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SR500, the way to go

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1404032041' post='2488576'] Did Metallica's Trujillo get his burnt Fender Jazz from that idiot who sells those unique, one-of-a-kind, tastefully reliced basses on eBay? I lasted roughly two songs into their set before [b]I gave up as it sounded a bit weedy to me[/b] and I couldn't stand having to look at all the grinning fans standing behind them... [/quote] I thought it was just me, but I was of the same opinion...where was the HEAVY sound? And what was with the crowd of 'people' swaying and bouncing at the back of the stage? Put them in front of the band and put big amps and cabs in their place ffs!! Actually, I've tried and tried to listen to Metallica on numerous occasions but find them really dull, they bore me rigid. I turned over and watched Van Helsing on Channel 4 instead (not a brilliant film but it has got Kate Beckinsale in knee length boots in it , and the wife likes the look of that Hugh wots his face chap...winner all round) EDIT: I did watch a bit of the Bryan Ferry set, and of all the snippets I watched Guy Pratt was the only bass player I could hear. :/

Cheers Skank, extremely helpful

I'm asking on behalf of the 'new' guitarist in our band. Someone local to us is selling an Orange Tiny Terror head, the all valve 15w thingys. Our lead guitarist said that it's not big enough for gigging and that she needs a 100w amp. How loud are these little TT's? We're not a loud band, our drummer has to be told to give it some more wellie sometimes . It wouldn't be put through the PA, we play mainly pubs and clubs. I thought it would be plenty loud enough? Please

As long as the world doesn't throw a wobbly at me, fingers crossed, I should be going to the Wolverhampton show.

[quote name='Weststarx' timestamp='1403862116' post='2487153'] I've never understood how he can play how he does buy playing with his fingers [/quote] Weird innit. In an interview I saw he said he plays finger style after having a particularly meh gig and wanted to set himself the challenge. Great all round musician in my book.

I'm very disappointed. If I were a guitarist I'd get a PRS, I think they look and sound great. The basses look very uninspiring though

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1403558168' post='2483984'] Am agreeing with discreet! [/quote] Please don't encourage him

It's music day every day in this house

Thank you for your help. The band are going to go for the SRMs Cheers

Just a quicky, oooer Is there much difference in sound quality between these two active PA cabs? The Thumps work out about £250 cheaper that's all. The practice room we use have the SRM's and we like them, however, are they worth that much more than the Thumps? Thanks

Cheers all We've dissuaded our guitarist on buying these, we're now onto something very different

Thanks. I must be honest I'm very uncertain that it'll be up to the job.

The guitarist in the band I'm in is considering getting one of these. It'll just be for vocal, maybe some acoustic guitar and he's got a synth module that he controls via a foot pedal that he uses occasionally. The bass drum won't be going through it, neither will I The band itself is a standard covers band - drum, bass, 2 guitars and vocals. We don't play loud. Venues around my way are small with the odd medium sized place. Just wondered if anyone uses one, or has used one and what they thought. Cheers [url="http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/pasystems/stagepas_400i600i/"]http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/pasystems/stagepas_400i600i/[/url]

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It's exactly this sort of audience behaviour that's devaluing live music. It should be frowned upon and the interloper banned from all future live events.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1402303546' post='2471757'] even thinking about singing whilst playing throws my playing out had somebody come up during a song once trying to ask for a request and even thinking about answering her was just too much and i eventually ended up thinking 'go away i cant concentrate on playing and thinking about your question at the same time' and just ended up nodding in the general direction of the bandleader [/quote] You are me, I claim your £5 I was trying to run through a song the other day, at home, and the good lady Mrs Marvin asked if I wanted a cup of tea. Even replying 'Yes' was a struggle :/ As for singing...good grief. I've a voice that makes people cry, and not in a good way.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1402314904' post='2471952'] I keep well away from OT threads on BC now and probably the only thing i've learnt is that i'll never ask a bass player about anything other than their bass guitar and equipment. [/quote] A good maxim that I adhere to as well OT is a tedious place. It used to be a place of great humour and wit*. Now it just seems to be dominated by confrontation or banality. *I'm not referring to Big Beef Chief, who was a infernal bore IMO.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1402315824' post='2471977'] So having a 100W valve head isn't a problem then Turning the volume down on a guitar changes the sound in a different way to turning the master volume on the amp down. If you use pedals then it can make even more difference. At the risk of repeating myself, 100W amps turned down to sensible levels sound different to low wattage amps running at the same volume (and many, many people prefer the tone of the louder amps in this scenario). Bass players need to stop obsessing over the wattage of guitarists amps. Its irrelevant. What matters is how loud your guitarist is actually running the amp. Arbitrarily insisting that "30W is always enough for a guitarist" is as stupid as a guitarist insisting that "you don't need a bass amp at all, just DI it into the PA". [/quote] It's a problem because in most instances the guitarist has very little leeway to turn down their volume. In my experience they barely nudge it off of 0 on the master and it becomes insanely loud, hence they only have two volumes - one is where they make ears bleed, the other is complete silence. Surely it would be better to run gear which they could have more control over.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1402208360' post='2470925'] They were on the line up at knebworth in 79 [/quote] They're at Sonisphere (Knebworth) this year

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1402230489' post='2471140'] Whee, definitely two sides to this one. One band I was in had a drummer who played his kit so incredibly loudly that every time he hit the snare drum I thought I was going to vomit. Consequently I was using an 8X10 and 1KW amp - and that was just for rehearsals. Totally ridiculous! The volume issue was one of the reasons I left that band. Most live bands are much too loud in my opinion (particularly rock bands - surprise), though it does depend a lot on the drummer, as above. A good drummer should be able to play at any volume level and bass players and guitarists should be able to get their sound without being stupid loud, too.[b] I can't think of one single situation where a guitarist would need more than thirty valve watts. 100W guitar stacks are just unnecessary.[/b] Hard to say what the landlord thought was 'too loud' without being there, but perceived volume is certainly very subjective! [/quote] It didn't go down too well at practice when our guitarist, who has a 100w valve head, proudly said his amp was barely ticking over. I just said all those other watts, he had left to use, were a bit of a waste of time then, weren't they really

I've used GAK for things like cases and they were fine. Used Dolphin and Gear 4 Music for a bass and combo respectively and again fine. Most of the online stores seem pretty good, as with any retailer though there always seems to be times when something goes awry.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1402084152' post='2469987'] I thought that had changed recently and pubs no longer needed a license to put on live acts if the capacity was under 250 people? or is that a different license? [/quote] I think that was to do with Entertainments Licencing from local authorities.

[quote name='Badass' timestamp='1402054931' post='2469555'] All Hydrive and AK cabs from Hartke have a three way switch, -6dB, OFF, ON Just a shame the older XL and VX never had this. [/quote] Unfortunately I've only had opportunity to use the XL range. I'd like to try out one the AK cabs though

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