Clarky

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1334400901' post='1615644'] Go to an actual music shop and try an actual amp? [/quote] No shop anywhere near me stocks Markacoustic or Phil Jones amps. I went ahead and ordered on the basis of lots of web research and the (mistaken) assumption that the QC departments of these companies do their jobs properly

Hi BRX, I can't make that day unfortunately but will be interested in your feedback on the venue as we are playing there 5 days later

In the search for the perfect DB combo I recently bought a MarkBass Markacoustic combo from Thomann. It arrived swiftly but had some sort of electrical fault as it made a horrible rumbling distorted sound whenever I played a note on my DB. That went back. Disgruntled, I decided to try the much lauded Phil Jones next and ordered a Super Flightcase from Guitar Guitar. That arrived yesterday and today I find the limiter does not work (light doesn't come on and turning the dial makes no difference to sound). Gah! Now that will have to go back. Returns policies are all well and good but its a pain to have to re-pack, to be in all day to wait for pickup and then to have to wait for refund (still waiting on Thomann 2 weeks later). I wish QC would spot these issues before they are shipped out to unsuspecting customers. Rant over

Storming last set chaps. The old P bass sounded fab, especially on the more 'trad' songs (Folsom Prison etc) and MacDaddy is the new Carlos Santana

Urgh, don't you just hate bulging 'outy' belly buttons? Or am I just a prejudiced bellybuttonist bigot?

I should be there for the last (11pm) set so save the best ones til the end!

These are excellent - Minotaur from Greece - about £30-40 and arrived within a few days. Top quality and able to deal with heavy basses (I have a dodgy shoulder and back) [url="http://minotaur.gr/catalog/index.php?cPath=28&osCsid=kea90j8ah0o229867kdh25ar02"]http://minotaur.gr/catalog/index.php?cPath=28&osCsid=kea90j8ah0o229867kdh25ar02[/url]

Love the orange, Wayne. Gets my vote

This might actually be a gig I can make, Nige (assuming no band practice or gig of my own, of course)

There's now about 7 or 8 ex Pino basses listed on the Gallery's new arrivals page. He's obv having a bit of a clear out

In answer to OP question ... ... Because there's a lot of w@nkers out there Sad but true. Sorry Barrie but something way better will turn up. Forget them as they will probably treat the new bass guy just as disdainfully and you will probably be best out of it

I have a Rev Solo 2 that I recently bought from PaulKing but which, TBH, doesn't sound any better on my Kolstein than the Planet Wing which was already installed. You are welcome to borrow that if interested, Laurence? Would be end of next week as I'm typing this out of the country and not back in blighty until Tuesday.