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Tbh, the clip I uploaded is the best bit, the other 19 minutes of him tuning his guitar is far worse.

In the old days, we probably would have been a successful psychedelic band with this kind of material.🤣

We thought we would add a psychedelic movie to go with the tones that not even Jimi Hendrix could achieve.

I use these in all my P basses, the embedded springs in the form means that they never ever sag, they are by far the best I've used, and for £4 for two, well worth the money.

We auditioned a so called experienced guitarist last week who has played for 50+ years. He turned up and spent a good twenty minutes trying to tune his guitar and he didn't mute it whilst doing so, I always record rehearsals and auditions, and the tone you hear in this clip of him tuning is the tone he used for every song we played regardless of the type of song. He didn't get the gig. Psychedelic Tuning.mov

Cheers Steve, it was a pleasure mate.🙂

Just received an immaculate Gibson SG Bass from Steve, the transaction from start to finish was so pleasant and efficient. Thanks so much Steve, and all the best for the future.🙂

You ask why certain artists/bands are in the Rock n' roll hall of fame, well maybe the answer is in the name, "Hall of Fame". It's not about whether you, me, or anyone else likes the artists/bands who are in there, I'm not particularly into any of the artists/bands you mentioned either, but I know of them because they are famous because their music, so I guess that some of these "famous" artists/bands will make it into the "Hall of Fame".🫢

This is what I'm thinking, and why I asked the question. I have one One10 which I use for home practise, it sits in the corner of the room almost unnoticed, but last week I decided to use it for a rehearsal and I was amazed at just how tight and punchy it sounded, so this got me thinking that if I had two, would they be able to cut through in a average size pub gig? We play mainly 70's classic rock covers.

Here's two I built using Fender bodies, necks, Fender Custom Shop ‘62 and Nordstrand NP4 pickups, with Schaller BM Tuners on both. Total cost for the two = £1600 I've had many "high-end" Fenders over the years and these two play as well as any of them, and would a CS model be £4,200 better than one of mine? I doubt it.🫢

1 x Barefaced 2x10 or 2 x Barefaced One10's? Anyone tried both these configurations, and what were your thoughts?

Thanks Phil, I will take all you have said onboard.👍

The Yamaha DBR 12`s are on my shortlist so can you update when you get to use them with your band please? Cheers.

This is what I find so frustrating, I've been searching all over the internet and some say 2000 watts but like you, I suspect that is peak power, and it could also be combined.

Following on from my previous post where I asked for some advice on a PA for a pub band. My question now is: How much power (rms) per side would be needed to play in small to large pubs, we would like to have a bit of headroom so that we are not pushing the PA to it's limit when playing the larger pubs? Only the vocals and kick drum will be going through the PA. If we ever get to play at a large venue or festival, then we would assume that a PA and sound engineer would be provided.

All the Mexican bodies come like that, I bought two last year and they were the same. This is from the Fender website.

I really do appreciate all the advice guys, so thanks everyone. As stated earlier, we are all "old gits" so we want to keep everything as simple as possible, and although it's me asking the questions on behalf of our band, I certainly won't be taking charge of the PA, I've always been a plug and play man, and that's the way it's staying, I've always left the PA to the singer to setup. 😉 My last gigging band consisted of vocals, guitar, drums, and bass, we had an old powered mixer and two beaten up passive speakers, only vocals went through the PA, and despite our setup, experienced musicians watching us often said to us that our sound was amazing, every instrument could be heard, and we sounded really tight, no bottom end boom, etc. So what we are thinking now is to maybe get a couple of Mackie Thump212 12" Active PA Speakers, with Stands, Stand Bag & Cables for £772.00 This will obviously eat up all our budget, and then add a bit more for a mixer. Do you think these would be a good choice, and if so, recommendations for a half decent mixer would be appreciated? https://www.musicmatter.co.uk/mackie-thump212-pair-with-stands-stand-bag-cables?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAlJKuBhAdEiwAnZb7lTiQ7M79HSIjaqMoylxTVUV5J02P5dxaCXvWw4t5bBlUpZX-595tsxoC5WkQAvD_BwE

Thanks, that's sounds like great advice.