Merton

Not sure human/amplifier mating is to be encouraged 😄

Because I could/wanted something else/thought it would make me sound better/thought it would look cool* *delete as applicable

I’ve gigged mine, without PA support, in a loud rock band and been blown away by it. It may not have crushing low lows but it sounds like a bass guitar and it sounds good. Impressive little beasties

Turns out I’ve played this game before, so here’s the full list (I think) with the ones in bold still owned. There are a few recurring themes 🙄 Vox Escort Bass combo Trace Elliot Commando 15 Trace Elliot Commando 15 mk 2 Trace Elliot AH300-12 Ashdown MAG 4x10 Trace Elliot 1153 Trace Elliot 2103H Eden Nemesis NA320 Trace Elliot V-Type head Trace Elliot V-Type 1x15 combo Trace Elliot V-Type 4x8 combo Trace Elliot V-Type 4x8 cab Eden Nemesis NA650 Barefaced Compact Barefaced Vintage Barefaced Super 12T Hartke LH500 Eden WT550 Trace Elliot V-Type preamp and Peavey somethingy power amp GK MB200 x2 (first one blew up, bought a second then Ashdown fixed the first) GK MB500 GK MB Fusion Barefaced Super Compact x3 Barefaced One10 x3 Ashdown ABM500 EVO II Ashdown RM800 Ashdown CTM100 x3 Barefaced Four10 Ashdown ABM EVO (currently on semi-permanent loan with @asingardenof) Ashdown VS212 Ashdown CTM30 Ashdown Little Bastard Trace Elliot Elf Ashdown RM500 Ashdown RM210T Ashdown RM800 evo i Glockenklang Blue Rock Trace Elliot TE-1200 Barefaced Two10S x2

Not playing this game, the list would take me an hour to write 🤓

OK I'll play, my list is comparatively short when only looking at the brands In no particular order, and in bold if I still own... Vester Fender Dean Status ACG Zoot Conway Ibanez Harley Benton

Those Damn Crows (second time in a week) at Pryzm in Kingston tomorrow, with MiniMert. Tis is an "intimate" album launch show -last week they hit no. 3 in the album charts and headlined Swansea Arena so this may be the last small gig they play for a while. The London gig last Friday was ace, I expect the energy tomorrow night will be off the charts.

Absolutely agree - always things to learn! It was watching some videos which made me realise I got it quite wrong yesterday 🙃

Venue-provided! That Trace head has well and truly quelled my bass amp GAS, even with @silverfoxnik flogging his Handbox R400!

That’s the only rig pic from last night I’m afraid. I’ll find the link to the original build thread 🤓 EDIT - build diary here

That’s my Zoot Funkmeister 😎

Wicked little gig at Pizza Express Live (Holborn) for the first “Nashville Meets London” gig of 2023. A packed house, Katy’s fan base right at the front singing along to every word, great sound onstage, brilliant fun. Used the house Markbass CMD102P (I think?) and was pleasantly surprised. A few vocal bits for me to brush up on, plus my stage presence game was sorely lacking for some reason yesterday, but all in all a great fun evening 😎 https://www.katyhurt.com

Has anyone mentioned Victor Wooten? (If so, I wholeheartedly concur!) He would be amazing!

Thoroughly enjoyed that! Another vote for both Doug Wimbish and Cass Lewis - I feel people who have a decent history behind them will have some wonderful stories

But what does “decent” mean? 🤓 To person A, decent means a flat response amp which faithfully recreates the bass and any effects/preamp tones. Hence a preamp is maybe part of that signal chain. To person B, decent means an amp with character to help define “their tone”. There will be person C, D, E etc with slightly different tonal goals too. I used to be person B. Now I’m closer to person A (maybe I can be person C?!) - my Trace TE-1200 is a stupendous amp which sounds amazing on its own but also takes whether I throw at it. I want a clean but ballsy tone? Amp only. Some grit through to a hairy mess? add a preamp in front of it.

Probably the cab. Put them with a decent cab (Berg, Barefaced, et al) and they are epic

@Quilly I’d be inclined to save the money and use your Two10 in portrait orientation

Noisy good fun. Pub rock covers but a generally more modern take on it, none of the usual suspects until the last few songs. A lot of stuff people wouldn’t necessarily know beforehand. One lovely little faux pas turned out quite well… We forgot to switch the main PA on for the second set, so the vocals were only coming out of the monitors. Happily they were so f-ing loud it actually worked fine, and balanced better because we weren’t overloading the PA with the guitars and drums as well. Actually sounded better apparently 🤣🤣

Pub gig, wheeled out the big guns.