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They will be a very busy band with a set like that.

Had one for a few years back in the day, swear I still never found all the sounds on it.

Agree, that knot in the grain would only make it suitable for a solid colour. Thats why sunburst are often the best wood.

What happens is dust gets in if they are vented drivers, this finds the gap and then you get a crackle and farting speaker. On Black Widows you can unbolt them, clean the gap and away they go again.

I can play that way or the normal RH, having lost a finger I decided to flip the bass over to learn with a full hand as so to speak, only to flip back when the other hand healed and I had enough strength to play RH again with 3 fingers and a thumb

The top and bottom is if someone goes out to a gig with £20, the vast majority of that £20 is going over the bar. They might give the charity a handful of change. If spending your own time and money on instruments and fuel and transport so a brewery can make money and some charity bosses can drive around in E class Mercs earning £250k a year + benefits , then that is great for you. They dont Chug mechanics, window cleaners, joiners, brick layers, electricians, lawyers, nurses, teachers and the reason is they do not work where there is a bar taking money. If they did, I am quite sure they would be chugged to death as well. Those that want to play these chugger gigs, fine, crack on with it. Personally, I live rather a frugal livelihood and I have bills to pay and kids to feed and clothe. So in a way I am doing charity gigs, I am just cutting the middleman on his £250k a year out of the equation and feeding hungry kids that would otherwise go without .

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1410857489' post='2553824'] So let me just check this . . . The punters are happy to donate to a charity The band is happy to play for nothing The landlord and greed brewery are happy to make their profit Nope, can't see the problem myself - everyone seems to be happy. Seems that YOU are the one with a problem with it, so why not just stay in bed until someone offers you some money to get up? [/quote] You speak for everyone ? Wow Sorry God.

As with most tracks, if the singer can not sing it in the keys its in, best binned.

Never a charity bar is there ? A little secret, charity nights are suggested as zero cost events to landlords by greedy breweries. The donations come from punters, the entertainment as in the band work for nothing, the bar till rings all night long. Any charity will do. Taking the piss out of musicians to sell beer. Anyone who questions it is a kunt, Well get me a T-shirt, ill be a kunt, I have rent and bills to pay.

Probably because it is a skill many lack. Never met a pick player who can not play fingers, but met plenty who can not use a pick. As said it is a different style with attack punch on the sound. A bit of a lost art form these days.

Personally speaking : My Ampeg could not finish a gig without overheating and cutting out and I have heard of a few other people with issues with thge new far eastern products. I would look second hand for an Amp not built in the far east. IMO They use stretched wire and poor quality solder and workmanship is sweatshop bog standard. An Italian Mark Bass head second hand would be my favoured choice. Just an opinion but avoid anything far eastern, once they have your cash they could not give two stuffs if it stays working or not.

Thought they were plugged and rodded the other way around until 1980

Tested in they plug it in to see if it works ? As I said I hope they buck the trend, we shall see, there is always this honeymoon period of everyone wants one when any amp moves from bespoke maker to mass production for "lower costs" . The brand built a reputation on reliability and quality merchandise. Why they would want to mess about with what works I never know. What they end up making IMO is a copy of the ones that made the name. Personally, I would rather let someone else test it or buy a second hand one. Agree with karlfer, early signs are that they are not the brand they were, looking forward to some more user comments of the new stuff to see if it was a one off.

I do hope they buck the trend, but in my opinion every amp maker that jumps to the far east ends up with reliability issues. Blackstar, trace elliot that blew resistors , peavey, ampeg, . Marshall. You pay a premium price for a brand knowing it has not been made in a sweatshop . Premium brands are made by people who have pride in the brand, everyone that has jumped this far east quick buck route ends up with sub standard reliability issues. Lets hope they have not made a mistake, the pricing suggests they have total confidence, but so did everyone elses.

[url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/ibanez-musician-bass-1980/1079777815"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/ibanez-musician-bass-1980/1079777815[/url] Bet someone on here will grab this one.

They were amps that sounded great on their own but walk down the room and very little audible bass got down the room unless you turned them up to loud. What sounds good on stage on its own, never sounds good out front in a band for some reason. The less EQ and knobs amps have the better the band sound to me. Look at things like Mark bass, plug it in, turn it up and they sound the knees without messing with anything. Slightly wooly valve tone from the off , but in a band situation it fills the sound right out, just wish I could afford one. Tried a TC bg500 and it sounded very trace to me, great on stage, pants out front. Agree they are a brand that lost its way.

First thing to go is stock strings, they suck, dead E string out of the packet. Rotosound swing bass should be fitted stock to these from factory. Personally the push pull thing is not my liking, the 4003 was just right without it.

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1409611332' post='2541608'] This. Charity fads are massive tax free swindles. The CEO of this particular mob is on £300k [/quote] Indeed £6000 a week wage for two days a week, she has another similar job for another chugging outfit the other two and must only work 4 days a week and 12 others are on £4000 a week and the bottom feeders assistants on a lowly £1250 a week . No disrespect to ill people, but these leeches are professional chuggers that are using your illnesses to make themselves very rich indeed. Out of £14 million income more than half goes on salaries, nearly 65%.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1409645693' post='2541737'] For that money mate, don't get Hartke gear. In my Humble opinion, it sucks! It's a unique sound that you will grow to hate! There's so much better out there if, as said before, you try out in local shops. Thomann are great, especially for people who live away from city centre shops, but go for better gear! [/quote] Have to agree, bought a 4x10, the one with paper cones and it did not make it to the end of a gig, one by one the speakers farted and blew, where the cheapo peavey had worked for years. Worst cab ever.

I used to play jazz basses a few years ago, always found myself fiddling with the knobs all night to get a tone I liked. The precision just does it, cuts through, nice and fat, second only to the rick to me in getting that tone out front. jazz are versatile but always sound a bit short. A precision with basslines in just sounds sweeter in the mix to me for live work. Recently picked up a 78 Precision maple neck as I had one years ago, sounds wonderful, but forgot just how damned heavy they are.

The trouble is a lot of of 2x10 are 4ohm and end up doing the lions share of the work if the 4x10 is 8ohm

Its not done bad then for a valve based pre-amp at 4 years. At one time valves were all you could buy that was over 100 watts and you needed two heads just to gig as one would pack in every other week. Remember queuing for Trace Elliot AH350 amp head in the 80's, at last an amp with no valves. These days people are looking to go back to valve amps ?

Think speaker inches. 1x15 is 15 inches of paper moving air. 4x10 is 40 inches moving air. In a cab the same size it's a no brainier the 4x10 will win. A 4x10 and 2x10 that can be used at smaller gigs + rehearsals is good if you can get a 8 ohm 2x10 or they end up doing the work whilst the 4x10 idles. You have combinations then. Rehearsal/ small gig 2x10 Pub gig 4x10 huge gig 4x10 +2x10

There is a very little known if at all bit of legalisation that was quietly sneaked on to our statute books after a veto was over turned. EU act 1999/44/EC was ten year vetoed here but it expired in 2009 and is now legal statute. This trumps our very biased sale of goods act in that it gives you two years in which an electrical item must work : PERIOD. Unlike sale of goods which means you have to prove the fault after six months. warranties are additional to your rights in any case. If it is less than two years old, back to the shop with the EU law printed and to the county court if they refuse. Very well hidden but in your favour bit of law. Do not buy two year warranties, they are simply selling you your rights under EU directive 1999/44/EC