police squad

+1 on the qsc K10. I have K12s and subs and actually I wish I would have bought the K10s and the subs. Thomann do QSC at a good price too plus QSC have a six year warranty

I've just been to the FB page. He makes some lovely looking basses

I've always fancied a bass with active MM humbucker and a Passive P. Never got round to it

I remember watching the TV show called 'Rockschool' with Deirdry Cartwright, Henry Thomas and Paul Nicholls. They explained reggae style music in a simple form and I found it very informative. As a novice (at the bass, I played violin for 7 years before touching the bass) it was quite a good show. The only reggae/ska stuff I've done in recent years is Stir it up by Bob Marley and Amy Winehouse's version off monkey man. It's great stuff

yep its great fun learning loads of stuff at short notice. I learned 30 odd Jam songs in just over 2 weeks. Did 5 or 6 gigs

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1418076174' post='2626724'] The female singer in my function band went for a lesson with a vocal coach, the coach asked her "whats you warmup regime?" "?erm a pint of Stella and a fag?" "No no you cant have a pint of Stella before a gig!" "What about Carling?" 100% true story, never been back but she can knock out some blondie, pretenders, specials etc so its all good. [/quote] Brilliant. I've been singing for over 25 years and have only ever completely lost my voice ( at a gig) once. It was about 15 mins before the end of the 2nd set. And these days if I get a heavy cold I am at risk of losing my voice but luckily I don't get many colds. I have no special regime or tricks. I stay hydrated. This is very important. If you dehydrate, you can lose your voice. It's was from a book called the rock n roll singers survival manual (something like that). I don't smoke. I'm 46 and have no idea whether I will be able to sing when I'm 60 but I'll carry on trying. These days, though, I do use a monitor but I don't know if that really helps with the straining.

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1418051026' post='2626293'] Why not just go for one like Police squad's and pick/drill out the side dots you don't like, little wipe of light wood filler (couple of quid from b&q for a small tube) and just sharpie pen some dots where you do want them? Easy, and keeps your project cheap and fun. [/quote] I did this but because the laquer is tinted, you can still see the dots (which are now white). The new markers are black and slightly larger that the old ones, but under stage lights the black ones stand out so well it's not a problem. If i could be bothered with some tinted laquer i could go over the white dots and try and blend them in a little more. But as I said, it's not a problem on gigs

I got a fretless neck from EY parts in hong kong. It was cheap and is ok. There's a few bumps on the board and the dots are the same as a fretted neck, so I moved them. Truss rod adjustment is at the headstock and is a bit ugly but again it was only 80 (ish) US dollars

Markbass, Aguilar, etc etc They don't make guitar amps. What's everyone's problem with Marshall not really putting their all into bass amps.

I had a 50 watt superbass in the late eighties. It was an early 70s one. It sounded great. Then in about 2004 I bought a 100 watt superbass and played guitar through it with an old greebacked marshall 4x12. My cab was covered by Jim. It has his signature inside. It sounded great. Used a powerbrake with it. Swapped it for a '67 SG junior

look for an original. maybe even a refin then you can gig it and not worry.

+1 for DV247.

yep, thanks for this. Met Jim a few times. Bought me a drink at the Wembley guitar show (back at the hotel. I was exhibiting and we were at the same hotel, in the bar)

I don't need to sell anything but having read Molan's gig review I'm very tempted to put an order in. Just get Christmas out of the way and then maybe, just maybe I'll treat myself

20% buyers premium then plus vat. What a waste of good gear

it might be worth breaking it up for spares. Sell off all the bits individually. Personally, I'd keep it just in case you might need it in the future.

and Yes, we should have videoed it

[quote name='Leslie77s' timestamp='1415304550' post='2599109'] Thank you very much is all I can say. FINALLY 100% decided. It's 2xS112 and a TH500 for me in the new year. That is that. [/quote] A VERY good choice. In fact I'm going to try JTUKs out on a gig. I love my Ampeg but I do worry about the reliabillty. This one I've had for 2 1/2 years and it's probably done upwards of 120 gigs and it's been fine. (the first one went pop on about the 5th gig)

This was a very interesting day out for me. The last time I did any testing similar to this was when I was making my own range of valve guitar amps, alongside Martin Kidd (Cornford and Victory fame) so it was great to go to a shop that had knowledge, gear and plenty of time. Going with JTUK was great, our styles are so far apart that we covered virtually all styles of playing and came up with the same decisions. The Berg was very nice. As said we didn't EQ anything we just let the cabs speak for themselves. The Berg had an articulate voice but with a pronounced upper mid bark. This is no bad thing just a comment. The Aguilar (to me) was slightly scooped. Almost hi-fi like. Clear snap from the horn with a smoother mid range. The TKS S112 without the tweater was smooth, round and clear. With the tweater it sparkled. That was with the TH500 and JTUKs Sei Bass. So being the heavyhanded pick using rockster that I am I got my Bravewood 'Sting Replica' P bass equipped with Seymour Duncan custom shop Stack for single coil' which is a pokey little beast, my Spector Euro4LX and my Ampeg PF-500. At this point I had discounted the Bergantino as it was too upper middy for my taste and went with the Aguilar cab. It did sound excellent. The Ampeg is set fairly flat but with the ultra low switched in. Again with the horn the Aguilar had that slightly scooped thing with a sparkly top end. The TKS S112 was super smooth. It sounded like me playing. What I wanted to hear. Warm and showing the slight grind I love from the ampeg. We also tried the 1126 . Again slightly scooped and sparkly. Very nice but slightly bigger footprint to what we were looking at. (small 1x12 in case you've forgotten). Then plugged the S112 with tweater in as well. You just got MORE. MORE SMOOTH. just MOOR. with a slight sparkle. Then I plugged in the Spector. Whammo!! I don't use the Spector much but b*gger me, what a sound. Alive and super clear with that grind coming through. Probably one of the nicest sounds I've heard. Very electric, grindy but so smooth and almost vocal. I would like to try the small 1x15 TKS too. But I was so impressed by the TKS. Much cheaper than the other 2 cabinets but in no way a lesser cab. Fit and finish were as good as I've seen. I would have a pair of the S112, probably both with tweaters but I would keep one turned off and one half on, in white, with a red front insert and a brown grill cloth. It was great to Meet Molan and Vic. In case anyone goes in there, try the custom shop 50s Pbass with flats. Acoustically it's on fire and even strung with flats you can slap on it and it sounds/feels great. I didn't plug it in because I knew if I did, I would have been taking it home with me

My 75 P bass has done one gig in the past 2/3 years. Aria SBR150 has only done one set in the 2 years I've had it. Epi Jack Cassady not used in the past year. 67 SG Junior unplayed for 6 years. PRS custom 24 not used for over 2 years. Sell them? not on your nelly

I've decided to buy the Tonelab ex. 160 quid delivered from thomann. I'll see how it goes