Newfoundfreedom

It's not like they're the only ones doing it. Even top end manufacturers like Trickfish list their wattage as peak rather than RMS. That's all the higher figures from Bugera are.

Dunno, but I wish they'd sort it. It's really annoying! Come on! Holiday time is over. Get your fingers out! 😝

Totally agree. I'm generally really not into musicals, but I love Grease!

Android phone with Chrome browser here. No problems until this morning.

Is anyone else having trouble viewing the mobile site in condensed mode? For some reason, today all I can get is expanded mode. If I click on the condensed mode button it just stays in expanded mode, and every time I refresh it just defaults to expanded mode automatically. Is anyone else having the same problem? I'm just wondering whether it's a site issue or something's gone haywire with my phone.

I was watching one of these the other day. Cracking quality to say they're just an ornament. Mind you, I could buy an actual working bass to hang on the walls for less.

Shouldn't have to worry about neck dive. 😂

Well having asked the initial question, I would agree with what a lot of the others on here have said. My main two players are around 9lbs, and I wouldn't want to play anything much heavier than that for any length of time. I could just about manage a 90 minute to two hour set with those, but I can certainly feel it afterwards. Having said that, as I stated earlier, for me it's not so much a weight, as a position issue. So I don't know if playing a lighter, or indeed heavier bass would make a massive difference. I shall have to continue to experiment. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to keep buying basses, purely in the interest of scientific research. 😉

No problem. For bass players the prognosis is nothing to worry about. It's almost certainly just GAS.

Ah grasshopper. If you can find the answer to such an age old question, then you are truly wiser than all the other bass player on earth. 😉

I'm not convinced. I spent the first day of every new contract (anything from weekly to monthly) in health and safety briefings, as well as being a pretty experienced weight lifter / body builder in my younger days. The best technique in the world can't compensate for parts wearing out. Unfortunately we're not machines (despite what we may think) To think it can't happen to you because you're being "careful" is just arrogance.

At the end of the day it depends on your individual financial circumstances. If you can afford to buy new gear without selling the old stuff, then absolutely do it. There's so much gear I wish I'd never sold. But at the end of the day, needs must, and if you can make better use of something else by selling your current cast offs, then do that.

Don't take it for granted mate. Seriously! I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy the sh!t I went through. You think you're indestructible. Until you're not.

Yup. I was the same. 6 feet of pure man meat 😂 Never worried about my back, or about my health in general, until it went! I was as fit as a latt, until I wasn't. Don't think it can't happen to you. It can, and it will!

It's funny you should say that. Because my stomach just made a sound, which sounded just like the sound that a Star Wars Pod Racer makes when it's starting up.

£150 delivery! I'd pay someone £150 to take that thing out of my sight.

I'm Batman!

Ah bugger. Didn't realise someone had resurrected a zombie. Oh well, the same still applies.

I know a lot of people slag them off, but you can't go wrong with Behringer / Bugera. I've got a Behringer PA and speakers that's absolutely bullet proof and sounds superb. I also have the Bugera Veyron amp head and it's an utter beast, and one of the best sounding amps I've ever heard. I also have a Bugera 2x12 cab which I now use as an onstage moniter, again absolutely faultless. I wouldn't think twice about buying anything from the Behringer / Bugera range.

Well somebody is!

Nope. They're all full of @Teebs and his bloody emojis. 😉

I have to profoundly disagree. Everyone knows the best metal comes from Sheffield!

I used to be in a Hot Chocolate tribute band, and these were the only ones I could use to get that truly authentic tone.

I have absolutely no desire to sound like anyone else. To have the playing ability of certain bassists, yeah definitely. But to straight up "sound" like someone else, where's the fun in that?

Amen to that. One crushed disc. One prolapse disc. One house repossession, and one destroyed life, due to not being able to work or function for over 2 years. Back injuries are no joke.