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[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1389485114' post='2334784'] ....I don't think anyone is suggesting artists shouldn't make a living from their craft. I think the suggestion is that they shouldn't be able to make an entire living from spending just a few hours on their craft and then sitting back for the rest of their lives.... [/quote] And who writes those rules? Whose opinion counts so highly they can dictate that to someone else? Whose business is it how long it takes to write a song, book etc, and what the person should get paid? If enough people want to hear a Noddy Holder song so that it gets played thousands of times every Christmas then why should it be anyone else's business what he's getting paid?

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1389477070' post='2334682'] ....she's called a taxi and effed off in the middle of the set...... [/quote] Sorry but I'd never play with her again after pulling an amateurish stunt like that.

I can guarantee that the favourite music that you lot listen to (and maybe love) wouldn't have been written, played or recorded if the songwriter and the artist couldn't make a living at their craft.

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1389449715' post='2334277'] I use one of these for both my GB Shuttle 9.2 and Gallien MB Fusion500. Its the same as a Maplins one for £35 and has room for the amp and a couple of pedals/tunes if you dont put the amp in the middle of the case. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALUMINIUM-FLIGHT-CASE-Microphone-Camera-Silver-400-x-240-x-125mm-Foam-Insert-NEW-/360816005393?pt=UK_Camera_Cases_Bags_Covers&hash=item54024f5111"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item54024f5111[/url] [url="http://s1271.photobucket.com/user/mudpup1/media/Guitars/02c1b38c.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] I used one of these for my TC amps and now my TH500. Loads of protection and light.

I already have 3 112 cabs and 1 212 cab. Why would I need another? Convince me.

A wonderful voice.

Aren't you reinventing the wheel?

4 pages in and you guys are still cracking me up! You've created something, a song in this case, and a business is using what you've created for business purposes; ie to make money for themselves. It is entirely reasonable that they pay you for the use of your product. The view that it's somehow not right for creative people to make money and a living out of their talents and ideas is absolute bollocks.

When Sting bought Roxanne to the band it was a rhumba! Copeland and Summers knocked it into the shape we all know. Hardly hired hands.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1389361782' post='2333311'] ....Never been to the shop.... [/quote] You're not a million miles away. I'd get over there and find out.

Looks like I didn't type what I was thinking! Single, as in one unit for all strings, rather than individual bridges per string.

[quote name='JPJ' timestamp='1389354277' post='2333139'] ....The only thing that takes a little getting used to is the isolation between songs.... [/quote] +1 But stick with the hearing protection. From what they tell us, that "isolation" is what you will experience 24hrs a day if you have seriously damaged your hearing playing or listening to loud music.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1389357071' post='2333202'] ....This thread is another worrying indication that music isn't worth anything anymore.... [/quote] +1 And even more worrying, some of those are musicians!!

Aston "Family Man" Barrett Duck Dunn John McVie George Porter Jr

A single bridge unit will have more mass available to each string so I can see why it should produce a better tone and have better sustain.

Easy: Leeds- David Ormerod Hearing Centres Audiology Department Hearing & Balance Centre The General Infirmary, Brotherton Wing Leeds LS1 3EX Telephone: 0845 270 0992 Distance from LEEDS: Less than 1 Mile Leeds- David Ormerod Hearing Centres Hearing Aid Department 1st Floor, Chancellor's Wing St James's University Hospital Leeds LS9 7TF Telephone: 0845 270 0992 Distance from LEEDS: 1.4 Miles

If you can't get "tight articulation" out of Bergantino or Barefaced cabs then you need to look at your amp and your use of the EQ.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1389315651' post='2332897'] ....Royalties and copyright were invented, and, imho, have no justification. They are indecent and immoral, and should be done away with; problem solved.... [/quote] Are you for real? A salesman doesn't get an hourly rate, Bankers bonuses are not based on hours worked. Authors and musicians are paid for the volume of sales and the amount of use of their property. That is right and proper. Car mechanics are the session players and literary editors. What would an hourly rate be for me when I drove from Surrey to Lancashire and back in the same day to play the Colne Blues Festival last year? Do you think I should just be paid for the playing time or am I also allowed to claim for the rehearsal and travel time? Roy Orbison said that he knew a song would be a hit if he wrote it in 10 mins. 1 million sales or 10 mins. What should he be paid?

I don't like combo's. It's easier to upgrade if you're playing separates. With an amp and 2 cabs, it's easier to run 2 differently sized rigs. If anything fails you've only got one thing that's broken. Each part is lighter than when combined.

Bassdirect is an Aladdin's cave of marvellous bass gear. Over the years I've bought various cabs and an amp from Mark and I drop in when passing. IME Mark is a good guy to talk bass to.

Call Overwater and ask.

I got my ACS plugs from a David Ormerod hearing specialist located in the local Boots store.

I think Alex makes some comparisons on the Barefaced web site.

Ha, ha, commentators curse!!!

Reliced basses are expensive for what they are, and so are not cool in my book. Get out there, gig a lot and relic your own bass for free. I love that, after 3 years and hundreds of gigs, my Lull still looks new.