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It's Fifty this year and I'm Sixty. It's a great album especially from a production point of view and what I have heard of the new remix has been excellent.

You could stay with Ashdown and try the Retroglide 800 with a 4x 8 cab which Gear4Music are offering for £699 at the moment.

I think Gear4Music are offering a Ashdown Retroglide 800 + 4x8" cab for £699.

Bought Jamie's Ashdown Retroglde 800 off him. The amp was delivered quickly and is as described - easy and smooth transaction. Thanks Jamie.

Genz Benz Shuttle 3.0-8T amazing considering it only has an 8" speaker, 175 watts to boot.

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Fortunately I do not have moulds but a plug which is closer in design to a very thin headphone ear bud with the tube being very flexible although pre-shaped to fit in the ear. This arrangement is comfortable enough to wear all day. Not had many of the options programmed into the hearing aids yet as they work quite well using there own automatic system. I will state that these are not NHS which meant that I ad more more options available in both the type and style of hearing aid I could have, but to go along with that there is a significant increase in cost.

I have not listened to the hi-fi with mine yet, it is something I must do. The hearing aids I use have the capability (with an extra bit of kit) of playing music from my mp3 player so I do not have to remove them and use headphones, and they do not sound to bad at all.

I have hearing aids in both ears and luckily as part of the package I had a free set of musicians earplugs which give a 19db cut. At band practice or a gig I take the hearing aids out and put the plugs in as there is no point in making the situation any worse. If it's any help to anyone there are a wide variety of hearing aids available and some may benefit your situation more than others i.e. over ear or in ear utilising or blocking the ear canal while others sit in the ear canal with an open transducer. It is suprising what is on offer and it is worth discussing you requirements and needs with your consultant. In my case I have high frequency loss and also suffer from tinnitus so the over the ear with in ear canal transducer met my needs best.

Genz benz Shuttle 3.0 8T or 10T. I use the 8T, it's extremely compact, very light and around 175w. The head can be detached or partner with another 8ohm cab for more wattage.

Like [u]planer[/u] listening to one concert was all it took so I paid for the problem. After the concert there was ringing in the ears but it never stopped so went to the docs and was diagnosed with tinnitus. Had it for around 12 years and it has it's good and bad days but never goes away and can see why it would drive people to despair. Started to get hearing increased hearing loss last year so saw a consultant and found out I could not hear the first/highest 4 levels of the test due to the damage, not good, so now have hearing aids. The one 'good' thing is that as part of the package I had a free set of 'musicians' earplugs with a 19db cut - it's never to late to protect what you have left.

Another recommendation for Newtone. I use the Platinum nickel roundwound strings as there is less finger noise and they sound smoother.

I've got the original SWB-1 it's a good bass and spot on for the money. I have tried it with flats and liked it but stuck to Platinum nickel wounds from Newtone who made me a set of short scale strings (ACG of this parish also use Newtone).

Try a pair of Sennheiser HD201 if they are still available. Low cost but good sound quality.

I have tinnitus and suffer with blocked sinuses (Rhinitis). I have been prescribed Beconase as on an ongoing prescription it does work, but I also use Sudofed style decongestants and menthol throat sweets in order to try and reduce the problem when I have a cold. There is also a decongestant spray called Beconese which does not have steroids in it and is vailble over the counter. Unfortunately I also have damaged hearing so eventually I went to a consultant familiar with both problems and now have hearing aids chosen so as not to cause any excess problems with the tinnitus. The tinitus itself can vary from bad to almost non existant and the brain can be trained to lessen the problem, it is worth talking with your GP to see if you can get refered to a consultant for this type of treatment. It realy is a matter of finding the best compromise for your symptoms.

I have a Levy's leather strap available with a suede backing that did not move much when it was hooked up to a Fender jazz bass if that s of any use to you. Basschat rates if you are interested.

I did a similar thing to Trueno on my cab (Ashdown) to get the front section off the floor but used pipe lagging foam. I filled the inside with a core of harder foam from some electronics packaging in order to keep the lagging circular, then taped round it all. I added non-slip carpet tape to the outside to stop it moving around when in situ.

Condolences to his family our thoughts are with them.

Thanks for the heads up ricksterphil, much appreciated.

I will be 60 this year and we are currently recruiting a singer, guitarist and keyboard player and we have stated that we aim to gig no more that 2/3 times a month and all are happy with this as, like me, they also hold down day jobs. Keep up with the photography it's a great hobby and one you can increase (or decrease) your interest in depending upon your circumstances. You could even make a living out of it.