andydye

congrats mate!

could this lead to a compilation of which beverage correlates to your particular brand of music list?

I'm finding the opposite transition interesting at the moment, 20 years of playing in covers bands, playing all styles and everyone else's notes, it's really bizarre writing my own lines now and I find the prospect of playing these songs in front of people rather scary whereas I've not had stage nerves with covers for years!

drop him a pm if you wanna know?

not a clue matey, hazbeen is a mod so he could have locked the thread himself, there's sometimes an explanation of some sorts in the 'locking post' but occasionally stuff just gets locked and then sinks into bc history

play what you wanna play, reinterpret them rather than 'parrot fashion' them and they become 'your songs' anyway if that's whay you wanna do, go hayseed dixie style and do major reworkings but with just enough of a hint of where it came from to still be recognisable? ...conversely some friends and I started a new originals band in december and we've now got 8 superb songs with a couple more in the works, averaging a new one most weeks! We've now got a 35 minute set which is a support slot's worth and hopefully by June we'll be polished up and ready to go play to some folks. Lightning has struck in that we've got a front man who's voice is golden and who writes stunning storyteller style lyrics and melodies and the rest of the band slot together perfectly behind him...we're pretty happy thus far!

my ad200b runs on 1/4 volume and 1/4 gain and it's freakin' loud even through just on obc115 cab! there's bass everywhere, rich fruity huge bass, it's fills a cavernous church building and makes all the fittings rattle! I'd be terrified with even more power! for more volume just add more cabs!

[quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1394644500' post='2393678'] Wow, thats lovely.. Whats the valve config? 3x ECC83 and 4x KT88? Oh, and can I have a look at the chassis and transformers. Can you tell I like this amp? [/quote] This, exactly this! 200w is a perfect amount, given that the tone controls on my AD200b are set to noon and forget I'd go for a simple 2 knob gain and volume layout misself as if it sounds good, it sounds good... will he be doing cabs too? how cool would it be to tour a fully uk built bass rig in this era of 'the uk doesn't build anything'!

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1394605450' post='2393153'] And thanks to an issue completely outwith my control - I wont back in the UK till Tuesday. So much for my offshore trip being 2 nights offshore... I've PM'd Alan to say I won't be coming now so my weekend ticket should be up for grabs. Sucks. [/quote] know how you feel mate, I'm out too due to family illnes (nothing serious just inconvenient!) so there're 2 tickets available now...

I got one of these ([color="#000000"]NEW 60KG CAPACITY HEAVY DUTY HAND SACK TRUCK TROLLEY CART BOOT CAR CARGO TRUCKS [/color][url="http://r.ebay.com/SLhtCz"][color="#0000ff"]http://r.ebay.com/SLhtCz[/color][/url]), £20 on ebay...?

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1394466986' post='2391619'] Wood! Wood! Wood! Wood! [/quote] agreed! share the wood pics dude! I love the Krell shape, shouldn't this be a headless too though for maximum kerpow!

5 days to go

Greg just rehomed my MIM J in a very pleasant and relaxed transaction, superb chap! no trouble here

[quote name='edster' timestamp='1394207584' post='2389188'] What's the etiquette regarding trying other folk basses Do we seek out the owner for permission or do we trust each other enough not to damage the kit and just go for it? [/quote] [quote name='GreeneKing' timestamp='1394208106' post='2389194'] I've been to a few. It's my thought thought that as long as you're respectful and careful it's okay to try an instrument. Ask if the owners there and chat about a lot of nonsense too [/quote] this'll be my first one, I'll be using the 'always ask first' approach to anyone else's kit, it's only polite, even if the request is a general wave in the direction of the person in question followed by pointing at the bass and proceeding after an approving nod?

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1394195668' post='2388998'] It is a beautiful sounding 15...I'm always impressed. [/quote] it records really well in a room too

yes I have an all valve orange rig (ad200b and obc115) that sounds awesome with my usa p bass (complete with flats) and is perfect for my originals band (I might like a second obc115 at some point but it'll just be so there's even more of the same magnificent sound) I also have a markbass LMIII and EAD FN212 which is perfect for any covers band outings and sounds wonderful with my pair of acg 5 strings both very different but both very wonderful, happy me

I am considering sneaking a second obc115 into my setup at some point I love the sound of one but 2 would be more, well, more!

Shetland hhmmm tricky indeed buddy, I managed to try both an ad200b and obc115 in a local shop and happily loved the sound so I then scoured here and ebay until I found used stuff at the right price... I've found my obc115 to be remarkably full range and punchy, it has enough top end to make a p bass growl but not in a tweetery sort of way, really natural sounding and pleasing

[quote name='Bazeley' timestamp='1394191960' post='2388919'] Cheers guys, that is good stuff to think about. I would love to try a few of these combos out but is is very difficult for me to get places to give it a go. The OBC410 seems like a sweet plan, but the Orange 115 might be worn considering. I don't really have a reason for it but i'm not a big ampeg fan. No thoughts on Aguilar with the orange head. I also think that an AD200B teetering on top of a Barefaced cab might look stupid….Maybe with a terror 500 but maybe not a big-assed tube head! haha! [/quote] Depending on where in the country you are there are probably folks not too far away who have one of the cabs you're thinking about so you may be able to try a few out to get an idea of how they sound for you?

maybe if it won't go in easily then it's not meant to go in there? um, that might sound a bit rude if taken out of context

why not do both? I'll be heading down from Sheffield to the Leicester one...

There's something magical about the sound of my ad200b, obc115 and my p bass with flats! Rich and full with old school thump, sits perfect in the mix!