Quilly

I remember buying a beringer/burgera 300w all valve SVT clone and it was a monster. I only sold it because it weighed 36kg 😂😂. Really solidly built . Heaps of low end. I think I only paid about £350 for it . Sorry I sold it but I was afraid it would go wrong and I’d be landed with a very heavy paper weight

Could never get on with flats TBH. I mean that’s what the tone control on your bass is for 😂😂

I paid a fair bit for one of those Orange SP212 Cabs a good while back. I couldn’t get on with it. Sounded really muddy Picked up a Genz Benz budget focus 115 for about 1/2 the price of the Orange and all my bandmates said it sounded so much better .

I had one of those fretless ‘jaco’ Ones and I agree the hardware was excellent but the wood work was just woeful. The wood they used would dent if you looked at it too hard 😂

Was looking at those ...they have a ‘deluxe’ range active MM style humbuckers. Very reasonable

To be fair I played a Mim p bass in a store a few months ago and I was really impressed. They must be coming on a bit.

I have to say I owned a German Warwick corvette many moons ago and thought it was superb.

There’s one big American brand of guitars that I’ve never been impressed with . I’ve been disappointed every time . I know they ‘must’ have good stuff because of all the publicity they get ....maybe I’m getting the bad ones and am just unlucky or maybe I know jack 💩 Even the ones made in the US that I had were ‘meh’

I’ve been buying gear for 30 years and I’ve found that I’ve been really pleasantly surprised on numerous occasions by budget, non-premium gear and left scratching my head with expensive purchases thinking ‘where’s the legendary big deal I’ve been reading all about’ . Maybe I’m wrong but it seems there’s a little bit of ‘emperors new clothes’ at play with certain brands of gear

Hi folks just noticing lately that this amp isn’t as loud as I remembered, not using it a whole lot and I tried it lately . Is it time to change the output valves ? They shouldn’t be knackered yet 🧐.

The worst thing about time waster is that they want your goods for a ridiculously low price . I’m all for bargaining but some take the P altogether.

A fender jazz master bass

I regularly with a band a long time ago that never rehearsed and winged it for every gig. Luckily they were amazing musicians but it never felt good . Songs just went on and on .

I played a gig in Jan and the LG and signer were seriously out with each other. The tension was unbearable, I thought it was going to come to blows.

I hate those gigs where you just want it to be over.

Even if you have one of those terrible gigs , you just have to chalk it down to experience and learn from it for the next time. I can’t understand why for some musicians it’s a breaking point moment and they quit. It’s happened a lot with bands I’ve played in .

Yep...the only reason for me as far as I’m concerned. Nothing feels like playing to an audience that’s into what you’re at and getting that energy back, it’s like a synergy and it feels fantastic.

You know it’s gonna be a long rehearsal when you see band members pick up their instruments from where they left them last time . “What are the chords again “

Lightweight transformers that can make high power ‘lighter’ valve amps a feasible option.

Rickenbacker 4005 reissue with improved components.

And in contract playing the same songs over and over is extremely demotivating. It’s been the cause of me walking away from bands .

The moment you dread going to rehearsal is the day you walk away .

I think there are 2 different types of rehearsals for me. One where you are getting ready for a specific gig where you have to run through everything, the other is more creative where you trying new individual songs to add to your repertoire. I find that anyway .

Good to engage with audience but not to overkill it. I remember one singer, he was cringe 😩