Downunderwonder

I see what you're getting at but hopefully you misstated whatever Alex was saying. Any amp is fine so long as the cabinet isn't distorting or going so far into power compression that it burns up. I guess Alex slapped on a 500w ''safety'' limit out of desperation, knowing that your average '500'w amp these days is more like 250wRMS anyway.

Everything ok?

Very strange. Ordinarily a cab rated for 250w RMS would be clean, to whatever standard of small amount of allowed distortion, up to 250w of whatever standard signal applied. Sure you can run that amp into it. Just don't make it sound nasty and stop turning it up when it doesn't get any louder, turn it back down a bit!

I like how your drummer responds with a little lilt when you turn around and groove with him.

Dunno. Most likely, reading between the lines, it's probably something like 300w RMS into 8 ohm. It doesn't really matter if you are following the advice already given. Read it all again. My 250w Trace amp puts out 165w RMS into 8 ohms. No problem for it to beat up my Trace 1518 300w cab. By beat up I mean break it with low end wattage as opposed to burn the driver motor wiring. Transient peak output is 500w and it will do 16th note open E's all day. I would say the 600w rating on your Ashdown cab has to be 'program' power or some marketing device. I don't know what your amp can really do but I venture my Trace could smash it. Once more, ignore the ratings and use your ears.

Fretless basses. My first bass came with flats so my first string change was the other way around. I have never thought to put flats on a fretted bass.

If I was playing a bunch of weird tunings it might be handy for the nights I give my roady off ( all of them ). But just to tune up, like someone said already, a solution for a problem I never knew I had, still don't have, will never have.

Thanks for saving me from clicking on it. My drummer cocked up the count off one too many times, too badly by far. A slow ballad came over as The Chipmunks version. He got a tablet with all the tempos loaded onto the setlist. Problem solved, but he still sometimes starts off 1, 2 and races 3 and 4.

A cautionary tale, exact same kind of relying on ratings blows up cabinet: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/461396-help-please-ampeg-portaflex-vs-rm-cab-can-someone-smell-burning/

''You have been Rickrolled''.

Full volume is often found well before cranking is achieved. Knob position is useless. Use your ears. If it doesn't get hardly any louder with the last twist it's a good sign you could be about to burn up the cab. Best to turn it down a little instead. If it's making nasty noises it's too loud already.

It would be trivial to make something to hang over cab edge secured by a strap over the top to cab handle.

I count that as entertainment! It would be the minimum standard when they would give polite applause, even better if they would recommend friends, ranging up to foot stomping cheering singing along and coming back with friends. Otherwise it's not going to garner any compliments, not entertaining, not going to go far.

If I read it right this guy has been writing and wants someone to play the bass for a new studio album. There's any number of ways that could pan out. Only one way that works in your favour is if you are getting paid enough for the studio work that it is worth your while. If you count the working for hero factor as pay then the maths changes. I am pretty sure you don't need the old singer songwriter scams musos into writing and playing all the parts before touring the album with pickup band routine explained.

Begs another question. ''What do you call an artist who isn't an entertainer?'' Nothing complimentary most of the time.

If you include most people in ''most people'' rather than most BC'ers then it's mostly everyone but for that Beatle guy.

Covid research doc on the news the other day looking into long covid cases: "rest up good and proper if you don't want long covid''.

Bubble wrap is false security. It can't take up the energy of an impact the likes of falling out the back of the van. Not much can. Your mission is to keep up appearances and make it difficult for them to break it. 1 box far too big. 1 box just big enough. A large number of small sturdy boxes. Stanley knife. Bubble Wrap. Wrap cab in enough BW to make it snug in the just size box. You can make a just size box from two identical boxes that are the right footprint, tops cut off and jammed together. Take your multitude of small boxes and cut them up through the guts so you make a bunch of corners. These you nest around the corners of your just size box so it fits in the oversized box. Pack the leftover space with squishy stuff for show.

People tell you all sorts of things. Unless they know your band and your venue they are full of it. Same goes for the people who tell you a 100w one will blow the doors off the Dog'n'Duck and get you fired. I've played plenty of gigs at the D'n'D with a 200w tube amp in full flight into 215. Too loud for some but nobody complained. I played with some of same players with a 50w into 210 but that was slightly rowdy jazz. You can put the amp under the cab if necessary.

Loads. Ashdown probably easiest to get ahold of.

The trick is to never learn anything too well.

The thrill of audience enthusiasm for something you've created is quite powerful.

60 size on Reverb? For my money, a few bits of plywood screwed together, accoutrements to suit.