Al Krow

First vaccine approved for use this morning. Roll out should start next week. I'm sticking to by May 2021 for many of us being back to gigging.

+1^^ Ignore the one on the left, next two are: 735A, and 1025:

That's a really helpful steer. I started a similar journey on here a few years back: Best 5 string bass you've ever owned and why? - Bass Guitars - Basschat I actually ended up getting a Yamaha BB 1025, partly based on lots of positive recommendations from other BC'ers. I've ended up with several other 5ers, but despite getting regularly asked whether I might be thinking of moving it on, my 1025 is firmly entrenched in my herd. A used one in very good condition should be within your budget. The Yammy has 18mm string spacing but a very comfortable neck. It's a purely passive bass but nevertheless a just lovely PJ and will easily go toe to toe with basses costing several times as much. The other 5er I would heartily recommend, which might be just above your price bracket used, is an Ibby SR Premium with big single Nord pups. Light (< 9lbs), immensely playable fast neck - partly due to the narrower 16.5mm string spacing. The Ibby SRs are active with a very decent 3 band EQ including selectable mid centres, but with a passive switch setting too (which is always a nice back up if the battery dies mid gig!). The model I have is an Ibanez SR 1825 which is the middle one:

Socialism, social democracy, liberalism, one-nation Toryism are, indeed, all valid alternatives to a purely free market approach (and it would be ridiculous to suggest any W European nation had an unbridled free market approach). I guess your comment above implied you were completely against private commerce. (And if you were then the only model that sought to abolish private enterprise entirely was a Marxist-Leninist one - and there is perhaps only Cuba now following that model?). But if what you're saying is that utilities etc should be nationalised and the rest delivered by private enterprise - that's not communism and it would be very unfair to apply that label, totally agree. Btw your statement about large successful businesses is very inaccurate - there are plenty of businesses who pay very well indeed and are not being subsidised by the taxpayer, in fact the complete opposite - they are generating the wealth that pays for our public services (e.g. tech companies, financial services, energy, media, sport etc. and not forgetting our world leading pharmaceutical industry to tie it back into this thread!). Whilst a minority of firms that are private equity owned may siphon profits offshore, our largest public listed companies often have very significant pension fund shareholders and their profits are both subject to UK tax and, when paid up as dividends, provide many pensioners with their retirement income.

What budget should we be limiting ourselves to, and you okay buying used?

Lockdown is absolutely crushing hospitality and the national treasures that are our local pubs.

Of course there's no question there are plenty of better bands out there, but these guys are at least making music rather than sitting on their ars*es doing f-all and have managed to pull together a multi-track recording during lockdown. Which is more than a lot of us have managed - including my two bands! So if you happen to be reading this Cabana Room - good for you! Keep making music! 😎👍

Sounds like a multitude of compressors let loose on the real world 😁

Welcome - do let us know what you think?

I think it's Boris, but it could be the Battle of Hastings (Saxons 0 - France 1)...

You've certainly got one of the biggest hearts.

I know, I was thrilled to hear that from him. Have to 'fess I'm missing playing live, HUGELY!

Careful! Wasn't that dude associated with Spitfires? Apparently according to some on here that was a shameful part of our national history that should never ever be mentioned and, even better, forgotten! 😂

Yup one of my favourite BCers has 22 gigs in the diary for next year already!

Nah all fine as long as we don't mention the "B" word 😁 Absolutely! All that together with the Barnett back-of-the-fag-packet formula 😉

Blimey you do live in a sheltered world. Where do you think a big proportion of our taxes comes from to fund our public services? Perhaps start with profitable private sector companies paying the wages of millions of individuals who pay income tax and NI and VAT on stuff they buy; and the companies, themselves, pay corporation tax on their profits. The alternative is Communism where the State does everything. I think you'll find it wasn't that popular.

Very well put.

He certainly does. And last time I heard, he's no longer going to be in office after another 7 weeks.

That's a really good hack! Please do post the link to the seller you bought from. My suggestion for making a MB combo better is to add "presence" to the sound to prevent too much high end roll-off (if that's not your thing). I do that by boosting the high mids at +1.5kHz and 'usable' treble at +6.5kHz each by 6 dB. The older LM2 and LM3 heads have a considerable EQ gap between 800Hz and 10kHz so I've sorted by either using an EQ pedal, or pair with a Tech 21 VTDI which has a "bite" (= presence) button. Wished I'd discovered that particular refinement before moving on my MB AC 121 Lite combo a couple of years back, which for me is still one of the very best combos available and the only one that I'm aware of that can deliver a full 500W through its 12" speaker without need for an extension cab, but I'm putting the presence EQ boost to good use with my more modest MB 121H combo where it works a treat.

Well I'm very glad I'm a citizen of this country with a free NHS, is all I can say. If you feel most other nations and governments are doing it better with their health systems...some of you really are a miserable, whiny bunch! Lol! I guess having spent time in the 2/3 poorer part of the world, gives me a clear appreciation of just how fortunate we all are in the UK.

Both well jel and impressed you're a Boss artist! Any YT clips of you (and your messy board 😁) in action?

Just heard that the UK government has procured more vaccines per head of population than any other country on the planet. Wow! Even if it's only in the Top 10 of countries around the world, on a per capita basis, that would still be very impressive. No Spitfires in sight, but I just think it's good, for once, to give such foresight and credit where it's due.

Wow - that's actually a really tastily configured cab and an attractive design to boot. I've clearly not been paying enough attention to the BC cab thread! Is it a 12" + 6" + 1" speaker / tweeter set up?

@0175westwood29 - I think I misread that as the SY-1 was being replaced, but I think you're just going to swap the running order around? Interested you're thinking of going for a new GT Core rather than a used Stomp? I was very tempted but couldn't really justify the price premium of a new GT Core, or indeed the Boss SY-1000 which is essentially a GT Core + SY 300 all under one bonnet and even further up the food chain in terms of pricing, over my modestly priced but very capable used HX Effects.

You've got some awesome kit on that board! If you mail it to BC OCD Services Ltd c/o @lee650 they will (a) tidy it up beautifully for you (for the cost of return postage) and (b) probably put an offer in for several pedals... 😁