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Jobcentre. Or behind the counter at McDonalds.

I read that second sentence and thought "no, you don't chill port, that's just white wine". Oh dear.

Same here, and a Fender Precision, and then find a convenient cellar and lock them all up there forever.

Tecamp Puma 900 is also worth looking at if you can find one second-hand.

Which is why I didn't protest. At all. If we finish up doing more sophisticated gigs than pubs with an audience literally at arm's length then I'll suggest using my gear again.

I found SRM450s made a quite reasonable noise but I had terrible reliability problems with mine. Sold them and bought RCF ART 732s (I think) instead. For some reason, my main band are using the percussionist's Peavey mixer/amp and Behringer passive speakers instead.

How well does that work over wireless?

My main calling is rock, across a fairly broad spectrum. However, I've done quite a few years in a ceilidh band (I still do a barn dance once a year with an ever-varying scratch band which I just turn up and play with), and my current main band is a rather eclectic covers band doing a wide variety of 80s (new romantic, punk, ska, reggae) which not only would I normally play, I wouldn't normally listen to it either. It's fun and we entertain - it's always nice to see a positive reaction.

I wonder how much denser than an untreated hardwood like maple that would be.

Eee, us old ones had it bad.

Nice bass though.

Wouldn't an active crossover do the job that Al needs? Something like https://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_cx3400_super_x_pro_v2.htm for example, seeing as it's working at line-level not speaker-level voltages.

Won't the increase in cost due to running a kiln be at least partly offset by the reduction in warehousing costs, as it doesn't need to be stored as long to mature?

No. One band is vocals only in the PA, the other is vocals, keys, and percussion (cajon and bongoes). I supply the PA (RCF 732s IIRC) for the first band, which gigs about three times a year, the percussionist supplies it for the other band, which plays in pubs 20+ times a year. There doesn't seem any need for the additional hassle and weight to lug around.

Permanent compressor, chorus, and amp sim. I want to get a decent octave up sorted out which I have on the switch. I did have a second patch set up which was identical but with slow attack set up on the switch.

I've been playing sitting down for 15 years or so, on a Kinsman KGS stool and the Harley Benton clone of it. Better than not playing, and haven't had any comments about it.

I'd be interested in a cover too. Kit arrived a couple of days ago but I'm not sure when I'll get a round tuit - hopefully I can make a start this weekend.

Yes, low B. Sound is very deep and full. I haven"t experimented with types of music yet but I would say folk or jazz or acoustic rock rather than metal.

It powered a Zoom B3n, Ammoon 4-channel mixer (12V), Line 6 G50 wireless, Korg Volca bass synth, and Roland PK5A bass MIDI pedals simultaneously with no issues for several hours.

My lightest bass is my fretless 5-string. Unless you count my 5-string Kala SUB, of course.

A quick test showed the PS1 had insufficient oomph to power a Zoom B3n, so results are inconclusive. It will power a B3, so I'll experiment a bit more later.

Some effects are really fussy about isolated power supplies - I have a Zoom B3n and that doesn't like unisolated supplies at all. I'm going to swap the Vitoos PS1 into that pedalboard at some point in the near future (replacing the Vitoos Iso8 that's in there now) to find out whether it is or isn't properly isolated.

If I'm playing just with backline (95% of the gigs I do), I back the volume off a bit so I've got a little in reserve in case everybody else starts getting louder. Playing with PA, I just put it on 100% and let the soundman sort it out.

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"I could play "Stairway To Heaven" when I was 12. Jimmy Page didn't actually write it until he was 22. I think that says quite a lot." - Vim Fuego Dammit, beaten to it.