Happy Jack

It just gets harder and harder. If you weren't already aware of ULEZ then you really should be. Phase #1 (the existing Congestion Charge zone) arrives in six months. Phase #2 (all of London inside the North & South Circular) follows in three years. Start here just to see if your current vehicle will be hit by this: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/vrm-checker-ulez

The guy's got over 2000 in eBay Feedback so I doubt he's either an amateur or a hen-pecked husband. The price looks daft to anyone who knows anything about bass guitars, but he only has to attract one stupid or ill-informed buyer and he's done his job.

Add to Chris's comment the fact that your old Trace 15" speaker will have been very thoroughly worn-in and probably be capable of a great deal of excursion, whereas your brand-new 2x10 will be (temporarily) very stiff and reluctant to move as much as it will in due course. You're changing too many things at once. Do you have a separate power amp somewhere, or a friend with one? Try taking a feed from the FX Send on the Trace head to an external power amp (preferably 500W or greater), then use that power amp to drive the new 2x10 cab. That should tell you where the problem lies.

When did Ed Sheeran start playing a uke bass?

Laurence is, of course, Lawrence's twin brother. Oops!

I have recent experience of Lawrence Dixon in Brixton - not the cheapest, but absolutely superb work. Happy to give an unreserved recommendation.

Well that rules out a spot of window-shopping then ...

Don't suppose you'd consider moving the band closer to London? No, thought not. GLWTS.

Sssssssh! Be quiet, or they'll all be at it ...

Gotta love the Rasta playing the spoons in the background ...

Good luck getting Vincent Price to do the voiceover for your GCSE Thriller project ...

Agreed. I'd struggle to play most of my favourite basslines on that thing.

I assume you already have an amp? If so, are you happy with it? The 'perfect' solution (in so far as one exists) is a 2-channel amp, with each bass using its own channel and its own EQ. Not cheap, but a complete answer.

Strewth mate! How did you manage to go through seven sets of strings on one DB? I've had the same Silver Slaps on mine for six years ... they were on there when I bought it from Clarky.

You'll never master the fifth string, Ralph. Quit while you're behind and just send the bass to me ...

I've always thought that there is a generic, "family" resemblance between a number of bass marques that were around in the early 80s, close enough that I always felt that there was a lot of borrowing going on. I agree that there's a long list of detailed differences between the Bass Collection and the SR range, yet the overall look & feel is remarkably similar. There was also a range by (I think) Yamaha at the same time, plus of course the early Tune basses, and I'm sure there were others I haven't mentioned. My guess would be that someone came up with an overall design that worked really well and which wasn't yet another Fender clone, and a bunch of manufacturers fell into line behind it. All these basses were (I believe) lighter than their Fender equivalents, the bar being set lower by Fender's back-crushing output in the late 70s. I wonder if this has anything to do with the pro-Fender (and others) propaganda that then started to emerge about how heavier basses always and automatically sounded better than lighter basses.

Dan Bowskill wondered why there wasn't more love for the £829 Class D head ...

I suppose it's hard to imagine why anyone would spend their time doing something they don't enjoy just because they're being paid to do it. No ... wait a minute ...

It probably helps if you clean the case occasionally.

Active? I thought the SB301 was the only passive one?

Have you considered a fanned fretless, preferably with a torsal twist?

That 736 would probably have played better if he hadn't been wearing that silly ring.

The bass player is Richie Castellano, who currently plays with Blue Oyster Cult.