Paul S

Well, Chris and Jon, I fear you may have a wait. It arrived this morning - first thing was to weigh it and it comes in at around 8.5lbs. Phew. Then everything else. At home practice levels it sounds great - toggle selector for pups plus vol/tone for each pup gives plenty of variety in sounds. Neck is comfy, a very low action - I may even have to raise it a bit! Seems a very nicely put together instrument and I look forward to getting to know it better. At the moment needs a bit of switch cleaner and that is it!

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1467114691' post='3081252'] Watts don't matter. You don't measure sound levels in watts, you measure it in decibels, and there's no direct correlation between the two. If there was a Vox AC30 wouldn't make your ears bleed from fifty feet away, nor would anyone be able to gig with an Ampeg B15. The simple fact of the matter is if you can't get the volume you want with one cab you need two cabs. [/quote] I'm having trouble getting my head around this unless it needs qualifying. I know it is a pointless exercise comparing different manufacturers wattage outputs - I use a Trace Elliot 300W head that is louder than the Mark Bass Little Mark Tube 800 it replaced, for example. But for the sake of discussion, surely a GenzBenz 900W amp is going to be louder than a GenzBenz 600W amp through a single cab? Or, as in the OP, the MB 300W head through a 300W power amp and into the one Supercompact?

Thanks for that! Sure is perdy.

That is beautiful. Also my fave colours - BBM. Out of curiosity, how much does your Hard Puncher weigh - and what is the width of the neck at the nut?

I'd say get a different amp. Your BF Supercompact will sing if pushed by a more powerful amp. I've tried 300W amps of many different types, also 500W amps of different types. My rock covers band just collectively drowned them all out - mainly the drummer but also the guitarist. Now use a Trace Elliot 300W head and can hold my own through a single Supercompact. Or possibly consider putting the MB through a poweramp?

Here Average White Band with Hamish playing a Mustang with a pick. Nails two myths in one - you can't play funk with a pick and big blokes look silly playing short scale. http://youtu.be/qSP5yiUbDLQ

I couldn't name a single Cold Play tune. I've heard a few but find them dull beyond measure and absolutely hate his whiny voice. Just don't get it really. Be a funny old world if we all liked the same stuff etc. Meanwhile I have tickets to see EWF at the O2 on Friday!

Certainly does look the same one - would this be the one you sold, Chris? For me it will ultimately come down to how heavy it is as to whether I keep it or not, I think. Anyway, I should be getting it Wednesday so will find out.

Thanks for that. It seems to be most things that don't immediately appeal to me so perhaps I'll love it.

June's impulse buy - in a rush of blood I've just bought a Jolana D bass on eBay. I've never, ever tried a Rick type bass so wonder what I was thinking. What should I expect?

I have a Trace Elliot head and use either 1 or 2 Supercompacts and can't imagine being any happier with my sound. I recently did a back line share at a gig where there was a Trace Elliot 300W 4x10 combo with a 4 x 10 extension cab. Been a long while since I had to reach up to adjust the amp! The head was the same as mine so I could dial in my usual button positions. I'd pick the Supercompacts over the Trace cabs any day of the week, no contest really. Just as punchy, much more clarity, more bottom end.

'82 Washburn SB-40, not cheap but looks nice. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Washburn-SB-40-EQ-1982-Matsumoku-/182179481721?hash=item2a6abe4879:g:hqIAAOSwbYZXYFXm"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Washburn-SB-40-EQ-1982-Matsumoku-/182179481721?hash=item2a6abe4879:g:hqIAAOSwbYZXYFXm[/url]

Speaking of Union Chapel - I saw Steve Earle there last week. Great acoustic duo set with Shawn Colvin. Night before last saw Go West at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds. I've seen Go West at every available opportunity since they started in the 80s - simply brilliant. Peter Cox has a reedy quality to his voice that is almost surreal. Nice venue, not been there before. Bit nervous about the new guitar player but he was very good. 'The Sun and The Moon' is about as good a live performance as I have ever seen anyone perform. But they still do Sex on Bloody Fire as an encore. Why? Just Why?

Nice!! Is it heavy?

If you can get used to short scale the Danelectro Longhorn needs weighting down to stop it floating away. Just weighed mine (with the strap still on it) and it is around 4.5lbs. Lovely things they are too - I gig mine frequently.

A few years ago I played at 'Brentwood Music and Beer Festival' which sounds fairly grand but wasn't. They organiser (drummer from headlining band 'The Heaters') decided they would have two stages with bands playing both at the same time. However as soon as it started you could hear both bands from pretty much anywhere so they had to alternate stages and cut everyone's playing time in half. We hung around most of the day to play 20 mins late in the evening.

With my B2s I wear the strap differently. Normally I would have the strap resting on the left side of my chest but with then headless have it in the middle of my chest. That kind of 'helps' but really it is just using it that gets my head around it. At the moment for one band I swap between a short scale bass and a B2B detuned E-D - lots of little mental adjustments there!

Shame he couldn't wait before the ink dried before wiping it - badly smudged. Profound buffoonery.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1465663380' post='3070082'] Logically though, headless is the way to go if you're OK with the look. [/quote] You would have thought so. *I* would have thought so. Given that so much of what is usually there isn't there. But I have had a number of Hohner B2 derivatives and they have all been well over 7lbs. One was nearly 9lbs. Lord knows what they make them out of. I have owned several 'full bodied' basses that have been lighter.

I am sure there are lighter ones but the lightest full scale basses I have owned are a Danelectro DC59 and a Godin LR Baggs electro-acoustic. Although the latter may be pushing the budget. Both are under 7lbs.

Same location, too - they will begin to talk! See you next year, probably...

I bought a B2V from Matt at the weekend. Nice easy transaction, nice fellow to deal with. Lovely place that he works in, too! If I lived near Plymouth I'd rehearse there for sure. Cheers Matt.

Some old 'lost' live footage from a show on German TV in '74 has recently appeared. Quality stuff. [media]http://youtu.be/Ndnidos5HRU[/media] http://youtu.be/8rGYtfC0R_U

Where to begin? I posted a question about how to connect the speaker in my Markbass combo with an external amp, should it go kaboom. Dave offered up a lead especially for this purpose for the cost of postage. I took advantage of this and ordered another lead for my Line 6 wireless transmitter. Both arrived next day. 'Old fashioned' values and service with modern technology. A loyal customer becomes even loyalerer. I think that is the correct spelling.