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Robbie MacIntosh springs to mind. Fantastic player. Also David Grissom from the now defunct Storyville is a great player with a pretty unique style.

I just picked up a Fender Rumble 100 watt combo from the forum. Light as a feather, sounds great at low volume and will go plenty loud as well. Mine was £200 with a quality cover. Used it the other night at an acoustic jam and it was bang on. Try one - I don't think you'd regret it.

Orange gas sounds awful. Should probably see a quack about that.

I've just picked up a Fender Rumble 100 watt combo off this 'ere forum. 1x12 and light as a feather. Very nice frity, vintage tone with my P bass (well, Tokai Hardpuncher to be precise) with flats on. Should hold it's own pretty well up to a smallish gig if needed because it seems plenty loud. No provision for an extension cab though, but I've got bigger stuff for that anyway. Also has a mini jack input and a headphone socket so covers pretty much all the bases for practice and small gigs. Cracking little thing.

It's been said on here over and over (but worth repeating) that at gig volume it's all about the mids. What sounds great at home turns into a boomy mush at gig volume. Cut some bass, add some mids and set the pedals to that sound. It will sound clanky and raw at low volume but will cut through in a live setting. That's my experience anyway.

^^ So did I. I've deleted the picture.

Not a great fan of Van Morrison even though his name (in some) guarantees hushed solemnity, as if in the presence of a deity. As a person he behaves like a complete arsehole if the stories are to be believed. P.S. Mumford and Sons or whatever they're called.

Bought a Fender Rumble off Tom. Exactly as described. Top bloke to deal with.

I'm not a huge Beatles fan but the thing that completely blows me away about them is the way their music evolved over such a short space of time. To go from 'She love you, yeah, yeah, yeah' to Across The Universe in a handful of years is quite extraordinary. I can't think of any other band whose evolution has been anywhere near as spectacular.

I think the BBC misunderstood Squeeze - Cool for Cats. After some of the stuff they banned I'm pretty sure they didn't get the connotations of the lyrics 'I'm invited in for coffee and I give the dog a bone'.

I'll go with Oasis. I could quite easily ignore the banal music and they'd blend seamlessly into the background, but the arrogance and general sneering unpleasantness unfortunately keeps them on the radar.

I'd recommend the Keeley Bassist.

Robin and Jimmy Dewar were a match made in heaven.

Terrible news. Steely Dan have been a huge part of my life.

Huge fan of Robin, and have been for decades. He's an absolute tone monster and his playing and phrasing is (to my mind) utterly unique and superb. Seen him a few times in recent years and seeing this little old grey haired guy come on stage, plug in and then melt your face is a wonderful experience. He gives me the encouragement I need to believe that you're never too old. Love the bloke.

Played a privet party once. We took a break between sets and when we came back into the hall a totally pissed woman was staggering around on the dance floor with my EB Stingray round her neck, being cheered on by other guests. Not impressed at all and subsequently bought a cheaper P Bass copy which does well enough for me with far less worry if anything horrible was to happen.

This for me; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc

Anyone have any experience of these by comparison. I'm considering a sub 100w combo and like the sound of the Bassman but not heard the equivalent Rumble. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Sold Richard a Tecamp cab. Couldn't be easier to deal with. Credit to the forum.

The G Lab Bass Wowee Wah is well worth a look for some cool ideas.

I have a clean sound through my amp and use pedals for different songs.

Wish I still had my old SMX head. Contrary to some opinions, I liked the pre shape sound with a bit of a 'grumpy' face EQ setting and found it cut through the mix just fine.