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On the subject of IEC leads, the standard is for 10 amperes but many sold now are only 5 Amperes.

Interesting, what testers are you using?

When I were a lad we wanted out of short trousers as soon as we could. Don’t get me started about those Tats.

Oh yes Disturbed's version of Sound of Silence a real gem.

Which courier have you had more grief from? For me it’s DHL tracking nonexistent, top of the page says we haven’t got your parcel yet, bottom says it was collected yesterday. This is not the first time I have had problems with DHL. Hermes have always been good (well maybe delayed once), Royal Mail consistently good. UPS a farce at times. I would be interested in the experience of others. One final thought 9 out of 10 men look silly in shorts, why do even Royal Mail Post People wear them?

Arctic Monkey’s Come Together was really good but not quite up tonight the original. Aerosmiths version should NEVER have been recorded. All covers should ADD to the original, like Joe Cocker and Ella Fitzgerald’s Can’t Buy Me Love.

I am surprised that the NEXUS range never took off, but then Laney's reputation for Bass Gear went before them.

Thanks to everyone for their input. I have ordered some bits and pieces to try and will send back what we don't like (or more likely order more) I never thought I would have lighting GAS.

Live from the City of Southend! Thanks for the ideas.

Thanks Paul.

Hi, I have seen many bands in my time and those without at least some for of lighting seem dull. So my question is what is a minimum lighting rig? for a Pub?

TC formerly used the Eminence licenced drivers made in the Far East. They have no real direct equivalent to the US made drivers.

The Di Marzio Jazz pups are humbucking so also noiseless. I put one in the bridge position on my Aerodyne P/J. I don’t have a jazz but even the noise from one single coil drove me nuts.

Firstly let me say that there are no active, magnetic pickups. If we look at say EMGs, they are (or were) low impedance pickups that had a pre-amp or booster encapsulated within the pickup housing. This kept the noise down as high impedance pickups can be noisy due due to their higher output. It had some advantages and some disadvantages. In the early days, putting some of the electronics on the pickup meant a smaller control cavity and lower noise However as components have become smaller and we understood how to shield and wire more effectively these advantages have all but dissipated. It also meant that each pickup needed at least 3 wires instead of the two on a passive single coil pickup. Low impedance coilshave a lower resonant peak that is often outside the range of the instrument meaning a more balanced output. These advantages of "active" pickups were, in my opinion, fewer on bass than on guitar so you will here less difference between them.

I have often thought of buying a big muff clone but it sounds like I would have wasted my money based on another thread on here. I am however amused at the way pedal manufacturers have convinced us and especially our thinner stringed friends that fuzz, distortion and overdrive are different effects. All these "effects" are overdriven or distorted, they mean the same thing. higher levels of distortion can give the characteristic fuzz sound but fundamentally they all clip the waveform to a greater of lesser degree, either symmetrically or asymmetrically. If we had to give them a name maybes Clippers would be a better all encompassing term. Howevr that could just be the marketeer in me wanting to add to tge woes of the poor bassist (i.e. the ones like me that have been "fooled again" by the marketing depts of pedal manufacturers.

I think that the responses from @Stevie and @agedhorse highlight that design choices usually have benefits as well as downsides.

For those that don't know ULEZ is the Ultra Low Emission Zone in London where poluting vehicles pay extra, over and above the Congestion Charge.

Yes Absolute are great for PA, crap for bass (the are just up the road from me. They have a proper big room (well much bigger than the average PUB) and you can really put the stuff through its paces. No ULEZ but £6000 in fuel from your area (actually the roads are really good most of the way so your fuel economy will be good).

Its hard to see what that part is . Do you still have the part ?

This is from the Health and Safety Executive's statement on electrical safety: The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require that any electrical equipment that has the potential to cause injury is maintained in a safe condition. However, the Regulations do not specify what needs to be done, by whom or how frequently (ie they don't make inspection or testing of electrical appliances a legal requirement, nor do they make it a legal requirement to undertake this annually).

Not to be negative but there ain't no such thing as a digital amp.

I had a BLX130 and I doubt that any of the PJB options will be as good.

Funnily enough I know when PAT testing first came in ,many manufacturers would void the warranty of any item PAT tested. That is a thought although I am unlikely to earn much more than the annual fees this year.

WE used to carry PLI but were never asked for it, aside from the aspect of protecting ourselves, it seemed an unnecessary expense. Thanks for the feedback.