barkin

FWIW that's what I thought as well. I saw a great band last weekend - the bass player had a very odd technique. Played with a pick, but only used upstrokes. Looked bloody hard work to me, but he sounded great. Technique? F*** it!

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1378159897' post='2196570'] I thought as much. How's it holding up? [/quote] Alright thanks matey. I don't use it all that often, but when I do it does the job

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1378158736' post='2196544'] Mine was fine too when I had it. [/quote] That'll be the one

I've got one too. Works fine for what it is - never had any problems with it since I bought it used from here

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1377971588' post='2194281'] ...but I'd have thought TE had the market cornered in the 80s. [/quote] Depends on which circles you moved in, perhaps? It's all a bit of a hazy memory now I'm afraid, but I don't recall seeing much TE stuff in the early '80s. Late '80s lots of the players I knew wanted a TE rig, but not many actually had one.

Acoustic for me. Seem to remember a lot of HH stuff on the pub circuit .

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1377947596' post='2193921'] Thomann are good - order with confidence. [/quote] That's always been my experience too - both sales & warranties/returns.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1377889289' post='2193361'] But if it's not a legal requirement, they don't have to get their own stuff tested. I think its more to do with someone having discovered it and covering themselves. [/quote] Possibly not a legal requirement but if, for example, it's a requirement of their insurance policy (I don't know if it would be - just musing) then it amounts to pretty much the same thing for us. Arguing with a venue owner/organiser/representative over the legal nitty-gritty isn't exactly going to enhance our standing or reputation. They're paying - we play by their rules. It's such a trivial thing really, weighed against the several thousand quids worth of gear that gets carted around to gigs and the potential hassle it can save, that I really see no reason to not get everything tested. And if testing shows up what could potentially be a life endangering safety issue, that's gotta be good too.

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1377645731' post='2189967'] The most compelling argument i've encountered, for having my/our gear PAT tested is that there are occassions when I/we won't get to do the gig if we don't comply... [/quote] [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1377858616' post='2192802'] Not had that one yet, we'd just get the stuff tested for compliance if needed. Presumably public authority venues? [/quote] Yup. And increasingly, it seems, hotels, social clubs, even village halls etc. I get the impression that some of the people "in charge" at these places are only now becoming aware that they need to get their own stuff tested, which then raises questions in their minds about what others are bringing into their venue.

My '82 Westone Thunder, except if it's got newish strings on it, stays perfectly in tune. Shame it's so heavy that I hardly use it these days.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1377692432' post='2190407'] Tabs are OK up to a point but dont become too dependant on them. Train your ear instead, by listening to songs, working out the bass lines yourself and then trying to play along. [/quote] A big +1 for this. Whenever I've looked at tabs it's quickly apparent that most of 'em are just plain wrong

More prone to interference from external sources.

An instrument with a quality of construction, fretwork etc that'll allow a low action has got to be good. Whether a player likes a low (whatever that is...) action is another matter.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1377643893' post='2189941'] I have thought about it though, the most compelling argument so far has been to show I've taken reasonable steps to avoid injury/damage. [/quote] The most compelling argument i've encountered, for having my/our gear PAT tested is that there are occassions when I/we won't get to do the gig if we don't comply...

[quote name='Corvine' timestamp='1377552103' post='2188843'] Also, Berhinger do a cheap limiter/enhance, is it worth trying, or is it as cheap and nasty as the price suggests?! [/quote] I've a Behringer BLE100. It's far better than I expected it to be and the plastic casing, which feels like it should have broken ages ago, is still intact.

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1377461880' post='2187879'] Try it with an extension speaker, [/quote] I was thinking along those lines. Dodgy speaker, or the connecting cable. Does it have protection on the speaker outputs? Perhaps there's a faulty cable/connection that's causing a short circuit now and again (vibration perhaps) and tripping the protection circuitry? Just a thought...

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1377289388' post='2185985'] Are you suggesting that Apple hardware is somehow a more 'known quantity' than PC hardware? [/quote] Of course The Apple OS knows exactly (with only a few known variations) what hardware components it'll be running on. Limited choice of supported motherboards (eg, no AMD CPUs), GPUs etc. [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1377289388' post='2185985'] Even if that were true, what sort of application software has anything to do with the underlying hardware? Isn't that the job of the OS? [/quote] It was the OS that I had in mind.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1377264346' post='2185546'] Macs are essentially ,closed' systems, so Apple maintains strict quality control over all aspect of what's running on them. This is the main basis for their supposed reliability. [/quote] Not really. Anybody can write software for MacOS, but it's easier to write stable software, that works as intended, when the hardware it's to run on is a known quantity.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1377259258' post='2185414'] As I mentioned earlier, TKS are about to launch some new, and redesigned cabs. Tommy's just posted an example of the design for the new cloth-grilled 112, which has had the port moved to the rear. Yum. [/quote] Crumbs!

Drop an email to Barefaced - see if you can pop along the coast to Brighton and try some of theirs?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1377179280' post='2184392'] BDI-21. £26. [/quote] Beat me to it.

I looked at these deals a year or more ago and tried the various cab combinations. Seemed like a very good value for money deal - not sure of the current prices/deals though. My preference was for 2 x 210's, although I ended up buying something completely different.