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"....and on BBC News tonight - man is convicted of murder after Police checked his internet search history....."

If I remember correctly, if you watch the new "Get Back" remaster thing of the Beatles that Peter Jackson did, you can see a set list taped to the side of Paul's Hofner, presumed to be from their Shea Stadium gig?

I own 2 Barefaced 210s but mainly only ever use one. I spoke to Alex originally as I wanted a big driver cab (my previous rig was a Ashdown MAG 210 combo with MAG 115 extension cab and preferred the 15). However, he talked me into the 210s (they were a new model at the time with his talk of extra excursion in the drivers and the way he did his ports. I was sceptical at first, but I have never experienced any issues with low Bs on any of my guitars at any volumes, and I can get pretty loud (occasionally). The pair of the cabs set up like a 410 is immense, but I rarely play gigs that warrant the need for a 2nd cab. Having said that, I have no idea if it would fit in an MX5 boot, but I would hope so. My brother has a mk1, but it is buried in storage at the mo, so can't try it for you (plus I'm down south and he's near Newcastle).

Hi @broken_strings - maybe you should have listed it as a "heavy relic" - then you might have doubled your asking price To be honest, at one point I almost gave in and ripped the Tolex off mine too (see earlier post about peel and my addiction to it). I was just lucky that I live fairly near BF, so was able to take them back to Alex to get them fixed.

I can see the headline now: "Shortage of bassists in Aberdeen after they were all press-ganged into working on a galleon....."

This doesn't really help the OP, but for my points: In the concert band I play in, I have moved from using paper sheet music to an iPad. It is a game changer, but I have to be very careful with the angle of my stand as it sometimes ends up sitting in a position that is on the varifocal divide between far and short lens, so can get a bit blurry if you look at it from the wrong angle. In my late 40s, my back is already shot, so although I use pedals, they have to be pre-set before a gig and switched by foot only as I can't bend down far enough to change settings on the fly!

Saturday night was in a school hall playing bass for the local concert band and it's 25th anniversary concert. Was good fun but a total sweat box, especially when the band committee insisted we all walked on stage in full uniform - ie shirt, tie, trousers and heavy band blazers. Luckily the jackets came straight off when we got on stage.....

I have 2x very early 210s, If memory serves they are serial numbers 9 and 10. Alex sent me the labels after I got the cabs, and I put them on myself. Mine had really bad Tolex peel issues around the access panel on the back and had to take them back to Alex twice. After the second time, I have not had any issues since. When I was a kid I had my own issues with being a bit addicted to peeling wallpaper in my bedroom. The old woodchip had started to come away in places, and I would pull on it. I don't know how I thought my parents would ever not notice the ever-growing patch of bare wall next to my bed, but I just had to keep pulling at it. I wonder if this is what happened here......

Didn't Gear4Music hoover up all the GAK stock too? I know they are probably getting it all at a bargain price but wonder if they will be able to shift it all!

It is also worth noting they did a shoulder strap for the NXT - looked a bit like a big black banana and like it had been made from bits of pram handle. I bought one, tried it, it felt a bit weird, so never ended up using it. I think it is in the loft somewhere.....

I remember about 9 years ago I left my tripod at a gig and it took the venue about 3 weeks to find it so had to buy another whilst I assumed it was lost. I seem to remember that was about £100 back then.....

I have said this many times before here on BC, but I've always found with my NXT that when I stand next to it and play it, it doesn't sound all that "DB-like" to me. However, when I've then heard it on a recording from the back of the room, it really does! If you can get your head around that, it should be fine.... and this comes from a bloke with very little DB technique and has kept the low action it came with. As for the tripod comments, I've never notice the neck "springing back" but I as I said I have never really had any DB training so probably don't use the arm weight thing. I do find the instrument can be easily moved around while playing, ie I would often tilt it back slightly on to the back leg and swivel it left to right, giving me that end-pin feel without having to hold it up all night. I am a big fan of mine! I just don't get to play it enough these days.

Have you Googled it? I was looking into Helixs recently and thought I saw there was a common issue with the crashing during updates, but I don't remember it being said as if it was a terminal problem? Maybe other users have found a fix for it? I work with other DSP based systems and sometimes manufacturers have ways to get the CPU back by using direct to chip recovery software.

That 1993 video is the ultimate lineup for me. I got to see them live twice after the 2nd and 3rd albums with Derrick on drums. Although I thought Derrick was really good, I always wished I had seen them with Nick Van Gelder on drums - I wonder why he left so early on - he seems really spot on in this gig. I always thought JK was a bit of a pillock, but absolutely loved the Zender era music they produced. They definitely lost something when he left IMHO.