Paul S

I bought new the first time I bought a 'gig-able' amp and then the first class D I bought. All the rest - and there have been a lot - have been second hand. On the theory that you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your prince, my 'journey' through class D land would have been an expensive one had I bought new each time. Just at the moment I have fallen back in love with my recently acquired old Trace Elliot AH-300 12 SMX so, were I looking for twin back-up, second hand is the only way.

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1446569561' post='2900416'] The Shires - snip -Anyone else seen them. [/quote] Saw them at the Country to Country weekend a couple of years ago. Thought they were 'ok' but nothing special. Begged comparison with another duo, 'Striking Matches' who were totally exciting.

Mrs S and I go to gigs quite a lot. Last band I saw was kind of spoof Tex-Mex band 'Los Pacaminos' at a small local venue. 3rd or 4th time I've seen them - very entertaining. Paul Young is the draw, but he is way past his sell by these days - the main front man, Jamie Moses, is a star imo. Before that was Snarky Puppy at Hammersmith who I am sorry to say I didn't enjoy. Before that Zac Brown Band at the O2 who turned in a perfect rendition of some of their more bland material, sadly. Before that Level 42 at IndigO2, which kind of set the bar for the year. I've been watching Level 42 for 30 years and this was as good as I have seen them. Coming up this month Joe Satriani at the Cliff's Pavilion, Matt Schofield at Brooklyn Bowl, Average White Band at Royal Festival Hall, Simple Minds at the O2, Go West at the Cliff's Pavilion, Caro Emerald also at the Cliff's Pavilion. And I'm away on holiday - busy month!

Bought a pickup from Rory when he answered my plea for help! Good price, good comms, dispatched immediately, arrived well packaged. Just the job - who could ask for more? A pleasure doing business.

I enjoyed that. One man's 'sterile' is obviously another man's 'polished'. There is a UK Eagles tribute band called Illegal Eagles. A few years ago they had a singer called Ray Brown whose voice just sent shivers down my spine. For some reason - I think it was an egocentric guitar player who felt upstaged by his talent - he departed and they now have someone fairly ordinary fronting them. Here is Ray Brown singing 'Love Ill Keep Us Alive' http://youtu.be/39HnzHlTCtA

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1445854608' post='2894651'] Pictures of Lilly. [/quote] Indeed. Here is a lesser known track by Stretch (of 'Why Did You Do It' fame) that was rather tongue in cheek called 'Navy Blues', complete with heavy breathing double vocal track. Absolutely sumptuous sounding bass on this http://youtu.be/nsOjiNR8XoI

I want one!

[quote name='scrumpymike' timestamp='1445182804' post='2889361'] Paul, just had a look at the TC Electronic stuff - very interesting, especially the features: 3-button memory, on-board tuner etc. Trouble is that 750 Watts is too much for my cabs (2 x 10 at 250W and 1 x 15 at 300W, both 8ohm). The RH450 might be better for me - any idea whether it sounds generically the same as its bigger brother? [/quote] Just back from a few days away, sorry for the delay. I've had both a Classic 450 and the RH 750 and tone-wise they sounded identical to me - I htink the difference is in the bells and whistles. I don't know how the maths pans out but in the context of the band, to me, 750 TC Electronic watts are about the same volume as 300 Trace Elliot watts.

I have one and absolutely love it. A series MIJ 32" scale, slim necked Squier Precision in a strange shape that weighs 7lbs. Sounds huge, stocks pups have a touch more bite than some Ps, built superbly well and the neck is just to die for.