Happy Jack

So it's from 1998.

That's seen a few gigs ...

OK, I think I understand now. Your biggest problem is likely to be the available depth, I reckon. The size of cavity you want to use is going to seriously restrict your options.

Hi Nelson, have got photos of the back plate, both sides of it?

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1504782607' post='3367255'] And I upload them to a dropbox the next day so everyone can practice along to it,a great aid, so we come to the next jam with new ideas. [/quote] I used to do this, until I discovered that none of my bandmates was actually listening to the recordings ...

With long-standing bands I never bother, I feel there's little to be learned and/or there's loads to be learned but it will spark an almighty row if I bring it up "after all these years". With any new venture, I always record every rehearsal. If there's nothing worth keeping then I can recycle every electron, and if we do something a bit special then it's a bloody good thing to have a record available. Also worth bearing in mind is that, when learning new material, it's all very well playing along with the original recording to familiarise yourself with the changes and so on, but it's no substitute for playing along with a recording of your own bandmates ...

It's hardly that surprising that identical quadruplets will have similar talent on bass.

Here's the very wonderful Ed Friedland reviewing the Genz Benz Streamliner 900 and A/B-ing it briefly against the ShuttleMax. https://youtu.be/d-27szg61bw?t=2m53s I've brought you into the video at the point where he plays the same phrase twice through each of the two amps, on the same settings. I expected him to say "[b][i]So, as you can hear, the two amps sound utterly identical"[/i][/b]. Erm ... not so much ... Fair enough, I'm using a pair of earbuds from a laptop's headphone output. I'm quite prepared to believe that I'd be able to hear more through a high-end soundcard and a pair of £200 headphones, but as far as I can make out these two sounds/tones are indistinguishable. Is it just my ears?

Likes his Yamahas, doesn't he?

[quote name='Pirellithecat' timestamp='1504632698' post='3366237'] I recently changed the strings to Black Beauties, but this, if anything has made the issue worse. [/quote] Coated strings like Black Beauties will almost inevitably result in more finger noise as your skin 'squeaks' along the plastic. Pretty much every review I've read for those strings mentions this. Have you tried a decent set of flatwounds? Far less finger noise than either coated strings or roundwounds, a much beefier tone, and - while they cost a fair bit more - they last for EVAH.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1504709791' post='3366809'] Yup, agree with that. Cheaper amps can sound loud, but often lack depth and that all important balls. [/quote] "Balls"? "BALLS"??? Surely you mean [size=5][color=#ff0000][i][b]HEFT[/b][/i][/color][/size]?

[quote name='B.Flat' timestamp='1504708343' post='3366787'] To clarify I am wanting a powered cab, not a stand alone amp. [/quote] Sorry mate, but that does anything BUT clarify. Your original post said that you wanted a power amp to drive an existing 2x8 cab, so a powered cab is surely exactly what you don't want?

Dan, that's exactly what I'm recommending with the MB200 ...

eBay has not the slightest interest in wasting their time & energy on people, Mick. You're wasting your time, walk away. Their business model has taken a massive deflection in the last 10 years, and is now totally focused on corporates and dealers moving large amounts of stock quickly. Frankly they'd prefer it if annoying little people like us did our dealing on Gumtree (which they also own, of course).

Yup. The bass is a "Westone The Rail", and the pickup unit + volume control slide along it. There is no tone control. You change the tone by sliding the pickup. It looks well gimmicky, but it actually works extremely well, and of course the same idea was pursued by Gibson for a while. The only problem is that, by their own admission, Westone's designers never really expected this to be a great bass or a top-end instrument so there was a certain amount of 'building down to a price' and this is particularly obvious with the crap electrics. I've replaced the cheap'n'nasty pickup on mine with a Dark Star ...

I'd prefer a meat raffle ...

Refretting wouldn't be difficult or expensive, and you'd then have a superb, lightweight travel bass. Being active, you might even get away with plugging headphones into the output socket. Way overpriced at £395, but not a piece of crap IMHO. Do bear in mind that I may be biased. I own http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses%20CURRENT/Westone%20The%20Rail%201985%20CURRENT

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1504357843' post='3364364'] ....."long lasting specialized foam." [/quote] Me wash you long time ...

[color=#ff0000][b][font=open-sans, sans-serif][size=4]He was eventually led away from the party and accompanied home by an armed friend wearing night vision goggles.[/size][/font][/b][/color] [font="open-sans, sans-serif"][color="#000000"][size=4]That is one of the all-time great sentences about bass playing.[/size][/color][/font]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nanoblock-Bass-Guitar/253124287782?hash=item3aef621d26%3Ag%3A5kUAAOSwOTVZptID

The "M80" designation covers a lot of gigbags. Yes, they're expensive. They're also bloody well made, and cleverly designed. If you're not worried about spending an extra £100 then my suggestion would be the M80 Vertigo. I do a lot of pub gigs, usually in very confined spaces, occasionally with wet or dirty floors. The Vertigo is particularly good in those situations.

[url="https://www.gak.co.uk/en/gallien-krueger-mb2-500-watt-ultra-light-head/910698"]https://www.gak.co.u...ght-head/910698[/url] [indent=1][size=4]MB2 500 WATT ULTRA LIGHT HEAD FEATURES[/size][/indent][list] [*][size=4]500W at 4 ohms, 350W at 8 ohms[/size] [*][size=4]10dB pad[/size] [*][size=4]Tuning Mute[/size] [*][size=4]Input Gain, Master[/size] [*][size=4]Contour[/size] [*][size=4]4-band active EQ[/size] [*][size=4]Footswitchable boost with independent volume[/size] [*][size=4]Effects Loop & Tuner out[/size] [*][size=4]Transformer Isolated DI out with Pre/Post Switch and Ground Lift[/size] [*][size=4]Dual Speakon Combo Outputs[/size] [*][size=4]Headphone/Line Out[/size] [*][size=4]Footswitch Input[/size] [*][size=4]Dimensions: 11" W x 1-3/4" H x 7-3/4" D[/size] [*][size=4]Weight: Less than 4lbs[/size] [/list] [size=4]For use as a power amp, just use the Return input and bypass the preamp.[/size]

Yup, dose are da fellas.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1504345711' post='3364211'] Yes definitely, as is our guitarist, we have played Bridge of Sighs at rehearsals but never at a gig (yet). Not an easy one to fit a harmonica into, and the harp man doesn't like to feel left out! [/quote] Has harp man considered learning to play water bells?