Dan Dare

It was hijacked by scammers. I know it's difficult to be suspicious of everything - if you're a decent sort, it goes against the grain not to trust people - but needs must.

Kits can produce good results, BUT you need some skills to make the best of them.

If you send a video of the item you are selling, he could create his own listing using it, take payment from someone and the buyer who didn't receive it would come after you. There'd be "proof" you were the seller via your video Don't do it. Defo a scammer.

Exactly. It had to happen that someone would play the "Jaco" card and sure enough... Who cares? Jaco may have been a great player, but he was also known to be, erm, difficult. You wouldn't want him in your band. He'd turn everything into the Jaco show, arrive for gigs off his face and generally be a PITA. It got him killed in the end (you have to be pretty deluded about yourself to think picking a fight with a doorman is a good idea). People like that are best admired from afar. I'm one of those who finds Danny S amusing. I wouldn't pay money for anything he's played and I wouldn't claim he's the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I like some of what he does. He seems a decent sort. Who cares that he doesn't have "ground-breaking talent"? Few do.

He's pretty shameless, but hides quite a lot of knowledge and ability behind the BEHS humour and dipstickery. I like that. Much more relatable than Chas B. Mohini D and those who esteem themselves highly.

This. The sound we like - the one we set at home when playing at modest volume - is often not the one that works best in the room. The classic mid-scooped bass tone with a touch of low end lift that sounds so good in the lounge or showroom often sounds like mud in a real venue when the rest of the band is playing.

I just take a lightweight head to a rehearsal room and use whatever cabs are there. Never had a problem.

If something doesn't sell, it's either not desirable (which is not the case for a quality P bass neck), or the price is too high.

Sounds as if a full and frank discussion between all parties, rather than one to one chats between A & C, A & B, B & C, etc, is needed. Get everything out in the open with everyone present (not online, but physically present, where nobody can hide). If it crashes and burns, so be it. Doesn't sound a particularly healthy situation at the moment, so no great loss.

If an agent books out a band, he/she will charge - usually 15%, sometimes more - on top of the band's fee. So how is it different that a venue asks for 10% for recommending a band? If the band doesn't get the booking, it (and the customer) won't pay, so what's the problem?

I read somewhere that MB drivers were/are made by B&C (which would be plausible as B&C is an Italian company). Worth approaching them for advice?

If I'm reading this correctly, it appears the venue wants 10% for recommending bands to those who book the place if those bands actually get a booking. Given that agents charge at least that in commission, it doesn't seem too bad. Perhaps I'm missing something.

That's what I use - two or three 4x5 cabs - and it works for me. My amp (AG700) is 700W, but I don't use it at anything like full power.

Use enough of them and you will.

Like a lot of pros, too.