Bigwan

I was at C2C Dublin Friday and Saturday. Agree Zac Brown Band stole the show/weekend. Superb in every way! One of the best live performances I've seen and an absolutely brilliant band. Weird costume segue, fly covers dropped into the middle of his own tunes and a full on cover of Enter Sandman that even had the olds in the crowd jumping! Will definitely be going to see them again... Wasn't so impressed with Dierks Bentley or the Dixie Chicks. Both a bit meh. Knew nothing of DB beforehand so no loss there, but really disappointed by the Dixie Chicks (although more for the wife who's a fan). No Martina McBride in Dublin... Or pop-up stages... Or any of the festival type stuff London got... Saturday we missed Chris Young (opted to watch Ireland v France in the pub instead - we were in Dublin! On the day most locals seem to do Paddy's day. It's the rules!). Caught the majority of the band perry. Much more meh than Friday's offering - total non-entity... Why do 'band' members feel the need to pretend to play instruments? I have a twenty that says brother Perry's mandolin wasn't even plugged in! Rascal Flatts were great with some really tasty bass going on. Brad Paisley also great, although he seemed a bit out of sorts - in ears gave him gip all night which knocked his vocals a bit. Didn't effect his guitar playing one bit!

I'm assuming this uses a Marshall/Fender style tonestack? Perhaps a baxandall/james tonestack might be an interesting option. Also 6SL7 preamp sections seem to be enjoying a bit of a revival at the minute. A transformer driven DI would be a nice option too.

Flip a coin...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1394270147' post='2389682'] I know. But every time I carry my SL100, I can feel my innie becoming an outie. And not for the first time. [/quote] I know what you mean! Could be worse... Could be turning your outie into an innie!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1394236601' post='2389540'] Thanks for this - I'm very glad you think so, because I've got a GK MB500 Fusion incoming. [/quote] *Nelly Boswell voice on* "TART!"

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1393597714' post='2382406'] Haven't had a chance to give it a good run yet, but aim to do so this weekend. My first impression is that it's like the Demeter pre I had a few years back: terrific weight and presence to each note, but always clean and articulate. [/quote] Looking forward to one of your now famous videos Gareth!

Nearly fell of my chair first time I saw that Shuffler video. Paul Turner is awesome... Pity I've only ever seen him playing live with mumble, mumble, Will Young, mumble, mumble...

We are on a Demeter trip aren't we Gareth! ;-p Totally jealous!

[quote name='BassManGraham' timestamp='1392417127' post='2368671'] Loving that Bass thanks Ian, using it much more than the ABII and getting quite used to Whalepool Blue! Up in your neck of the woods again this March playing Newry on 21st and Belfast Empire on 22nd. If you fancy coming along I'll put your name on the door for a couple of tickets! [/quote] Doubt we'll make it mate - we're having 3 days away in early March so that'll probably be all the babysitting credits used up for a wee while! I'll keep you posted though... Glad you're enjoying the AB1. As I said before if you're ever selling it I'd like first refusal. If I ever get back to regular gigging I'll definitely have another Dingwall.

[quote name='BassManGraham' timestamp='1392409514' post='2368528'] AFTER BURNERS I & II [/quote] Miss that blue beasty from time to time. Hope she's settling in well Graham!

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1392395560' post='2368221'] You wouldn't have to do much to improve an Orange Terror. . . [/quote] That's cork-sniffing bs if you ask me... No offence intended but it's the perfect amp for many situations/people. Having owned Aguilar and Thunderfunk I returned to my trusty ABM, which the Terror justs edges for me. Saying that I'd like a rattle at this Demeter... Or the Jule Monique and separate Minnie power amp would probably be more me come to think of it.

Yeah it's all imho innit. The huge bottom of the Streamliner may have worked with a cab other than mine, but just didn't work for me. Admittedly I never used the DI on my OTB. Just an external DI and a mic on my 4*12 when we were gigging with PA support. It'd be boring if we were all the same so just thought I'd throw the Orange into the mix.

Lovely! One of the Foderas I've tried was simply awesome. The other 2 were entirely forgettable, but I couldn't say why. I'd love to try more, but I think my bank manager might have a stroke...

Really good idea. Can hear the complaints already about it not being secure enough on one shoulder to do a single trip from the car with your whole rig though... Not from me I might add!

With those 2 on your list you should also consider the Orange Terror 500 or 1000. Some say they're a 1 trick pony, but it's a brilliant trick! Blew the Streamliner I tried out of the water in every way imho. Never tried a th500 unfortunately.

And correct the bad posture...

£699... Sort of eclipses the cuteness factor...

Keith Urban and Brad Paisley are on regular rotation here. Darius Rucker's Charleston SC album is worth a listen for the sublime Michael Rhodes alone. I ocassionally swerve into Rascal Flatts territory too, but there's a lot of filler there if you ask me...