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[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1363777903' post='2017335'] I'm interested in why so many players on here seem to be in covers bands. Is it because you enjoy it more than originals? Can find a good enough originals band? Doing it for the money? The challenge of having to be so versatile? You are in both originals and covers - why? The crowds are better than originals? Not meant in any way to be inflammatory, but I can't ever imagine wanting to be in a covers band. We do a few covers in a couple of bands, but they are vastly different to the originals, apart from Walking on the Moon which we did for fun once, and it wasn't that much fun anyway Another thing I find hard to understand is covers bands who chuck in a few originals into the set. What does that achieve? [/quote] Im with you on this one dude, the very thought of playing covers makes me feel like i have a pube stuck in the back of my throat. I have played all original material over the rock/metal circuits for the best part of 15 years now. Yes its a slog to get heard but im my opinion, i love writing tunes as a band and wanting people to hear them, and if even 1 person gets to hear us rock out and loves it, then its worth it. That 1 person that loves it can lead you to playing infront of thousands! My old band played a crappy gig in Coventry in front of the 1 drunk local and 1 guy who just came in for a beer and the 1 guy that popped in bought a CD and from that we ended up playing at the Bloodstock Festival a few years ago because of the people he knew. i dont think the drunk guy liked us! lol. i do get why people play covers and thats fine, its just i started playing as i wanted to be in a baddass rock band and to have people singing our songs and rocking out with us and to make and sell records. For me, it just doesnt get better than that! i love it.

U got nothing better to think about youth?

i think all the Ritters in the picture look all kinds of awesome! The Foderas on the other hand look a bit like a conservative MP.

Saw Testament at Hard Rock Hell this year. Friggin awesome! one of the best metal bands i have ever seen. just pure baddass thrash metal. They really prove it can still be done. The Big 4 is just crap really! They were only ever billed as such as they have sold more stuff than anyone else. Probably why the smaller bands such as Testament and Exodus are still pumping cool tunes is caus they didnt get swimming pools n crap.

i ran my V4 with an SVT410HLF for a couple of years and it was great, perfect 1 cab solution but as you can run 2 ohms, 2 of these would be the most killer thing ever!

yeah i dont let anyone use my stuff unless i know them or they have asked before hand, even then its just usually my cab.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1360854221' post='1977460'] If you're worried about that then print something to go on the front of it or throw a cloth over it [/quote] Good call! skull and crossbones on a black bit of MDF or something! im liking it.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1360852827' post='1977417'] So why don't you get an empty beer crate? That would definetly look RnR [/quote] Haha yeah, i been trying to pinch one from venues for a while now, suprising how little of them actually keep hold of them any more. guess dodgy bass players kept stealing them.

I am really tempted to get one of these to solve the same issue as it seems perfect, but..... i cant help thinking it will look rather silly on stage comared to just buying another cab to go underneath! not very rock n roll is it. lol.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1360696675' post='1974963'] This, or get a Matamp 210 and stick it one top if you really need to be pushing more air than you currently are. A stack of 410 & 210 sounds nice. [/quote] That sounds fun. I'm guessing they are a custom build.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1360684532' post='1974615'] Only downside is hearing more top end can mean you hear the crap sound you are making that you didn't hear before, its a big issue with guitarists. [/quote] right well im pretty sure im not making a crap sound at the moment and i dont tend to use much top end really so dont think that would be an issue. I have heard what im doing up high before as i have stuck my matamp on top of a peavey 410 that i didnt plug in (stupid 4 ohm cab) and it sounded awesome. just what i wanted. but i didnt want to start lugging a cab around that im not plugging into just to get my cab up where i want it. If a more clear top end is the only drawback im sure i can live with that!!

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1360683675' post='1974584'] Why not treat your lovely matamp to a nice flightcase and just unpack it then stack it on top when playing. Protection and elevation win win! [/quote] i thought of that, does plonking your cab on an empty box create any unwanted boom or make it sound crap at all? Its just i have never seen anyone else do it to hear what its like. Maybe a good option if people think its fine to do so. [quote name='Lee Carter' timestamp='1360683833' post='1974591'] I had the same issue with my TC rig. Swapped out the 112 for 212, vertical stack and I now have a 10" pretty much next to my earhole. Problem solved. Like [url="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=sFBvCFjI7JFqAM&tbnid=xzK7ZmZj3LbHgM:&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.proaudiostar.com%2Ftc-electronic-rs-212-bass-cabinet.html&ei=EmMaUdi_DIuIhQf7nIB4&bvm=bv.42261806,d.ZG4&psig=AFQjCNHYEqVPoorVNx82HTLaz9nrcMKH3A&ust=1360770191270952"]this[/url] [/quote] yeah i have seen those, never tried them though. Also i would have to flog the Matamp which i kinda dont want to do. Good call though. Maybe worth a go to see what they sound like.

