Conan

I think it's a bit of both, depending on the bands and venues. there are some venues that will always be pretty busy on their regular "live music" nights. The punters will usually be discerning but appreciative. If a band is poor, it's the band that will tend to get the blame rather than the venue and obviously that band will struggle for another booking! Some bands undoubtedly have a loyal following who will turn up pretty much anywhere to see them. These bands tend not to gig quite so often, as they can't afford to saturate their audience... In most situations though, it's a combination of the two. A new band in a new venue may well be empty!

[quote name='Jigster' post='1183547' date='Mar 31 2011, 04:55 PM']There's a lot on the move on the forum this week - by many many other accounts and my own, it's such good quality - me confused [/quote] Once you start on the slippery slope that is GAS you will likely never achieve tone nirvana. Too many people think that the "tone in their head" resides within a certain box of components and elastic trickery. Or a certain combination of drivers in a box constructed from a certain type and thickness of wood... It's bollocks frankly. By all means buy the gear that pleases you, for whatever reason. Whether it be cutting-edge, antique or retro-stylee - buy it coz you like it and want it. Don't try to convince yourself that it will automatically make you a better player or even sound better. Still - it means that those of us with less disposable income can try an amp that everyone was raving about 18 months ago, for close to half of the market price! That's gotta be good! BTW, there's also a lot of Trace gear for sale at the moment, and nobody comments about that! N o love for green at the moment?

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1180707' date='Mar 29 2011, 01:07 PM'][url="http://www.loewenherzbass.com/english/model_00907.htm"]Why stop at 5 when you can have 12?[/url][/quote] Isn't that cheating? If they are all in one casing it just lloks like one pickup! Albeit a rather large one...

Three pickups? Pah!

Ah yes - Mick and Phyllis are lovers... That headstock ain't standard Ibby though is it?

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1179011' date='Mar 27 2011, 11:57 PM']...it'll give 'em more time to daydream about all the money they're going to get from extortionate ticket prices.[/quote] Yeah. No way could I, or would I, justify those prices - even for Rush.

Bass 2 nails it on slap for me - but only because it sounds more like Norwood!! Bass 1 also sounds great on slap, but a bit more like an anonymous US session player somehow? Bass 1 way ahead on both pickups and the bridge alone. I played the 5 string version of your Richwood a few weeks ago. It is owned by a 16 year old student who loves his bass to bits. he has reason to! A very nice bass (if slightly neck-heavy in 5 string format). And again - lovely playing man!

[quote name='KERMITNT' post='1174616' date='Mar 24 2011, 01:45 PM']συγγνωμη για τα λαθη που εκανα i expain now in greek sorry i was in a hurry i think i ok now[/quote] Sorry! My comment wasn't aimed at you, but at tommorichards. I just thought it was a bit unfair to criticise the grammar of a guy posting in a language that is not his first...

[quote name='tommorichards' post='1174598' date='Mar 24 2011, 01:37 PM']I dont understand the sentence structure/grammar in step 3[/quote] Could you explain it more clearly in Greek?

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1173243' date='Mar 23 2011, 01:22 PM']maybe i was lucky and got the amp i like the sound of the best in the first place...[/quote] That sounds very likely! Lucky you!