JakeBrownBass

[quote]how can you possibly afford that at 17??? if you live at home, i hope you pay your parents rent, as you can clearlyyyy afford to![/quote] Ok ok, there is some trickery there, the marshall stack was being sold to pay for the orange, and its my twin brothers. All the bass stuff is mine, payed by me from inheritance money from my grandad passing away, so its not asif i was spoilt or owt, then what you can see of the pa system, me and my bro split it half way from money left over and got it at special trade prices as my uncle is co-owner of www.proaudiosystems.co.uk I do live at home, bt don't pay rent as i'm still in college so don't have enough income, i owe some money to my mum, but she always gets it back. -Jake

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I had a hartke HA3500 with a VX410 & VX115 stack for acouple of years. There really really nice sounding amps, pretty versatile and pretty loud for its rating. To be honest, i thought that the cabs were THE best cabs in the price range, i used them for a good year with my Fafner head without even wanting to upgrade. I've never liked ashdown gear, every show i've played with one, its sounded muddy and wooley, between the two, hartke definitely. Jake

Im 17, been playing for 4 years and this is what i have!

Hi, i have a Streamer LX5, but a JJ model. If you look for the serial number, normally on the back of the head stock, the last 2 numbers are the year of manufacture. I can't really help much more than that except say that there really really nice basses and can take one hell of a beating. -Jake

Hope that helps. -Jake

If your recording to a click, make sure your drummer is comfortable with is and doesn't even have to think about it, theres nothing worse than a drummer saying they can, and when you get there theyy just can't do is and the drums come out sounding all tense. Another tip, know the songs inside out! Don't want your mind going blank when the red light goes on. I think the crappy thing to say is that time is money, every little mistake you or the band make, costs whoever is paying, less time so more money wasted. Me and my band recorded Drums, Bass, Scratch Keys & Scratch vocals together. We then deleted the vocals and keys, then re recorded them over the top, then added guitar. You can hear the outcomes on www.myspace.com/tenfloors In the end though, the main thing is to enjoy it, and don't let tension build up, you cant record when your all tense and having friction with other band members. -Jake

Pretty good resemblance eh? -Jake