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Did plenty of gigs with a TB500 matched with a BF Midget and a 1st Gen Compact. Not a one cab solution but is light, small footprint (the midget sits perfectly on it's side on the Compact). The pair give good options for the TB, my favourite setup for sound and portability really. I used just the Midget for rehearsals and both for gigs. After a while I found I only needed the Compact for gigging and a few times I only took the Midget. Most gigs were with PA support. I'd have no reservations using the 3 combined without PA support though (within reason). I don't think any 12" can 'replace' a 4x10 but when you have constraints, you have to concede there's a trade off and make the best choice for your needs.

I'd get the sound as near as I could firstly. More than likely the playing can then be a variant...

Way too much but strangely they are worth it! Great basses but you can get them for £100 give or take. The Thunder 2 and 3 are different animals altogether. Thunder 2 Mk2 methinks and the Thunder 3 are basically the same bass and are really special.

I've even considered dropping my bedroom ceiling and building a mezzanine floor! The more space I make, the more she seems to need!

Not at my house. She'd have the shed as a luxury dog palace!

Looks like it's years in the wilderness for you too! When we moved here, there wasn't a great deal of storage area. I nabbed under the stairs but it had to be used for cak and the hoover instead. I then boarded the loft as a man hideaway. Soon that was taken from me for things like - empty boxes and other useless and meaningless stuff. So, I extended from the kitchen and built a conservatory which I used for a short to time before being moved on. That may sound fair to some but we virtually never use the conservatory. On the end of the conservatory there is what used to be the old brick store that I'd incorporated into the conservatory. Separate door. That was full of old tat really so I cleared it and made a little room. Just big enough for my gear and a little studio setup. Then the Mrs wanted a downstairs shower and loo. So, the little room was transformed into a downstairs bathroom. I then went one better and split a large bedroom into 2, giving us 4 bedrooms, giving me a music room. Success! No. She then wanted a spare bedroom for guests who we virtually never have as our 4 dogs, although lovely and friendly, are a handful for unsuspecting guests. They rule the roost! I then nabbed a small dark nook for the PA that appeared during the bedroom split. She wanted shelving there instead. Well, still wants shelves there as I haven't got round to it and when I do, the PA will then be truly homeless! All the other bits are under beds that have storage that I specially got to hide the equipment. You guessed it, my gear is taking up the room under the beds that she wants for other stuff! There is no winning. Only scoring the odd point by doing things like leaving the PA cabs in the hall for a couple of days!

Eppy Rock?

I use a pick 99% of the time but if I could be bothered practicing with my fingers, I'm positive I could play way way faster.

Alas, after her once being married to a drummer for 12 years, she has virtually no sense of timing. It's irreversible I'm afraid. However, she can do a damned good Joe Strummer esque 'howl'! This is accompanied by her mate doing her scarily life like seal 'honk'! As you can imagine, breaks between songs are highly entertaining!

Sort of reminds me of when I had to collect a parcel from the local PO sorting office. Missed the driver so went to collect with best ID I had at the time. Current utility bill and my expired passport. They would not accept my ID as they needed valid photographic evidence. An idiot could see that my old passport was me. They asked for my driving licence but it was an old one with no photo. After a good few minutes of banter that was getting a bit heated, they said they could accept a credit card? I pointed out that there was no photo on a credit card but they said they could still accept that? I told them I didn't have a credit card and so we went back to the heated banter. Eventually I said, "Why don't you just say that there is no way I can have my parcel. My property". He paused and then said, "We could redeliver it to your address tomorrow".

There are no designated "man" areas in my house. It's all taken up by her shoes. I can't fit anything in my wardrobe for her clothes and shoes. Anyone looking in there would think I was a secret cross-dresser!

I've bought a cheap Squier, hung it on the wall for a while and changed it for an identical Fender before now, without her noticing! This is where having a waterslide Fender decal hanging around in plain sight becomes very important. It's the back up plan if she does notice. Make sure you get rid of it and the Squier on the day of the "switch" though. 😎

Its an experiment! I’ve done the storage thing in the past. I’ve had basses hidden in Belgium before now! Rebel streak kicking back in I think!

I should have married you! 😂

I've deliberately left 2 cabs in the hallway and there's not been a murmur from her. She must be a secret member of BC and has read this post! Anybody noticed a new member called "The Vampire"?

She's not tidy herself but can't help 'noticing' when other folk aren't. Perhaps it's part of a gradual change or she's been replaced by a Reptilian? 🦎

I've said that I'm only a lodger too! Maybe I should give her the going rate for a lodger and stop tipping up it all!

Fully investigated but obviously she is part of a greater conspiracy. I should have known really. Her mother is a very tidy person. 😂😞

I've tried everything apart from the hitman! 😀

Absolutely nothing to do with basses but its weird and wonderful. Looks like "he who cannot be named" had a part in it though. 😂

That's what I say! He wouldn't like that. Well, his wife wouldn't! Can't have 2 miserable bastards in the house 😂 It's all usually hidden. Been busy today so had to leave it in the hall temporarily... She hasn't moaned since the first quip! I'm amazed! I'll make sure it's all hidden again tomorrow for inspection! 💂‍♂️😂

We live in a deceivingly large terraced house. My stuff really consists of musically related gear. Guitars on walls and everything else hidden under beds and in dark corners. Apart from my iMac which I'm told is too big as well! There's really only us two in the house and we have fleeting visits from the two lads. 4 bedrooms, 2 receptions, conservatory. loft etc etc. Loads of room really. The lads still have their own rooms even though they are never really here. One's at Uni but nothing can be put in his room. The other is a phantom and mysteriously comes and goes and the same rules apply. The spare bedroom has to be kept as a spare too, "just in case". I've been moved around in circles for years! Gets a bit much though when the dogs have designated space and I don't! Even though we have room. I think she just wants the other band members to keep it at theirs and so causes problems when seen!. No way the rest are getting their hands on my FR800's though! Oh, I do have a Roland kit in the conservatory that is also causing controversy!

Pic 2 is my favourite! https://www.gumtree.com/p/campervans-motorhomes/teardrop-trailer-8-ft-by-6-ft/1300938242

No wonder i've flipping seen them. It's my mates flipping band! He flipping engineers for us too at times! What a cupid stunt I am...