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At one point last year I was in a wedding/function band, a rock band, a Beatles tribute, another wedding/function band and depping. The problem arises when one or more of the bands gets busier and you've got to prioritise one over the other unless the each band knows that if band A gets a gig then you can't do one for band B, they have to get a dep and they're happy about the situation. I was the latter as the rock band and tribute were made of musicians who, like myself, played in other wedding/function bands and gigged for the hell of it some weekends

t depends on whether you want the clank all the time or just when you need it. I set up my basses so that when playing normally there is no fret rattle but when you dig in, that's when you get the clank - comes from years in wedding/function bands where clank isn't going to sound too good if you're playing Moon River or other stuff where you need a smooth tone. I use roto flats as on all my basses which shows that you don't need rounds on it and I don't recall Flea using Status basses to any great degree, if at all. In fact if you can still find it, there's an earlyYoutube video of Flea using a Black Precision bass live and still getting his sound

I once knew a guy that was half French and half Polish - he was a French Polisher Thanks you, I'm here all week - what do you mean its thursday tomorrow?

[quote name='GremlinAndy' timestamp='1366640192' post='2055283'] Whether it's *everyones* description of punchy or not is debatable.....[/quote] At least it wasn't just me then that thought then.

I've been watching these for a few weeks now and you'll be lucky if it doesn't sell for three times the current £30 bid. One sold the other day for £111 + postage I'm looking at alternatives now cos the prices are getting silly

Status Quo - the recording from their live concert at the O2 Glasgow last month Aerosmith - 9 Lives Pink Floyd - Pulse Yes -Fragile RHCP - Freaky Styley

If its only for home practice then I wouldn't worry about spending a great deal. I use an 80w Meridian guitar combo. Still sounds good and doesn't annoy the nieghbours when I turn it up. Personally, spending £3-400 on something for home practice is a waste of money. I'd rather have that cash go towards my gig rig. Another "personally" from me is that when I first began playing in 1987 I had a 15w Squier guitar amp, cheap curly lead and Marlin Slammer precision copy with peeling chrome bridge. Now that we have the internet and a lot of opinons and choice there's too much emphasis on changing gear and the next big thing. Forget about all that. The most important thing is to listen to as much as you can and just play stuff you want to play and improve yourself as a bass player. I've been playing nearly 26 years and there are a lot of guys on here who have been playing longer. I've got to the point in my bass playing career where I can f*** about with this and that knowing that I have the playing side of things covered. Just play

Didn't some of the older 90s era cabs come with sidewinder drivers?

A bit off topic but I remember something Alexei Sayle said about 20 years ago:"If the British had invented the Walkman, it would have been about 2 foot square, covered in leatherette and had the headphones out of a Lancaster bomber" I buy whatever sounds good regardless of country of manufacture. My newly purchased Laney NX410 is designed and built in the UK - probably using baltic ply, Chinese wire and probably Chinese made Celestion neo drivers. The wooly Ashdown thing as well. I've used both separately and they sound good but together they sound sh*t and wooly. I had one of the chrome rack mounty ABM thingies and two ABM115s and it was terrible. Cabs on their own were good, amp on its own = good but together it sounded like they were a lot less than the sum of their parts

The Lollar ones are Top banana as well - Bumnote has one in his Precision

The general concensus is that US Fenders are made in America, using American parts by Mexicans - Mexican basses are made in Mexico, using American parts by Mexicans If you check the link in my sig to my FSR Precision, this is my main bass. I was';t overly keen on the preamp so I fitted a set of EMGs

Well if you've read my review of the Laney NX115 you'll know how much I loved that - I managed to find a mint, never been out of the house NX410 still with its original shipping box for a very good price, so good that I'd have been silly to knock it back

I did get something else and its on its way now. It is still lighter by 10kg than the Ashdown and its still a 4x10"

I used to write out the notes to songs but found that I was just playing what was written than actually learning the songs so now I commit everything to memory. I find it much more fun and involving to be playing to the audience than staring at a sheet of music. Means I can concentrate on my stage presence and bass faces I can't honestly remember the last time I had to read a piece of music - maybe 2006

And another one [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trace-Elliot-GP11-4x10-Bass-Amp-/330902323943?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item4d0b50c2e7"]here[/url] Crazy - I sold my one a couple of years ago for £340

Just back from B&Q and did some pressure tests with various woods (pressing down on it really hard) and it would appear that 15mmx12mm pine stripwood will be strong enough. Going to do a build diary once I've worked out the details

Thought I'd resurect this thread than start a new one. I'm trying to work out if a lightweight case to fit a cab made of 6mm ply screwed and glued to an 18mm timber frame would be solid enough to support a 27kg cab. It would look like a flightcase but simpler with holes in the sides so that I can use the existing cab handles

I can send something using My Hermes by taking it into my local Spar/Shell Petrol Station