Bigjas

+1 for Bill Fitzmaurice plans. I've not made a sub yet, but made a couple of Jack 12 bass speakers and they are great.

Norman Watt-Roy. Went to see Wilko Johnson in Portsmouth years ago and ended up stood in front of Norman for the whole gig. He was just mesmerising and had this awesome sound. I was a guitarist up until then, so I went out and bought a bass and started to learn it. Now I play Bass in a couple of bands and rarely play guitar.

I bought an amp off Emmett. What a great guy to deal with. We struck a deal in the morning, it was boxed up and sent that same afternoon, I received it the next day! That's quicker than most shops! The amp was well packaged and he threw in a Mapex gig bag too. Can't fault this guy and would recommend him. Great comms throughout. Jas

+1 for PMT in Farlington. As for gigs/venues, look up Ricksters gig guide on Facebook. It will have most of the gigs in and around Portsmouth and open mic nights are advertised on there too.

I've been gigging a Gramma Pad nearly every weekend for the last 4 years. It still looks like new. Really impressed with it.

Bought a Boss Distortion pedal. Well packaged and very quick delivery. Great communications throughout the purchase. A great Basschatter to do business with. Jas

I have built a shovel slide guitar recently. I saw Justin Johnson playing his on YouTube and thought that was fun. Mine is an old and well used shovel, I had to knock of quite a lot of old cement and crud off it before I started. I like the old and worn look..... It has a 3 pole pickup that I got from ebay, and to be honest it actually sounds quite good. Its best played with a healthy dollop of distortion. I currently have mine tuned to Eb and I am learning to play The Ace of Spades on it. Its great fun.

[quote name='la bam' timestamp='1507661500' post='3387102'] I watched a band called 'The Hamsters' years ago in Bolton. During their Hendrix set they played All Along the Watchtower, and to this day i can still remember the power of how they played it. Absolutely awesome - real next level stuff. [/quote] Yeah, another Hamsters fan here. Really tight 3 piece, seen them dozens of times up and down the country. A great live set and covered a lot of RnB really well, not just the Hendrix and ZZ Top songs. Gutted when they stopped touring. Mind you, 25 years and over 4500 gigs is pretty good going....

Thanks for your help Steve, really appreciate it. Jas

Thanks for that, just wanted to make sure before I start playing with other cabs. I take it the two jack sockets are linked, so it doesn't matter which one I put a single 4ohm cab into?

This might be a really stupid question....... On the back of this amp there are two speaker jacks to plug in the cabs and an Ohm selector switch. If i have it set on 4Ohms, does that mean i need a 4 Ohm cab connected to each jack, or is that 4 Ohms in total (so an 8 Ohm cab in to each jack)?

I bought one of these a while ago, it's great for the money. I put a set of Ernie Ball flats on it and it plays very well. It gets gigged most weekends, only for one song in the set list, and sounds great. All in all a superb Bass for the money Jas

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What a great song/video. I really liked it, thanks for sharing.

Norman Watt-Roy He was the reason I took up Bass after years playing guitar. I saw him live with Wilko Johnson and his playing mesmerised me. I went out and bought a Bass the following week...

Another fan here. I've got the 410 combo and gigged it for a while, but it is very heavy so went lightweight. I have it at home and use it as my practice amp every week. A great amp for the money, and as has been said above, quite versatile. For £80 its a no brainer, go get it ..... Jas

I have a Ford Mondeo Estate, great car with loads of room. I can fit all my gear in the back without dropping the seats. I'm on my second one now, first time I have bought the same car twice. But, as has been said above, any estate should do the job.

Damn, too late. Can I have 2nd dibs if possible? Looking for a project like this... Jas

Went to see Frank Turner last night at Portsmouth Guildhall. What an amazing gig!!! I wasn't expecting it to have so much energy, but all of the band and Frank put on an excellent show. The support bands were good as well. The first band had an odd Bass player who was playing a right handed Bass, left handed. It was still strung right handed but he was playing it upside down left handed so the low E was nearest the floor..... Never seen that before? Jas

I have had 3 acoustic guitars and a 5 string fretless bass from here, but that was a couple of years ago I think. I gave up looking about a year ago because as soon as they go online, they are sold. Which is a shame as I got some great bargains. Clearly someone is making a business out of this and buying them as soon as they go online.

I use the Behringer B205D for gigging and its great. Have used it nearly every weekend for the last 2 and a half years and its still going strong. We use an active PA system so I just take a lead from the back of one of the PA speakers and in to the monitor. That way I can hear what the audience can hear and pitch my backing vocals accordingly. Its plenty loud enough in a pub/small club setting. Jas

For us, it depends on the gig. If the audience are really engaging with us we will do it during one of the last songs, but if it's a quiet one we don't bother. It's cheesy but sometimes the audience really like it. Jas

Just bought my second amp from George. As always he is a pleasure to deal with, very good communications and quick delivery. Amp is in very good condition and was well packed for delivery Jas