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Spark is ideal - the 4 knob version is the one I had. Also like the EBS Multidrive too.

I picked one of these up after seeing this post ( thanks @rushbo 🙂 ) and use it combined with an AER wedge thing (like the Markbass one) - I stick my cab (Berg 112) on the floor with the wedge underneath it, put the Thomann stand over the top of the cab and then pop my ABM600 on the stand. It all looks pretty neat and works well, been great for rehearsal and smaller gigs where I don't need/want both 112s. If you have a chunky head and cab rig rather than a combo, then I think it's well worth a try. One thing, the Thomann stand I got was quite wobbly and out of line when I got it - however, after having been squished by my ABM for a few hours it settled in and is fine now - just thought I'd mention as I nearly returned it.

Many, many years ago, a friend of a friend had a band called 'Keith's Dad' - iirc, they were originally called 'Keith', but there was evidently already another Keith. A quick Google reminds me of their EP 'Nobody wants to shag Keith's Dad' - I seem to remember Snorkel Parka Punk quite fondly 🙂

There's a Coverband Facebook page over here in Essex where this seems to happen all the time, loads of people going on about how playing pubs for £250 undervalues them and 'How are we supposed to make a living?" type comments - I just think that if you are relying on pub gigs to make a living then, you probably aren't in the right job - or you aren't good enough/dedicated/appropriate to land the higher paying function work. We play local pubs mostly and get £250-£300 between four of us. Coming out of Covid we took the decision as a band to quietly offer our existing landlords a lower fee for any gig before the end of 2021, we called it Covid Relief - we actually said we'd do gigs them for £120. (Would have been lynched on Facebook 😜) - but when those landlords asked us at the end of the night what the fee was - we said "Well usually £250/£300, but as you know we are offering you a cheapy at £120 to help out." Every single one of them nodded, went off and came back with the full normal fee - one even paid us more...

From the Pinnacle to the Pit - Ghost

I used to seem them when they played around my way - great live band, always a good night out. One of my favourite gig memories is of a load of sweaty rockers singing along and doing the actions to their cover of S Club 7's 'Reach for the stars' - great fun 🙂

My Lovely Horse - Father Ted Crilly

If you look at his other items on Ebay there are quite a number of 'ceremonial hemp pipes'....might explain the design philosophy. Groovy man.😵

I've got 5 'gigable' basses (all quite different from each other) - plus an Ibanez Mikro that my daughters use and my first bass (an Encore) which is in the loft. I got up to 6 gigable basses once, but that did tip the scales in to 'too many' for me. I keep considering a custom build to bring together a 'greatest hits' package so I can cut numbers back. I know, I'm weird 😜

I'm beginning to think that this is the way forward! Nice and simple and even I can do it .Cheers 😁

Hi all Does anyone have a simple way of setting your band Facebook banner page so it looks decent in all formats? We like to update it with the next gig. With the new version having the Profile Image stuck right in the middle it's a royal pain in the bottom. Wish we didn't need it... Cheers

Could it be Stereo rather than Radio?

I reckon it's this - with perhaps the most un-Rock'n'Roll product placement of any video...🤣

Currently I really want to do New Day Rising by Von Hertzen Brothers. I call upon the Basschat massive to agree, so I can convince my band that it's enough well known 😉

Great amp, love mine. Couple of tips that may save head scratching. 1. DI is the other way around to the manual ( on mine anyway) so DI Post EQ is IN. 2. Get some better labels for switches for live use. 3. I got the footswitch and incorporated it into my pedal board. Very handy once you get used to it.

We do this as a mash up combining it with Smells Like Teen Spirit. It's very entertaining to watch the looks of confusion on drunken punters faces. Gets the dancers and the moshers mingling 😂

You are not alone - I keep meaning to plug my (now redundant) Hot Hand into something else having sold the SA Manta... I too wish to be a wizard and confuse intoxicated peasants in the local tavern.🧙‍♂️

Perms n' Posers (or Perms n' Poses)

Cheers - exactly this. Same here, though they prefer the Ibby Mikro and struggle with a 37" Dingwall 😁. The Mikro is awesome though, sounds really good. Have to remember that we 'play' music. We weren't allowed to touch the instruments in school music lessons (I'm not joking) and it was a revelation when me and my mates started( too late) well after leaving school.

Not sure if this will work. I hope your youngster has fun! ( We do)🤘😂 I'll just say wait for it.... 20210405_135127.mp4

Well, I've found the issue. I plugged the head directly into a PA cab at home and had a tinker - this is why you should NEVER read the manual....😉 According to the manual on the Ashdown website "DIRECT INJECT (D.I.) - A balanced D.I. is provided on a latching XLR socket. This has a push button placed below it that allows the user to choose either a Pre E.Q. signal (button pushed IN) or a Post E.Q. Post Sub and effects signal (button OUT)." Well, not in my case - it's the other way around! So my DI signal has been missing all that valve drive and EQ goodness. I've also found that changing the stage volume DOES NOT change the DI level (hooray!) - which is also different to what Ashdown told me previously (anyone can have an off day) 😄 I just need to redo the sticky labels I made because the actual lettering on the amp is impossible to read. Thanks all!

I'd never heard of these, but have just been drooling, whilst playing 'fantasy bass' on their configurator..... Nice bass you've got there!🙂

Not that I could discern tbh - it was a very low in pitch and volume signal. You could hear the differences using the Line Out though.