pete.young

Beedster didn't say that. I did. Get your attribution right before you start slagging people off.

Yes, I remember A1 Music from the late '70's . Could never afford anything there, but I remember you went down the stairs and there was a huge cavernous shop underneath which went all the way under Oxford St. Also in Oxford street a few doors up the road (past the Salisbury and Oxford Rd Station) there were a couple of music shops, one of which sold Wal basses. My favourites from that time were both next door to one another on Chester Rd, next to a dodgy pub with a pool table. They were Muir Music, owned by Geoff Muir. They sold electric guitars, drums and PA. Dave Lunt was the amp repair guy who worked there. Next door was Sounds Acoustic, run by Charlie Carter and his friend Graham. They sold acoustic guitars,mandolins and banjos. I spent a lot of time there and still have a Fylde Orsino which I bought second hand from them, hire purchase £10 a month!

That might have been SoCoDi Music. They were originally in The Friars, from the early '70s on. The name was a corruption of South Coast Discos. I think they moved to Castle Street around that time. Kennards Music were in Northgate, opposite St John's Place. I had piano lessons there for a while. It's now an Indian Restaurant. Reggie Forwood's music shop was on Palace Street, for classical stuff, and Judd sold instruments, records and other bric a brac there. It's where I bought a Futurama bass and my vinyl copy of Back Door's first album.

"more old style than modern transparent" not clear enough? Sorry. Walkabout Scout is not remotely transparent but sounds fantastic whatever you plug it into. Better?

£200 ! I'll stick with my £15 quid used golf bag trolley.

I'm using a Euphonic Audio iAmp doubler with my Monza. It's very clear, but once again no longer available although they pop up second hand in the market place from time to time. I also have a Walkabout Scout which is more old style than modern transparent, but does sound fantastic through the Monza with bass guitar - less so with double bass.

I really enjoyed it. For me, the vocal performances were excellent particularly Beverly Knight and Jacob Lusk, the backup singers and the orchestration were first class.

I think writing your own material makes a massive difference.

No idea, but most recent Cubes including the current model have built-in compression, which is usually helpful for slappers.

Roland Cube might be worth a look, they're a step up in quality from Behringer and Rumble, and have lots of interesting effects built-in.

You have a singer who takes baths? That's pretty rare. Don't be too hasty.

Not round here it didn't. Buy it and move to Suffolk.

Some Euphonic Audio amps do. My PJB Briefcase has an Active/Passive switch.

I was able to test the Goodwood prototype against my Monza, and for low volume use I couldn't tell the difference. This was with an iAmp doubler, which is around 450W at 8Ohm, this is no problem for the Monza but might embarrass the Goodwood as a sole cab.

@Beedster how is your back?