [/quote] Same here, they`ve been very helpful with me over the years.

A shame but I think he`s made the right decision. I`m just gutted that I never got round to seeing Quo with the pair of them. I`m sure musically they`ll still be as good, but Quo really is Francis & Rossi (plus Rhino I suppose, he`s been there for years now).

Without thinking about it I couldn`t say how many times each bit was repeated but I could easily play our whole set solo.

In an old band the guitarist was a nightmare for all this. It would take him 3 or 4 days to reply to anything, which if asked on a Tues if we could do a short notice Fri gig, answering on Sat was pretty much a waste of time. He also proudly announced once that he`d updated the website, and indeed he had, for the gig before last, to the gig we`d last played, so only Dr Who would be able to go to it! And the best, he once sent a text asking if I could do a gig on the 14th. I asked, the 14th of which month. The reply was "yeah". My reply was that the answer to the question, the 14th of which month was not yeah. The reply was "of course dude". So my reply was, the 14th of which f*cking month in which f*cking year and at what f*cking venue do you want me to play a f*cking gig? I got all the details back straightaway. Sometimes it seems you have to be specific.

I put up a Wanted Ad for a Sansamp BDDI V1, Chris replied, deal sorted pretty quickly on Monday evening. Item arrived today very well packaged. Good transaction all round.

Yeah Jonesy used a Fender Twin in The Sex Pistols, but his must have had some kind of gain/drive on it. The one we had was clinically clean, couldn`t be pushed into breakup at all, no gain or drive on it. Sounded rotten on our version of Ace of Spades.

Luckily none of us. A good example, we`ve just arranged the recording, mixing and intended release date of our next album this morning, within the space of 20mins.

Rather than limit yourself to an 8ohm cab look at the cab that best suits, then get a splitter cable/box from our very own OBBM that will enable you to connect two 4ohm cabs to a 4ohm amp, if you decide you need another cab. You just plug two ordinary speakon leads into it, then the box connects to the amp, so if only using one cab, just use one lead without the box.

In terms of what it was used for, a Fender Twin that had no gain or drive, when it was a provided amp for my old punk covers band. The Sex Pistols, Clash, Anti Nowhere League etc don`t sound great on a clean guitar.

I really like the Gibson Classic 57 Plus. At quiet volumes it sounds a bit insipid, but push your amp and it comes alive.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1477390989' post='3161862'] To add to the above, IME mid-week gigs, unless your band (or one of the other bands on the bill) has a sizeable following, are a complete waste of time. At best you play to a handful of totally disinterested punters. Stick to Friday and Saturday nights (plus Sunday or Thursday at a push if the bands and/or venue has the right reputation) and leave it at that. [/quote] Pretty much nails ot for me.

Our drummer is more than good, so if he drops a beat - which is a rarity anyway - we know he`ll be back in with the song within a couple more beats so we just keep going. At the pace we play there`s no point in all trying to change to what`s happened, especially when we know how quickly he`ll sort it.

Difficult to split between Precision & Sansamp for me, both are integral to my sound.

Barnes & Mullins are the Aguilar stockist/distributors in the UK. I`ve bought a couple of things from them and they`re incredibly swift: http://www.bandm.co.uk/

I think Tims right on that, see if she knows anything about this. It may well be said manager just wanted to pack up early and never thought of pocketing the cash, but even then, was it with her approval. It`s a pretty poor show, but given the crowd - or lack of it - I can see his point, but to me it`s the landladys call to make, not his.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1477180575' post='3160421'] As to 'this is in F# minor' - it may well be, but beyond knowing where F# (or is it G Flat?) is on the fretboard I just play stuff that fits with what everybody else is playing. [/quote] I always figure that pessimists will go for G flat as it`s a step down, but optimists will go for F# as it`s a step up.

I`ve got a Protection Racket holdall and get my amp (Aguilar Tonehammer) plus my pedalboard which is a Pedaltrain Mini, plus all my leads, towel and spare t-shirt in it, plus set-lists and spare strings.

DiMarzios have a cream option for their pickup covers (they spell it creme)

Agree with that Martin, our guitarist can tell if he`s out of tune when playing, so then tunes up after the song has ended. I`m pretty much the same, I can tell when I`ve gone out of tune pretty quickly. In an old band the guitarist used to tune between each song and it did used to break the flow of the music. I was also on guitar at that point. We both had the same guitars, and sometimes I wouldn`t even have to tune up between gigs. Think I got lucky there, never had an instument since that held tuning that well.

I`m pretty much in the same camp as those where their tone comes from pedals/preamps rather than the amp. I`ve got it this way so that when I play gigs with provided rigs I know that FOH is going to get what I want them to, as it`s always DI`d. My amp/cab are really on-stage monitors.