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So glad I bought mine from Kennys when I did! (Boast Post)

Yes. Maybe. YMMV, etc The past is the past and there is only the now. It all depends on what you want it to do. I love the look and feel of classic cars (especially a Mercedes 280SE) but I wouldn't have one as my everyday car. This will give you a close approximation of the look and sound of the old classic amps but with modern reliability. Plus at just over £400 new with warranty you can't go wrong. However, If you want to spend £2,000 on a 50 year old amp that will get easily damaged in transit and you will struggle to get parts for, knock yourself out. I would love an old B15 but it would never leave the house. Which would be a crime I'm not willing to commit.

Canadians are just the friendliest people in the world, especially my aunt Barb (New Brunswick). They are lovely, like Americans on Prozac.

Whereabooots Eh?

Might I also suggest checking out his early 70's movies 'That'll be the day and Stardust'. An absolute who's who of stars in them.

Mark is a top fella. Have confidence in your dealings with him.

I use mine with a Barefaced Super Compact (vintage model). Looks and sounds fantastic, super light too.

If you're mostly looking for clean tones then a valve amp is probably not needed as the gold only really happens when you push it hard to get that lovely warm gritty tones. Just my opinion.

Better latte than never

From Barrister to Barrista?

It also depends on what you need the publisher do for you. If it is purely administration you could probably negotiate a better rate or are you starting out as writers and need them to arrange sync deals, co-writes, artists to cover your songs, etc

Do you like them as people, musicians and the material? If you answer yes to at least 2 of these then it's probably worth sticking it out.

Also the jam night venue might book you for weekend gigs and/or the other musicians there may want you to dep/join their projects. Both happened to me too. Keep your options.

It will probably be a good 3 months before you are gigging. So start by booking yourself up some gigs now. In the mean time pop along to some local jam nights as a band. I have done this. Very valuable. Film it too so you can pop it on your website/social media to make yourselves look busier than you actually are. As said before, it will help overcome nerves too and iron out/flag up any weak spots too.

What about a multi fx unit and a FRFR speaker like the headrush. Should cover both situations.

Used it again at rehearsal last night with my souly/bluesy/rocky project. The keys player wasn't there last night so it quickly morphed into a 3 piece blues rock trio. The guitarist always plays far too loud with a very bright tone. Not pleasant and has a million super expensive pedals that all sound very similar. Anyway, the PF50t sounded great, didn't run out of power and looks great. Still happy with the decision.

Was going to go tonight but stupidly left it too late to get tickets. D'oh!

Maybe but I had it matched to the cab for maximum spl or whatever it's called. If you have the option of PA support, then I wouldn't hesitate but if they are really loud and you don't then I think you might struggle. Sorry for sitting on the fence. Probably doesn't help.

Ok so I finally got to use my new Ampeg PF50t in anger last night. I depped for a friends band, a 5 piece 2 guitar, heavy hitting drummer doing classic rock covers (GNR, ACDC, Thin Lizzy, etc). I used just one cab, a Barefaced Super Compact so I switched the amp to the 8 ohm setting. I was a little worried that it might not be able to handle the gig so I brought my Ampeg PF500 with me too just in case. Well that stayed in its case all night. The PF50 handled it with flying colours. Lovely sound, enough volume (got told that the bass was too loud but mgt) not lots of headroom but enough. I had a friend who is a musician in our audience who said it sounded fantastic. I also used a P bass (round wounds) with no pedals as there was not enough room on stage. Very happy bunny. Buy with confidence. Oh and the guitarist said "wow it looks like a V8 engine".

I used to be in a band with Craig Blundell (one of the contributors) for a couple of years (1998-2000) and weirdly/coincidentally we share the same birthday.

Or you could try some flats, or use a foam mute, roll off some of the tone on your bass, etc before you change your amp. It's cheaper and stops the GAS. +1 for the preamp pedal option too.

Ive just noticed this (away on holiday at the time). Sad news. I had a VT2 pedal and rack preamp. Spoke with him a few times. Seemed like a really nice bloke. He will be missed.

I'm happy to give our Canadian friend a free hours tour of London in my cab. Just PM me and hopefully we can sort it out a convenient time.

I'm a proper London Black Cabbie and the advice I always give to my passengers is to check out the Time Out website too. It has all the recommendations you need. 4 days isn't a lot of time to do everything, so be selective and pace yourself. Food wise: 1. Proper full English fry up (£6 each roughly). Will last you most of the day. 2. Pie and Mash (tie it in with going to Greenwich). There's a good one on the one way system. Goddards? There's a great comedy club there too called up the creek. If you go on a Sunday, it's cheap too (£7 each) and you can visit the cutty sark, museums, park, etc 3. Fish & Chips. Personally you can't beat eating them by the seaside but that will be an hour away on a train. Go to Brighton and then visit the Barefaced Boys. 4. Borough Market. It's a great place at the weekend for visiting and eating. 5. Curry. Everyone will send you down Brick Lane but there is better elsewhere such as Dishoom, Lahore, etc