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Like bartleby says. I A/B'd the results & I'm too deaf to tell the difference between a usb mixer & the mic socket. I'll upload the A/B recording later today.

Aguilar, EBS & so on all make great amps, but if you get something custom made then that's gonna make your sound unique. I'd go with the custom jobby.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1321364319' post='1438216'] I will set Pete Academy on ya! [/quote] Sorry. I shall retract what I said.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1321364325' post='1438217'] Any top tips for someone who's been playing fingerstyle for (mumble) years and wants to try a pick? [/quote] Buy one & try it. I tend to go for .74mm picks, but will play with any thickness. Same advice as to playing using any other method, start simple & then do alternating strings & so on. The pick is a useful tool to have.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1321361524' post='1438166'] Your all wrong! All music should be played with a slapped thumb only [/quote] Oi! Anymore of that & your "dislike" button shall be clicked!

The video plays perfectly fine here too (can't play them on the iPhone though ).

[quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1321359483' post='1438129'] As far as I know, EBS cabs only come in 4ohm versions. Calling Mr EBS_Freak.... T [/quote] I think you could be right there actually.

My style is the opposite of Muzz's. I play a lot with fingers & a couple with pick. It depends on the style of song really. The songs I use pick on, I have tried finger style & just don't work. It needs that clang.

Just a thought, I believe YouTube now allows you to upload mahoosivee sized files with no probs.

The other option that no one has come up with is sell your EBS cab & get an 8 ohm version. On another note I wouldn't mix speaker sizes. Yes, you can mix them, but whether it'll sound any good or not will vary from venue to venue. Also, I'd not go with the 6x10 (or 4x10) unless you normally use PA & just want the rig for your own monitor as it has a lower diepersion than 2 2x10s (or 2x12s) stacked vertically.

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1321124816' post='1435684'] Best of luck mate! [/quote] Cheers. It went well. Had a really good sound too! We recorded some of the pre rehearsal, so if it's came out ok, I'll post it.

[quote name='andyonbass' timestamp='1321174734' post='1436007'] Anyone ever had a go at making a wedge shaped one of these, allowing the cab to tilt back a bit so you can hear it better? I feel a project coming on! Keep your eye on the amps for sale section - expect one LM2, slightly dented where it fell of the cab! [/quote] Velcro? Hook side on bottom of amp. Tolex cab = Furry velcro on top. Carpet cab = Sorted! I used my 2 strips of platfoam on Saturday. Made a big difference. Still a crappy stage that sucks the bass away, but massive improvement on what it was!

I haven't got a fretless (though it's on my list of "to gets" & a fretless 5 is at the top), but I hate that traditional 80s chorused fretless. Saying that, there's nowt wrong with some reverb & if the chorus is done right, then yeah. Maybe a delay & a filter would be good choices. But it depends what you're after. Mine's would go through octave, fuzz, filter, LPF & chorus & sound more like a synth.

Do you have a budget? If I had the money, I'd try a Moog Cluster Flux. Waiting for Shep to get some demos up.

Smoke machine & laser beams! Here... [url="http://www.dv247.com/dj-equipment/kam-dmx-1600v-vertical-smoke-machine-with-remote--53121"]Smoke[/url] [url="http://www.dv247.com/dj-equipment/equinox-vega-laser-dj-lighting--80938"]Laser[/url]

I'd looked at the Marshall combo about 3-4 years ago, but I heard a lot of reports that it was unreliable (though Lozz never reported any troubles with his) & that it weighs more than my house does. I ended up spending a good bit more on a Markbass combo. I'd keep an eye on the 2nd hand section on here & gather as much info as you can. Just re read, has to be new Mine did too. 2nd hand does give you much better bang for your buck. Have a word with the Bass Merchant, they're closing down at the end of the month (unfortunately ) & they're very helpful.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1321239770' post='1436885'] Develop a skin, become a hard bastard. Make BBC proud. Make us proud. Fight for your people...yada yada [/quote] Away you back to Kiwiland!

