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Interesting topic, I've been thinking about this myself recently. I'm off to Bristol, and the hall i'm applying to says it has a music practice room, but all I know is that it contains a drum-kit. I do want to join/start a band when I get up there, but all I have at the moment is a 15W. Could anyone give me some advice on whether to get something bigger and better now, or if I should wait to see what the situation is like with PA's at venues and stuff?

It seems I've been pretty lucky by the sounds of it! I agree about the Bass Cellar, I bought my starter bass (warwick rockbass) in there, but the few times i've been in since they've never allowed me to play a thing! My favourite for just trying out things for the sake of it has to be the Bass Gallery. Some nice guys, happilly left me playing on an alembic for 15 minutes, then came back to ask if there was anything else i wanted to play! I feel slightly guilty in that I've never bought more than a pair of strings in there though... It's just saddening to hear there are so many shops with appauling service. nowadays I think you might get better treatment if you just buy stuff off of eBay.

Just found out about this forum by accident on talkbass!! so being the brit I am I thought I'd check it out. bits about me; currently playing a spector rebop that I nabbed off eBay about a month ago. Playing it through a hiwatt practise amp, but am saving up for something with a tad more oomph. I still have my Warwick Rockbass, which I'm considering selling to contribute to the cost of a new amp. Not yet in a band, but I hope to join one when I go up to uni (Bristol) in september, so until then I'm still just trying to make my hands more magical. Also, I guess I might as well add that i've been playing for almost two years.