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It's arrived, don't know if it's the white line version but it's definitely the rootmaster lightweight one that retails at 279. Not managed to plug in yet, sleeping baby, but it's a good one handed carry. Looks nice and compact. Can't wait to hook my combo in to it and see what it gives me.

Enjoyed that and looked up some other songs. Loving everything with a double bass drum at the moment but the songs and riffs are well crafted, nice space in between big crunching chords for fills, really tastefully done.

My guitarist loves come together by the Beatles and wants to open shows with it. People just stared blankly at a festival when we opened with it. I'd rather not play it at all, or anything that gets wheeled out on X factor every year without fail, including Chris Cornell's Billie Jean.

A band project I was in that did loads of good eighties music like talking heads and other stuff auditioned a drummer. He came to rehearsal, was a bit of a d!ck but an ok drummer, we thought he "got it". Then he sent through an entire set list of utter drivel. Let me entertain you, crazy horses, sex on fire. Thirty of the most hideous and could-not-be-further-from-the-point songs imaginable. He didn't get the gig.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1484592983' post='3216647'] Council estate fridge door! [/quote] Lol

Nickleback, how you remind me. Played when it "first" came out. I seem to remember it being all over MTV2 which was a rock channel then, for months before it was released. When it was released it was everywhere!!! We played it in a gig, was going down like a poo sandwich, and the drummer and I nodded to each other and killed it before the second chorus. Guitarist wasn't happy but we did him a favour. Playing charity things and festivals you do get some of your not typical audience. I would probably play some Motley Crue to wind them up, but our usual audience would love some of their more recognisable songs

Why not tell the organisers the best you can do is publicise where to buy tickets on your bands Facebook etc. And that you'll make every effort to help but taking responsibility to sell tickets you'd be worried you'll let them down because you can only just commit time for the gig... Also, check there's a PA! Paid six quid to watch my mate at a charity gig with the singer putting his mic through one of those tiny tiny toy amp things. As soon as their set finished the singer from the next stage was running over to swipe it so she could be heard! Bit of a farce.

Amazing how long it's taken me... And it's always amps I cycle through despite me thinking I don't really care about amps! I was a decent level hockey player once upon a time and I used to buy all the best gear, but then started to use pretty scrappy gear just because I could, and now won't even buy mid range gear - partly because of price but also because I know there is a diminishing return after a relatively low price point.

I'll have the 1x15 in a few days...Will let you know how it gets on. I'm attracted to the 10kg weight and want to pair it with my toneman 300 combo which will give me 500w output in theory. Interesting note on the buzz/ rattle, I'll be looking out for that.

I recently commented on a topic listing out previous amps I've owned. I also commented on another talking about letting gear go and realised that while better and other gear exists, I probably have what I need for my uses. My band are now doing more gigs where we need to provide PA and we don't currently have bass bins so this morning I bought a cab. I also lusted after some basses and cabs and amps on eBay, gumtree and in the ads here. So this morning I deleted the eBay and gumtree aps off my phone. I need to stop spending on gear and concentrate on my professional exams coming up and the time spent lusting after and researching gear could be spent thinking about either my exams or my playing for upcoming gigs, like memorizing parts of songs. I also need to refurb my house so that's where my cash should be going. I'm now renouncing GAS. it's a destructive force that never satisfies, just fuels itself. A dangerous addiction.

Congratulations Dave. Had my first child, a daughter, myself four weeks back. Trying to convince her shell grow up to be a left handed bassist in an effort to keep my guitars. Don't know how to explain the need for a new cab to the Mrs though! All the best for fatherhood and the op.

To me, the MIM just doesn't look like a Mustang. The MIJ will be a better quality build and it looks like a mustang. For the mustang sound I'm not sure you'd need the J? Unless you want something different, in which case there are short scale squiers and Ibanez that could be worth a look.

Keep the cream, looks great!

I don't think the "everything three grand!" Shop will ever take over Poundland, everything a pound!

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132060714721 Stock image of a right handed bass with a maple board... Description says only "fender jazz bass". Bid three grand or buy now for six grand?? Tough decision!

Just received fifty double sided 0.71mm guitar picks, thirty three quid posted. Band logo printed well. As it wasn't a high res image they checked the quality for me and ok'd it for printing, I think it's come out well. I put on the Facebook link for the band which is in tiny tiny text so that was my fault really. Not played an instrument with these yet but so far the reaction from the band to just the photos has been good.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1483737695' post='3209795'] Love my Trace Elliot gear, the weight I can live with, but I really wish the power button was on the front instead of the back... Love my Bass Collection Nanyos but I wish the input socket wasn't at such a daft angle on the side.. So what lets your gear down?? [/quote] Your trace gear sure is good My ashdown amp has a top handle for a thirty kilo combo, not side handles. It has footswitchable overdrive but the sub octave isn't footswitchable which I find disappointing. Something on my pedal board once sent far too much gain through the amp at a festival and ruined our sound. Never happened before or since... I have four basses that all sound different when really i should only have two: one with frets, one without.

[quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1483740130' post='3209833'] Fx pedals have the input and output on the wrong sides. Input should be on left, out on right. [/quote] Agreed!

Interesting... Is it a costly job?

Sold my Warwick streamer LX for 450 and my Warwick sweet 15 combo for about 100 because I was in a dead end job (taken after redundancy from a good job) and the sh!tty company wouldn't pay for me to do a training course. I did the course paying a grand of my own money and within a month or two had a new higher paid job, the end justified the means. It's all just stuff and life is definitely more important, I find I lust after this stuff just when I don't have enough other stuff to occupy my mind. Stuff comes back around or is forgotten about quite easily.

Currently using an Ashdown Toneman combo bought brand new. Frighteningly I think this list might be long... Been playing 18yrs: All combos Cheap practice beginner combo 100watt torque Massive old Peavey, loud as hell Marshall bass state B150 Brand new torque 100watt Vox escort 50 lead/ bass Carlsboro stingray (??) Combo. Was massive and loud Warwick sweet 15 No amp for a while and barely playing... Hartke kickback 15 Gallien Krueger backline 110 Trace Elliot rig now owned by The Greek Ashdown toneman bought brand new What have I learned?? There's great deals on second hand amps all the time. Test second hand amps properly, the Marshall had great tone but was weirdly quiet. I love the sound of Hartke, Trace and GK amps, quite like a Marshall or Warwick. Don't sell a classic vox amp, no matter what. You will always think something else is what you actually need... I now use a hartke pre amp pedal in to my ashdown. Having time on my hands recently I've been lusting after new basses and amps, but really I have everything I need for my band. Might not stop me buying a nice hartke if a good deal comes up though. Then I'll have my eye out for a Gk...

How did you do the polyester coat? What has it brought to the sound?

Stayed away from picks largely, only used them for things too fast to play with my fingers and even then it was only the odd passage in a song... And then I got a precision! I'm catching up on pick technique because I want to play across all strings but there's something about playing flats on a p with a pick that you can't capture with anything else.

Any update on the Jows?