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[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='651997' date='Nov 11 2009, 09:13 PM']About an hour, but not always, sometimes we rehearse about 15 minutes away. If it was any further I'd be a bit grumpy about it.[/quote] same here - about an hour, but I try to arrange work on the same day with a client in the same area (I'm self-employed) so I have another reason to go.

[quote name='ashevans09' post='646713' date='Nov 5 2009, 09:29 PM']My main one has to be randomly coming across Jools Holland's TV show and seeing one of my acquaintances (I used to do some jazz/blues stuff with him and did a couple of musicals with him too) from my year at my school playing on it this week with his band Stornoway. Crazy stuff. Really random to see someone who you used to play music with doing so well. Happy for him though and it must have been incredible for him [/quote] What a result... and what a line up - Jay Z, Foo Fighters, Sting, Norah Jones... the Stornoway guys looked a tad nervous and I can understand why!!

[quote name='Musicman20' post='646665' date='Nov 5 2009, 08:33 PM']Liking that grille! Liking the Max![/quote] thanks Gareth - the grille was a bit of a risk and really pleased how it worked out Getting great sound out of the Max at home and just need a bit of time to get that sound dialled in at volume (so many knobs )

My back is safe! New lightweight rig (15kg total !!!) ShuttleMax 12.0 plus Barefaced Compact (pimped in 'salt & pepper' - "push it real good" ) Apols for the light moire effect on the photo - decided not to take up a whole page with the image

My back is safe! New lightweight rig (15kg total !!!) ShuttleMax 12.0 plus Barefaced Compact (pimped in 'salt & pepper' - "push it real good" ) Apols for the light moire effect on the photo - decided not to take up a whole page with the image

[quote name='holio.cornolio' post='636384' date='Oct 25 2009, 07:03 PM']Roland Bass Cube 100 (?? - loud enough??)[/quote] Unfortunately the answer is 'no' unless you are only playing with a VERY restrained drummer. The bass cube 100 is great (I had one for a while) but just can't cut it volume-wise with a full drum-kit. With our drummer it had no chance

Like it or not marriage is about compromise I'd try to find a way for it to work, by both giving a little (reduce number of gigs rather than stop altogether etc) Ultimately the wife would win, particularly as we have such wonderful kids That said, in reality she'd be so busy watching "Location, Location, Location" or 'Britain's best left-handed chef" on Sky 12 that she wouldn't notice I was even gone to a gig

[quote name='Hamster' post='629966' date='Oct 18 2009, 11:57 PM']Markbass is nice, the LMII is a nice amp but I'd like to hear the LM800 tube, - And then there's this.......... Anyone done an A/B yet?[/quote] I tried a LM Tube at Andertons and couldn't see much difference between that and a LMII. Didn't sound very tubey to my ears. May be worth trying it out as it's just down the road. If you want another go on a Shuttle you're welcome to try my Max

Just bought a ShuttleMax 12.0 secondhand from USA. If that is anything to go by the Shuttle 9.0 should sound really sweet

I live locally to Andertons and have generally had really good experiences (tend to avoid Saturdays which are really busy) when you get a chance to try out some gear they generally leave you to it rather than pester you, which I prefer. That way I was able to narrow down my lightweight amp decision (they stock TC and MB there) but the bass set up issue is unfortunately a bit hit and miss in most guitar shops these days If you pick the right member of staff they can be really helpful, less so with the Saturday staff, and they also laid on free Logic 9 seminar recently which was amazing. Sorry your experiences were not the same, but most importantly good luck with the op