Urban Bassman

Agreed, but as the others have said it was a bit grotty and IIRC not a little smelly 🤢

Just had a look in an old photo album and here's a couple of pics from '78 taken at Alan Gordons...we didn't use the amp equipped room very often...this would have been after the Iron Maiden event. Wish I still had that 70s P though...mind you it was about as heavy as boat a anchor! Note the HH gear!

Fantastic find!

You're very welcome.

It was the Alan Gordon rehrarsal rooms. I thought they were nearer to Leyton but it was a long time ago. Alan Gordon also had a shop in Walthamstow. HH Amps in one room and the rest were basically garage sized rooms with padded walls! I used be there on a Sunday with some mates from school, making a frightful racket in the late 70's and on one occasion Maiden were there too in the room next to us, their van was parked up outside stuffed with flight cases with Iron Maiden stenciled on them. They were a few years older than us and looked much harder! so we only exchanged grunts as we moved our meger kit. We couldn't hear ourselves either, but that was probably a good thing 😂.

It's a special finish called Shoreline, I believe. They've only made two with this finish so far and I think Mark at Bass Direct has ordered another. I have no idea how they do it though, but it's all hand finished in their new custom shop, the photos do not do it justice.

Posted this elsewhere but I guess this is it's natural home. So here is my NSD - New Spector Day. It was love at first sight, never picked up or played a Spector before and now I have, that's it, Spector's for me from now. It feels brilliant to play and sounds awesome. I couldn't be happier. All I need now is band to play with.....NS-4 in Shoreline Violet special finish.

This...once I've found a band....

I used the "rock" setting from the user guide for the eq and added a touch of compression, some valve drive and no sub...sounded fab with my Sandberg VM4 and Epifani 410

So yesterday was my (60th) Birthday. Can't believe I'm 60...anyway, I got this T Shirt which I thought I'd share here.

+1 Sandberg Suoerlight Series might fit the bill. Bass Direct might have something.

RIP Peter, another legend passes 😑

All my favs already mentioned; Joni, Kate, Skin and a few others but I've not seen Sam Brown mentioned yet. Her version of STOP is fab. Also John Bonham's sister Deborah Bonham is a great, bluesy vocalist and worth checking out.

+1 for Yes Songs, their first live album....fabulous stuff.

First thing first....protect your ears! Ringing ears after a rehearsal is not good. Save a bit of your budget for some quality ear plugs...if you do you'll probably hear yourself better for a start and your hearing will be saved, you really don't want tinnitus.

How about Enfield Guitars, part of the Simms LED outfit http://enfieldguitars.com/index.html The Fusion range might be a fit.

Very nice and I like it that you've bought matching cushions 😎

All recently acquired. I'm very pleased with my rig. Not the lightest but still very portable and sounds great!

+1 for the La Bella RX Nickles. If you are a Rotosound fan, then their RotoBass Nickles aren't bad either and reasonably priced too.