stewblack

They're called the Compact. They have changed them since mine were designed but definitely still make them. Perfect width if stacked on their sides

Hi, it's two 15" Barefaced cabs. A winning combination.

Last minute gig last night - saved me from a dead weekend. I arrived first, "where do the bands set up mate?" "Over there under the TV" In between the two toilet doors. Nice. Wait, that space is the width of a TV. Umm

Far be it from me to say but it balances so beautifully you wouldn't know it was there

Stop it. I'm so easily lead astray

Got to insure the car so no basses for me this month. No more basses.

Excellent!

I don't know what to do

One of the most stupid/hilarious anti Harley Benton comments I've read recently (and they're almost all just cut and paste by people with zero real life experience) was a guy who says once he'd cut off and thrown away the awful strings it was a much better bass. The instrument came with D'Addario strings as standard.

Oh bloody hell

Thomann have the Squier 40th P Bass 100 quid off...

Dammit you know me so well

The Beatles are becoming increasingly significant to me. Or perhaps I ought to say their significance is becoming increasingly clear to me. The more I study what they did, the more I learn of the context within which they did it, the way they anticipated musical genres by many years. Their songwriting skills, their experimental side, their willingness to work with the creativity of others, their ability to absorb influences of other great artists of the time, and the blueprint they created for future generations to follow all suggest to me they were pretty damn important. I wasn't of the Beatle generation, they'd gone by the time I began my musical journey. They excited my instinct to kick against the establishment which seemed intent on repeatedly telling me how amazing they were. So I didn't pay them any attention until the 90s. My drummer at the time told me to go listen to a couple of albums, and I was genuinely astonished. Abbey Road was one and it blew me away. I couldn't imagine how it must have sounded to folk when it first came out. Mind boggling I assume .

Well that's always a possibility of course

The future's looking pink I think

What do we prefer?

You are absolutely correct. I didn't think of that. Thank you.

Spent Friday and Saturday being driven to gigs by the singer, which was nice. However, a smallish car meant taking a smallish rig. I chose an RCF powered pa cab. As much to see how it performed as anything. Used a small preamp to get some eq control and compression. Come Sunday the final gig was in a much bigger venue. I was in my own car by then (heading home post gig) so space less of an issue. I keep cabs dotted all around so grabbed one out of her garage, and as I always carry my Elf I set up a curious hybrid rig. RCF on top of the generic 15" which was driven by the Elf. Tried the DI out of the Elf but it appeared not to deliver much volume at all to the RCF. So I came out of the headphones socket instead and wow! Anyone gives you a scientific reason mixing cabs and speaker sizes can't work, my advice is just try it . I think by the way the Elf would have handled the venue just fine but with the RCF in there too it was huge. Very few people came out which was disappointing but we got paid and the management want us back so that's a win. A nice three hours set to round off a great gigging weekend.

All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out. Wonderful album by Luke Haines and Peter Buck. https://youtu.be/vVICzNSqKtM

That @Woodinblack is rock an roll in a nutshell. Brilliant. Love reading about these crazy load ins. Love doing them a lot less.

First time at the Cider Press on the Gloucester Road in Bristol. One of those lively student boozers where you play to a succession of different pub crawls. Friendly staff and a happy landlord. Job done.