Beedster

My V4B allows me to play in East Sussex even when I'm in Kent. My SVT-300 allows me to play in Wiltshire from the same location. They are bothn frighteningly loud and having once been foolish enough to plug in a bass to the SVT running into 2x15s and turn it up whilst only standing a few feet away, I cannot conceive of a situation in which you'd ever need to wind it up in anger, not unless you were on a very big stage. I have no idea where the manufacturers wattage war started, but having gigged with 30w tube amps back in the day, and having returned to gigging about 10 years back and seeing bass amps rated at 1000w - 5 times the power of the PAs we used to use - I couldn't believe how loud things must have got. But they weren't. IME many of the higher rates non-tube amps above 400 or so watts are both underpowered and almost unusable beyond a certain level anyway. When I say unusable I mean the tone deteriorates dramatically as the volume goes up beyond a certain level. Most tube amps just keep going, OK, they get grittier depending on tubes and signal etc, but the tone is generally usable all the way up. Anyway, short answer to the question is yes

+1 for mics, combo versus separates is a non issue, it's the quality of signal chain that matters

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1406841478' post='2515307'] I forgot to mention moses, I have heard some conflicting reviews on their necks but I have seen them come up on eBay from time to time. I do fancy a modulus and can't help thinking that they could well be a good investment if held onto for a few years! [/quote] I mentioned Moses as the brand not to buy - for the reasons you mention - not as a consideration (it's the brand I couldn't recall in my first post)

Moses

Status and Modulus are both outstanding if installed professionally/competently. There us a US brand to be avoided at all costs buy the name escapes me

Irrespective of the rights and wrongs, it'll be a 'small print' issue. If there's no small print, then a key issue is the relationship you have with the folks involved and whether you want to risk that for a bit of form filling and hassle with the likely outcome that whatever happens, you won't be out of pocket anyway. Might not be relevant, but when I was a pro-cyclist I had a pretty serious crash and was told that if I wanted compensation - it was the result of a technical fault with one of the bikes - I had to sue my sponsors. Biting the hand that feeds is never a good idea!

Yes, but I'd want one of these for the era we play http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMAZING-Custom-Hand-Painted-Rickenbacker-4003-Electric-Bass-Guitar-4001-/111421475532?pt=Guitar&hash=item19f13ccacc (of course, we all know that various members of the Beatles played various basses on various tracks and albums, but you get my meaning)!