this a real frustrating one! I have a Matamp 4x10 which is pretty much the perfect cab for me. Never played through one that suited my taste better. My problem is that i have recently started playing in a new band doing some pretty cool Heavy Metal kind of thing after taking a break from it for a few years and i have the issue that i solved the last time i was doing this kind of thing by having an 8x10. I need my sound up by my head rather than down by my feet! Metal just doesnt work with this setup. Gotta get that air moving!!! I love my Matamp so much i would love to buy another one to sit on top and that would be problem solved. I cant afford to buy a new one and these coming up second hand just doesnt happen that often. I got to use an Ampeg 8x10 at my last rehearsal and it was a big improvement (bar the ampeg scooped sound which i dont dig) having it up high. i just really dont want another friggin huge 8x10, i just couldnt live with one, or put it in the car on my own!! So my question is... Does anyone have the perfect solution to getting a cab up off the floor without loosing the arse end of the sound? Or is there another brand of cab that suits the Matamp sound that go quite cheap that i could match it to sit underneath? Maybe a little Orange OBC115 or something? Would one of those be high enough to help the dispersion? Is a 6x10 a good in between? What are peoples thoughts as its making me loose sleep. (Well not really but getting there) Cheers bass dudes!! Will

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[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1360318625' post='1968436'] I'm afraid i think FB is the way it is. last year we did a number of original gigs and all the promoters were pushing the use of FB for promoting. It's basically gonna become SKYNET [/quote] Hit the nail on the head there. The amount of shows i have played over the last couple of years where the promotor has only used facebook to promote the show is untrue. Sometimes they ring us up saying they may pull the gig because only a couple of people have clicked that they are going on the page! WTF!! Its almost like if you dont have a FB band page in this day, you will get nothing! Facebook is just making people lazy and its a shame.

I don't mean to de rail the thread or anything but I have an opinion of Facebook band pages that might be worth discussion. If a mod feels this might be a better thing to do separately then cool. I remember a time before social media when bands used to have to set up their own pages online. I liked this as when looking at how it was designed, the artwork that has been used on it and the overall feel of the site kind of displayed how the band want to be portrayed (if that makes sense). You could delve into the world of that band as it used to be cool to have as much info about them as possible for people to get their chops into. From what gear they use to photos, videos, discographies, lyrics, forums etc etc. Then MySpace came along as the new way of connecting fans/industry/venues etc directly to the band all in one place. Again I thought this was cool as you could re design your page to how you like it ( I had my bands one set up exactly the same as our full proper site so it was like an extension). Then Facebook appeared, slaughtering MySpace and now all bands seem to be on there instead. Here comes my issue (finally). I really dislike Facebook for basically turning all our bands into a catalog of bland looking pages that all look the same, and gives no feel of the bands image in the way of the old independent sites did. You have to put your band's info in all the same places as everyone else and nothing looks different from one page to the next bar the photograph. Has it now come to a time where your entire band presence has to fit one tiny page on the Internet? Do people loose interest if its over that amount as that's what Facebook are telling you that's all you need? Am I just out of fashion? Does anyone care? Lol I find it quite sad if this is the case as I used to love going into these band 'worlds' and spend time geeking out on what they have to offer. Even now major pro bands are starting to just have a nice fancy landing page when you on their .com site and all it does is link you to a bloomin Facebook! I hope it's not just me that finds this annoying.

my god not another one of these stupid bulls**t threads! im not going to pretend to be clever here, is there such a thing as a cyber bassball bat?

Try the Gasworks in Bradford. that place is awesome.

even better, FAL lighting boxes. didnt get electrocuted much by them......

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1359742691' post='1959805'] There were quite a few dry joint issues with the early release ones. Thankfully, it was resolved by the time they released the second production run of them. [/quote] ahh right, this was one of the old blackface ones with the cool LED's in the sliders of the eq section. Looked great! i bought it second hand around 14 years ago.