Dan Dare

Death metal

Sorry to hear that. I hope the person she lent it to is stepping up and either trying to recover it or offering to replace it.

Lovely singer. Terrible waste.

I'm a fiddle player. When I was in my teens, not a cool thing to be..Picked up the bass so I could join my mates' band. Found I took to it (being a reader helped).

Used Mexican P Bass Special should come in at your budget. One on EvilBay recently.

Red Box a good solution. You could also carry a specific mic for the task. Something like a Sennheiser E602 or 901.

Absolutely. Wrap it once round the strap. Only problem is you may pull your amp head onto the floor if it's a lightweight one...

HK Elements are good, but may struggle with louder bands unless you use a lot of them, which would be pricey. The conventional HK boxes - Premium Pros, for example - are good (I use them as monitors). Agree with others about Bose - OK for acoustic acts. Check out Fohhn compact line arrays (I'm biased - they're what I use).

I've always understood Steve Jones played the bass parts on the SP records an that SV was just a tailor's dummy for the stage.

I have found memories of my old TE AH350. I do think there's a big difference in showroom vs live sound. The Trace sound just seems to work on a practical level. Some of the amps that sound nicest in the shop fall flat on a noisy stage.

You need to work it into the pores of the Tolex - takes a while. Agree with Bill. Dye best.

Good move. The stock Ampeg driver are Eminence, but cheaper models. I replaced the one in my SVT 15 with an Oberton. I think the "drivers must be matched to the cab" rule is a little over-stated. As long as you get drivers that suit the cubic capacity (roughly) and type - sealed, reflex, etc - you'll be fine.

Pedals? What are they?

Agree with EBS Freak. I add an extra power amp to my 350 and drive both cabs separately if I want more grunt.

Get another drummer.

A powerful amp running at low volume will sound easy/unstrained. Much better tone/more headroom. Most amps are over rated anyway - a 1khz test tone through an amp into an 8 ohm resistor ain't the same as a complex musical signal into a reactive load like a speaker.

Sure am for real, Steve. I'm old enough (61) to remember punk. I wouldn't go near some of the venues I used to frequent back then. Used to come home with gob all over me some nights. The venue owner here is obviously a dick. But that doesn't alter the fact that if you present yourself as "punk", flash the flesh and play (mime) at those sorts of places, you can hardy expect people to be dressed in dinner jackets and ball gowns and talking naicely to you. It ain't the X Factor ;-)

Good acting is right. Look carefully Woodin. What the hands are doing doesn't match the sounds, especially the guitar. The picking hand is floating just around the bottom E, in a regular pattern and full chords, with rhythmic accents are magically happening. The bass player looks to be using all 4 right hand fingers, but the notes don't match.

There is flexibility - drivers with similar characteristics are interchangeable. In the end, though, you have to suck it and see.

I have several. They're excellent. You can get stuff up to 14.5 inches from face plate to rear (there's extra room for knobs, handles at the front) in them. Shop around - discounts to be had.

Sounds a bargain. Good score.

That's interesting, Bill. I didn't realise it was based on researching peoples' actual experiences/opinions.

I meant plays bass, not holds one for effect. Their stuff looks to be karaoke - sung over an electronic backing track