Happy Jack

Glamour models can't play bass? Nonsense! You want proof? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE

That's pretty neolithic ... [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/BRONZE5_zps4e81da01.png.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/BRONZE5_zps4e81da01.png[/IMG][/URL]

Now if you'd asked Uncle Mat to wake you in time ...

The Music Room?

Well Nige reckons it's [i]les coulis du chien[/i] ...

He doesn't have a beret though, does he? That Darryl Scott I mean. Not a beret type really, is he?

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1382659907' post='2255253'] The +10% ones presumably go elsewhere. [/quote] Teenaged guitar players, I reckon ...

We've got tickets for Friday 4th April ... Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson, what's not to like? Fancy it, Clarky? And thanks for the heads-up BTW.

Tweed waistcoats often have strange facial hair. I blame the sheep they use ... I'll be doing a 70s Night on the outskirts of Slough tomorrow, so not this time Ad.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1382690938' post='2255399'] I think what the OP is saying is that he may have TOO much rig for the gig. [/quote] At last - someone else who actually read what the OP said.

Been too long, Jon. Good to have you back.

[quote name='Iana' timestamp='1382679535' post='2255289'] Ampeg svt with 8x10 or a Mesa 400 + with an NV 412 will get the glasses rattling nicely, go big be a man! [/quote] Ah yes, the famous helium-filled ultra-lightweight orthopaedic Mesa 400 ... I'd forgotten about that one.

Plus I've never seen Ry Cooder's name spelled with an extra 'e' before ... Life was better before the Guitar Hero emerged. Page & Clapton have a lot to answer for.

'Kinell, Jon, you back then? About bloody time too. Good to see ...

Not wishing to de-rail the topic, but when I want to check out rare & exotic (or just plain old expensive) basses I don't go to a shop ... I go to Basschat. If you spend any decent amount of time on this site, you will end up knowing people who own just about everything and who will (usually / often / invariably) be happy to welcome you into their lovely home and let you play with their toys. As to deciding which of several instruments will work best in the band(s) I play in, I would never try to do that either in a shop or at a show. The only place you can do that is in the band.

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1382624346' post='2254573'] ... I am now suffering with incurable back problems, so I want to keep my new rig as light and as portable as possible ... [/quote] The MB500 is about the size and weight of a Jeffrey Archer paperback but much better value for money. Plus it will last a lot longer. The Midget is the best & loudest cab, cubic inch for cubic inch, that I've ever heard, but I'm aware that this has become a very competitive part of the cab market. You may want to check out some of the others. Incidentally, if weight is the sole issue you should know that the Midget weighs roughly the same as the Compact despite being roughly half the size. I used to play frequently with a Compact+Midget rig (you've played through it, remember?) and it always did my head in when carrying the two of them.

Depends whether you want to hear "what the audience hears" or if you're more interested in monitoring your own playing, in which case other options exist. Now that I use a 69er it's not an issue for me, but I used to run my bass through a [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Wharfedale-WPM-1-Personal-Active-Monitor-Speaker/GRL?origin=product-ads&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=PLA+General&utm_content=rrELwxCV|dc_pcrid_36893746519_plid__kword__match__"]http://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Wharfedale-WPM-1-Personal-Active-Monitor-Speaker/GRL?origin=product-ads&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=PLA+General&utm_content=rrELwxCV|dc_pcrid_36893746519_plid__kword__match__[/url] I have this anyway, since I do a fair bit of singing in the band and I have to have decent vocal monitoring. There was a very similar thing in For Sale until a couple of days ago: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/220293-mackie-srm-personal-monitor-sold-pending-the-usual/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/220293-mackie-srm-personal-monitor-sold-pending-the-usual/[/url]

Seriously mate, we need to know more. What rig would it be replacing? What sort of bass do you favour? What sort of music? I could offer a suggested micro-rig right now (Gallien-Krueger MB500 into Barefaced Midget) and that would do a job for me. Whether it would do that job for you, too ... who knows?