[quote name='Vibrating G String' timestamp='1321231430' post='1436864'] I didn't mean to accuse you. You let me know publicly when we disagree As I think it should be. [/quote] I never thought that you was accusing me, I was merely having a jest I have a lot of time for you on here.

[quote name='Vibrating G String' timestamp='1321230743' post='1436858'] I think reasonable people use it for reasonable purposes and non reasonable people for their own reasons. IME it's a tool for the polar extremes at the expense of the others. By the way I had a very high like ratio but that has plummeted since the dislike button. Some will see that as a good thing but I expect most of those would not be able to argue that point eloquently. [/quote] It wasn't me (said in best Shaggy voice). Have one back.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1321229512' post='1436846'] The like system is wicked. The dislike system on the other hand enforces negative thought. [/quote] I suppose it depends on how it gets used. I wouldn't use it just because I didn't fully agree with something (infact, I probably wouldn't use it at all), but i can see it being used for "nonsense" posts (if you know what I mean). Such as bad advice.

My band "BigRoom" played the Victoria Hall in Dunblane last night with another band called "Main Street Blues". Turnout was quite low with @50 folk turning up, but we & the other band had a great time! We threw a couple of covers in there too. We did a rather slow spaced out version of Gnarles Barklay's Crazy, a Rockin version of Sunshine of your love & a funky version of Take me to the river & a whole load of originals too. Had some dancers & a good sound too (for being on a big wooden stage).

If you hover over someone's name above their avatar, you can see how many total likes they have. I can see Monckeyman has 36 likes & daz has 14. I think the like system is fun & if anyone takes it serious, then a life would be required

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1321097753' post='1435336'] [size=4][color=#222222][font=Arial]Isn't that what TC did? [/font][/color] [color=#222222][font=Arial]People don't buy watts, they buy "loudness". They buy an amp or cab at 200 watts or 800 watts based not on the watts but how loud they believe the gear to be. We all know of underperforming gear but nobody seems to get their knickers in a twist about them. [/font][/color] [color=#222222][font=Arial]TC targeted the marketing of their amps at a category of loudness along side the equipment which their amps compared. [/font][/color] [color=#222222][font=Arial]The joke for me was an American player bitterly complaining that he wanted to sell his TC amp but he couldn't find any other amp that he liked as much or sounded as good! [/font][/color] [color=#222222][font=Arial]Get a grip!! [/font][/color][/size] [/quote] I agree. A lot of manufacturers "specs" claims are misleading. My favourite is when car/home hifi has something like 5x5x5x5x20 w = 12,500 watts of power!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1321095862' post='1435302'] I agree. I like it a lot and after 2 years of use I can say it does all I need it to do, and there always seems to be more noise on tap than I need. But it's hard not to feel that buyers were cheated a bit. I can see why they did it... if they say it's 236W and then proceed to explain what they do and how it is louder than what one might expect from an amp rated at 250W, say... I may have not tried one in the end, as I was set to look for things in the 4-500W range. And I suspect I am not the only one who chooses what to try by first deciding some kind of watts ballpark, and then looking at what is available. It may not be the best way, since there are so many other variables that looking only at watts says nothing... but it is an easy parameter to focus on. I love the amp. Just don't like a company lying to me. [/quote] I think what manufacturers should look at doing is a "loudness" rating. Similar to the energy rating system. They'd need to give some examples of amps that fall into each category, and realistic ones at that. They can't put a MB LMII & an Ashdown Superfly in the same category if they're rated similar on paper but totally different in reality through the same cab. & then for amps, they'd have to have a benchmark cab & vice versa when testing cabs. But then there's a load of other parameters to take into account.

I think we have a few original songs that are self indulgent for at least one of the band members (me included). The covers we do on the other hand are not. Things like "Sunshine of you love", "Take me to the river" & "Crazy" are all hardly technical or show offish, but they're good for getting people up. Thanks to 51m0n, I might open the set with the start of Bach's Cello suite 1 as it's in the same key as the song we're opening with. Now that is just for self indulgence!