alistair Sutcliffe

I bought a second hand eub to see what it was like. They hold their value well. I think i lost about £20 when i sold it on a few months later.

I play a lot of old style pubs. I often have to set my bass lower than normal due to the height of the ceiling.

And then she said, "That's a big elephant"

I use the rotosounds. All pizz and slap. I prefer the sound and feel of them to the Innovation silver slaps and super silvers.

I've been using greenboy designed fearful cabs for a few years now and they are superb. His new fearless range is supposed to be even better although i haven't had a chance to try one. There's a UK dealer called Tricky Audio.

I'd do my utmost to make it. Blisworth would be great for me.

I agree the second hand one off the forum is probably your best bet. If you decide to buy new though I recommend the gedo. I've got one of their cheapest models and play pop/rnr in pubs and it's been brilliant. In addition to the purchase cost i spent £80 on better strings and £30 getting it properly set up (Bridge reshaped and soundpost moved). The sound isn't complex but it's a full tone that works well in a band. It's been dragged to 2 gigs a week, slapped for hours, sometimes whilst standing on it, and not a scratch so far.

My 3/4 sits flat in my Kia Picanto. That's a very cheap car to buy and run.

[quote name='timbo1978' timestamp='1389199468' post='2331259'] A couple of posts here mention warming up - what do you normally do before playing? [/quote] Four pints of Guinness.

Congratulations and best wishes to you both!

How about a small pa mixing desk? You might need di's or something to sort the impedances of course.

My 3 piece rnr pub band plays without instrument amps. I can't think of any good reason to use them these days. Multifx units are so good now that they're just not necessary for an average sized pub. Why lug amps AND a pa? It's unnecessary lugging and setting up, they add to feedback issues, they disperse unequally and volume wars are the consequence. I can see why boutique amps are wanted at bigger or more prestigious gigs with a sound engineer but not for a pub. Not using amps is a system most guitarists won't go for on principle but if they were open minded enough to try it it might solve the problem.

If you like diy you could build a cab to already proven designs. I've built Fearful and Bill Fitzmaurice cabs and they're both excellent. Great fun too if you like a bit of diy.

The stagg's a good instrument, but it's not the same as a dB. I would recommend getting one, but only if you can get a second-hand one at a sensible price. Pretty much everyone seems to sell them on to buy a dB pretty quickly. I had mine about an hour before I started looking at double basses!