JonnyM

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='221583' date='Jun 18 2008, 06:01 PM']Nah! Use gear that flatters your incompetence... that's what I've done for 28 years [/quote]

[quote name='alexclaber' post='221461' date='Jun 18 2008, 03:51 PM']Look how many people spend all that money on an iPod and then proceed to listen to it through the original headphones - if only they knew how much better it could sound! To a large degree it's the same with cabs. Alex[/quote] Veering off topic, but that's spot on... I love Grado headphones with my iPod, although they reveal the limitations of compressed audio files... Rather like excellent bass gear revealing the limitations of my playing, (hopefully forcing me to improve ).

Can't resist posting these pics... [attachment=9739:1974_07_21.jpg] [attachment=9740:grateful..._sound_1.jpg] The backline IS the PA (the bass "rig" is the tallest stacks the right and left of the drums: 2 vertical stacks of 15's, 18 per stack... (I have an LMII and 2x10 Traveller and when I need to, I'll get another identical 2x10 to stack vertically... )

Many years ago, I'd just bought a yellow Vigier Passion 5-string (!) and was making my way home on the Tube...going up some steps towards the ticket barrier, I unslung the gig bag from my shoulder and clipped the lower front edge on a step...thought nothing of it, got home to give it it's 1st play and saw the nasty great ding in the lower side of the body...that was one crap gig bag...