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I had one of those for a few years. Sold it to my brother. It was/still is awesome

I have a JTV59. A fine instrument indeed. Great acoustic sounds and the out of phase strat quack is great too. Gretsch sounds are good too. Having been down the rabbit hole of guitars (like basses) I have settled on Brian May guitars. I currently have 4. 24 inch scale and 24 frets. A good range of tones and a bit different. I have a couple of les pauls, an SG jr, strats including a 12 string, 2 telecasters, ovation acoustic, 335 a-like.

To be honest and in my experience, they shouldnt be copying and pasting your bits together (oo-er). They should have been able to drop you in, like we did in the old days. I haven't been in a studio for nearly 20 years now and that was with the legend that was Chris Tsangarides, where he tidied up a slightly too behind the beat note that I played. As Lozz says, don't beat yourself up about it, it went on all the time. Just try and enjoy playing and stay out of the politics

unfortunately the case has been removed from sale!!

PMd

I think I have a solution. My wife has some family up there, so we're going to visit them cheers folks

Thanks mate, just checking with him, if he could get to MK or northampton services

Someone is selling a bass case I would like but it's a four hour drive. I'm in Kent. Anyone about, going that way, nearby, some sort of relay, maybe get it to london, thoughts lovely people😍

My brother had a strat that Simon made. It was very nice but he fell out of love it and sold it (It went to the US) You must come across Matt Schofield a bit then

SVLs? Are they Simon Law basses?

I got mine from the importers at the time (cant remember who they were it was 6 years ago)

I still gig my older more valuable instruments, if they fit the criteria. My '73 P bass comes out occasionally '67 SG jr, which got a lot of use after a car crash left me with bad whiplash because it is so light. Looking forward to gigging my '64 hofner violin bass, when I get the chance. But I wouldn't fly with them now and as others have said, as long as I can keep an eye on them at gigs

I would leave or sack the singer

so many people dont use decent mic systems, especially wireless. Battery going flat is also a bit schoolboy too. Well done for sorting it on the fly though

Did my first gig for 12 weeks on Friday night. (back injury prevented me) It was just a pub, with my 80s duo, I was singing and playing guitar. Sometimes sitting on my stool, mostly standing. We all had a great time and with a 10.30 finish, was home with my dinner by 11.30 happy days

I've owned my own PA, on and off for over 35 years. Occasionally and only very occasionally i take it for someone elses benefit (my mates) I was recently asked if I fancied joining a band and doing half the singing with the guitarist doing half. Which means i would have to use my PA as they dont have one But it's not a band I want to do at the moment (the guitarists and drummer are utterly superb though and we do a blues rock gig once a year together, which I take my whole kit too and love it too) The last proper band I was in, the band bought the van, on the understanding if you left, you got nothing. The bass player and original singer owned the PA but when the singer left, he gifted the PA to the bassist. (I played guitar and sang in this band. Everything was put thru the PA and we left everything bar guitars in the van) It worked very well

I have the MIPRO MI58 system. Very low latency figures and amazing audio. I've used it about 10 times (I've been injured for the past 10 weeks, so no gigs) and it's been awesome. I was going to buy Sennheiser EW-G4 (like my wireless mic) but it was so much more expensive and I took a leap of faith with the MIPRO. So far.........................So good

Hofner contempory basses are worth a look

Thanks to @EBS_freak I went channel 38 and pay the license. 4 years in now and never a problem. Sennheiser EW 100 G4-945-S Vocal Wireless System,

That needs finishing!!

Having just re-read this from the start Over the years I have noticed how different desks sound different to each other. I know that sounds a bit daft but 24 years ago I bought a Peavey XR800 powered desk and matched it to Electro Voice SX100+ cabs. My vocal sound through this little system was (and still is actually) really really good. Full and deep with no harshness or feedback, SM58s all the way here. 15 years or so ago I bought a new Wharfedale powered system (it was cheap and suited my needs) and an Allen and Heath Zed-FX22. It sounded pretty good most of the time until one day I noticed a horrible harshness, in a horrible sounding room. I couldn't EQ out, I just turned the whole thing down a little. 3 years later I ditched the Wharfedales and went QSC K12 plus 2 Ksub. Awesome, really lovely, natural and rich sounding. I also did many gigs without the subs (sounded great) but my 22 channel desk was a bit big to lug about, so I bought a Behringer something. 8 inputs, small with eq. Yep it sounded ok or so I thought. I got used to how it sounded, then it started to play up, making weird white noise, which when I turned the FX off, it was fine. So I dragged out the old AH ZED-FX OH MY!! Like night and day. So I bought a smaller AH ZED-FX and it's wonderful. My point here, it could be your desk. It must be worth trying a different desk

I bought a Tech 21 VT bass pedal and I think it nails the sound. I plugged it into my Hartke HA1400 2x10 combo (in my office of course) and was blown away by the sound I should try it on a gig sometime

agreed, good idea

I once was lucky enough to work with Chris Tsangarides and this is exactly how he miked up the drums. He had a length of wood that he put on the snare and at the end, the overhead. Then he did the same sideways, pointing towards the hi-hat. I shall start adopting this way, next time I have a drummer that need micing up