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Players of electric instruments are used to price tags that are stupidly low compared to those in the orchestral world. I started on a £90 instrument. Then I was happy paying £250, then £400, then £700. Eventually I broke the £1,00 barrier, and in recent years my biggest single-instrument spend has been £2,500. You can still get instruments at all these price points, it's just down to what you want. I expect Fodera have added together material costs, skilled labour costs, and a proportion of development costs; then allowed themselves, the distributor, and the retailer a markup to make their business worthwhile.

Matrix Amplification have brought out a guitar amp head with a valve front end and Class D power stage. It is styled to look like, and intended to sound like, a Marshall. I'm waiting for them to bring out a Vox or Fender version.

'Rusted all to hell' would be my guess.

Let's see -1/3 of lowest selling price in shops, available in bulk from China. [size=8][b]FAKE! [/b][size=1]probably[/size][/size]

Usually nothing. If I am giving the drummer a lift we will have a good old natter, and he sometimes suggests Bob Harris or whatever late night Radio 2 show is on. Then we play 'Guess the artiste'.

If you are going to play a prominent lick that jumps out from the accompaniment, do it in a break between vocal lines; that way it will be heard, and you won't clash with the vocal.

Like many here, the worst amp I've owned was a Laney 1x15 combo rated at 100W or 120W. I only realised how bad it was when I tried to gig with it - it just could not compete with 2 guitars and a drum machine. I went from that to an Ashdown ABM combo, which I used for the next 10 years or so before discovering Basschat and bass amp GAS!

If you are anywhere near Swindon I would be happy to take a look at it fwiw, just drop me a PM.

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1428160050' post='2738655'] C'mon then, post an example and we'll have a look. [/quote] [media]http://youtu.be/5NV6Rdv1a3I[/media] I rest my case.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1428158352' post='2738619'] 33kg! [/quote] That's more than my entire rig!

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1428158186' post='2738617'] Can you think of any well- known, distinctive bass lines played below an E on a bass guitar? I bet you can't... [/quote] [i]Another Brick in the Wall[/i] goes down to the D below low E. EDIT: From your other posts, do I get the vague impression that you don't like 5-strings?

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1428144401' post='2738424'] Indeed! i was helping out a friend in his country band once. We doing this song called Jambalaya or something. It alternated between C and G and bored me rigid. I tried to spice it up a bit by using chromatic fills and pushing and pulling the beat. The singer glared at me and shouted "Play It Straight!" I never got asked back. [/quote] I'm not surprised! Jambalaya has a strong 2/2 feel. Stick to root/fifth for the most part, but some judicious walking can work well behind a solo, especially in smaller outfit where there is not much else going on. In general, 'spicing up' country bass lines does [i]not[/i] improve them as it turns them into something else.

Compressor first, as (1) it may boost noise if placed after the Overdrive, and (2) it will help the Octave to track more smoothly. If you put the Overdrive after the Octave you may lose a lot of the octave-down signal, unless you have a blend control. So I suggest: Compressor > Overdrive > Octave

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1428143552' post='2738407'] I fail to see the problem really. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but has anyone had a pickguard arrive in the post where Mr Postie has succeeded in folding it in half to go through the letter box? [/quote] If Mr/Ms Postie tried, the first thing to go would be the projection where the controls fit. I think that's the worry, which would obviously be far less with a Jazz pickguard.

Are we sure these aren't Behringer with an Ashdown badge?

That's a lot of bang for buck! 10kg is quite manageable I'd say.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1427068347' post='2725518'] Apologies for duplicating any previous questions but: 4ohm cab + 4ohm cab driven by a single 4ohm amp. How do I do it? [/quote] You can connect the cabs in series (using a special lead or junction box) which will give you an 8-ohm load. Although will get somewhat less power from the amp, in practice it may well sound louder than running just one 4-ohm cab on its own.

Another vote for cutting the bass. With that amount of boost the fundamentals on the D and G strings stand no chance of keeping up!

I was in a Stones tribute band for a couple of years, so I spent hours watching every Stones DVD I could get hold of, copping Keef's licks and learning his stage moves. Hope you get your tickets Blue, and enjoy the show!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1428012656' post='2737172'] Sometimes even good advice is just plain wrong! [/quote] All true though!

[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1428010838' post='2737135'] The black one on the bottom doesn't match. I'll gladly take it off your hands. [/quote] They need to be stacked in the right order!

There must surely be so many kinds of strings, with the same silk colour combinations, that you could never know for sure!

[quote name='donslow' timestamp='1427908704' post='2735793'] Also looking at an svt 4 pro for its all valvey goodness but the website has a few power ratings for it which I don't fully understand, can anyone shed some light on what it all means?! [/quote] There are two power amps, each delivering 300W into 8 ohms, or 490W into 4 ohm. You can use the 'bridged' output to give 900W into 8 ohms or 1200W into 4 ohms,