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Maplin used to do a 5x 9v PSU for about £20. I think they replaced it with a 6x 9v PSU, but can't find either on their website. Still use my 5x 9v PSU, it's been excellent.

What kind of output are you needing? 2x10 for £220? [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/RedSub-B210T-Bass-Cabinet-2-x-10/H4S"]http://www.gear4musi...inet-2-x-10/H4S[/url] 1x15 for £200? [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/RedSub-B115T-Bass-Cabinet-1-x-15/H4R"]http://www.gear4musi...inet-1-x-15/H4R[/url] I have the 2x10 cab, bought it second hand with an am head, and tried out a few Hartke cabs at the same time, this RedSub 2x10 just sounded so much sweeter. It's basically the same as the Thomann Harley Benton 2x10 cab, but with a 4 ohm impedance, where the HB is 8 ohm (& white speakers). Nice and light too, you can carry it with 1 hand, the cab is actually a lot lighter than the Hartke head I bought at the same time! Thomann Harley Benton 2x10 £110??? [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_bb210t.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...nton_bb210t.htm[/url]

Pretty sure Geddy Lee's stage set up hasn't had any amps/cabs on stage for a good number of years, he's been a fan of the Sansamp BDI's for a long time. IME, a bass amp "going down" is quite a rare thing, whether with or without a sound board DI. The point is, if you turned up with a DI capable box (BDI/preamp pedal/amp modeller/etc) and no amp, would the sound guy still insist on you going through their DI even though you brought your own?

Take the gig, maybe work in the new songs you're all confident with, any older songs you've done previously and shelved? Maybe time to dust them off. The last set must have gone down well, so even if you play the same songs, but in a different order, it should go well.

I was thinking Sunn as well, maybe Model T or something like that.

Gorgeous looking bass, enjoy!

What I used to do if one of the guitar tracks was sounding a bit "weak" was copy it onto another track, so you're basically "double tracking" it. Pan one channel slightly left, the other slightly right.

Simple, no where near enough!

Try some "warming up" exercises before you even pick your bass up. Finger stretches & flexing your wrist on your way to rehearsals & gigs. It works for me. Maybe lift your bass up on the strap a wee bit too.

Not forgetting that it's not only the weight of the guitar that could be a problem here, it's where the bass sits on the strap, and the angle of your wrist while you're playing. Do you "warm up" your fingers & hand before playing? Stretching your fingers and flexing your wrist before you even start playing will help (it does for me). If, for example, you're a particular fan of Peter Hook, you may well wear your bass quite low. This can cause big problems with the angle that your wrist has to be at in order to play the bass, and could well cause the numbness in your hand. If you wear your bass quite high, this might not be so much of an issue. Also, do you work on a computer for any length of time? I found that I tended to lean on my left elbow a lot at work, this was causing pain in my left shoulder. Once I'd realised his and sorted out how I sit while working on the computer, I don't tend to get any problems with my left shoulder any more. Certainly, a wide, padded strap strap should help, but it also pays to think about where your bass sits on the strap, and how your hand & wrist move while playing.

Sounds more like the OP is looking for justification to walk away. "Noddy bass-lines" or not, you are still a member of the band, and if your band "mates" are taking liberties with you and openly mocking your role in the band, then they aren't band "mates". Sensitive or not, sounds like time to tell them to look for another bass player.

With Mike Peter's of The Alarm singing.

A Macgregor 100w 15" combo, my first "big amp". Utter rubbish & weighed a ton!

Quite a few years back, most sound guys I encountered would only let you play through their DI's, which where placed before your amp. They wouldn't even entertain using the DI on the back of my amp (an Ampeg combo), telling me that "If it goes down...blah-de-blah" Hopefully, they're a bit more progressive now that amp modellers and tone shaping DI boxes are available.

Was speaking to someone a while ago, and telling them about a club I used to frequent, that was "home" to Goths, Punks, Indie Kids, Psycho-billes, Bikers, Rockers, Retro-heads & generally all the 80's sub-cultures that didn't find any of the other clubs that interesting. A huge wide variety of music was played, and a huge wide variety of people mingled in the same space. Great place & saw loads of cracking underground bands there before quite a few of them went on to "make it".

I have a Zoom B3, and it has to be one of the best sounding Multi FX I've tried. Very pleased I got one. The only downside to it, is you can only have 3 effects at a time. No big deal for me, but an be a "deal breaker" for those that use a few effects at once. It sounds great though. Held off getting it for ages, as previously, I'd had a Berhinger V-Amp & a Lin6 Bass PODxt, and neither was that impressive IMO. Not tried the BOSS GT's though.

I like the sounds I get from my B3, that's all that matters to me.

I second the Ric proposal. At least try one out.

DI into the PA with an amp modeller or similar pre-amp/DI pedal. Even less to carry!