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The daughter bought me a new set of Rotosound Jazz bass Flats , they sound fantastic and it kind of embarasses to think of the last new set I bought The wife was banging on to all and sundry how she had paid for the new bass I have ordered, as she has settled the credit card bill ( shared user) that I used to order it with............ SOOOOOO funny when I told her that she had kindly funded the deposit , and asked when she would be paying the balance .

I use 2 ADJ DMX Par cans , LED very easy, low power , and run cool , again bounce of ceilings and walls to add more tones , with a funky lazer it works well , I would love a big light show ,but I reckon I haven't got the time to set the PA ,sort my own rig, massage the egos and run a full light show , especially when every room is as different for lighting as it is for sound .

Zafiras are well up to the job , if I haven't got the works van

I have a Legend 4 and a Euro 4 on order , I have yet to hear anyone find any real fault with Spector stuff

I looked at buying a new spector from Bass Central in Florida, But it worked out a fair bit cheaper for me to spec up and order new from Bass Direct, made in czech and it will have clocked up a heck of a lot less airmiles

[quote name='bassintheface' timestamp='1355755901' post='1902213'] No worries, gents. Will do. We're now in the midst of Christmas party hell at the Grosvenor Pulford hotel, then onto NYE at Chester Racecourse, [/quote] I used to live in Pulford and spent far to much time in the Grosvenor , but have gigged down the road in the Nags Head a few times , like the others have said, throw up some dates ,I would love to come along for a Jam

I ahven't got as far as recording or mixing as yet , but one of my favourite albums for sound and mix was always ABC Lexicon of love , I thought it was about perfect , at least on the stuff I was listening through , that was Vinyl, I got the CD but it didn't seem quite as crisp .

I love this bass line though I don't do it justice , but it's great fun to bash along with, watching the Zuma vid there are a fair few bits I am not getting quite right , mainly the bit at the start , then of course the bit after the start , the bit in the middle , after that I am fine until the bit before the end , but to tell the truth I am not sure I get the end quite right either ............ I am not at all sure I am the same in most of the songs I play ........

great thread

Mmmmmmm Spector ed to add

The last gig we did we were asked to call out a request for a guy called Irwin , his crowd loved us but he wanted to move on , they reckoned he would stay (thus they could) if we 'involved ' him , so we duly played some queen for him , and yep they all stayed. Now, this guy came up and asked a request , and the warbler asked who he was , and he replied .. Son of Irwin We all fell apart and were totally sold that it would be a great band name , Is there a Band name thread? I searched and got this one, so posted my search skills may have let me down though

It is quite exciting being in at the start of the thinking process of these competitions , seeing how they develop , hearing the teasers and what comes from them. I REALLY hope to contribute at some point , but there are a couple of things I need to sort first , like ......... writing , playing and recording , but hey, I might miss Decembers comp but I have a couple of days leave at Christmas/ new year to get ready for January Best of luck all , I look forward to the listening to the entries

I understand that small and bespoke and customer service are a difficult combination to juggle at certain points in a businesses size , but its worth trying to keep all the balls in the air .

Hmmm , maybe there is more to this, maybe the drivers are much cleaner nowadays, I remember earlier days when gigs were full of an acrid ,pungent, thick sticky atmoshere of nicotene , for every thump that loosened the tone , there must have been a half decent layer of crud to stiffen it back up again , But I'll get my coat and comfy shoes.

[url="http://www.studiotristram.com/about.html"]Graham Tristram[/url]

I know little about the scientific measurements behind the the claims , but I am pretty sure the newness of lots of stuff subtly wears off from lots of new kit , sit in a chair , after a while it fits you better , wear some new shoes after a while they fit better , I am sure someone will debunk that with a very good scientific argument , but my arse sits better in my worn chair and my feet feel sooooo much better in my old shoes.

Quo NEVER dissappoint live , they are the hardest working act out there , always on tour , but best of all playing good sounding theatres rather than the arenas . god love em , Quo are Rock and Roll ( a few naff bits excepted )

I generally play stage left , no real reason just that we have a plan, if we stick to the same routine and shape it is quicker setting up. but a bit more space and distance from the snare would reeeeealllly help sometimes , our sticks hits it wellard .

I put the single centre braces in as the photo , it was quite easy as although the angles look awkward , they can slide to fit where they need to , I recall there were a couple of dry builds before gluing up to get it just right , and the sequence needs working out so that you can get the fixings in. I can't remember the detail , but it was a bit trial and error. I didn't test them properly , just took the piss when I turned up at rehearsal with one of them and scared them all silly , they are brilliant for a bit of bottom end solidity , I have before now used one as a bass cab extension and one for the kick , and powered each from a stereo power amp, it worked quite nicely , and they are so handy to have in reserve . If we are piping music / party tunes on a gig or function they sound superb really filling the room properly , probably OTT , but sometimes you just feel the need I loved the idea of them , so i had a go and was well impressed , The cutting list was economical for 4, so I got 4 cut pretty much on the big machine at B&Q for pennies, but having got 2 running, they are plenty for what I need, I probably will use the timber for a new kick cube I have an idea for .

Love Quo in real life , somehow the recordings ( except Live ) don't do them justice , been to see them a few times and love it . Have to say though , I am not a big fan of the poppier stuff .

I think you are in a bit of a minefield , if you can provide separate power to each cab, you can balance them as you need ie stereo power amp , but if you are trying to link to the same signal you have no chance . each cab will have a different sensitivity to each watt they get , even if they were both the same resistance , so unless you can provide the power independantly forget it , you will have no contriol on your tone at all .

My colleagues all know about my Bass playing and the band I am in and I always try to encourage attendance at the gigs we do . Not only that, but I also try to tell our customers and suppliers about it too, everything helps when you try to get a crowd together

Result , well done , I guess buying from a reputable outfit , even if it costs a few quid more, does influence the service and their ability to help out with the occasional issue as this , I suspect the box shifters and marginal sellers that may offer a 'bargain' would be far more likely to put obstacles in the way for consequential losses such as you suffered.

There were loads of build pics (not mine though) on a thread on the website I linked to but I looked again and cant see it, I also have two in cut timber which I never got around to building as the 2 I did build were plenty . I have just had an idea where the plans might be on an old laptop, I will see if I can get it started . I can take a couple of photos of the ones I built at the weekend . Ed to add ......I found it [url="http://www.freespeakerplans.com/plans/14-plans/basscab/24-mth-30"] Here [/url]

They are referenced as MTH-30 , I used plans from [url="http://forum.speakerplans.com/plans_forums_cat2.html"]speakerplans[/url] but I have trawled the site but can't find the design/build thread that I based mine on , I recall the specs worked at between 50- 170 hz at an SPL of 100 , lovely little beasties . If I can find the drawings I will let you know if you are interested . There are some great plans on that site