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I keep seeing posts about the concerns with speaker cab ohms ratings, and although with more efficient speakers and higher powered amps this is mainly irrelevant these days it got me thinking. With the old valve amps I believe you could plug a dummy resister in to simulate having a speaker plugged in so as not to damage the amp if powering up with no cab connected. Could a variable resister to used in cabs to allow you to alter the ohms rating of a cab, allowing for greater versatility and mixing and optimal matching of cabs? Like I say, probably redundant these days with the more efficient equipment easily available but I was just wondering. Waddya think

The reason we all now hear about heft is due to the fashion of vertically stacked speakers, for girth you need horizontal alignment.

I use a PJB Suitcase on top of the 4b extension cab, this is always placed on top of an aluminium 'hop up' platform which brings the top of the amp to about 5 1/2 feet off the floor. No loss of bass and and so much easier to hear. There is nothing about this set up that I can see me changing in a long time. It's also useful for putting the backdrop up Something like this https://www.screwfix.com/p/work-platform-aluminium-600mm/5892P?tc=EB9&ds_rl=1245250&gclid=CjwKCAjw6ZLOBRALEiwAxzyCWxlKnB_X5G2Xe9SqO3nJU8PiBfsRRpn64prJ1jiOCh19kMNwVIlrJBoCgJMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CPbH6sHaudYCFcqxUQodoesIqg

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1505675536' post='3373515'] Shameless plug but this is a good unit for bass/guitar/vox, two channels can also be run simultaneously http://basschat.co.uk/topic/312041-fs-line-6-pod-x3-pro-fxmodel-for-bassguitarvox/ Chris [/quote] I use the X3 Live floor version of this and it does pretty much everything I could ask of it

Most Line6 multi effects units have all the amp/cab/effect sims for both guitar and bass in them including pre amp sims for guitar, bass and vocals.

I bought three last time and put one on each head when gigging just to annoy the people that don't like them. One on my bass, and two on me, although one of them is hidden behind the bass when playing

Mine arrived today, no charges

In one of my bands, equipment wise I could easily use public transport,the problem is the lack of any kind of public transport in my area. It's kind of a vicious circle, because being up on Bodmin Moor I need a car, therefore even if public transport was available for gigs, it would just be cheaper and easier to drive myself. If more public transport existed to the extent that I could rely on it for work and weekend/evening jollies then it would more than likely be prohibitively expensive as there just aren't enough people to fund a regular, round the clock service to all areas.

Down here in the south west, if you don't have a car then you don't gig.

Import duties are so hit and miss that I really don't worry about it. The amount of stuff I've imported and not been charged will more than make up for if and when I do get a charge.

I've always bought LaBella strings direct from LaBella. Even with the postage it's worked out cheaper than buying from retailers.

[quote name='Luulox' timestamp='1504115566' post='3362817'] Turns out her dad was the drummer in saxon [/quote] Our drummer buys and sells to make money since his early retirement. He bought a 1983 Premier Projector kit on eBay for a bargain price. When he picked it up the seller said it was one half of custom kit that had to be recovered when resold so as not to break endorsement rules. The original white and red barbed wire design is still underneath the vinyl which our drummer has now removed. Turns out it's Saxons drum kit that was used on the 'Rock the Nations' tour. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gxWnZ0cO1Y

I really wasn't sure what I was clicking on when I quickly read the title as "The joy of a sponge bath". I've got a cheap precision with some grey packaging foam under the bridge cover and flats, I love playing first generation Ska with it, real old thump.

John Entwistle comes to me in my dreams. Contrary to the serious, aloof character he portrayed on stage he is actually quite the prankster as he taught my how to play 'The Real Me' wrong.

Our band has PLI but I don't bother with insuring my own gear. I think someone quoted £50 a year earlier in the thread, at that rate I've saved myself £1250 so far. I have some quite nice gear now but worst I've had was lately when a pisshead fell over my monitor and emptied a full pint over my Line6 X3, pedal still works but if it had frazzled then £150 would buy a second hand one. People are adding up the value of everything they gig with but what's got to happen for it all to get destroyed? I don't know what excess is applied to this type of insurance but if it was £50 for the insurance and £50 excess then my Line6 pedal wouldn't be worth claiming for anyway really. I gig with good gear in sh*t pubs, I'm not precious about my gear but I'm don't take unnecessary risks with it and that outlook has been fine for 25 years. By not having insurance I've got £1250 in the kitty if anything happens, and every year it doesn't happen I can add another £50 to the pot. It's all been paid for by gigs so doesn't owe me anything anyway

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1503997691' post='3361964'] Never used them before but just ordered these to give them a go, thanks for the heads up. [/quote] Same here, I'm usually a nickel type but got to be worth a go at that price

What is he using to do the artwork? If it's solvent based ink pens and you use a solvent based lacquer then the artwork could bleed into the fresh lacquer before it's dry. Test the artwork medium with your intended lacquer before all his hard work is ruined.

Album #1 Joy Division - Substance Album #2 Joy Division - Substance Album #3 Joy Division - Substance Album #4 Joy Division - Substance Album #5 Joy Division - Substance

I once purchased a copy of a Ricky, Whose neck it transpired was quite sticky, It had oodles of charm, But it dug in my arm, I'm not sure why I bought that fake Ricky. I guess you could call me too picky, But I fell out of love with that Ricky, I thought to be bold, I should get that thing sold, But to shift it turned out rather tricky. I'd quite like to purchase a real one, I even pop in shops just to feel one, But thanks to John Hall, I can't sell mine at all, And the only choice left is to steal one. Don't worry I don't condone theft, But there aren't many avenues left, Whilst travelling home, I bought a Sousaphone, At least it's got plenty of heft.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1502785689' post='3353446'] BBC at it's best... [/size][/font][/color] No sh*t Sherlock! [/quote] I'm outraged! Why have they not banned people from bringing in nuclear reactors, do they not realise how dangerous they can be?

Nobody ever seems to mention them in this sort of discussion, but I always think a Danelectro Longhorn would be good for youngsters. Short scale, very lightweight, cool funky looks and generally lovely to play.

They are fantastic basses. I have a tobacco burst one and it'll never leave me.

I think smell has a lot to do with it, if it smells good then it probably is. Appearance has to be fairly high on the list but I feel not as important as smell. Sorry, what's that? Oh, I thought you said "How food is appealing"

Not about your exact pedal but I use an X3 Live and used a compressor sim with the compression off but the gain turned up to get a boost. Does that make sense? I haven't explained it that well have I?

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1498713365' post='3326462'] Noel tapped into Britain's nostalgia for proper music like what the Beatles made. Like, exactly what the Beatles made hehe T [/quote] I always thought they were far more Slade than Beatles, but I suppose Slade weren't as cool a band to associate yourself with as The Beatles.