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My BA 115 combo was an utter pile of. I wouldnt compare this to their real gear though. After watching / listening to Bowie live at the BBC in 2000, and listening to Mark Plati give it some on Ashes to Ashes , and Gail Ann Dorsey on the rest, i decided i loved the tone. Especially Ashes to Ashes when guitarist Plati took over on bass. Wonderful. Cant tell ya what model Plati and Dorsey are playing thorugh, but Ampeg officianados will know

oooer, dodgy glue moment coming up. This is where you found out the next day you've glued the cat to some purpleheart

What a fabulous sound he's getting. Didnt know they'd been a round for decades ! Yup, i guess , as you say, Hill must be playing through a guitar amp.

Yup, it's just weird that the top bar changes depending on what i'm doing. As i type this reply, half of the tools in the top bar have disappeared as per pic 1 above

I hadnt heard of this name till i accidently saw ZZTop , in fact both Hill and Gibbons are playing through Magnatones Having checked the company webby, i didnt see a bass combo, , so is Hill playing through a guitar amp ? Just curious .. https://magnatoneusa.com/products/

Also very nice

This is the one loved enough to have a go at

Who knows the ways of magicians and wizards.

I'm not that happy with all this impersonating myself and the lads. Some of you are going dahn, you slags

Our band loves Scary Pockets. We cover one of their covers

You might have guessed right. What i should have done was not gone to see them live, voting with my feet and wallet.

Good speech HK I'm a fan too, and had the luxury of seeing LZ live at Ally Pally in London 1975 just after LZ 5 was released. Great gig , great memory. I was too young to know what songs they copied or plagiarised, but i couldnt give a hoot, even now

Dont forget to keep an eye on the usual outlets, Ebay, Gumtree, Cash Converters, etc etc.

I know that feeling 🤓

You'll get there Andly bloke, with your careful attention to detail. Worry not

If you dont get to play the bass to suit the sound you want, then you're just a hired hand for the guitard.

By the time my band has kicked in, just about every nuance i can hear on my own, with any string gauge, has virtually disappeared under a wall of keys, drums guitar, and vocals. Just buy the gauge strings you're comfortable with, and quit worrying.

I say top bar because i dont know the technical name, but why do i see different top bars depending on whether i'm replying , or starting ( and indeed editing ) a post ? If reply to a post i see the top bar in screenshot 1. If i edit that post, i see the full top bar in screenshot 2. If i start a thread ( as in this one ) i see the full top bar as in screenshot 2

" ..And now, the time is near... "

All's fair in love and click tracks

Unless you've invented more chords, like wot i have done

We dont use any clicks at all. We have the luxury of having a drummer with great timing and tempo, so its like the other musicians have our own click track just using the drummer. But whatever works for everyone. It doesnt matter whether you use one or not.

You said the H word

There is that and it's a good point. I had an amp head that was 30lbs + and then the weight of the SKB rack case on top, but the sound was awesome. Couldnt live with it, though, in the end

Loving it Andy. Crack on sir, in your own time.