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Yep, been there. Absolutely hate that!!

I think you just need to decide what from your gear is the sound you want. If it's the sv pedal then send one send from that to FOH and another send to your rig. My own preference would be to just plug direct into the abm and get it as flat and unflavoured as possible. It's only for your pleasure as the main bass sound is from the pedal and foh. If it helps, the best amp I had for this type of set up was the quilter bb800. Pretty much uncoloured so it gives you your preamp pedal sound but with lovely eq for those stage corrections. Light as a feather too. I've used the 'proper' pa amp method before and to be honest really didnt like it. Whereas the bb800 is made for it.

I like Julia, shes great. She hasn't fallen for the traps of being a youtube star and changing looks and creating content for no reason, or trying to be crazy to get views. She simply gets on, plays and does an amazing job.

I had a purple wesley one. It was far better than expected. You can pick them up for £100 or so now. Not seen a chinese one in the flesh, but if your only really after them for looks you cant go that wrong.

Hi all, I've recently bought a laney digbeth head - absolutely superb amp. I'll prob write a review soon. However, as 2 of my bands now play backline (and I'm usually iems) I needed a cab. The digbeth range for some reason went up a few hundred quid so I was left trawling facebook and found a dirt cheap old laney 410. As expected it was heavy. And big. And wide. And impossible to carry through a door on your own. But I'd give it a try at practice. And I'm glad i did. The sound is fantastic. Really really rich and has that pillowy background to the notes which fills the room. Far better than any recent lightweight cabs I've used. On greater inspection it's a laney DB410. It looks at least 20 years old, and I cant find any info anywhere. It has the logo top left and 4 ports on the compass points (12, 3, 6, 9 oclock) Has anyone any info? More out of curiosity really. I know itll get replaced by something more manageable soon (hopefully a digbeth matching cab).

Excellent easy transaction. Thanks.

He probably never even got it. PR team got in the way. Isnt there a nice story about him on here though with a bass chatter at promenade in morecambe?

I use those, they should be fine. One last thing to try - have you flicked the switch in the p2 from mono to stereo or vice versa? Open the battery bit and you'll see it in there. I'm pretty sure it wont be that, but worth a try. And for clarity are you running you're own iem mixer from the mixer and have you set up your own iem mixer screen?

This might be a daft question, but just trying to help - are your iems / headphones good for bass? If they handle bass well, at least you can rule that out. Also, are the iems / headphones mono/stereo and not mobile phone (3 ring) headphones? I had some earphones that were horrendous for bass, and some that are great.

Yep, changes all the time in accordance with which new bass I fancy justifying buying.

Ok, you cant play a sparkly blue bass in an oasis tribute.

Ok, so I'm back on the tribute scene and to be fair you cant play indie music on a sparkly blue shiny bass, so I needed a nice, decent sunburst precision thatd fit in nicely with the look. Fenders were out due to price, so I needed a decent bass for cheap money. After looking around i found a barely used Sire P5. I've had v7s before, nice basses. I also had a p7 which was terrible and was the only bass I've ever sent back. I think it was a bad batch it came from. So, I'd read and watched quite a few reviews on these p5s, most very positive. So I was hoping for a good bass for the little amount I paid for it. On top of the good reviews I'd read some reviewers for some reason making comparisons to american deluxe basses for fit, feel and finish. Obviously that is way wrong and too optimistic....... only it isnt! The bass is truly stunning! It looks stunning it's a dark, rich 3ts and literally everything is extraordinarily well finished, lacquered and polished! Its rolled fret edges are the best I've ever come across and the whole thing has been done with care and attention. The all over kind of gloss finish is up there with the top basses. The p bass sound I always get no matter what p bass I play is a bottom string heavy slightly dull sound. However this p5 nails the sound I've always wanted - think geezer butler doing the intro solo before NIB on the Black Sabbath album. So far - stunning looks, feel, playability and sound, so it was time for the real test - band practice with a loud indie band. It absolutely shone! Very clear, punchy and musical sounding. It never got washed out in the mix and the upper strings came through with clarity and presence. The tone pot made a subtle difference all the way through the range which was nice as well. All in all a superb bass. I expected a lot to be fair and got a lot more. Now, time to check out the other colours available and get them into my other bands!

Golden rule for me - if they're there and theres an option to walk away and they dont, then they're enjoying it. The band is there to entertain the crowd, not the other way round (although I do love a good whinge backstage if it's been a poor gig )

Completely agree. I'd be an awful audience member. I just stand there, dont move and just stare taking it all in. I'll be enjoying it on a different level to the people jumping around, but I'd be enjoying it just as much, if not more.

I kinda miss those types of 70s albums. Wizards, folklore, stories etc and fantastic songs and musicianship.