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very very similar to one of the first posts but, about 5 years ago my band was due to play a wedding in a big marquee by a big manor house come posh exclusive hotel. We set up at about 8 ready to go on after speaches around 9:30. So we sat in the marquee and just after setting up someone came down to say there was food laid out and there was plenty of it so help yourselves (BIG mistake), secondly there was a bar in the corner of the marquee as well as a huge agricultural trailer behind the marquee full of ice and more importantly booze! So we went and had some food and went to the un-manned bar for a beer, not being too greedy at this point. So we waited and we could see the speaches going on through the window and it was getting to around 9:30. Playing time we thought......NOPE. 10:00 came and went, more food more booze, we were chatting and jamming a bit. 11:00 came and went more booze, (drummer half cut at this point. 11.30 everyone comes down pissed as farts screaming "lets get dancing". so a little worse for wear we crank up and bust out some Huey Lewis and the News, great. No kidding 11:50 the hotel owner comes down to say that we will have to bring the music to a close at 12:00 for the sake of the other guests. 12:05 we stopped and packed up. Father of the bride comes over and shoves us £1500 for four of us, and says "cracking band loved the music help yourselves at the bar and to food, plus there are some beers out the back help yourselves when you go. WHAT A NIGHT. On the way out 2 huge decks of Bud, my guitarist managed to put a wine bottle between every finger, plus a bottle of JD, vodka and two bottles of coke for mixer stuffed in the drummers case. We didn't even make a dent in the trailer, you would never have known we took anything. Wish they had all been like that.

Hello all, Thanks ever so much for the suggestions, got lots of googling to get on with this morning to check out whats been suggested. Dood, thanks for sorting out the other post, had a bit of a no brainer posting in the wrong place. I have read something about the QSC amps before and they look pretty tasty, and the digital Crown sounds cool too. BIG surprise was the powered Bergantino cabs.....never knew they existed BRILLIANT!!! Thanks very much so far guys, lots to think about.

Hey all, I'm really hoping with all the collective knowledge on here I might get some good advice. Here is the lowdown, I have an Epifani Quest preamp which I have been using with a big old power-amp for about a year. This hasn't been an issue as it hasn't moved but it looks like I may have found me a new band but transporting the set-up could be hard. Basically I would really like some opinions on power amp makes, models, that could go well with the pre. I have no idea where to even start looking. Something light-ish, not hugely expensive, quiet-ish as well. What does everyone else use/recommend? Any comments suggestions gratefully received. Thanks, Nathan

the ashdown was a real hassle to move, a good sack barrow is always a good idea. the reason i got rid of it was because it was way too big, you can get som really powerful small gear now hence i know have a 4x8" ashdown cab which i believe is 500w. tight and compact is the way forward as most of the guys on here will im sure agree with. saying that there is something great about having 5ft of stack behind you.

[quote name='cris the man' post='129419' date='Jan 28 2008, 05:07 PM']thats a really sweet rig you got there is that a mark king signature head i see there? impressive! hows the sound? on your ashdown , do the cones in your amp threaten to break?[/quote] Thanks for the comments, Sadly no not a mark king head, Just a Mag 300. I think they have changed color now with the new ones but the red does look similar to The Kings from a distance. The cones did used to shift a bit with big volume from the head when it was just the 4x10 cab, but the 1x15 really helped get rid of that, it was well worth the extra £130 for the 15"

Hello all. I don't post very much but have decided to stop being shy and post some pictures of basses and rigs that I have owned and my current setup. My first few basses I dont have any digital pics of so I will just list quickly. 1. My very first, the one that started it all off was a Yamaha RBX 4 String I got aged 14. Great bass loved it to pieces and great tone at just £150. Bargain. was the single split coil P version. I kept that until a few years ago. 2. A red Squier silver series Jazz. I loved this bass so very much and my biggest regret is trading it for the next bass. I got this when I just turned 15. Was using a Trace Elliot 1x15 SMX combo with this and the Squier. 3. My first "proper" bass I always say was my American standard P-Bass. Stunning maple neck, like butter to play. Bought this just before my 16th and got £120 trade in for the Jazz At this point I had upgraded to my Ashdown Mag 300 head and cabs as below. [attachment=5270:fen.jpg] [attachment=5271:ash.jpg] At this point I had the Fender and the Yamaha. The yamaha was traded in not long after I got the Fender for 4. Ibanez ATK. This was a growler of a bass, really ballsy and had a really good eq which I couldn't get a bad sound from. Great for slap I later found. I used this in the metal covers band I had and used the Fender for my Dads wedding and functions band, although not exclusively. I had This until about 2 years ago and really enjoyed playing it. In fact the pickup config and EQ would be the basis for a custom if I ever get round to saving for one. [attachment=5272:Ibanez.jpg] 5. Finally (sorry this turning out to be really long everyone) I traded the Fender for a new acoustic guitar as I couldn't seem to sell it to anyone. (it was just around that period everyone wanted warwicks, and Ibanez basses thanks to the Nu-Metal scene). Im sad it went but I managed to sell the Ibanez and a nice acoustic I had and buy the beautiful 'girl' I have now, the bass I had wanted since before I could play bass. (incidentally it is identical to the bass played by my first bass hero and the guy that inspired me) This is my 1996 MusicMan Stingray, with light birdeye maple neck. I love her so much. [attachment=5273:mm1.jpg] Sadly both bands came to an end and I sold the Ashdown rig and a cheap Tanglewood Fretless plus everything else bass related apart from my MusicMan. I haven't really played much for the past two and half years until about 4-5 months ago when I decided to get the girl out of the case. It was a really messy band split and caused a lot of heartache and stress and I lost some good friends, so playing just brought back bad memories. So anyway I plucked the strings and the buzz was there so I went straight on Ebay and picked up this lot. [attachment=5274:mm_rig.jpg] Epifani Quest II Preamp (Beautiful) and after much deliberation and hunting, Ashdown ABM 4x8, Which Is perfect and great sounding. I wanted matching Epifani but it was expensive for me at the time but no regrets the Ash is fab. I wanted something small and powerful and this seemed a good option. The power amp is a cheap backup we had left over from the function bands PA which I will replace once I find a good band and start gigging. The Preamp was £200 and the cab was £250-ish, absolute bargain I think and Im a happy monkey at the moment although I do have serious, serious GAS for an Overwater Progress 5 and Sei Jazz 5. Will we ever be happy with our lot? Cheers guys and gals.

Hello all. Just wondeing if anyone has played or even owns one of the cheaper bacchus basses. I know the quality of the Jap basses but was just wondering if the budget ones were any good? I think they are called the Universe seies?. I have seen a store on ebay selling some tasty five strings for about £200. Any info gratefully recieved. Thanks. NJE

Just checked out the videos......really good love the tunes, particularly part 4 on youtube, some awesome grooves you got going on. will be keeping an eye open for you guys. nice basses too.