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Ashdown - put a tuner in the space of an extra vu meter. Ampeg - release an updated Yamaha manufactured new class d or a/b Ampeg head and cab. Maybe with a graphic like a mini svt4. Or a new lighter and affordable a/b head. £1200 for a svt3 is a bit expensive to take a risk on. And lighter cabs. EBS - get into more shops so we can test them out in the flesh. Ernie Ball - sort the stingray ray34 quality control out. Laney - make that digbeth vertical 410 a lot lighter. Quilter - make a new bass amp with a bit of bass colour and drive. And sort the di into a true xlr di rather than the line out jack. Hartke - smaller a/b version of the classic amp with mixable valve and solid state and a graphic eq. And sort the distribution out so we can see them in the shops. Fender - high end amp. I like the rumble but how about something more full on? McGregor - the amp specs look great and feature packed. These need better promotion. They need a bit of a refreshed look if possible too. Trace elliot - lightweight cabs. The 30kg new cabs miss the mark for me. Barefaced - just toughpaint all the cabs, get rid of the tolex. Markbass - get some consistency instead of being inconsistency wacky! Their whole amp range has everything I'd ever want (DI, mute, eq, valve drive, compression, usb, fx, 2 channel) but its spread across about 7 amps! Just put the features into 1 amp ....and re release the stu amp (if possible with a comprehensive 10 band eq). Tech 21 - how about an amp version of a more detailed fly rig - x2 sansamp, chorus, tuner, octave, di etc. All manufactures who make these new style combos with the built in vertical heads - make them so you can attach a spare head quickly in an emergency. Most at the moment have the speaker lead hidden trapped behind the amp, so the whole thing is redundant if the heads break. Anyone else any ideas feel free to add....

Pubs - 99.9% are an absolute waste of time when it comes to advertising. You're just wasting time, energy and hope. They dont even do simple, simple things - advertise in advance in visible places in the venue for one. I only ever came across one great pub that new what to do. He even did things like hanging mobiles of each of the next 3 months gigs from the top of the bar, so you could see whose on when getting a pint and make a note to come and see that band. Simple and probably cost £1 each to do. Tributes/own gigs etc - Now more than ever you need to really promote yourselves. Not easy at the moment. But pick the venues carefully. Agent gigs - let them do the promoting - and get paid upfront.

I got out of the corporate/wedding band thing after covid, I really started to dislike it and had a hankering for going back playing pubs where you connect better with the people there. I still do the tribute scene, but weddings and corporates are not for me anymore.

Prices definitely 'should' go up for 2023. I'm willing to bet they dont though, and that venues/agents/bookers will try and squeeze bands even further.

Everytime I hear hartke in comparisons like this they always sou d great and up there with the best. Such a shame they just arent really competing over here anymore.

Yes, theres nothing worse than just all the band continually changing red, green, blue all night in a never ending colour wash. For a simple set up, think of it as 2 sets of lighting. 1 to actually light the band (so people can see them) and 2 for the disco style party effect.

I completely agree.

That's nice and colourful, all you need to do on top of that is light the band in white from the front. It's the one thing nearly everyone forgets to do. Add some plain white light to light up the band members and the colours will still work great at the back.

Fair play, that does sound great.

Just roll the vle and vpf to off, cut a bit off bass, add in some high mid and treble. That should give you a clearer more sterile rumble sound. Then gradually change each week to however you like it. It may well be the bass on the mb that's different to their ears. In fairness it is quite deep when at noon.

No top of the tops to me means no representation of the countrys feeling through music. Without a mainstream national music program, it's harder to get music of the people / sign of the times into the national public eye. Hence without looking I guess the charts is still full of forgettable drivel rather than any meaningful lasting social representation of the times.

Evening all, Jason anyone any experience of the fender super bassman 300? Any opinions on sound, weight, reliability etc

Love stories like that. It's great when the guys at the top of their game are super nice to people. Great stuff!

That's the epitome of a cool rig!

Could you just use IEMs?

Are Hartke coming out with anything new, or still struggling?

Nice! I like that.

Is that a dial on all of the 3 - Bass, treble, and mids? It's the ability to shift the bass frequency I like the idea of. I'll have a look if so.

Looks lovely. Isnt that just mids that are adjustable though? (Quite difficult to see on my phone). The wharfedale had bass, miss and high adjustable frequencies.

That's what I got told off the guy that designed the valve amps I had. He also suggested as you switch it off and its powering down, hit your bass strings to help discharge (I presume) the capacitors.

I've just got the blackstar bass 2. To be fair its excellent. Gain, tone, vol, adjustable drum patterns and an aux in for phone etc.

No I didnt. I implied not to turn it off straight away. But feel free to argue with yourself.

Exactly what I was saying. Dont just turn it straight off, leave it for a minute or two in stand by, then turn off.

If you put (the valve amps I've had) it in stand by at the end of the night, it keeps the fans on to assist and speed up the cooling process before switching off and moving.